50 Rare Spells
"Hold it right there!" exclaid Aeon, glancing at the potions Ery had withdrawn. "Don't be stupid, kid! That potion is worth at least five tis of a single basic spell!"
Ery stopped midway and noticed how Cedric clicked his tongue on the corner of his eye.
Cedric imdiately tried to defend himself and said, "Oh, no, no, no. If it was a normal potion perhaps, but these are low quality green essence potions, they're worth at most two spells."
Aeon ignored Cedric and asked Ery to hand over the potion to him instead. "Kid, let see those potions."
Ery did as Aeon had requested; Cedric, on the other hand, appeared to have furrowed his brows. Cedric said, "Okay, okay, I'm willing to exchange you two spells for one potion. That should be a fair deal."
Aeon closely examined the green essence potions. He gave it a twirl and a sniff after opening one of them before striking a sharp stare at Cedric. He said, "You are really shaless, aren't you?"
Ery thought it'd be better to stay silent as two people argued with each other. He hadn't spent enough ti in this academy and knew too little to make a well-inford decision. If he were to study in this place for a longer ti in the future, he would need to be careful from being taken advantage of easily as well as people whom he could trust and rely on. He wouldn't get far if he only had himself to rely on.
Ery received the potions back from Aeon and laid it down on the table, prompting the adept alchemist and the red-skinned, half-human, from bickering. "Respected senior, I have these two potions to spare, could you please help choose a few spells you think that'll be suitable for . I think two or three spells will be sufficient without having to incur too many losses for my senior alchemist here."
Aeon gave his first smile since the ti Ery and Cedric had walked in here a few minutes ago. He smirked at Cedric once more and said, "Don't worry, kid. Cedric here is a successful craftsman and a shrewd businessman. Like I said, even with just one of these potions, he wouldn't lose anything since he has so many spirit stones."
He opened the spell list and began to give suggestions to Ery. "For rank 1 spells, I recomnd [Stone Skin] for your earth affinity. It boasts the most physical and magical defense amongst all other defensive types of spell. Not only it gives you protection, but it also increases your physical strength.
"No questions about the defensive spell because it's the best that you can have. Next thing you need are offensive spells; I recomnd [Leaves of Steel] or [Whip Splash], which are both rank 1 spells for your plant or water affinities. It costs a bit more than the basic skill since they're a bit more complicated but more powerful."
Cedric was about to say sothing when Aeon gave him a deadly look, making him hold his tongue, so Cedric had to make do with a sigh instead.
Aeon returned speaking to Ery giving his last bits of suggestions. "Lastly, since you have the three spirit manuals from the institutes, except for the [Darkness Spirit Manual - Initial Stage], I'd highly recomnd getting it since it's inexpensive. Not to ntion, you'll need this to start connecting with the elent of the dark all around us. On top of this, better also get a utility spell like [Dark Smoke], which will be useful for running away from undefeatable opponents. The smoke not only disturbs your opponent's sight but it can also confuse their mind for a brief mont."
He clapped and started to select each of the spells in the list he had advised for Ery to get. "One spirit manual [Darkness Spirit manual - Initial Stage], one utility spell [Dark Smoke], one defensive spell [Stone Skill], and two offensive spells [Leaves of Steel] and [Whip Splash], all of them should amount to…650 spirit stones. What do you think?"
Cedric mumbled as he checked his palm, probably checking the stones he had on him. He gave an annoyed nod, indicating he was sowhat fine with this transaction when Aeon rembered sothing and asked them to wait a second.
Aeon went inside the door behind his counter and returned with a box with intricate greenish carvings on the edges. He said, "Actually, I think you'll like this better than the offensive plant spell."
[Fragntation - rank 1 plant spell]
After Aeon had opened the box and the na of the scroll ca into view, Cedric slamd the counter and said, "Hey, hey, if you include that then, the total amount should be a thousand spirit stones! I'll basically not get a profit for bringing him here! I won't do it!"
Aeon smirked wider than he had earlier at Cedric and said, "Oho, two can play this ga, pretty boy. If you don't want it, then I'll buy these spells for him. What do you think, kid?"
"What does the spell do?" Ery asked.
"It's a rare basic spell for plant magi. Since you're an apothecary apprentice, this would help you trendously since the spell will help you dissect a plant and separate their components. Of course, you'll still have to practice the actual deed but having a guideline where to separate parts of plants will make your apprentice work much easier."
Ery indeed was grateful to Cedric for bringing him here. However, since Cedric was no longer to pay for his spells and Aeon was offering, he better grab this opportunity for himself. He only gave two words to Aeon, "Thank you."
Even though he no longer had two bottles of green essence potions, which he could confidently claim as his own, Ery was quite satisfied to get four spells out of it as a replacent. Ery took scrolls, used them on the spot, Ery thanked both Aeon and Cedric, who was still brooding about Aeon stealing his client, and decided to return to his resting place.
The sun had started to set as he stepped out of the magus guild building.
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