Path to Transcendence Chapter 312 310: Testing Out His Rewaresd

The first thing he looked at was the shining white sapling. He already had a good idea what it was for. Since it was from House Easten, Rebecca and Richard knew just how much Drasil ant to Julius.

There was a high probability that this sapling was sothing that Drasil could use. The only question was how he was supposed to activate it and what it was ant to do.

He looked up from the items and gave a questioning frown toward Marcus. "Did they provide any instructions?"

Marcus shook his head. "I was just given that, nothing else. Why? What's in there?"

Not seeing a reason to hide the item from either of them, he gladly handed over the glass bottle to Marcus.

"I think it is supposed to be for Drasil, but I am not sure," he said to the man.

Marcus looked very confused for so reason. But he took the bottle anyway and inspected it. "Who or what is a Drasil?" He asked while activating so kind of skill.

"Oh, you haven't t him yet?" Julius asked, a little taken aback that Marcus didn't know about Drasil. He definitely thought that Marcus was already aware of the little fellow's existence.

"No, I haven't t anyone nad Drasil. Is he another friend?" Marcus asked with a tilt of his head.

"He's my familiar. He is also a life spirit I raised from a little seed," Julius said proudly while placing his hands on his hips.

He heard Lily chuckle from the side.

"Huh, I guess that makes your unique style of fighting a little more reasonable," Marcus noted.

"Hey! I would like to clarify that's not how I normally fight," he pointed out fervently.

"Of course not," Marcus said skeptically before returning to the little sapling.

Julius huffed in irritation as the man just ignored him, but started to watch much more intently as Marcus's eyes turned a brilliant violet color.

Furthermore, what was more astonishing was the powerful thrum of mana he sensed from whatever skill he was using. It was enough that he could feel the literal weight of Marcus's mana as it wrapped around the object. However, he almost laughed out loud when he felt the mana curiously poking at the sapling like a kid would a small critter.

"I can't be sure without taking it out of this bottle, but from the looks of it, this appears to be so type of natural treasure that is imbued with a lot of life mana. Which would make sense if it were for your life spirit."

"What about this other one?"

Marcus looked at the chain necklace with an intrigued expression. He did the sa type of analysis with his mana as he had with the sapling.

After a few minutes of Marcus examining it, he shrugged.

"Yeah, I don't know. There are many enchantnt layers on it, making it close to impossible to analyse properly. Whatever it is, it is valuable. The materials it is made out of are extrely resistant to outside influence. I can barely make the thing react to my mana."

Julius agreed with Marcus's assessnt. The item was weirdly resistant to mana and, to so extent, to aura as well. He couldn't provoke a reaction with his mana or aura either. In a way, it felt exactly like a plain piece of iron.

"Try feeding it your aura signature again, like you did with the box. Perhaps, you might learn sothing after you do that," Lily supplied.

That wasn't a bad idea and it certainly didn't hurt to try it, so with nothing to lose he reached out and instead of poking it with his aura, he tried to force feed it to the necklace.

This ti, he got a reaction. It was slow at first, but gradually he felt the necklace sucking in his aura like a vortex.

As this was happening, the necklace's chain links started to glow, and small, detailed runes appeared on each individual link. It was startlingly beautiful.

Then all of a sudden, he felt sothing grab hold of his soul and tug him forward. Caught off guard, but too curious to fight back, he let the item do its magic.

A flood of information dumped into his brain, and he was able to sense the item latching itself onto him and locking itself into place. However, the sensation was a little bit too much for him to handle at once, and he stumbled as he grabbed his head.

It wasn't pain exactly, but it was more like he was experiencing a bout of vertigo and had to find a pillar to hold himself up against.

"Are you okay?" Lily asked concerningly as she quickly stood by his side and supported him with her arms.

He groaned out loud but nodded his head. "Yeah, I am okay," he assured her.

"What happened?"

"Well, I think I know what the item is supposed to do," he said with a chuckle.

She perked up when he ntioned this. "What is it? Does it obscure your presence or have a similar effect?"

"Nope, the enchantnts placed on the necklace will prevent anything from sensing it. I believe it is more for practical purposes rather than an indicator of what it does," he explained to her and shook his head one last ti to get rid of the weasiness he had just experienced.

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However, once that feeling dissipated, he couldn't help but let out a wide grin and intently stare at the necklace.

The necklace would be a fantastic tool for him. He could see why Rebecca and Richard would recomnd such a reward to him. They knew how hard he had been training and practicing during his ti with them.

He would have to make sure to properly thank them the next ti he saw them. There was no way this wasn't expensive and an extrely valuable tool. He hadn't heard of sothing quite like it before, and it was probably for good reason.

He recalled having a similar discussion with the two of them about the possibility of experiencing such a thing, but he didn't think they would rember that talk and even go as far to give it to him.

"What does it do?" Lily asked impatiently.

He laughed brightly. "I think I should show you instead."

He looked around at where they were standing. There weren't many people around, but he would rather not show off such an item for the first ti in a place like this.

"Although this probably isn't the best place to show you," he admitted.

"We can always go to one of the residences House Violet owns if you want," Marcus offered.

Julius nodded his head. "That would work. Is that fine with you ,Lily?"

She sighed. "Yeah, it is, but let's not take too long. Even though the tournant is going on, students aren't really allowed to leave campus for too long."

"We'll be quick," he promised.

***

When they arrived, the servants and retainers around the residence all pampered Lily to no end. It was like their favorite daughter had arrived and they pulled all stops to make sure that she was taken care of.

It was hilarious to watch, and even better, Lily didn't like it at all. These people were so dearly trying to please her, and she could not have been more uncomfortable.

Marcus, who had been standing right beside him the entire ti, was silently laughing as well. Julius could practically sense the amusent seeping through the man's aura even though Marcus had a tight hold on it.

They were taken through the residence to a room that looked very similar to one of the training rooms at Goldencrest.

"Lady Lily, please let know if you need anything else. I will co the second you call for ," the lady said with a very deep bow before walking away.

When she finally left them alone, Lily let out a tired breath.

"Shall we go inside, Lady Lily?" Julius asked with a teasing bow.

He got a ntal slap in return for his cheekiness, but he laughed all the sa. Marcus couldn't help it either and was lightly chuckling right beside him.

"Shut up," she grumbled toward the two of them and opened the door to the room.

He was wrong. The room was much nicer than the ones at Goldencrest and was spatially enlarged to fit a massive field. He didn't know what enchantnts were applied here, but there was a staggering amount of mana.

There was also an entire section off to the side that looked closer to a whole weapons store rather than a simple rack of training tools. Everything, ranging from a sword to sothing weird that looked very similar to a double-sided scythe, was displayed.

There were also several smaller sections where various training tools were laid out just in case. He even spotted a smaller version of an obstacle course off in the corner. He was starting to see why House Violet was considered one of the wealthiest Houses in the Empire.

He could not even begin to imagine how expensive it was to create such a room.

"Jeez, are all the training rooms like this?" He asked in shock.

"No, this is one of the nicer ones, usually reserved for our more important guests who co to Heston," Lily said casually.

He nodded distractedly as he went over to the weapons and inspected so of the more unique ones. He noted a pair of gauntlets made from so type of black tal and saw that a pair of blades were hidden behind the arm guards.

"Interesting," he murmured softly to himself.

"Are you finally going to show us or what? The anticipation is killing ," Lily complained.

"Give a second, okay? While I got a set of instructions to follow, it doesn't an I have used it before. For all I know, things will go very badly," he explained while playing with the necklace.

"What do you an by 'badly? Is it dangerous or sothing? Like sothing that is going to blow you up?" She asked.

"Why does everyone always assu that everything associated with has to deal with explosions?" Julius asked offendedly.

"To be frank, the first ti I t you in person, you were blowing yourself up," Marcus muttered.

"Huh? What was that?" Lily asked, sounding very confused.

This made Marcus and Julius rember that she didn't know the exact details of the fight. While Marcus had told her about his fight with the Tier 5, he did not inform her about his suicidal tactics. Sothing he had been very grateful for.

However, seeing the man slip up his words, those feelings of gratitude were swiftly fading away. Marcus, to his credit, tried to recover from his mistake instantly.

"I ant that when I saw Julius for the first ti, he was getting blown up by the Tier 5," Marcus anded.

And while it still didn't sound very good, at least it made it sound like it wasn't his own choice to blow himself up. With that being said, it didn't look like Lily was completely convinced.

Luckily, her curiosity about the item won over. "Well, there is only one way to find out. But if you feel like it is too dangerous, I am sure that Marcus would be more than willing to test it for you."

"What?" Marcus froze and looked at Lily in disbelief upon hearing her volunteer him as a guinea pig.

"I don't think the item would allow him to use it. I think it keyed into my aura and my aura only. And I don't feel confident about transferring it over yet without breaking it," Julius said.

"I an, if you think it can be dangerous, then you should take so ti to figure out exactly what it does," she tried to warn him.

He shook his head. "Nah, I'll be alright," he said with much more confidence than he was feeling.

Before she could say anything else or try to stop him, he activated the item, flooding the necklace with mana. It took an astonishing amount of mana even to get started, but once he felt the runes fill up, he ntally envisioned the spot several feet in front of him and surged his mana.

When he opened his eyes, he realized nothing had happened and rechecked the instructions.

After a mont, he understood his mistake. Shaking his head at such an obvious oversight, he took control of his willpower and aura, then sent it off to the sa spot before activating the item.

This ti, sothing happened.

He suddenly felt like soone had jamd him into a trash compactor and everything around him beca muddy. But before he could regain his bearings, he found himself falling onto his face.

He looked up and back where the two of them were watching, but he felt confused when he didn't see them. He looked around and finally found them. They were all the way across the room, staring at him with wide eyes as they witnessed him teleport across the room.

He laughed loudly and waved toward them. However, his laugh faded as he realized that the arm he was waving was missing a few pounds of flesh.