Fire Mage

Chapter 172: Mage Path Information

'Beware of a Divine… Kingdom's doom… Legacy…' Charles frowned a bit and soon nodded his head.

"I will keep it in my mind."

'But I can't completely trust this prophecy. I'm an Irregular and I think I already changed the original future of this kingdom.'

After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and asked her about mage-related information.

That was what he needed most in this current situation.

"Did you already enter the Inner World?"

"No. Only Rank-4 Mages will be able to enter the Inner World, My Lord." Daisy shook her head and responded.

But she clearly showed a confused expression on her face.

'Hmm? But why did I enter the Inner World earlier than others? It's not only due to increasing my wisdom to Rank-3 level… Is it due to the System? Now that I think about it, I did enter the Inner World when I was in the middle of the contract process. At that time, the 'Time' itself was frozen by some mysterious force and only my thinking process remained normally…'

'I think it really has something to do with the System. The system cube seemed to have the power to nullify the 'Time Stop' effect and allows the user to think normally. The System also constantly linking my consciousness with my Inner World… In a sense, it acted as a bridge and caused the dark space to appear at an early stage…'

'So, when I suddenly increased my wisdom to 30 points, the dark space expanded on its own and allowed me to finally enter the Inner World. Although these were just my own guesses, I'm sure this was what happened during that time.' Charles pondered for a moment and then asked his next question.

"How do a Class mage increase his wisdom power? Potions? Or some other method?"

A dumbfounded look appeared on Daisy's face as she heard that question.

'Wisdom Power? Is he talking about soul power?'

She soon cleared her throat and spoke with an awkward smile on her face.

"In this era, Mages call this power as Soul power, My Lord. We mostly increase our soul power with the help of potions and rituals. As long as we sign an agreement with Churches, Magic Towers, or any organizations, we can purchase ritual materials, and potions using contribution points." She suddenly paused for a moment and asked hesitantly.

"Are you an Ancient Mage, My Lord?"

"Yes," Charles lied without even blinking.

A look of understanding appeared on Daisy's face.

"I heard that Ancient Mages use some spirit technique to increase their soul power. Is that true, My Lord?"

Although Charles got startled inside, he didn't show it on his face and agreed with a nod.

"But my disciples are currently walking on the Class-Gem path. So, I need to learn something about this one."

Without even waiting for her to say another word, he rubbed his wrinkled chin and asked another question.

"What about body strength? How do you guys increase them?"

In truth, he was more curious about how the mages increase their strength in this world.

"Unlike other class Mystics, we don't have much time to do training. So, we mostly use potions to increase one's strength like the Ancient Mages, My Lord." Daisy answered politely.

"Potions? How many types of potions are there in this world?" Charles asked further.

"There are many unique potions, My Lord. I once heard from my father that the higher the rank, the harder it will be to get one's hand on these potion recipes. And, all these potions recipes are in the hands of Mage families, Magic Towers, Churches Royal Families, and large organizations." At that moment, a trace of anger and hate appeared on her face.

"Potions… Are they any Alchemist in the Iron Tower?" He asked further.

"Yes, My Lord. If you have a potion recipe, you can give them some money as payment and ask them to brew potions for you. But you have to be very careful and should never show the full recipe to them. Although I don't know if it can increase ancient mage's body strength, I think it is worth a try." Daisy patiently explained and then took out a grey robe from her space ring.

Then, she silently wore it over her nature dress made of leaves and dismissed her Nature's Child class skill.

At that moment, Charles averted his gaze and soon frowned.

'Potion recipes, huh. I need to get my hands on these and check if the potions can increase my body strength. Although the System is helping me giving free attribute points, I'm sure those free attributes won't be enough in the future.' He nodded inwardly and then asked another question.

"What are the requirements a Rank-3 mage needs to meet to Rank up?"

A surprised expression appeared on her face.

But soon, she returned to normal and spoke with a thoughtful look on her face.

"A Mage's body strength should be above Extraordinary Level. Otherwise, there is a big chance of failure during the Rank-Up. Then, his soul power should also need to be above Sunset level, My Lord." She suddenly paused for a moment as if she recalled something and continued with a serious look on her face.

"This is only for mages. For normal class Mystics, the requirements might be different and most of us still know nothing about this."

"That's why you haven't Ranked-up the Nature's Child Class, huh." Charles looked at her pretty face and then nodded his head in enlightenment.

"Yes, My Lord." Daisy smiled bitterly.

Meanwhile, Charles checked the grey-haired old man's ring and soon began to think.

'So, they are using a different level system to distinguish the Wisdom power level, huh. Sunset level…' He suddenly halted his thinking and soon asked.

'Do you know anything about this power system, Mr. Runeth?'

'You mean the Wisdom power level? Yes, I did hear about this strange leveling system from Eddie a few times. The first level is Dawn. If an apprentice mage wants to construct Rank-1 spell models, his wisdom power must be above this level. The second one should be Sunrise level, the third one is Midday and the fourth one is Sunset.'

'Dawn… Sunrise… Midday…Sunset… Dusk… Night… Midnight… Am I right?' Charles was stunned by their ranking. But soon, he felt that it was easier to remember than some strange names.

'Yes. Potions' names would also appear similar to this ranking system. So, you will have an easier time when searching for potion recipes in the future.' The Holem's Crown gave an affirmative answer.

After that, Charles once again turned his attention towards Daisy and asked.

"How do you guys know when one's soul power reaches Sunset Level?"

"We can check our soul power using Soul Checker artifact in the Iron Tower. Although checking once will cost around 100 gold coins, it's an affordable price for mages." Daisy responded calmly.

But the more she heard his question, the more anxious she became.

'This man knew nothing about the Class-Path… But he has some strange abilities to read memories and only knew about ancient methods… He is definitely an old monster who woke up from the slumber!' She had heard some terrifying legends about Ancient Mages and got nervous inside.

In her mind, the Ancient Mages were evil, wicked beings and would go any length to achieve their goal!

'The Royal Faction knew nothing about this monster. Otherwise, they wouldn't have sent us here to probe his real strength. With him helping Rhea, there is no chance of success for the Royal Faction… Unless that man appears…' She thought to herself.