Kobold Wizard's Journal

Chapter 295 Loyalty and Gifts

"Sleepy Mushroom," Luger thought to himself.

He naturally still had some of those cute little mushrooms. He, Raden, and Vito had all gotten a share in the Nightmare World, but when he mentioned wanting to get a bigger share of the potions he was brewing, Vito gave them all to him. In the end, Raden only took a few as ingredients for that night.

He calmed himself and used his mental energy to count the remaining mushrooms, which were of varying sizes.

He planned to keep six of them to follow in old Lenser's footsteps and experiment with cultivation, while the other two would be used to refine fighter potions. The process of old Lenser refining potions flashed through his mind again and again. He was confident that two mushrooms would be enough, and there might even be one left over.

Ruger walked through the crowded shelves of Old Lenser's Pharmacy with his hands behind his back. This small place was where he would stroll around when he was bored or tired of sitting, examining the messy goods on the shelves. Old Lenser never scolded him for it. He already knew the general location of some things. Of course, he could also say that he did this to provide better service to his customers.

He shifted his swaying figure, sidestepped between the two narrowest shelves, turned a corner, and picked out some useful items from the lower shelves.

Then he strolled over to the old, one-way counter and threw in the magic stones that were exactly the right price according to the price on the shelf.

Another wonderful day of working at the store begins, Ruger thought to himself.

He went behind the counter, but instead of sitting down immediately, he stood up and began the full-body spiritual hair nourishing technique. After a flurry of activity, he took out the plush doll and then sat down behind the counter.

After sitting for only a short while, Luger lazily lay down.

As he leaned towards the counter, he secretly glanced outside.

The old man in the statue did not appear in the spot where he basked in the blood-red sun every day.

Ruger pursed his lips, withdrew his furtive gaze, and crouched down in the center of the counter, concentrating on casting a curse and spirit hair nourishment spell on his dog-hair doll.

He wondered when old Lenser would be back, as he played with the doll.

When Old Lunser wanted to use his magical pets to test the potion, he also reminded Ruger that when Zizi woke up, perhaps he could learn from those beast king wizards and try to make Zizi a fighter. Last time when Aiskin and Da Sha Heng drank the basic fighter potion, Zizi was fast asleep, and it was a long sleep, so they perfectly missed that opportunity.

Most magical pets are best suited to be power warriors like Aiskin. Most magical pets like to chew on things and have a primal desire for power, so even the silly ones are more likely to become power warriors and successfully condense the warrior mark. Squeak is no exception; the success rate of becoming a power warrior is much higher.

But it is quite intelligent. Even in its current weak stage where it is not yet fully grown, it is already able to communicate normally with its owner, understand his meaning, and think independently.

This way, you can communicate and try to explain things to it. Generally, clumsy magical pets will stay at the basic fighter stage for a long time, even to the point that they no longer need to care about the so-called fighter level. But Zizi is different. The clever little guy may be able to understand, and may even intentionally train on his own like Da Shaheng and the others.

Ruger rubbed the doll in his hands, his mind wandering.

He always felt that Squeak was different. At the moment, it seemed closer to the so-called dragon race than him, its master, and even more so than the two kobolds, Aiskin and Big Fool Heng. In fact, it was far ahead of the three kobolds. This superiority wasn't just in its habits; Ruger believed that Squeak's bloodline strength was much closer to that of a dragon than theirs. Those habits and behaviors were the effects of its bloodline, its outward manifestations—like its unusual sleepiness, its ability to grow significantly after a nap, and its love of burrowing around in search of treasures.

You should know that his master had been bathed in the purest and most abundant dragon blood.

Ruger recalled the process of obtaining Zizi. Zizi would have a strong craving for certain things, such as dragon blood, or that egg. Now that he thought about it, that egg might also be related to the dragon. At that time, Zizi was still huddled in a large insect egg, and it had a strong craving for that egg. That was the so-called Grey Long-Necked Holy Lord, the dead egg of that strange snake. That strong craving only happened once. Later, he learned that the so-called Grey Long-Necked Holy Lord was Karu's magical pet. It was Bayont who was chasing Karu, which caused the giant snake to run to the vicinity of the kobolds with the dying Karu in its mouth.

As for what happened afterward, when Karyu became that way, the so-called mysterious half-human, he had no idea.

However, this suggests that the real Karyu originally intended to follow a path of remedial Beast King Wizardry. Karyu cultivated magical pets ahead of time, but did not place his heavy bets on them. Judging from the clues in Karyu's diary, Ruger believes that the egg might have been Karyu's magical pet for himself. Moreover, the potion for purifying dragon blood that he obtained before bathing in dragon blood also belonged to Karyu. It was the half-human who gave him Karyu's belongings. Perhaps all of this was prepared for that egg. However, the world never follows plans exactly. Karyu's struggle with Bayont and Bayont's pursuit threw everything into chaos, and the egg was prematurely born as a dead egg.

That egg may have been nurtured by Kalu while it was still inside her womb, but of course, it was eventually absorbed by Zizi.

This also changed Zizi; its original appearance might not even be like this anymore.

Ruger sat up straight and blinked.

He suddenly remembered the parting gift from the half-human, which he had carefully treasured in a corner of his space and had never seen before.

That should also be one of Karyu's belongings.

Moreover, it was a first-circle spellbook. Precisely because it was a first-circle spellbook, Ruger didn't rush to read it, but carefully put it away. It was a small gift given by the half-human who had hidden by his side and followed him from Star City to here, when they parted ways on the back mountain of Blood City. Or rather, it was a thank you for helping this guy escape. It seemed that some people had been searching for him all along.

Ruger looked around and took out the book.

He wondered when he would be able to learn the first-circle spellbook. After his recent wild thoughts, he was a little curious about what kind of relic Karyu would leave behind. It was precisely because he couldn't learn it right now that Ruger had been reluctantly keeping it in a corner and not looking at it.

Ruger raised his hand and gently stroked the books on the counter.

Blood of Loyalty, a first-circle spell.

Ruger turned to the first page and raised an eyebrow when he saw the name. It seemed somewhat different from what he had imagined, yet it matched his expectations. This was indeed Karyu's relic.

The blood of loyalty prevents one's blood from easily dissipating, such as from bleeding to death. Except in certain extreme and special circumstances or if the person intentionally causes it, the blood of loyalty will not happen. It can also prevent the blood from being used by others, such as for curses.

If you choose to fix the Blood of Loyalty to a first-ring spell slot during the first-ring stage, you can strengthen your contract with your summoned creature, provided the contract is cast using blood as a medium. Furthermore, after solidifying the spell, many blood-related spells become easier to cast, reducing mental energy consumption, and the spell's power increases to varying degrees depending on the specific spell.

(End of this chapter)