Wizard: I devour the stars with swarms of insects.

When the wooden box was opened, there were three items inside:

A strangely shaped black dagger and a book made from the fur of an unknown animal.

And... a crystal ball.

Next, Wayne picked up the dagger.

It is hard and heavy.

The dagger was covered with some intricate and mysterious patterns, as well as variations of some unknown wizarding languages.

On the scabbard of the dagger, three ancient characters are engraved: [Hunter's Dagger].

And at the end, it looks like there's a "hole" area that resembles the muzzle of a gun.

When Wayne stroked the dagger, he actually felt energy fluctuations on it.

Wayne's expression shifted.

It looks like... this is actually a demonized piece of equipment?

This was similar to when he left the Black Forest City to help deal with the plague outbreak in his senior brother Holman's family territory.

Before leaving, Mentor Morse gave him the same enchanted equipment as the ring [Kiss of the Mad Serpent].

You can feel ripples of energy fluctuations when you touch it.

Next, Wayne tried to channel a wisp of mental energy into the dagger along his fingers.

However, when he tried to input his mental energy, he encountered a slight obstacle.

"A spiritual imprint?"

Feeling the hard barrier or fortress coming towards him, Wayne frowned slightly.

Those enchanted items, because they are imprinted with solidified witchcraft models, are equivalent to possessing some of the power of witchcraft.

Therefore, the original owner's spiritual imprint is often applied to the witchcraft model, which is a kind of "recognition of the master" effect.

Before the original spiritual imprint is broken, the special magical effects of the enchanted item cannot be used.

"Could we try to force it open...?"

Wayne thought to himself.

After all, this enchanted equipment in front of us is a weapon-type enchanted equipment, and it is of great value.

Among the many types of enchanted items are weapons, armor, accessories, and so on.

Often, the most valuable items are enchanted weapon-type equipment—at least within the same level.

Because weapons can be used to attack, fight, and defend oneself at close range... Attacking is always better than getting beaten up at close range!

Therefore, enchanted weapon equipment is often the most valuable, followed by armor, and then accessories.

And you should know that what you lack most right now is a weapon that you can use for close-quarters combat and self-defense!

Although it possesses the ring "Kiss of the Mad Serpent" that its mentor Morse gave it, it is ultimately just a magically enhanced piece of equipment, an "accessory" for self-defense.

Where can I find a good enchanted weapon of this type?

Just as Wayne was pondering how to remove the original spiritual imprint from the dagger and make it "ownerless" again.

Suddenly, a hazy wisp of white smoke billowed out from the hole at the end of the dagger.

A slender, handsome face materialized from the wisps of white smoke.

Although it consists only of wisps of white smoke.

However, his clothing and appearance seemed to be those of the wizard's male corpse who had died next to the teleportation array in the Crescent Moon Forest: [Edgar von Herwin].

However, in the footage, Herwin looked obviously very unwell, disheveled, listless, and with a panicked and uncertain look in his eyes.

"Huff, huff... Whoever you are, seeing this video means I'm afraid I didn't escape that forest."

"Being able to break through the markings on the box proves that your mental strength is definitely not weak. You should be a wizard... or a high-level wizard apprentice."

"Um... I need your help. Please take this wizard's journal of mine to the 'Heart of the Matrix' Academy and deliver it to my mentor, wizard 'Flamemer'."

"In return, I am willing to automatically remove the spiritual imprint of my sorcery equipment 'Hunter's Dagger' from the box and give it to you."

"If you are willing to accept, please take a wizard's oath to the Oath of Truth in your own name... Similarly, I will also take an oath to the Oath of Truth in my own name, voluntarily giving you this 'Hunter's Dagger,' and no one will hold me accountable afterward."

The Oath of Truth is a system of oaths in the wizarding world.

It is said that if one swears an oath to the truth in one's own name and then fails to keep it, one will be rejected by "truth" in the future, and will find it difficult to make any progress in the realm of wizardry for the rest of one's life.

and.

According to the rules of the White Wizarding Association, if someone swears an oath in their real name and then fails to keep it, they will be scorned by everyone else.

This is a stain that many white wizards absolutely cannot violate.

"Believe me, this dagger is imprinted with a special mental mark created by the 'Heart of the Matrix.' Without me actively removing the mental mark from the 'Hunter's Dagger'... you definitely won't be able to use it."

"Please, stranger, do me this favor. I don't want my sacrifice to seem meaningless..."

"Furthermore, if you're willing to help, inside the crystal ball in the box, there are some basic sorcery models from our 'Matrix Heart' that you can learn..."

Now, the man in the smoke, von Herwin, spoke earnestly and with a hint of pleading to himself.

Furthermore, the strangest thing is that the smoke in front of us looks like some kind of residual imagery from witchcraft.

This is a relatively simple wizarding trick that imprints or records part of an image onto a crystal ball or some other object.

It's a very basic and simple form of witchcraft.

It should be the "last words and appearance" of von Herwin before his death, which had already been "recorded".

But now it's like being able to communicate synchronously, having a real-time conversation with myself, even... with lifelike eyes, as if I can really see myself.

It was clearly a projection left behind before death, but now it feels like I can have a conversation with myself in this moment, even though it's from a distance.

That's... such a bizarre ability!

Wayne couldn't help but feel a sense of dread.

However, no matter how bizarre or eerie it may seem, in essence, it is nothing more than a remnant of some kind of witchcraft or magic trick.

There's nothing to be afraid of!

"If you're willing to grant my request, I can immediately swear an oath to the 'Oath of Truth' in my own name to remove the spiritual imprint from the 'Hunter's Dagger.' Please, unknown stranger..."

Through the hazy white smoke before him, von Herwin pleaded with a tone of both desperation and expectation, his face full of hope.

"Okay, I promise."

Wayne thought for a moment and then said.

Now that I have the chance to obtain a weapon-type [Enchanted Equipment], I certainly won't pass it up.