Wizard Earl

Chapter 293 Birthday Gift

Sitting alone in the basement of the safe house, Connor gazed regretfully at the little blood tiger still asleep in its cage, unaware that it had found a new master. Although he had given the little creature to Varga, Connor still felt a deep reluctance...

Although the little blood tiger was given to Varga as a birthday gift, such a small creature is no ordinary thing. Varga needs to make some arrangements before she can move it. So the little blood tiger is temporarily placed in Connor's safe house, waiting for Varga to pick it up after a while.

Connor's decision to give the little blood tiger to Varga was not a spur-of-the-moment or impulsive act, but rather the result of careful consideration and deliberation.

Connor is not one to like owing favors to others, even though this "person" is Varga, whom he considers to belong to him from soul to body!

Over this long period, Varga's help to him has been immense. Leaving aside the fact that every potion he used to aid his cultivation and breakthroughs came from her, the kindness she showed in treating his mental exhaustion and curing the Gray Tarot virus is something Connor feels he can never repay…

So when Varga told him that her birthday was coming up, Connor, who was very concerned about his image, absolutely could not allow himself to just brush it off, even though Varga's feelings for him wouldn't have caused him any problems if he did.

Connor originally intended to craft a level 2 enchanted item as a gift for Varga, but after careful consideration, he abandoned the idea. With his current alchemy skills, although he could craft level 2 enchanted items, he was far from being able to "craft them whenever he wanted"!

Putting aside the issue of what level two enchanted items to refine and the raw materials, Connor felt there wasn't enough time. With his current alchemy skills, refining a level two enchanted item was a different story. He couldn't just study the refining method for a few days like he could with level one enchanted items and start refining immediately. The refining process for level two enchanted items was far more complicated than that for level one. Connor would need a month just to study it, and that would be fast. If he was slow, it might take him two or three months to figure it out.

Even after the research is completed, Kang An usually does not start refining. Instead, he uses his auxiliary chip to build a model to simulate the entire refining process. After all, there is a big difference between understanding the theoretical methods and actually starting to refine!

Connor needs to simulate the refining process in the auxiliary chip to become familiar with the entire process. Although this is much slower than refining directly in the furnace, Connor is relatively poor. The materials for refining a set of level 2 enchanted items are extremely rare. Not to mention the price of tens of thousands of gold pounds, it takes a long time to collect the materials to get a set. And no alchemist dares to say that he can definitely succeed in refining a certain enchanted item on the first try. An alchemist's growth is built on countless alchemy failures!

As a penniless individual, Connor's alchemy materials were mostly tainted with blood. To avoid wasting these hard-won materials, he would simulate the alchemy process dozens of times in the auxiliary chip, only starting the actual refining process after feeling confident and almost certain of success! Based on Connor's experience in refining the Silver Pendant and the Castilian Staff, this simulated refining process in the auxiliary chip would take at least two months!

The research of theoretical methods, combined with the simulated refining process in the auxiliary chip, will take at least three months if everything goes smoothly. Then there's the time needed to determine what kind of level-two enchanted item to give to Varga, the collection of materials, and finally the formal refining. Connor doesn't dare to predict how long it will take him to refine the item!

Varga's birthday is next week, and if he wants to specially craft a level 2 enchanted item to send to her, he might have to wait until next year... If he wants to send Varga a level 2 enchanted item as a birthday gift this year, Connor's only choice is between the Castilian Staff and the Silver Pendant he has!

Both the Castia Staff and the Silver Pendant were custom-made for Connor based on his own cultivation characteristics. They were both precious to him, and giving either of them away would greatly reduce Connor's strength. Although Varga's help to him far exceeded these two enchanted items, to be honest, Connor would really be reluctant to give them away.

So after much deliberation, Connor thought of the Odin Blood Tiger cub he had hidden in the safe house. After careful consideration, Connor finally made up his mind to give the little blood tiger cub, which he had seized from Scarface, to Varga as a birthday present!

Making this decision was difficult, as Connor intended to nurture the little Blood Tiger so that it would become a great asset to him in the future. However, as Connor had just advised Varga, the little Blood Tiger, though incredibly precious and possessing extraordinary potential, was already comparable to a high-level wizard apprentice in adulthood, and even had the potential to become a full-fledged wizard. If successfully captured, its value would definitely surpass that of a top-tier level 2 enchanted item!

However, it will take a long time for the little blood tiger to grow up and realize its potential. Right now, it only has the cultivation of a novice wizard apprentice, so it can be said to be a double-edged sword for Connor, tasteless to eat but a pity to throw away!

Furthermore, if Connor didn't give the little blood tiger as a gift, he would have to bite the bullet and craft a magical item as a birthday present for Varga. Although he would undoubtedly craft the highest-grade level one magical item, no matter how good a level one magical item was, it could never become a level two. Connor's strong sense of male chauvinism made it impossible for him to bring himself to give such a thing to Varga, who had given him her body…

The final and most important reason that led Connor to make this decision was that the people of Varga were already Connor Ferguson's. Giving the little Blood Tiger to Varga, in essence, meant that he was still his, just moved from one hand to the other!

Once the little blood tiger grows up, given the relationship between Varga and him, wouldn't it be a simple matter of just saying the word if he wanted to borrow it? Thinking this way, Connor felt much better!

He took out a pink potion from his spatial storage and handed it to him by Varga to remove the effects of the Grey Tarot. A smile returned to Connor's lips.

(End of this chapter)