The Moon Thief

A few days before the journey, Heinald went to Lord Fredor's room to talk to him about something very important. He had in mind to ask some questions about two things that were very important to him. These two things could be his stand, especially against dangers in a different and unknown land.

When Lord Fredor saw Heinald, he smiled lightly and said, "Are you here to get some information about the runes again?"

Heinald also smiled and replied, "I never say no to knowledge. However, runes are not what I came here for today."

"Oh? So what?" A look of curiosity appeared on Fredor's face.

Heinald asked, "Do you have a Protective-type Magical Treasure?"

"Yes, I have." Lord Fredor answered.

"How many Protective-type Magical Treasures do you have?" Heinald asked.

"I have three of them. You want me to give one of them to you?" Lord Fredor grinned mockingly.

"Not for free…" Heinald didn't quite know what to say.

"Look young man...a Protective-type Magical Treasure is not the kind of items you can get by giving something in return. A Protective-type Magical Treasure is first and foremost a life guarantee. What kind of idiot would give up such a guarantee?" Lord Fredor took a sip of his drink and continued, "If someone says they're going to give you a Protective-type Magical Treasure, they're either going to charge you a hundred times what it's worth in return, or they're trying to trick you."

"So you mean…" Heinald wanted to say something, but Fredor interrupted him.

"You can't buy a Protective-type Magical Treasure..." Lord Fredor looked directly into Heinald's eyes, "You obtain it!"

When Heinald heard this, his pupils twitched.

What Lord Fredor was trying to say was clear. If you wanted to possess a Protective-type Magical Treasure, you had to finish off the person who had it and capture it. However, it would be a looking for death to fight someone who had a Protective-type Magical Treasure.

In a battle between two Ainsars, even a defensive spell would be decisive, a Protective-type Magical Treasure would make an even greater difference. Defensive spells, after being used, would create certain disadvantages on the person using them. Moreover, it was necessary to spend a large amount of Magical Energy to cast these spells.

However, a Protective-type Magical Treasure could be activated with a small amount of Magical Energy depending on its rank and would not have any disadvantages.

"Sir, do you have any High Rank Spells?" Heinald asked after a sigh.

Lord Fredor looked at the young man in front of him for a while, then said, "If you want a defensive spell, it will cost you more than a few million Arkana Stones, and that's how it is with the discount I'm giving If you want an Attack-type High Rank Spell, you need to discard at least half a million Arkana Stones.

Heinald nodded slightly. He didn't want to spend much of his Arkana Stones, especially after learning about the connection between Arkana Stones and Rune Tablets, but he didn't think he could get an Attack-type High Rank Spell anywhere else for half a million Arkana Stones .

Heinald was his brother's apprentice and was going to help his daughter. Moreover, one would have to be a fool not to see that he was a promising Ainsar. To get good relations with such a person, Fredor made him an offer that was cut in half.

Heinald said, "I would love to see an Attack-type High Rank Spells in your hand."

Lord Fredor gave him five different scrolls. Each of these scrolls had a description of an Attack-type High Rank Spell.

He took the scroll that written 'Divine Chaos' on it and began to read.

"This spell creates an energy field within a radius of two hundred meters so that the opponent or opponents cannot escape. Powerful storm clouds appear above this energy field and 100 lightning strikes within the energy field in succession, within 10 seconds. This spell has a very high destructive power. It's a field magic."

His eyes widened as he began to read the description of the spell. Especially in a fight against Magical Beasts, such a spell would come in handy for him.

He took the scroll that written 'Indignation of Ice' on it and began to read.

"Towards a single target, a giant ice hand reaches up to 50 meters. If the target is caught by the ice hand, it will suffer an extremely strong freezing effect. It inflicts a severe ice burn on the hit target. To break this freezing effect, another spell must be used at the same level as the spell, weaker spells will have zero effect against the freezing effect."

As Heinald began reading the descriptions of these spells, he began to understand why High Rank spells were so rare and valuable. There was a special case for High Rank spells; Even if these spells were obtained, few Ainsars were able to learn them. The pattern of these spells of very complex runes, seals and symbols. It was necessary to fully construct the entire spell pattern in his mind and then integrate it in a balanced way with Magical Energy.

That was the real problem!

According to what Heinald read in a book about spells, even if you could construct a complete pattern of a High Rank spell in your mind, it was still likely that there would be a problem during the casting phase. This was because these spells did not have a fixed pattern content like Low Rank and Medium Rank spells. For example, if someone successfully construct the pattern of the Divine Chaos spell in their mind and started integrating Magical Energy with it, they would encounter resistance and have to suppress this resistance because the seals and runes that make up a High Rank spell were too strong .

Therefore, it was necessary to have a very strong mindpower, willpower, and ability to cast a High Rank spell.

In the Ainsar World, the number of Ainsars was very small compared to the world population. On top of that, even fewer Ainsars had the mindpower, willpower, and ability to successfully cast a High Rank spell.

Heinald snapped out of his thoughts, picked up another scroll and began to read. The name of the spell mentioned in this scroll was 'Infernal Fireball'.

"Infernal Fireball is a very powerful single and multi-target spell. Composed of very strong fire, this spell, when it hits the target and explodes, emits a fire wave with a radius of 150 meters and a temperature of 1500 degrees. Where it explodes, it creates a lava pit with a radius of 30 meters and this lava. The pit stays active for 20 seconds."

His hands began to tremble as He read the description of this spell in his hand. All the spells he had read descriptions of so far were extraordinarily good spells, and he wanted them all. However, he would only have the right to choose one. A battle had already begun in his mind over which one to choose.

Heinald immediately picked up the last scroll and began to read it.

"Whirling Air Wave is a very strong wind type spell. When the formed windball is sent to a specific target, it activates at the desired time of the caster and pulls everything within 300 meters of its radius to the center point. During heavy pull, all targets inside the wind waves take physical damage due to excessive pressure."

Heinald nodded slightly as he read the spells' description. This spell was more like a support spell. If there was an enemy moving quickly, it could be used to capture him. For example, if Heinald was exposed to this spell while using his spell called 'Whisper of the Wind', he would never be able to escape and would be drawn to the central pulling point.

He liked all of these spells very much, but unfortunately he had to make a choice.

Understanding Heinald's predicament by observing his expressions, Fredor smiled, "It's hard to choose, isn't it?"

"Indeed!" Heinald replied lamentably. He was especially torn between Divine Chaos and Infernal Fireball. His Spiritual Spell-Death Ray was a single-target spell and had a very high destructive power. Therefore, it would make more sense for him to choose a spell with field destruction power, such as Divine Chaos. However, it would be absolutely ridiculous to say that Infernal Fireball is an ineffective field spell. If Fire Vines and Infernal Fireball were used in a row, it would cause terrible havoc.

However, Heinald thought it was more logical to choose Divine Chaos because the energy field created by this spell also limited the opponent's range of motion. While Infernal Fireball was a really useful spell, Divine Chaos was a step better spell tactically.

"You are a Potions Master and also Albin Redsand's apprentice. I'm sure you'll make great profits in the future. Don't worry, I can give you a copy of all of these spells if you get enough Arkana Stones with you " Lord Fredor laughed and tried to reassure the young man before him.

"Thank you sir." Heinald couldn't help but smile bitterly.