The Master of Uradan

"Yes, I am willing." Rohan bowed solemnly in front of his future master.

It was an act, but it wasn't much to show his willingness. In the end, even if Hanshen or Elynir were both working for the king of Prasthana, a person Rohan wanted to cut into pieces, they would teach a lot of things.

Those things were extremely important for him, as he wouldn't have access to this knowledge, no matter how much he searched for them. It was already considered lucky to have found books on wizardry, but there would be no way to find more of them.

A simple method to become a Beginner Warrior was pretty much circulating everywhere, and it wasn't that difficult for people to have access to this, at least for nobles as one need to read it. Even so, this method was far from being perfect, and all books on Intermediate ranks and further were considered with extreme care and secrecy.

Thus, becoming a disciple of the Lord of the country, as well as the court wizard, would give Rohan a lot of opportunities. What he didn't know was that not everyone in this tower was a disciple of Elynir, and the letter wasn't asking to take Rohan this way.

But those values given by the Essence Stone were simply outrageous. A spirit of 15? What did that mean? A wizard was one of the only mana users who could increase his spirit after becoming an Intermediate Wizard and an Advanced Wizard. But even Elynir himself didn't have that much!

The most important point was the age of Rohan. It wasn't a secret that he was only 17 years old.

While being a rank 1 Beginner Wizard at this age wasn't incredible at all, and there were even children at 10 years old with the same rank, being able to throw a spell with such speed and control was out of his expectations.

What was even stranger was the faint red light. Elynir was a rank 13 Advanced Wizard. He was still far from reaching the supreme ranks, but his sight and sense over mana wasn't something a warrior could compare to.

His sense was so strong, that compared with an Advanced Warrior, it wasn't a difficult feat to check the mana that was inside a person. With this ability, it wasn't hard for Elynir to see that Rohan was a rank 6 Intermediate Warrior as well as a rank 1 Beginner Wizard. It wasn't hard either to see the strange state of his mana.

The moment he had seen the wind spell corrupted with this red light, he instantly understood that the mana Rohan had wasn't normal at all. In fact, among the powerful ones of the whole continent, there was a theory trying to explain the provenance of mana, and red energy was somehow involved.

All in all, the young man was too prodigious and interesting for the court wizard to let go of such a disciple. He had then decided to take him on the spot.

"Great!" He looked around, trying to find what he was looking for. "Ha here! Take this book over there, and check among those ones! One of them is the book describing the third rune, and the others are almost all the Beginner spells I have."

Rohan turned his face toward the place where the wizard was pointing his finger. His face turned unsightly as he saw a pile of books on the floor, forming an unstable tower. 'Can't he have shelves or something?'

"Just take one of the spells you fancy the most and learn it! I know you will have to work with Hanshen, but you will have to work harder to become a real wizard. Don't think that becoming my disciple is costless! You will have tasks to do at some point." Elynir seriously declared when Rohan skimmed through the books.

Rohan already knew about it. He didn't really know what a wizard was doing for the kingdom though, so he could only wait and see.

Among the tens of books, Rohan finally decided to take the one called "Wind armor".

From the small description, the principle was to recover his whole body with a spinning wind, making his body lighter as well as hindering all attacks coming his way.

It was still a beginner spell, so the might in the first ranks wasn't that strong, but it would become more impressive the stronger he became. Although the cost of 5 mana was somewhat huge for protection lasting only a couple of minutes, it was still better than nothing.

And since Rohan already had an attacking spell, he might as well take one enhancing his speed and agility.

Elynir secretly nodded his head watching this. A magic warrior training both warrior and wizard paths was rare, and fusing both ways to improve his force was an obvious good choice.

After Rohan had taken the two books and other small details from his new master, Elynir called over another disciple.

Rohan would now live inside the tower, and there was a need to give him a place to rest. Obviously, this task wouldn't be done by Elynir himself.

After a few minutes, someone knocked at the door, and a clear voice came through.

"Master, you were looking for me?" It was a simple spell that was extremely useful, but only Advanced Wizard could learn telepathy. It was one of the few trademarks spells that all wizards wanted to learn, along with teleportation and flying that an Intermediate Wizard could learn.

Rohan turned his face toward the door. The voice was dangerously telling him something. He was sure to have heard it before.

"Yes, come." Oblivious to the expression Rohan was making, Elynir quickly made his disciple enter. He still had his own research to plunge into, and although Rohan was interesting, he only had his talent for now.

The door opened and a delicate young woman appeared at the doorstep. The instant she and Rohan crossed their gaze, their faces fell immediately.

"Alice, I present to you Rohan, he is now my disciple. Give him a place to rest. There should be a few free rooms on the eighth floor. After that give him a tour and explain to him everything you know. From now on, you also have to teach everything you know. You can come to me for a specific plan later. I believe you can do it!" He glanced at the two people, and after smiling at them, he disappeared, leaving them alone.

At this point, was there a meaning to call him master if he wasn't to teach him anything? While Rohan was having this thought, Alice stared at Rohan with mixed emotions. It was as if she wanted to murder him with cruelty, but before doing so, she wanted to cry all the tears she could.

"Since master had asked me this, then follow me, I'll show you around." After an internal struggle as violent as a tough battle, Alice finally gave in as she whispered defeatedly. She turned around and walked down the stairs, forcing Rohan to follow behind.

"Let's go directly to the eighth floor. By the way, even if we are both disciples of master Elynir, don't you dare to be familiar with me. I don't know why master fancies you to take you as a disciple, but I am a rank 6 Beginner Wizard, not a nobody like you."

Rohan almost choked on his tongue. He cursed in his mind. In what world this powerful woman was the one opening the door for visitors?

It was said that the differences of power between a rank 6 Intermediate Wizard and a rank 6 Intermediate Warrior were larger than the differences between the latter and a rank 1 Beginner Warrior.

Although Rohan didn't know how strong an Intermediate Wizard was, Alice had indeed the right to look down on him.. At least if it wasn't repeatedly like she was doing right now, otherwise he might want to try and figure out her power.