13 Honorary Librarian
"Greetings Minue, we would like for you to see if these books are what you are looking for," AleyaNala said to the magician, surrendering the 20 books that they have found with the word special on it.
"Young Scholars, do you wish to finish your magician's enlistment first, or have you yet to accomplish this request?"-Minue
"Oh yes, of course, we would like to submit our apprenticeship first." Following AleyaNala's words, the sound of the system rang thrice.
[Your Team Leader wishes for you to submit your Magicians Apprenticeship Quest; Magicians Request. <Accept><Decline>]
All of them had already learned high-class magic circles, modified arrays, and obtaining skills, from the Hundreds of books with High Aura Content they collected.
"Accept"- team members
[Quest: Magicians Request (S-Class Completion Rate)
Reward Selection; 1 Legendary Item, 1 Fragmented-Legendary item, 1 Epic item.
(Select one item with the corresponding rank within the selection):
Grimoire; Legendary, Fragmented-Legendary, Epic.
Quill; Legendary, Fragmented-Legendary, Epic.
Wand; Legendary, Fragmented-Legendary, Epic.]
It was not the usual reward that randomly ranked items we're given away. The group was given a choice to select what rank which item would have.
[Librarian's Grimoire (Legendary)
-Contains the full collection of Spells and Magic Circles.
-Exclusive Item
Skill:
Archive (Passive)
-Access to the subjects you seek, think it and it will be revealed.]
[Scholar's Grimoire (Fragmented-Legendary)
-An empty book used by Magicians to record their creation and store references.
-Exclusive Item
Skill:
Stored Knowledge (Passive)
-Write or Rewrite, contents of this book. A treasure to the knowledgeable.]
[Magician's Grimoire (Epic)
-Contains the full collection of Spells and Magic Circles from a specific Job-Class.
-Exclusive Item
Skill:
Small Archive (Passive)
-Access to the subjects you seek, think it and it will be revealed.]
[Wise man's Quill (Legendary)
-A writing material used by wise magicians, to assist them in casting spells or magic circles.
-The minimum Completion Rate of the Quill depends on the Highest Completion rate during the recording of the spell or magic circle.
-Exclusive Item.
Skill:
Passive Casting (Active)
-Cast a spell or magic circle, stored within the Quills memory.
[Empty] [Empty] [Empty] [Empty] [Empty]
-Can be written and overwritten.
-MP Cost Normal.]
[Wizard's Quill (Fragmented-Legendary)
-A writing material used by great magicians, to assist them in casting spells or magic circles.
-Completion Rate is within 80-90% regardless of the recorded Completion Rate.
-Exclusive Item.
Skill:
Passive Casting (Active)
-Cast a spell or magic circle, stored within the Quills memory.
[Empty] [Empty] [Empty] [Empty] [Empty]
-Can be written and overwritten.
-MP Cost 2xNormal.]
[Scribe's Quill (Epic)
-A writing material used by clever magicians, to assist them in casting spells or magic circles.
-100% Completion Rate, Regardless of memory.
-Exclusive Item.
Skill:
Passive Casting (Active)
-Cast a spell or magic circle, stored within the Quills memory.
[Empty] [Empty] [Empty]
-Can be written and overwritten.
-MP Cost 3xNormal.]
[Ghastly Wand (Legendary)
-Wand made to dominate others, revered by its owner, and cursed by its opponent.
-Don't let your enemy gain the upper hand.
-Exclusive Item
Skill:
Absolute Spell (Passive)
- Cast any spell or magic circle with 100% Completion Rate.]
[Crystal Wand (Fragmented-Legendary)
-A wand made by magicians of old used to enhance the control of mana.
-Known for its efficiency and reflectivity in the control of mana.
-Exclusive Item
Skill:
Mana Control (Passive)
-Reduce the mana consumed in casting spells and magic circles by 75%.]
[Training Wand (Epic)
-The wand used to train young magicians.
-Continued use will improve one's mana control.
-Exclusive Item
Skill:
Rewarding Endeavor (Passive)
-Spells and magic circles will be hard to cast with this wand, but overcoming this challenge will grant you talent any magician wishes to obtain.
-MP Cost Normal.]
Selected:
AleyaNala: [Scholar's Grimoire (Fragmented-Legendary), Wise man's Quill (Legendary), Training Wand (Epic)]
VerBoss: [Scholar's Grimoire (Fragmented-Legendary), Scribe's Quill (Epic), Ghastly Wand (Legendary)]
GurinBare: [Scholar's Grimoire (Fragmented-Legendary), Scribe's Quill (Epic), Ghastly Wand (Legendary)]
Shapeless: [Scholar's Grimoire (Fragmented-Legendary), Scribe's Quill (Epic), Ghastly Wand (Legendary)]
Sachin: [Scholar's Grimoire (Fragmented-Legendary), Wise man's Quill (Legendary), Training Wand (Epic)]
Mizarin: [Scholar's Grimoire (Fragmented-Legendary), Wise man's Quill (Legendary), Training Wand (Epic)]
"Is this your final choice young magicians?" - Minue asked the party for their final confirmation.
"Hay before we accept the quest completion, grow your gloves!" -GurinBare reminded the group, everyone else did forget about this chance, almost letting the exp from the reward fly into waste. Except for Mizarin who has yet to reach the lvl 10 cap, everyone in the group frantically fed their Herbalist Gloves with Exp and growing it to lvl 3, while they drop 2, which brought everyone to lvl8.
"Alright, I will accept the completion now."- AleyaNala
The group noted in response.
"Yes, we would like to receive the reward within our selections." AlayaNala directed to the magician over the counter.
When the final confirmation was accepted by the magician, the group was showered with descending light, symbolic for gaining a level, and they received a notice of Items deposited to their inventory that rang thrice.
[Notice: Quest reward; Grimoire, Quill, Wand, and 10 Gold have been deposited in your inventory.]
None of them bothered to check if the items are in their inventory. They are more inclined to the unknown reward that the special quest will give. Feeding their exp to the Herbalists Gloves once more, the company looked at their leader to proceed with the quest.
"Now. Moving on completing two consecutive quests with a high completion rate. I commend you, young scholars."
[Quest: 'Special Enchantments' (Special, Hidden Quest)(Completed)S-Completion Rate)
Reward: Title; Honorary Librarian, Librarians Evaluation +100(Can Not Be Reducted), Exp +5000, Gold 500]
"Ehh... That's it?" everyone thought while feeding exp to their Herbalist Gloves reaching level 10 short of a few hundred even after resetting themselves to level zero, unfortunate for Mizarin, such an opportunity was missed.
[Title: Honorary Librarian (Passive)
-A title to the great Aides of the librarian, Minue.
-This title grants, the bearer, access to all levels, archives, and restricted areas of libraries across the continent.
-Only Magistrates and Warlocks are granted this title.]
"Wow... No wonder the reward looks so cheap with our completion rate!"-GurinBare exclaimed attracting the fellowship's gaze. but before anyone can retort. The system rings once more.
[The title: Honorary Librarian, had resonated with items in your inventory. Forced material assimilation commenced!]
they were all stunned when they saw this. There was nothing they can do but watch, as the grimoire, quill, and wand flew from their inventory, then hovered in the air.
[System: You have successfully assimilated Scholar's Grimoire (Fragmented-Legendary), Wise man's Quill (Legendary), Training Wand (Epic)]
You receive [Wise Man's Thoughts], was the message that SayaShin, Mizarin, and AleyaNala received from the system.
[Wise Man's Thoughts
- A collection of magicians device, used by those who value knowledge, and wisdom through practice.
Items: Scholar's Grimoire (Fragmented-Legendary) ...
Exclusive Equipment, Bound, Can Not Be Destroyed]
[System: You have successfully assimilated Scholar's Grimoire (Fragmented-Legendary), Scribe's Quill (Epic), Ghastly Wand (Legendary)]
'You receive [Seeker's Power]', on the other hand, was the message that VerBoss, GurinBare, And Shapeless received.
[Seeker's Power
- A collection of magicians device, used by those who know their strength and challenge these limits.
Items: Scholar's Grimoire (Fragmented-Legendary) ...
Exclusive Equipment, Bound, Can Not Be Destroyed]
After the system message ended, the party immediately checked their inventory and took out the newly created equipment. Taking the material out prompted the magician; Minue, to speak.
"Ohh... The young truly are eager!... Here record these books that you have brought me, but next time you will be charged."- Minue
Without question, the group touched the books, one by one, copying the contents. This does not require them to manually read and write the content, just by touching the book, they are prompted with a message to copy the information to their grimoire. After which they left the building.
[System: You have been in the game for the first time, you have exceeded the 18 consecutive limits, please log out within 30 minutes or you will be forcefully evacuated.]
The system prompted. This is a way of monitoring people's health and wellbeing. The first few months will be monitored so that players do not develop any sickness during their time playing the game.
[Daily Run/Walk 20 Kilometres (0/20Km)
Daily Calorie intake (0/200Cal)
Daily water intake (0/2Lit)
Daily Nap(0/2Hrs)
Smart devices will track your record, the game will be inaccessible for the next 8 hrs until you finish daily goals.]
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It was already past lunchtime when Sai left his bed. Food was prepared on the table with a note, 'Eat, we're out for your brother's theatre play, come out for dinner tonight at 7:00 pm, Central Plaza, don't forget to wear a jacket'-Mom.
He pinned the note over by the refrigerator door and prayed after removing the screen covering the food on the table.
[Message: Izen: Your mother invited us for dinner, a celebration for your brother's theatre play. See you there!]
Sai finished his lunches, cleaned the after himself, then went on a jog. Though it was already mid-day, he has to at least run for 20 kilometers today. Running under the midday sun, Sai had to constantly take a break to catch his beat and refresh. After about 3 hours of cardio exercise, he made his way home, slowly taking his time. And when he reached home his sweat was all dried, breathing normalized, so instead of taking a long rest on a chair, he went to get a warm bath. A bath that took almost an hour, he stayed in the bathtub thinking, when the transfer would come to pick them up, him and some other neighborhood kids heading to the research center for their training. After his long bath, dried his hair, and went to take a nap, then his phone rang.
"Hello," Sai said with a half-asleep tone as he picked up the phone call.
"Where are you? Everyone is waiting!" Izen said irritated, she wasn't able to get her nap yet since they had to prepare for the meet. Ladies are ladies after all.
The tone on the voice shook Sai from his dreaming state, the looked at the time reading: 7:18 pm, he then dashed to his closet pulled some casual wear he prepared before going to bed, and called for a cab. It takes, precisely, a 15-minute ride to his destination from their house. Sai dressed as best he could, wore his coat not forgetting his phone and wallet, turned off the appliances, and left the building.
When he got out, headed to the street, a cab arrived stopping in front of him as if clockwork, every action seemed to be calculated effectively. Sitting at the back of the transport he gave his destination to the driver and opened his phone.
[16 Missed call, 30 Messages]
The first call arrived at 5:00 a few minutes after he got to bed. Reading the messages, that contained just one phrase; Wake up! is all it said. After reading the message he's sent a grouped message saying: "On my way."
Nobody really cared if he attended the dinner, they could just get him some takeout for later, he is a grown man after all, but his brother kept on asking if he is coming. So the adults couldn't turn a blind eye and called for him, but that was just for show. Fortuitously, his best friend; Izen, attended the dinner, and this gave Sai's brother more reason to impose on his attendance. None of them thought this as annoying, to their eyes it was cute, the younger brother looking up to his elders.
When the food started to be served, Sai appeared behind the door of the restaurant. Izen saw him and waves her hand raised to attract his attention.
"Just in time. Thank you for waiting." Sai greeted his elders and then sat beside his brother and best friend.
"I wanted to wake you up earlier but mother said not to disturb you." Sai's brother said.
"Haha... Really. Thanks." Sai put his hands around his brother's neck pulling him close then messing up his hair.
The dinner was delicious, mixed continental dishes and tropical seafood grub enticed the family gathering. The conversation ranged from Sai's brother's recital to his acceptance in the research department and Izens decision to postpone her transfer.
When the family got home, Sai made sure that his brother went to sleep, and then he freshened up and went to his room. Booting up his computer and browsing the CELESTIALS official website for new information, and the forums for hints on how to get the descent drops and equipment, as well as where to get materials for the alchemist and blacksmith quest.
Sai was able to locate a spot where he could collect for pearls, located in the assassins encampment, Bandits lair, and gold ores From the mines near the Royal Training grounds. As for the firewood, there were no hints on what material is of high quality so he would still have to look for a suitable source. After a while of searching and browsing, Sai decided to log in to the game.
Wearing the headgear, Sai laid down on his bed and initiated the login interface of the equipment.
[Input Log-in Credentials.]
[Syncronizing Brain And System Frequency]
[Collecting Daily Quota Information]
[Log-in Success]
This is how the system will track the physical health of the player for the following months.
With the white light fading Sai saw the others waiting just outside the library having a conversation.
