Chapter 6: Level Ten Talent, Innate Max-Level Perception

"What are you doing?!" Franklin let out a piercing scream.

The novice mage was now at his workbench, fiddling with his beloved eagle mouse!

This was akin to insulting his wife.

No, even worse than insulting his wife; no one should ever tamper with his eagle mouse!

Franklin roared in anger, grabbed a scalpel, and charged at Luca.

"You damned novice, you're dead! I'm going to gouge out your eyes and soak them in alcohol, cut off your manhood and feed it to the dogs, and... huh?" Franklin's face was twisted in rage, ready to teach this impertinent kid a harsh lesson.

But as he approached and saw the situation in the cage, he suddenly froze.

"What... what did you do to my eagle mouse?" he asked, looking at the lively eagle mouse and Luca, who was busy with some potions, with a mix of suspicion and disbelief.

Franklin knew the eagle mouse's condition well and had been ready to give up on it. Yet, in just a few minutes, this novice had managed to heal it?

Luca set down the vial in his hand, looked up, and smiled. "I didn't do much. I just fed the eagle mouse a bit of Bone Scale Powder to neutralize some of the effects of the Calming Grass in its system."

"Bone Scale Powder?" Franklin repeated, stunned, then muttered to himself.

Suddenly, a light bulb went off in his head, and he clapped his hands in realization, exclaiming, "No wonder! No wonder the Calming Grass potion wasn't working on the eagle mouse. It was the Bone Scale Powder!"

Franklin remembered that he had used the human formula for the Calming Grass potion.

For the eagle mouse, Bone Scale Powder was needed to mitigate the effects of Calming Grass; otherwise, the eagle mouse couldn't handle it.

With this realization, Franklin looked at Luca in astonishment and asked, "Are you a healer?"

If he wasn't a healer, there was no way he could have known that Bone Scale Powder could neutralize the effects of Calming Grass.

The fact that this novice noticed something even he, a purple-gold level Witch Doctor, hadn't.

That was intriguing.

Luca shook his head. "I'm not a healer. I just have a keen sense of perception and happen to know a bit about herbology."

Franklin's surprise deepened. He scrutinized Luca from head to toe. "Are you saying that you figured out the problem with the Calming Grass potion just by sensing it?"

Luca nodded.

Franklin fell silent.

In professions such as mage, Witch Doctor, healer, and alchemist, perception was crucial.

It allowed practitioners to sense the transcendent energies of the world more finely, helping them control the distribution of materials or magic more accurately and create more potent and effective transcendent potions.

If what this young man said was true.

That he could identify the issue with the Calming Grass potion without being a professional healer.

This guy was an undiscovered genius!

Thinking this, Franklin's gaze toward Luca became quite peculiar.

"Don't leave just yet. Wait here for a moment," Franklin said, then hurriedly turned and went to the clinic's material storage. After rummaging for a while, he finally pulled out a white crystal ball.

[Perception Talent Test Crystal: Can test the user's perception talent level.]

"Place your hand on this and focus on testing your talent level," Franklin handed the perception crystal to Luca, his eyes filled with anticipation.

Whether this kid is as talented as he claims to be will be revealed through this test.

If this kid is truly a Surpass the conventional perception genius, then Franklin would have struck gold!

"Alright," Luca nodded. This was exactly what he wanted. Only by demonstrating enough talent and potential could he gain the attention of someone as eccentric as Franklin and secure the Witch Doctor profession.

Luca placed his hand on the perception crystal and closed his eyes.

Perception and other talents are generally divided into ten levels, ranging from 1 to 10.

Different levels of perception talent emit different colors of light during the test.

As soon as Luca placed his hand on the crystal ball...

"Boom!"

A blinding purple-gold light erupted from the crystal ball!

The noble and mysterious purple-gold light illuminated Franklin's shocked, gaunt face.

With a face full of astonishment, he exclaimed, "Level 9, level 9 perception talent?!"

Although he suspected that Luca's perception talent might be high, he never imagined it would be level 9!

When Franklin had his talent tested, his perception was only at level 7, yet his mentor had still called him a genius. Now, at just 50 years old, he had become a high-level purple-gold Witch Doctor.

But this kid had a level 9 perception talent!

To put it in perspective, people with a level 9 perception talent in the entire Kingdom of Clinton were extremely rare.

In the Emerald State, only Count Ryan's eldest daughter, Sophia, possessed such a talent.

If Luca studied the way of the Witch Doctor with him, he could potentially reach the Superclass level!

Thinking this, Franklin's breathing grew rapid.

There were only a handful of Superclass Witch Doctors in the entire Kingdom of Clinton. Franklin knew he would never reach that level in his lifetime, but if his disciple could achieve it...

As Franklin was contemplating this, his eyes suddenly widened in shock.

The purple-gold light on the crystal ball in Luca's hand began to fade, leaving behind a radiant, divine golden light!

The dazzling golden light reflected in Franklin's eyes made his breath almost stop!

In the Eternal Continent, there is only one talent that emits golden light!

Level 10 talent!

Innate max-level perception!

Franklin could hardly believe his eyes.

He never dreamed that, out of sheer curiosity, he would test the talent of a novice mage and discover an unparalleled genius with innate max-level perception!

This was a talent only found in legends, a transcendent aptitude that would inevitably reach the Transcendent realm!

Not only was there no one with such talent in the Kingdom of Clinton, but the entire Eternal Continent might not have anyone with this level of aptitude!

This was the birthright of a Transcendent!

However, an even more shocking event was about to occur.

The golden light in Luca's hand grew increasingly intense, illuminating the entire clinic with its brilliance!

"Bang!"

Finally, under Franklin's ghostly gaze, the crystal ball suddenly exploded with a loud bang, shattering into fragments all over the floor!

"It broke... The test crystal actually broke!" Franklin stared blankly at the scene.

Even with his extensive knowledge as a high-level Witch Doctor, he couldn't comprehend why this had happened.

At that moment, Luca slowly opened his eyes.

"Witch Doctor Franklin, it seems your crystal ball isn't of very good quality," Luca shrugged, looking at the shattered crystal fragments on the floor.

Luca was already aware of his max-level perception talent, so this didn't surprise him at all.

Franklin snapped back to reality.

With unprecedented speed, he rushed to Luca's side, scrutinizing him from head to toe, his gaze burning with intensity, making Luca feel a bit uncomfortable.

"Wonderful! The heavens have not forsaken me, Franklin! To think that in my twilight years, a peerless genius would come to me!" Franklin laughed heartily, full of joy.

Then he suddenly turned his sharp gaze to Luca, his expression solemn. "Kid, with your innate max-level perception, there are few across the entire Eternal Continent qualified to be your teacher. I, a mere high-level Witch Doctor, am hardly worthy of teaching a genius like you.

"But even though I'm not the strongest, I have inherited the most orthodox Witch Doctor tradition on the Eternal Continent. If you are interested in learning the ways of the Witch Doctor, I am willing to impart all my knowledge to you! With your talent, it won't take more than a few decades for your name to be known across the entire Eternal Continent!

"By then, when people speak of you, they might also remember an old Witch Doctor named Franklin Soster who once had the honor of being your teacher for a time!"

As Franklin finished speaking, a game prompt appeared in front of Luca.

[Ding! You have triggered the hidden quest "Franklin's Legacy"!]

[Quest Description: Your talent has impressed the Witch Doctor Franklin Soster. He wants to take you under his wing and teach you the ways of the Witch Doctor. Do you wish to switch to the hidden profession "Witch Doctor"?]