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Riya opened her eyes and heaved a sigh.

"The first few ranks is very easy even for those with lower talent. But once you get higher, if your foundation is not stable, the breakthrough wouldn't be easy."

Sighing, Riya moved to her table and took out a stack of paper and water. She actually wanted to use beast blood, but she realized that it was actually harder because ordinary beasts' blood couldn't transfer mana easily.

In the end, Riya settled with water.

Talisman making required high precision and concentration. During her time in the magic world, Riya made a lot of talisman for the sake of protection. It was because she knew very well that her skills were low.

Talisman could also be called as charms, magic scrolls, or many other words. They were imbued with mana in order to work in accordance to the formation or runes that was placed on them. 

Talismans could be used for defense and attack.

For Riya, it was very useful.

There were several other side professions in the magic and warriors world such as blacksmith, alchemist, formation master, talisman master, poison master, puppet master, beast master, and many others.

Riya herself learned formation, talisman, poison, and medicine.

She was mostly afraid of others harming her because the safety of ordinary magic trainee was not guaranteed there. If they were not careful, they would fall into the traps of others, so Riya always stayed low and practiced quietly.

Because she didn't take many missions, she was not usually remembered. Being able to obtain the treasure in the end was half due to luck because it was indeed not something that someone in her position could covet. 

The side profession was also useful for her to obtain additional money to buy magic resources.

It was truly a grueling four years.

'Done.'

Riya looked at the defense talisman in front of her in satisfaction. With her current mana, she wouldn't be able to make even one talisman. But the Advance mana Gathering Formation helped her to be able to make one talisman a day.

It was not much, but this primary talisman would be enough to block the attack of Magician below Magic Rank 4 or Warrior below Warrior Rank 4.

For the current her, it was more than enough.

Riya kept the talisman away. By now, she already had 20 defensive talisman and the rest were other types of talisman that was also useful such as speed talisman, attack talisman, and even mana gathering talisman.

Now that she was done, Riya walked down the dormitory and headed to the mall nearby. When it was possible, she wanted to stock up more food so that she didn't have to get out so often in the future.

Anyway, she still has money for the time being.

Later after the little farm she made in her world started to show produce, she didn't have to spend more money for food. 

Well, just occasionally.

For her to eat what she couldn't cook.

'Let's buy some snacks first.' Riya looked at the row of snacks in the convenience store and picked several packs. She made sure that she didn't buy so much that it would make other suspicious of her.

At most, they would think that she liked snacks so much.

Clang!

Two people come inside. 

"Dad, let's buy more snacks for Sis. She liked some snacks that can't make her fat." A young man was talking to the man beside him.

"Alright, let's buy some." The man's voice contained helplessness.

Riya heard the familiar voice and turned around. She arched her eyebrows when she saw her father and Cero, his son from his second marriage. She will never admit that these people were related to her. 

Turning her head around, she walked towards the counter to check out the snacks she bought.

Cero finished picking several bags and walked to the counter only to see Riya nearby. His face frowned. "What did she do here?"