Sorcerer's Handbook

Chapter 525: Triple the Joy

After winning three rounds of rock-paper-scissors with a face full of disdain, Igor watched as Ashe opened the “Supply Purchase” and spent 328 points on “A Box of Source Crystals”!

He obtained 66 source crystals!

Triggered the first purchase bonus and got another 66 source crystals!

Added to the 32 source crystals accumulated from daily sign-ins, the total was 164 source crystals! That means he could draw 54 times!

If only Ashe could draw from this limited pool in Gospel. He could pray for the Gospel blessing “Strengthen Intent”. He firmly believed that with his strong will, he could at least draw the outfits of the Sword Princess and the Witch! If it was the ‘Bridal’ series, his intent might even twist the probabilities of the Search System!@@@@

But now, he could only accumulate luck by being defeated by Igor in rock-paper-scissors, hoping for the Search System to be merciful.

Still, 54 draws, it’s not possible that there would be no results, right? Surely no one can draw five ten-pulls and still not get what they want, right?

“Confirm expenditure of 162 source crystals for 54 searches?”

“Confirm!”

First, there were 30 white lights polluting the pool, yielding energy potions, experience potions, Basic Combat Cards, and career potions!

Next, 18 purple lights, consisting of 8 Spirit Delight Potions, 7 Pure Luminescence Elixirs, 1 Advanced Trial Card, 1 new artifact “Aurora’s In-Car Unethical Navigation System”, and 2 new potions, “lightless sanctuary potion”!

And finally, 6 golden lights!

“Death Maniac Sword Princess Silver Coin”!

“The Magic Mirror Shards of the Black and White Witch”!

“Aurora’s Dream Treasure House”!

“Yolan Vesser”!

“Empress in the Rain-Witch”!

“Lunar Star Swimsuit-Sword Princess”!

Ashe was stunned, rubbing his eyes in disbelief to double-check the rewards he had drawn.

A moment later, the closed eyes of the resting Igor opened. He saw Ashe crawling towards him and said irritably, “You want another round of rock-paper-scissors? -“ ℞ᴀŊօBЁŝ

The Con Artist’s words were cut short as Ashe lunged forward, hugging him tightly. By the time Igor realized what was happening, Ashe had moved on to wrap an arm around Harvey. Harvey’s head was almost thrown off by Ashe’s enthusiastic shaking, but the necromancer was not about to lose out as he reached over to pull on the Cult Leader’s face.

After some playful antics, Ashe retreated to a corner of the room with his back to them, waving his hand, “It’s nothing, really, nothing at all. Just ignore me!”

Your voice is barely able to contain your laughter, you know that, right? Igor and Harvey couldn’t help but notice that Ashe had encountered some good fortune. But since they were all stuck in this mental ward with no means of outside communication, and even captured by the Four Pillars Cult, where exactly did Ashe come across this stroke of luck?

Did he break through a realm in his Sect? Summon a new spirit?

Igor glanced at Harvey. Harvey checked his pocket for his catnip cigarettes and Snow White candies and shook his head-none of his smokes or candies were missing, so Ashe wasn’t high from those.

You come across some good fortune, but you don’t want to talk about it; you can’t hide your laughter, and yet you just have to share the joy with us-is your happiness really meant to be shared among three people?

The Con Artist and the necromancer exchanged glances, each seeing the helplessness and curiosity in the other’s eyes, but they couldn’t help but let smiles creep onto their faces.

After a while, Ashe finally calmed his excited heart.

He had drawn it!

He had really drawn the outfits for the Sword Princess and the Witch!

At long last, he could give them a gift! And everyone got something!

Just drawing those two outfits made it all worth it!

Ashe set this matter aside for the time being and turned his attention to the exciting golden-light artifacts.

The Death Maniac Sword Princess Silver Coin and The Magic Mirror Shards of the Black and White Witch! Ashe was one step closer to maximizing both their potential and bond levels!

After using these two artifacts, both the Sword Princess and the Witch experienced new changes in their profiles:

“Death Maniac Sword Princess.”

“Human – Female – 18 years old.”

“Bond Level: 4 (75% Experience Sharing).”

“Bond Resonance – Insatiable Greed: While journeying together, you have a chance to obtain better loot.”

“Bond Resonance – Unwavering Determination: While journeying together, the Sword Princess is more likely to obtain Experience Orbs.”

“Black and White Witch.”

“Human – Female – 19 years old.”

“Bond Level: 4 (75% Experience Sharing).”

“Bond Resonance – Playing with People’s Hearts: Even without relevant Mental Spirits, you and the Witch also possess the supernatural ability to influence people’s hearts.”

“Bond Resonance – Promising Future: Even without relevant fate spirits, you and the Witch also possess the supernatural ability to influence fate through agreements.”

Incredible! Initially, the bond resonances were words like “Insatiable Greed” and “Playing with People’s Hearts,” exclusive descriptors for villainous roles. Now, the second resonances have all become positive like “Unwavering Determination” and “Promising Future.” Is this a collapse of morality, or a twist in human nature?

However, the effect of “Unwavering Determination” is excellent-it can yield more Experience Orbs, which is a godsend for them since their Sect Realm is severely lagging. Ashe also understood the origin of this resonance; it likely refers to the Sword Princess’s pursuit of glory, status, and career.

On the other hand, “Promising Future” was quite baffling. Although it seemed impressive, how exactly does it influence fate? Does it mean that any promises he makes will be fulfilled by the world in some way?

In comparison, Ashe then realized that the Witch’s Bond Level had also unknowingly reached Level 4, which left him somewhat puzzled-wasn’t the Sword Princess always speaking ill of him to the Witch? How had the Witch’s favorability towards him increased so rapidly, reaching the same level as the Sword Princess?

Could it be that he wronged the Sword Princess, or perhaps the Witch saw things clearly?

Next, Ashe noticed an intriguing new artifact:

“Aurora’s Dream Treasure House”: When you enter a Dream Phantom, you can draw three items from the treasure house. After meeting the required number of broken Dream Phantoms, you can draw another item from the treasure house. Items are only effective in the Dream Phantom and do not carry over to the next adventure or affect reality.

Here are some item descriptions:

“Colorful Collection – Myriad Glories Hand: Restore 2% of maximum spellforce with each effective attack.”

“Golden Collection – Omniscient Veil: Within your field of vision, you can enhance or weaken any spell you know (regardless of whether it belongs to you or your enemy), with enhancement up to 50% and weakening up to 100% (the limit is proportional to your understanding of the spell). Only one spell can be affected at a time.”

“Silver Collection – Blood Saint Guard Death: Each kill (including but not limited to sorcerer projections, virtual realm creatures, and residents of the Dream Phantom) grants one stack of damage amplification blessing, lasting 30 seconds, up to a maximum of 10 stacks.”

Dream Phantom is a unique scene mechanism in the Distant Sky Domain, which means this artifact is specially designed to assist in exploring the virtual realm of the Distant Sky Domain.

Ashe had long realized the difference between the Distant Sky Domain and the first two layers of the Virtual Realm while climbing through the Distant Sky Domain. In the Sea of Knowledge and the Time Continent, sorcerers were still in a state of ignorance. Therefore, both the “Endless Sea” and the “Endless Road” were excellent trials, transforming nearly every sorcerer into a formidable seeker of truth. To rely heavily on others, as Ashe did, was simply disgraceful for a sorcerer.

Upon reaching the Distant Sky Domain, the “journey” no longer posed any challenge to the sorcerers. Hence, the Virtual Realm generously opened spatial passages for them, breaking the “two hours of traveling for five minutes of fighting” norm. According to the principle of pressure compensation, Sanctuary Sorcerers who no longer had to expend effort on travel naturally faced battles of much higher intensity.

However, this was the first time Ashe had seen artifacts that so blatantly enhanced combat power. Even if it was virtual realm power, such artifacts were exceedingly rare, making the Golden Collection truly well-deserved.

Not to mention, the effects of these collections were astonishing. For example, Myriad Glories Hand could restore 2% spellforce with each attack... How many more than 50 slashes did the Sword Princess’s Blood Moon Blossoms have? Equipping the Sword Princess with this collection would almost grant her infinite spellforce!

Still, the names of these collections seemed familiar-Myriad Glories, Omniscient, Blood Saint... It felt as though the Sorcerer’s Handbook, seeing how weak Ashe was, had stolen them overnight from the Divine Sovereigns’ treasury.

Then came the introduction of the third new operator, “Yolan Vesser”!