Tales of the Legendary Magus

Chapter 73: Treasures

As for the other books they got from Richard's classroom. They were all iron spellbooks that had between three and five nodes. But the fact the spells used few nodes didn't mean they weren't valuable. Each of them would be of great help when enchanting or making magic arrays and they were still iron spellbooks. Every iron spellbook was of great value as the creator not only needed to be powerful and well-versed in spell creation, they also needed to make a great sacrifice.

None of them really knew what kind of sacrifice it was but what they did know was that every iron spellbook was a treasure.

After having looked at these, Villin took out the spells they found in the cottage they escaped into. The six spells were very diverse, each of them being used for a different thing.

The regular offensive spell was called 'Magic Arrow', to Villin it simply seemed to be a less effective version of 'Icy Pike' but, of course, learning more spells was never a bad thing. The basic defensive spell was called 'Magic Shield'. This spell made a magical barrier around the caster, it was similar to the wandless version of 'Reverto' but it needed constant maintenance and didn't send the spells back to the attacked. On the plus side, it was a lot cheaper to cast.

The third spell was called 'Invaecus', this was also the one Villin found the most useful of the bunch. This was an invisibility spell and unlike 'Chameleon' it wouldn't cancel if you moved. The spell consisted of eight nodes but was quite hard to cast. When they really paid attention they did notice a veil where the caster was standing but it wasn't obvious and it was unlikely anyone would notice when they were just going about their things.

The fourth spell was one most of them had already learned, the basic cleaning spell. The fifth spell was one of an extremely rare category, when they saw it they knew that if they were to sell this iron spell blueprint they would all become very rich. The spell was called "Healium Curativo" and it had a similar effect to 'Healium Paulatim', a spell they all had. Amelia got hers from the previous year's tournament and the other three got it after completing the advanced combat test.

Despite this, the sixth spellbook was the one that caused the most ruckus. The title said 'Reanimation Series 1: Created Trouble'

The four of them all felt a mixture of confusion and excitement when they read the title, and so, Villin opened the book.

When he did a spell blueprint appeared above the book as it should, but all four of them just looked at it in confusion.

"What is this?" Kayley wondered as she looked at the 'spell' before her, but the others could do nothing but shake their heads as nobody knew.

The spell blueprint looked very weird. As far as they knew a spell would always just be a line in the web, there was an initial node and a final node that decided the spell you would cast.

But what they saw before them wasn't such a line, it was a circle. They were all looking at an outline of a circle, the outline changed colors three times consisting of purple, red, and orange.

After looking at it for a bit Villin closed the book, he had no idea what the spellbook was but whatever it was, they couldn't use it. The quartet tried discussing it for a while but got nowhere, they decided to just keep it safe and do some research on it when they got back to the academy.

Now it was time to have a proper look at the things they had taken from the school treasury. Rein was the first one to take out what he had gotten, it was an iron spell blueprint, this was something they could all benefit from.

They all had a look at the spell name 'Vococito'. The spell consisted of a total of ten nodes, it allowed the caster to pull something toward them from a distance. For example, if they were fighting an enemy that was standing ten meters away they could try using this spell to take away their wand, or maybe cast it toward the enemy's feet causing them to lose their footing.

The spell had a large number of uses and all of them were very happy there was no visible queue for when someone used this spell. They all knew how useful spells were that didn't need to travel, the fight they were in within the school made sure of that. Spells that affected the environment were overall more useful compared to those that had to be sent over. The problem was that these often lacked power and were hard to cast, this spell was a prime example.

This was another spell everyone was very happy with as it could increase their options in a fight. Next up was Kayley who took out her treasure. She took out what looked like a hard leather bracer. It was completely black and could be fitted using some leather straps that were on it.

"Villin, you know enchantments right? Can you tell if this thing is dangerous?" Kayley quickly handed the bracer to Villin who began inspecting it. There were plenty of tales about cursed magic equipment feeding on one's magic power before ultimately killing them.

"I barely recognize any of these runes, you'll have to show this to a proper master." Villin couldn't help but shrug after looking at it for ten minutes.

After Kayley put away her bracelet there was only one treasure left. Villin reached into his interspatial bag and took out a wooden spell blueprint. When the others saw it they decided to turn around. It was possible the blueprint had less than four uses and they didn't want to risk destroying it while having nobody that learned it.

Villin looked at the spellbook before removing the little plate hiding the name. When he saw the name, his eyes instantly widened in surprise.