Chapter 163: Bloodthorne Clan’s Treasury
[As for the last two days, you fought a magic battle with Astraea, Jade, and Old MacDonald to assist each other in developing the fighting style and mindset of a mage.]
[Of course, Astraea didn’t need it, but she didn’t mind helping you, Jade, and Old MacDonald.]
[Not only that, but you had also taught and coached Old MacDonald about magic, since while he could become a Five Circle Mage on his own, his progress wasn’t as fast as Jade’s and yours.]
[Since his evolution path, despite both of you being humans, was different, his talent and comprehension weren’t as great as Jade’s and yours. Although it was still better than other races, it still fell short of yours.]
[Fortunately, you could use Shark Loan’s Ledger to loan the magic knowledge you had learned and comprehended to Old MacDonald.]
[Since you were the creditor, you could freely choose how much the debtor had to pay you for it as long as the price was reasonable. Due to that, you let Old MacDonald receive your knowledge at the lowest price possible.]
[There weren’t any problems of not being able to repay the loan since you had created Heavenly Essences beforehand and had transferred it to Old MacDonald.]
[Basically, you had exploited the Loan Shark’s Ledger so that it could be used to transmit information to others without any side effects. The only limit was that the Loan Shark’s Ledger was merely a Peak Platinum grade spirit artifact.]
[Due to that, you couldn’t loan any item or possession of yours that was at the Initial Diamond rank and above. So, you could only assist Old MacDonald in becoming a Six Circle Mage.]
[As for becoming a Seven Circle Mage, you were helpless with that. After all, a Seven Circle Mage corresponded to Diamond rank. Any knowledge that was related to that couldn’t be transmitted by the Loan Shark’s Ledger.]
[However, even after knowing that, Old MacDonald was already way satisfied since you had created magic spells suited for his farm and ranch work. Six Circle Magic spells were already enough for his work usage.]
[After becoming a peak Six Circle Mage, you could already use World Order to break the Magic Restrictions placed on the entrance leading to the fifth underground floor.]
[Summoning Order King to your side, you forward your hand towards the entrance and use World Order, "Order! For I am the king, nothing should restrict my path! The magic restriction before me, bow and make way for this king!"]
[After making that command, the magic restriction inscribed on the fifth underground floor’s entrance wavered for a while as it lit up but dimmed slightly.]
[After a few more seconds had passed, the sound of shattered glass was heard as the inscribed magic restrictions disappeared and turned into specks of magic particles.]
[With the entrance leading to the fifth underground floor no longer being locked up by the magic restriction, you opened it and descended using the staircase that was revealed in front of you.]
[As you descended the staircase, the torches that used mana stones as their light source had lit up, illuminating your path.]
[When you arrived on the fifth underground floor, you realized as you surveyed your surroundings, "So the fifth underground floor is the clan treasury!"]
[’Not only are there dedicated bookshelves at the side which contain magic books for Seven Circle Mages and even forbidden magic spells, but there’s also valuable resources and items which were the wealth accumulated by the Bloodthorne Clan for a hundred thousand years.’]
[Of course, you knew that some of those resources were mostly used by the core powerhouses of the Bloodthorne Clan. The remaining ones here were either for emergencies and to have a stock of it, or they were items that none of them could make use of.]
[Those items and resources they couldn’t use didn’t mean they weren’t valuable, but that they truly were incapable of using them. Either the requirements to use it were strict, and no one was willing to take such risks, or they were waiting for a vampire kin of theirs to meet the strict usage requirements.]
[For example, you had spotted a magic book that contained a Seven Circle Magic spell. However, that magic spell could only be used by those with great luck and were basically the chosen ones.]
[If that was all, it wouldn’t have been left unused since those vampire champions who had become Pureblood Vampires could qualify as people with great luck.]
[However, the magic spell also required the user to be human.]
[Reading its requirements, you couldn’t help but hold back your laugh, "Pffftt! A Seven Circle Magic Spell that requires the mage to be human! Yet, vampires were the ones to discover it."]
["Since it’s a Seven Circle Magic Spell, it’s naturally valuable. And to have such stringent requirements, the Bloodthorne Clan figured that it was undoubtedly a powerful magic spell."]
["However, precisely because it’s valuable and powerful, they couldn’t hand it over to those humans."]
[Even in this world, the human race wasn’t weak. Only in this specific continent that a Pureblood Vampire from the past had carved it as a land for the vampire race’s usage.]
[Due to that Pureblood Vampire’s machinations, this continent had become the vampire race’s haven, a place where they absolutely dominated. Even the other races that existed in this continent were just blood bags raised by the vampire race.]
[However, in other continents, while the vampire race was powerful, they didn’t have such absolute dominance. For example, in a certain continent, there existed a human empire with powerful Seven Circle Mages, and the human race dominated there.]
[Not wanting to benefit the human race, the Bloodthorne Clan had decided to hide this magic book in their clan treasury, never entering the gaze of humans.]
[Because of that, while they themselves couldn’t make use of it, they already considered it a profit to prevent the human race from having another Seven Circle Mage due to this magic book.]
[Looking at the magic book in front of you, you decided, ’If this is a powerful magic spell, I’ll learn it! After all, I’m human.’]