Chapter 174: B2: C74: Cursed Items 2
He didn’t bother using Aura Mastery + Identify on his cursed item.
He wanted to hear Ruvaria talk about her gift for him, which he prompted with a nod.
For Zarian, Ruvaria said, “The Barbed Crown of Ravthar the Absolute King, Mythical Quality.”
Zarian stiffened. This thorny and hungry thing in his hands had once belonged to Ruvaria’s father.
The smile on Ruvaria’s face brightened beautifully. They both knew fully well the importance of this gift and why she was passing it down to Zarian.
She continued: “It is an aura-hungering monstrosity and possibly the worst of the grand cursed items from my family’s treasury. My father left it behind before ascending into the First Star Ascension Trial and dying. It was how he became a powerful wizard of such immense might, the dwarves couldn’t survive him.
“It was how I grew my Aura Mastery when nobody else was capable of Aura Mastery like me and my father. I have outgrown the crown thousands of years ago, so it pleases me to find someone else who can use it and grow from it.”
“Ruvaria, this is a lot,” Zarian said. “I haven’t nearly given you enough for all that you’ve given me and my friends.”
“Your allegiance to me and the purity of your joy for learning magic is payment enough,” Ruvaria said. “You are a source of great trouble, Zarian Darkrun. But deep down, you have a rare innocence at heart, and the truth of you is that you love to adventure and you love to learn and explore magic.”