Chapter 24: Rare of the Ancient Wizard (1)
The wooden sword absorbed the magician's core as swiftly as an eye blink, then settled back into stillness.
“...”
Leon stared blankly at the sword, finally realizing the true nature of the cursed weapon he held. The fact that it could absorb not only mana but also a magician’s core was something he hadn’t anticipated.
“Wait...”
Could it have also absorbed the core of the red-haired man? Cores were supposed to vanish upon death, but perhaps he hadn’t noticed it at the time.
Leon contemplated for a moment, but the conclusion was clear.
‘There’s no way I’m sealing away this sword.’
In a world where danger could strike at any moment, voluntarily giving up such a powerful weapon was unthinkable.
‘I’ll just have to use it carefully.’
However, his wariness of the wooden sword increased significantly. There might be other abilities it possessed that he wasn’t aware of, and they might not all be beneficial to him.
During the remaining days of the exchange event, Leon didn’t leave his lodging. He abandoned his plan to sell the items he had. After leaving traces of battle in the middle of a magical city, wandering around carelessly would be reckless.
Even though he could suppress his mana to appear as an ordinary person, Leon chose to be cautious. Besides, his original plan to secure mana stones had been replaced with the ones he had taken from the red-haired man.