Brewing the Antidote

Yurika muttered blankly, "Half-step Mystery, half-step Mystery..."

She had heard Xius mention before that Angel was some kind of half-step Mystery, but she had never understood what that meant. She had never expected the reason to be this!

Yurika's expression was somewhat wooden. She did not seem to change on the surface, but inside, she was already on the verge of swearing.

Mystery?! Angel had actually once touched the realm of Mystery!

That was a level countless alchemists flocked toward like ducks to a pond! And mysterious objects were things every wizard would fight over at all costs!

Even if he was only half a step into Mystery, the sheer value behind it far exceeded Yurika's imagination.

Before Yurika could recover from her shock, Xius continued, "Besides that, Angel has several nicknames. For instance, Lionheart Thorn, because his unique emblem is a lionheart wrapped in thorns. Then there's Music Box Sorcerer, because Angel has always loved crafting music boxes. At last year's auction at Ancient Riverbank, a newly ranked music box he crafted even sold for the sky-high price of two hundred thousand magic crystals, setting a new upper limit for the price of beginner alchemical works."

"And the aftermath caused by that music box still hasn't died down. Many wizards with a deep pursuit of musical art have been looking for Angel, wanting to ask the name of the little musical piece he placed inside it. They've all sent letters to Savage Cave. I heard they've caused Savage Cave quite a headache as well."

Yurika swallowed. A ranked music box had sold for two hundred thousand magic crystals? That was simply outrageous profit!

She had to know that she could not even produce ten thousand magic crystals in total right now!

She somewhat understood why Angel had spatial tools