Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!
As arcs of electricity leaped through the air with piercing shrieks, the energy storage devices rapidly absorbed vast amounts of electrical power.
This simple and brutal charging method nearly made Raymond choke on his tea.
Good grief!
She had opened with a sixth-circle spell, Chain Lightning.
Judging by her caster level, the female merchant had to be at least a powerful Level 12 Sorcerer.
No wonder she thrived so easily in a place like Calimport.
Sorcerers also held an advantage over wizards in that they cast through the power of their bloodlines.
They needed neither preparation nor study.
Moreover, the number of spells they could cast each day vastly exceeded that of wizards.
Their only drawback was the very limited number of spells they mastered. Nor could they, unlike in a "game," choose from a spell list.
Which spells they learned was entirely random, or else followed the talents of their bloodline.
Only after unleashing three devastating Chain Lightnings in succession did Aisha step forward to inspect the energy storage devices one by one.
When she saw silver lightning flickering within the cylindrical crystals, she immediately nodded in satisfaction. "Wonderful! Flawless quality! It seems you truly possess talents and skills in alchemy and magical item crafting that others simply cannot match. Perhaps we should join forces and establish a long-term partnership. That way, we'll soon earn more wealth than we can count."
"A long-term partnership? Sorry, but I don't intend to remain in Calimport for very long."
Raymond shook his head and refused the tempting proposal without hesitation.
On the one hand, he had no fondness for Calimport, a massive city filled with plots, betrayal, and chaos, much less any desire to settle down there for the long term.
After all, neither personal safety nor property