Tombstone Grimoire

Old McCarthy shook his head slightly. "I don't know that either. After all, I'm only a beginner in Archaeology and Ancient Creature Bloodlines. I've never seen the special bloodline in your body before. It should belong to some extremely powerful ancient magic creature, one primarily attuned to Metal Element particles."

"After all, a bloodline capable of possessing Metal Element particle affinity can't possibly be ordinary."

"That isn't a common talent."

Old McCarthy sensed Locke's Mana and looked slightly stunned. "Your Mana has improved tremendously in just half a year."

"By the way, what did you come here for this time? Is there anything I can help you with?"

Locke directly stated his purpose. "It's like this. I have an affinity for Negative Energy Particles, and it's relatively high—around Level 3."

"So I want to study Archaeology. You know I've always wanted to figure out exactly what Ancient Creature Bloodline I have, and I'm also very interested in transplanting Ancient Creature Bloodlines."

Locke spoke vaguely.

McCarthy was merely the owner of a shop in Chimera Market, not even a First-Class Wizard Apprentice from Lilith's Cottage, so Locke did not want to reveal too much information about himself.

And with a Level 3 Negative Energy Particle affinity, most people could not tell whether it was Locke's primary affinity or a secondary one.

They might even assume it was merely one of his ordinary affinities.

After all, in the eyes of those who did not know the truth, Locke had advanced at an astonishing pace. He might very well possess aptitude at Level 6, or even Level 7.

Then the fact that his Dark Energy Particle aptitude was only Level 3 would likely be attributed to it being merely one of his ordinary affinity particles.

McCarthy nodded. He ran a crash course in