Hearing this, Amy and Victor looked up in surprise at Benjamin, who had remained silent ever since entering.
"Oh?" Viola was slightly surprised, but there was more perfunctory indulgence in her tone, as though she were playing along with children.
"You mean you have something that can move me? That really does make me look forward to it. But are you sure you know what level of Wizard I am?"
"Regarding that, Senior Viola, forgive my presumption." Benjamin spoke first, his voice calm. "The Level 5 Wizard Artifact you sold Amy back then was a powerful item storing the Soul Search spell, but it placed extremely high demands on the user's mental control."
For the vast majority of offensive and defensive Wizard Artifacts, the level of the spell they released was basically equivalent to the artifact's own level. Other than being almost impossible to control after release, there was not much difference in effect.
However, some more specialized spells could not be calculated that way.
For example, most spells of the Logistics Department and Soul Studies required the caster to maintain control after casting in order to achieve their effects. Thus, even if the same spell was released through a high-level Wizard Artifact, its effectiveness would differ according to the controller's level.
He paused, looking directly into Viola's silver-gray eyes. "Take Amy's Level 5 Wizard Artifact containing Soul Search. Although its spell level is Level 5, the control of ordinary apprentices and Level 1 Wizards can only make it as effective as a Level 3 Soul Search personally cast by a Level 3 Wizard."
"However, effects at that level are generally sufficient for spells like this. Considering when you sold it and the artifact's special nature, I inferred that you sold it at the time in order to gather the