Chapter 362: Experiments and Rituals
Bloodletting was important, but meditation could not stop either.
Ruger decided that after drawing blood today, he would meditate first. There was no rush for Aisijin and Big Silly Hum's blood. If he told those two too early, they would probably keep thinking about it, perhaps even secretly draw blood in the bedroom space. Whenever they could help him, the two Dragonborn Kobolds were always delighted and gave it everything they had.
Ruger felt that next time he returned to that Demon Hunter Wizards' old nest, he could see whether there were more and stronger fighter advancement potions. This time, when he left that little house, after calculating the Merit Stones required for the Ascension Ritual, he had swallowed the words at the tip of his tongue. He had not dared ask about or even look at anything beyond the Ascension Ritual, afraid that if he saw too much, he would encounter something irresistible and spend all his Merit Stones. Theoretically speaking, he was bound to encounter something he could not resist.
He believed this was a worry most wizards shared.
Resources were never enough.
The Faith Wizard path was naturally no exception.
Ruger suddenly felt that the Supreme Council's decision to let these people develop in the Endless Sea had been exceptionally wise.
Different islands naturally possessed different boundaries. Even when disputes arose, they were confined to different sea regions. Islands also varied in size and value. Some remote little islands were worth less, leaving room for wizard apprentices to survive. Likewise, because the Endless Sea was so vast, those on the Faith Wizard path were constantly exploring new habitable sea regions, paying a certain price to relocate their believers there.
For no reason, Ruger thought of Burning Blood City. Such a vast city,