Ruger straightened his robe. It was already quite old, but that only made it more comfortable. After becoming a special Fur Shepherd, he no longer had to worry about fur sticking to it. Previously, he had regularly collected the shed fur clinging to his robe. Of course, things had improved after he began using Spirit Fur Nourishment. Later, once the Blood Curse Doll was born, the little creature treated the occasional shed hairs as snacks, incorporating them into its body.
Though the experimental corner was somewhat rudimentary, it had everything he needed. Most of it consisted of secondhand equipment Lord Kurt had discarded.
Humming a random tune, Ruger approached a workbench in the corner and began altering its setup and magic array according to his own understanding.
This kind of workbench was designed for easy modification. For instance, after leaving an Arcane Imprint on the surface used to inscribe magic arrays, he could erase them starting from one corner. Until the surface wore out completely, he could change it however he liked. What Ruger needed to do now was screen materials in advance for cultivating spirit furs. Both the cultivation of fire-resistant spirit furs and the steps for screening these materials came from the complete knowledge of the Fur Shepherd's ascension.
But it was not used solely for cultivating spirit furs. This method of preliminary screening to find substitute materials was commonly employed by many Wizards.
This also showed that the Wizard who had written the original Fur Shepherd ascension text was a meticulous, gentle person who had recorded a great deal of basic knowledge in thorough detail.
Of course, perhaps the intent had been to get more people to accept this rather eccentric Ascension Ritual.
An eccentric field devoted to cultivating one's own fuzz.
So many people knew this