Duke could clearly sense a subtle change in the space around him.
Any energy attack directed at him—whether scorching fireballs, biting ice spikes, or invisible shockwaves—would probably not be forcibly blocked upon touching this distorted starlight force field. Instead, they would be caught by those flowing star vortices,
deflected, then torn apart and broken down, before finally being guided into those flickering specks of starlight.
They seemed like tiny rifts connected to an unknown void plane, completely banishing the incoming energy without leaving a trace.
After testing it, Duke was very satisfied with the effects of the Tears of the Stars. Wizard Artifacts involving spatial laws were exceedingly rare even among Level 2 Wizard Tools.
Master Rand had clearly made excellent use of the Tears of the Stars' inherent properties and brought them out perfectly.
Perhaps the Tears of the Stars' only flaw was its single function, but having only one function was not always a flaw.
As long as that function was powerful enough, there was no need for any superfluous ones.
"Thank you!" Duke said sincerely. Merrick had truly done him a huge favor.
If he had gone to another Alchemist, he definitely would not have obtained such a high-quality Wizard Artifact, and he would have had to spend quite a few Magic Stones on the commission.
Now, he did not even need to pay a processing fee and had directly obtained a powerful, beautiful Level 2 Wizard Tool.
After Merrick left, Duke contacted Vivian through the Wizard Mark. "Vivian, I've prepared a gift for you!"
After sending the message, he received no response for the time being.
Duke did not think much of it, assuming Vivian was conducting research or studying something.
However, even two days later, there was still no reply from Vivian.
Duke sent another