The silver-haired old man's corpse had been charred black beyond recognition.
Merlin swept out with his Mental Power and immediately found a ring on the silver-haired old man's finger. The old man should have been an entry-level Spellcaster, perhaps having constructed only one or two Spell Models. He was not particularly powerful; his true strength likely came from inheriting some of the Ritual Witch's legacy.
Therefore, Merlin's goal was also the legacy of those ancient Ritual Witches.
Grasping the ring in his hand, Merlin sent his Mental Power directly inside.
The space within the ring was enormous. The silver-haired old man's ring was actually even better than the one Merlin had obtained from the black-robed old man. Its internal space was several times larger, and it was packed to the brim with a dazzling assortment of items.
Moreover, aside from some strange potion ingredients, the ring contained even more precious Elemental Crystals and assorted odds and ends such as Spellcaster notes.
Merlin casually examined one of the notebooks and found that it recorded the insights of a Spellcaster from Flame City.
Flame City was also a Spellcaster Organization near Dark Spirit Domain, as famous as Abyssal Fortress and Dark Spirit Domain. Since this notebook had ended up in the silver-haired old man's hands, its owner had most likely died at his hands.
The more Merlin examined the items in the ring, the more delighted he became. The silver-haired old man must have spent time within the territories of many Spellcaster Organizations and killed quite a few Spellcasters. Wandering mages were nothing much, with little wealth to speak of, but Spellcasters from Spellcaster Organizations possessed all kinds of Elemental Crystals, potion ingredients, and so on.
However, these things had not been of much use to the silver-haired old man. He likely