Solomon's Flower

Bernal carefully tended the experimental seeds in the culture dish and said, "The Thorn Ring recently discovered a Solomon's Flower in a secret realm. The news was released as a mission."

"You stay in the secret base every day and never go out. How are you so well-informed about everything happening in the Ring of Law?"

Dago asked in surprise.

Bernal merely shook his head. "It's just a bit of privilege left over from when I was a Three-Knot Rank, not yet fully revoked. That's not the point."

"The point is that I happen to know an ancient potion formula. It uses Solomon's Flower as its main ingredient, and besides greatly increasing mental power..."

Bernal paused, looked at Dago, and after thinking for a moment, said, "It might also slightly increase your chances of comprehending First-Level Domain Resonance ahead of time."

Dago's pupils shifted slightly at those last words, but he quickly calmed down.

"Tell me more about this mission."

"It's a public mission issued by the Thorn Ring, and it won't be easy."

Bernal said, "There will probably be quite a few First-Ring Wizards from other factions going as well."

"First-Ring Wizards?"

Dago asked, "Does Solomon's Flower hold no appeal for Second-Ring Wizards?"

Something that could greatly improve a Formal Wizard's mental power and increase the chances of comprehending First-Level Domain Resonance should have been a mission Second-Ring Wizards fought over, or so Dago had thought.

Bernal seemed to see through his thoughts and shook his head. "Don't forget, when I said Solomon's Flower could greatly increase mental power, that was based on First-Ring Wizards. A Second-Ring Wizard's mental power is dozens of times stronger than a First-Ring Wizard's."

"A rare potion to you may be nothing more than an ordinary item to a Second-Ring Wizard."

"Besides, the ancient