Passerby Villain In A Wizard World

Chapter 150 Poor Ignysyl

However, Ian didn't see the item hidden by Dornar in this chamber that he urgently needed to complete his quest.

'Maybe there is some treasury in this artifact. Come to think of it, I don't even know how big this place is.'

Ian thought while making his way toward the center and scanning the large orb with his mental power, wanting to understand what it was.

An artifact capable of jumping through space—even thinking about it made him almost salivate.

It didn't take long for a blue screen to appear in his mind once he activated the Analysis feature.

[Arcane Grotto Core (Rare): The core of the Arcane Grotto, a rare self-contained man-made space artifact. It is a small dimensional grotto heaven with some facilities required by a Wizard.

Available Facilities: Meditation chamber, Treasury, and Training Ground

Note: Controlling it completely requires the soul power of at least a peak First-Ring Wizard and above.]

'Jackpot!'

Ian thought with excitement as he never thought this artifact was actually an Arcane Grotto.

He obviously knew what this was, as in the Calvora Continent, it was also called a Portable Wizard Tower.

Basically, since Wizards needed to travel a lot for their research around the world, finding a suitable place to stay and conduct experiments was hard.

So, they developed this kind of space artifact that could also act as their Wizard Tower.

Of course, only Fourth-Ring and above Wizards were capable of possessing such an artifact.

In fact, he knew that for a Wizard at the Sixth Ring and above, taking their entire actual Wizard Tower with them wasn't an impossible task as they had already begun to dabble in space magic at that time.

In fact, Ruther also had one, which he lost on another continent and which Carl would later go on a journey to retrieve.

However, finding one here, although it seemed a little smaller with Dornar, was something Ian never expected.

He just thought it might be a special movement-type space artifact. Because his Veilborn Shroud Passive only felt the movement of space when Dornar dragged him to the white room.

'It seems what he found before his death was something incredible.'

Ian thought in excitement while also giving a glance at the Spirit Crystals floating around. Just the wealth he already saw was something Dornar shouldn't have at his strength.

Now, Ian was more and more curious about what Dornar found that he wanted to inform his family so desperately. As for the cause and effect mentioned by the System, Ian didn't care.

It wasn't because he was afraid of Kaelzor that he didn't dare to involve himself in this before.

It was just because he thought it was unnecessary—until he saw the real benefit, that is.

'But it needs a peak First-Ring Wizard's soul to control it.'

Ian then looked at the note at last and found that, in his state, he couldn't completely control this artifact at all.

'How about I try to use that?'

He then suddenly thought of the white glob in his consciousness that was still floating steadily.

No matter what, that was the essence of Dornar's soul, right? It was worth a try.

So, Ian did what he thought immediately, completely ignoring Ignysyl, who was watching his various deeds with curious eyes.

He saw Ian sometimes looking at the massive translucent orb with his eyes, sometimes touching it, rubbing it, or playing with it in various ways, all while mumbling something.

'Did he go stupid?'

Ignysyl thought after seeing Ian getting more and more irritated. So, he couldn't help but ask while landing on his shoulder again,

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"Hm?"

Ian, who was frustrated that none of his methods worked and the glob of essence showed no response, heard Ignysyl and came out of his stupor.

"Oh? I'm trying to control this artifact. Do you have any idea how to control it?"

Amid the excitement, he had even forgotten about this little one, who seemed proficient in space magic.

'It seems I need to temper my mind.'

Ian thought bitterly, immediately realizing the flaw in his state of mind.

First, he almost drowned in the pleasure of getting overpowered, then the excitement of obtaining an incredible treasure.

If this were a cultivation world, wasn't this kind of behavior the precursor to a heart demon?

"What? How can you control this artifact? Even I can only control it partially. You are just delusional if you want to do it with your weak soul. Can't you see how weak you are?"

Ignysyl rolled his eyes at Ian for overestimating himself so much while managing to brag again in the process.

"I don't know how that guy managed to control this, though. His soul was so weak too."

He then remembered the previous owner of this artifact and expressed his doubt to Ian, failing to see glowing eyes staring directly at him.

"You can partially control it?"

Of course, Ian knew his soul was weak as hell to even slightly control this rare artifact. Otherwise, why would he have frustrated himself over and over just now trying to find a way?

However, when he heard Ignysyl could control this artifact, although partially, his eyes shone with fierce light.

"Hm? Of course, this mighty dragon could do way more things than you can think of."

Hearing Ian's words, Ignysyl first didn't forget to express his mightiness to Ian.

But then he saw Ian's extremely eager eyes and suddenly felt bad. So, he hurriedly toned down his bragging and corrected himself.

"Although I can partially control this artifact, it is too taxing and... and I'm not sure if it will be successful."

He tried to save his pride at first, but after seeing Ian looking at him more and more weirdly, he directly confessed that he wasn't sure in the end.

"That's no problem. We have all the time here. You just need to try until you succeed."

However, Ian had already decided to allow Ignysyl to control this artifact and let him retrieve the things Dornar hid in the treasury.

No matter what, completing the Quest came first, as it was on hold due to this addon challenge.

"But... but my soul will be affected."

Ignysyl felt bad that Ian really thought of letting him carry this artifact.

For the first time, he learned that bragging at every turn wasn't a good idea. He should have been careful. Find your next read on My Virtual Library Empire

"Don't worry. Didn't you see those crystals floating around? They are Spirit Crystals. You are allowed to use as many as you want until you control this artifact."

Ian replied with a carefree smile and offered those crystals as if they were all his.

He didn't even blink an eye while lying, since he knew that without some control over this device, he didn't seem to be able to collect those floating crystals.

But he knew Ignysyl could definitely do it with his weird domain. So, what was wrong with playing with information if it worked?

"But... but..."

Poor Ignysyl didn't know how to argue or even reject Ian's proposals.

So, he could only stutter in a low mood, a little frown on his face making him look so pitiful, not realizing that his cute appearance was doing what he couldn't; fortunately.