Spirits of the Fairy Remains

Merlin spent that whole night studying the magical-seal stone he had gotten. Since he came out of the Great Magic Tower, the stone from the thirty-fifth floor had always been with him.

Merlin used Lemegeton Eye to check and try to understand the stone in his hand. Certainly, all the information suddenly flowed into his brain.

Magical-seal stone was a type of Spirit Crystals; it was in the same category as Spiritual Weapons. In other words, they both had similar origins.

Spiritual Weapons were born from the strong intent of the spirits. The intent occurred in both living and non-living things; only it could create spirits. And with unwavering intent, the spirits were able to reside in objects.

Therefore, items that had spirits dwelling inside were called “Spiritual Weapons.”

The Spirit Crystals had a similar origin, but they were made from parts of the spirits found in the remains of the fairies. The spirits of the fairies that had died came together, crystallized, and formed a Spirit Crystal.

Fairies were considered lost legendary figures; people could not find them anywhere else but at the Great Magic Tower.

So, in order to acquire the magical cloaks, wizards had to come for them at the Great Magic Tower only.

This fact made the Church of Light’s identity as powerful as the five great kingdoms.

The magical-seal stone was the fusion of the parasitic fairy remains’ spirits. After merging with a wizard’s body, the Spirits of the Fairy Remains would then attach to the possessor’s spirit.

When summoned, it would transform into a magical cloak, increasing the efficacy of the user’s magical power. The Spirit of the Fairy Remains would also alter accordingly to the user’s magical power. That made the colors and patterns of each person’s cloak different.

Other than that, the fairy remains’ spirits could also sense the power of the alphabet users. Alphabet users’ cloaks were different from those of normal wizards’ because there would be light patterns on these cloaks indicating their levels.

The blue-alphabet users had cloaks graced with the charmed blue-lighted patterns while the green-alphabet users’ cloaks had green-lighted patterns.

And in this era, there were only two green alphabet users. One of them was the highest leader of the Church of Light and the other one was a male wanderer who was not affiliated with any party.

The usage of the cloaks was not restricted to the form of the cloak only. The skillful ones could direct the shapes and forms of their cloaks. However, this required mastery; only a few people were able to use the cloaks at that level.

Merlin merged the stone with his body in the secret basement of the Blue Cloak Shop. The magical-seal stone with green patterns was brought out and he started the fusion right away.

Merlin transferred the magical power to the magical-seal stone; suddenly, the stone in his hand gradually turned into formidable magical dust flowing into his body.

The dust was the Spirit of the Fairy Remains. It slowly united with Merlin’s body, starting with his skin and then penetrating deeper inside.

These spirits worked like parasites; they lived on the magical power in the body.

Shortly, Merlin’s whole body was fused with the Spirits of the Fairy Remains; the densest spot, packed with those spirits, was his heart because it was where the user’s magical power was stored.

Not long after, the fusion was complete.

Merlin’s body then shone out a powerful aura.

He was ecstatic with this success and summoned the cloak immediately after the ritual.

“Show yourself, magical cloak”

After Merlin’s words, a change happened to the magical power in his body. A massive cloud of magical steam came out of his body while flashing out a waving light. The steam then spiraled and formed up as a red-colored magical cloak on his body.

This cloak was different from all the other ones for it did not have only the red color which was the symbol of a wizard at the magic-practitioner level, but there were also blue patterns decorating its rim. That was the alphabet-user symbol.

If this cloak appeared in front of people, he would become a lordly person. Even the noblemen or aristocrats would respect Merlin and be afraid of offending him.

When the magical cloak appeared on his body, his magical power increased almost twice the normal amount.

The magical-seal stone from the thirty-fifth floor was formidably powerful.

At the moment, Merlin felt like the overwhelming amount of magical power inside his body was flooding out.

Nobody else but Merlin and Jǫrmungandr knew that Merlin was the owner of the magical cloak from the thirty-fifth floor.

That was because Merlin did not return from the test like normal people; the seven-day rule had no effect on him, due to Jǫrmungandr’s power, locking him up for one whole month.

So when he came out of the Great Magic Tower, there was nobody checking on him. It was a good thing that no one knew that someone had gone higher than the twenty-fifth floor: the legend of this place.

The history of the tower was unaltered; and the legend, saying after five hundred years the highest they could drill was the twenty-fifth floor, remained the same.

Certainly, Merlin himself decided not to reveal this secret and his meeting with Jǫrmungandr.

After wearing the cloak, Merlin tried using his magical power; he tried summoning the magical alphabet. His experience making potions for thousand or maybe ten thousand times had strengthened his magical-alphabet skill.

Merlin lightly flicked his hand and a lot of letters of the magical alphabet shone and appeared in front of him.

They were floating orderly in the air.

Merlin noticed that each of them was much stronger than before. And surely, if these letters of the magical alphabet were powerful, their usage efficiency would also be greater.

A smile appeared on the child’s face.

But it seemed like he had forgotten something!

Tiny eyebrows moved towards each other when he realized that these letters were still blue.

Why were they still blue but not green?

Did Jǫrmungandr not already give him the power of the green level?

Merlin reviewed Jǫrmungandr’s words in his head again and suddenly, one thing popped up: “an incomplete green-alphabet level.”

Right! Jǫrmungandr had told him that he would be able to use the power of the green alphabet only temporarily and that he would not be able to use it awhile after as well. But if he could drill the zone of the wizard-warrior level, his green-alphabet power would then be complete.

When Merlin’s green-alphabet power was incomplete, its activation came with conditions just like the magical cloaks.

Unfortunately, he did not ask Jǫrmungandr about this.

From what he noticed, activating the magical cloaks and the Spiritual Weapons required the same declaration. So, it would not hurt if he tried.

“Show yourself, the green power!”

After his words, the power of the magical alphabet inside his body started shaking. The steam from the Spirits of the Fairy Remains blended with the power of the magical alphabet; then there emerged the mighty magical-alphabet force.

The alphabet patterns on Merlin’s magical cloak turned into green color; they were shining out brightly. The blue-alphabet patterns were dyed with green color; they completely turned into the symbol of the green-alphabet users.

Merlin’s eyes were gleaming out of excitement; he tried his new power immediately.

His small hand swung to the front swiftly.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

More than ten green letters of the magical alphabet appeared in front of him in a flash.

Those letters of the magical alphabet emitted powerful energy, enough to suppress and scare people. An immense amount of magical pressure came out of that green alphabet.

Ha…

Merlin growled unawares. Because of the green alphabet, his voice was glazed with power and formidability.

It sounded like when Jǫrmungandr’s voice injured Merlin. Only an alphabet user’s utterance could hurt someone.

Merlin’s voice echoed throughout the area. Inside the radius of one hundred meters, there was nobody who could not hear his voice.

This voice got people trembling. And it was even worse for those under the wizard-warrior level. They were affected by his sound; many of them were suddenly weak at their knees because of it.

Although this ability was not comparable to Jǫrmungandr’s, it was sufficient to make people sacred.

The power of the green alphabet was prodigious and remarkable.

The appearance of the green-alphabet user was able to dread the noblemen and aristocrats.

Surely enough, those people had heard this type of voice before. It was not a voice that exuded normal magical power; it was the voice that had utilized the power of the magical alphabet, capable of affecting people’s bodies.

As a known fact that the alphabet users with the power above the blue level were scarce; the one people had seen was “Theodore,” the leader of the Church of Light. He was a green-alphabet user.

The voice they heard came from deep inside of the Blue Cloak Shop, a lot of people were wondering about its origin.

Some said that the owner of that voice was a guest of the shop; some said it was the expert of the Blue Cloak Shop.

But the most talked-about idea was that the owner of the voice was the Blue Cloak Shop’s alphabet user.

There was a green-alphabet user behind the Blue Clock Shop?

Not only other people, but Matin was also shocked about this situation. For all this while, it was clear that his small alphabet user was still at the blue level.

But the recent event was different; the power that was sent out was the assurance that it was the green-level power.

Matin’s face was, at the same time, painted with both shock and glee. Other than the wealth that he had gained from the boy, now, after the news about the Blue Cloak Shop being supported by a green-alphabet user was out, the Blue Cloak Shop’s reputation became as high as the sky.

His shop would be elevated to another level.

Aside from selling potions with special properties, the talk about the green-level alphabet user behind this shop was also a big thing. Certainly, the Blue Cloak Shop would become respected in this realm.