As Oliver flipped open the ancient tome gifted by Professor Arcanus, he couldn't help but marvel at what he read.
Becoming an Arcane Templar required grueling training, but more crucially, it demanded the creation of a secondary core—an intricate and rare process requiring hard-to-find materials. He scanned through the pages, his mind calculating the costs. Even with the Nightsteel Dust that Arcanus had just given him, he would still need at least a thousand gold coins to gather the remaining components.
Of course, this was only a rough estimate. Given the rarity of the materials involved, the actual cost might be several times that amount.
Just a few days ago, he had earned over two hundred gold coins, and with the upcoming reward from the Lord of Glensorne, he had started to feel as if money would never be a concern again. But now, standing at the edge of this new challenge, it was clear: gold was a resource that could never be too plentiful.