The master and apprentice travelled northbound. Sam was familiar with the region. The dungeon they planned to clear was Horned Beast's Furrow. It wasn't hard to clear. The little one-horned beasts in the dungeon had very thick skin making it hard to penetrate. Sword attacks weren't strong enough to penetrate it and they had to make use of magic attacks.

"Do you have any skill tomes?" Carnage asked Sam. The two were almost outside the city. "Not yet, I want to try and create my spells. I was able to make one but getting enough firepower was heard." "Circle magic lacks firepower. Just get three skill tomes for firepower and try to learn lightning attribute and ice attribute. You can modify and make them your new spells later." Carnage took Sam towards a tome shop right next to the city gate. "Without sufficient firepower, you won't be able to kill things fast enough." Carnage left walking towards the restaurant on the opposite side leaving Sam to find the spell tomes suitable for him himself.

The skill tome shop had racks of scrolls and tomes placed all over. Each rack was sorted based on the attribute, element and tier of the circle spell.

"Young master. How can I help you?" Asked the elderly shopkeeper standing beside the counter. Sam approached the man and asked for lightning and ice spells a tier 1 mage could use.

"Tier 1 lightning and Ice spells? We do have a few but I'm not certain if you have sufficient mana to use it. The lightning bolt and ice shard spells are powerful enough to penetrate any enemy under tier 5 but they both cost a lot more man than the flame blast spell."

"I have around 100 mana. It will be fine." The man left to the back and took out two spell circles from a vault. The skill tomes both had a purple hue and a dim glow. "These are the only tier 1 lightning and ice spells available here. They are too rare, especially to get a tier 1 spell."

Lightning Bolt

Penetrating lightning bolts. Can cause paralysis.

Damage Multiplayer: 3x

Mana Cost: 20

Cast Time: Instant

Ice Shard

Penetrating ice shards. Can temporarily freeze an enemy.

Damage Multiplayer: 2x

Mana Cost: 15

Cast Time: Instant

Sam bought both the spells and a rare intelligence boost spell before he went out looking for his master.

Profile: Samuel Valerie

Attack Power: 140

Mana Pool: 140

Health: 10

Bloodline

Satu

Crystal

0

Job

Satu Mage

Gold

32.0000

Job Type

Light armour DPS

Guild

None

Status

Commoner

Guild Status

N/A

Tier

1

Party

Little Blue Hills

Level

10

Party Status

Leader

Base Attributes

Available Points: 0

Strength

8

Attack Power

7

Dexterity

14

Agility

4

Constitution

17

Defence

2

Intelligence

20

Mana Pool

7

Wisdom

20

Wisdom

1

Charisma

14

Charisma

1

Primary Spells

1

Flame Ball

2

Water Gag

3

Iron Skin

4

Wind Blade

Instant cast spells

1

Heat Prison

2

Lightning Bolt

3

Ice Shard

4

Intelligence Boost

"Got the spells?" Lord Carnage was sitting on a stool enjoying the view the balcony gave. There was a mug of cheap beer on the railing. Without the dress of a noble and his aura hidden, no one could recognise this tier 10 quester sitting on the balcony sipping a cold beer. "They weren't cheap," Sam said standing beside him.

"The waiter has a few potions prepared. Go collect it. I don't want to starve in the dungeon." Carnage got up from the stool and walked towards the front door. Sam went to the counter to collect the order.

Ever since the dungeons opened the lifestyle changed for the people. It was now almost impossible to sit back and drive in a car. Most of the major cities banned cars. With people capable of travelling and teleporting around the vehicles simply took too much space. This also helped to build more buildings closer. The cities gradually became smaller taking ease of access into consideration.

Walking out the city gates, a gentle cold breeze caressed them. The north gate led to the northern highways which connected Qwakamolly to Hampshrine. The Horned Beast dungeon that they planned to raid was closer to Hampshrine City. The city was shrouded in a cold mist with most of its income coming from the nearby dungeon. Hampshrine is the major city in the area, with a few smaller townships around.

"Stay close to me. I'm going to activate a shift to Hampshrine." Sam stood closer to Carnage as he activated a magic circle drawing in the air. The circle was too complex for Sam but he recognised five cores surrounding the centre instead of a single core centre. As Carnage completed the circle, Sam felt a little warmth. He felt dizzy and a little too bright forcing him to shut his eyes. For a second he felt the ground give away and fell on his back. The ground felt wet and the air cold. Sam opened his eyes to see a snow-covered path ahead.

Hampshrine City was decent in size with two major hospitals and a small university. The residents around the city were mostly cleaners who depended on the dungeon. The surrounding towns used Hampshrine as their main trading hub.

Lord Carnage took Sam inside through the south gate. The city had a lot more commoners walking around. "Does the city guards not stop commoners from entering?" Sam was curious. Qwakamolly never allowed commoners to enter without a permit. Hampshrine had a lot of commoners working, selling and buying dungeon drops.

"The place is mostly occupied by commoners. The entire town depends on the dungeon for sustenance." Lord Carnage told Sam. Sam had rarely left the Blue Hills region. In his little town, it was normal for most people to be either novels or high-class merchants. Commoners were early seen apart from the few that entered to sell or those that were employed by the nobles.

Lord Carnage walked into a fairly busy inn. The innkeeper rose her head from behind the counter to look at the new arrival. "Little Bai!" She screamed excited, dropping the beer mug on the counter rushing towards Lord Carnage for a tight hug.

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