Seeing the runes sorcery array calm down, the Silkworm Queen stepped forward with Wind Moth and Scented Butterfly, frequently peering attentively into the four large glass bottles on the ground, not hiding her intentions at all.
“Forget about these, I have other uses for them,” Ivan said, waving his hand to catch the glass bottles filled with the liquid.
“Alright, there’s still plenty left from before anyway.” The Silkworm Queen didn’t mind, noticing a significant increase in her sorcerer’s aura and feeling genuinely happy for him.
“How are the results?” Ivan asked, thinking of the energy she had gained some time ago.
“It has the greatest effect on Wind Moth, then Scented Butterfly, the rapid wood silkworms didn’t absorb much, but at least there was some enhancement,” the Silkworm Queen reported honestly.
Under her management, in fact, several rapid wood silkworms had died, but she gave it no extra thought.
A sacrifice for the tribe, a worthy death.
Ivan didn’t say anything, he immediately tested Wind Moth and Scented Butterfly, finding that Wind Moth indeed had a significant improvement, its strength nearly reaching the upper limit of a Level 1 creature. It could undergo its next Transformation at any moment.
Scented Butterfly was far behind.
“Sorcerer Ivan, could you use the array to burn me a few times too?” Wind Moth asked, taking advantage of his apparent satisfaction, its gaze falling on the Black Magic Wind Fire Array on the ground.
“Shut up, is this something you can use? Look at your position.” Before Ivan could respond, the Silkworm Queen reprimanded sternly, scolding Wind Moth until it wished it could hide its face with its wings.
Delusions of using their sorcerer’s sorcery array, utterly disregarding any sense of hierarchy.
Ivan knew the Silkworm Queen’s scolding was genuinely furious, no pretense involved, and might even confine Wind Moth later.
“Ambition is good, let’s consider it next time. I need to study this issue a bit,” Ivan said.
“That’s a deal, thank you, Sorcerer Ivan, thank you, Mother.”
“Hmph! Don’t think I’ll let you off just because you say that.”
The Silkworm Queen was determined to teach Wind Moth a lesson to prevent it from saying anything, especially in front of their sorcerer, something akin to ‘killing the chicken to scare the monkey.’
The application Ivan mentioned indeed existed, which involved using gray copper from the Gate of Netherworld Blood to make high-level magicalized items. While pondering the issue with the Black Magic Wind Fire Array using the Light of Great Wisdom, he had extensively considered the matter of gray copper.
Another week passed, and he successfully produced nine gray copper spheres.
The gray copper spheres, eight large and one small, were engraved with corresponding runes lines, which faintly formed an outline of wind fire.
“This can also be considered a special high-level magicalized item, let’s call it ‘Black Magic Wind Fire Pearl.’,” he said.
He always chose straightforward names; these copper spheres were equivalent to miniature simplified Black Magic Wind Fire Array Platforms, and being able to transform into small beads, calling them Black Magic Wind Fire Pearls was appropriate.
He waved his hand, and the eight spheres, each with a diameter of twenty centimeters, flew around him, distributed evenly and orderly. He kept a larger sphere by his side, thirty centimeters in diameter.
The next moment, the Black Magic Wind Fire Array reappeared, the Black Magic Wind arose, and the Black Magic Fire ignited, covering a scope of about eighty meters around him like it was his own territory.
Although its prowess couldn’t compare with his full-scale runes sorcery array, its advantage lay in being portable, able to be set up at the flick of a wrist, with far less consumption.
Gray copper is a lightweight metal, easily manipulated to float around him.
“Come back.”
At Ivan’s sharp command, the spheres quickly flew back in front of him, in the blink of an eye shrinking into small beads. A small ring-shaped net floated from his arm, enclosing the beads within it.
The net with the beads fell, wrapping around his arm like a bracelet.
In fact, he had considered other shapes, but after comparison and consideration, he chose the simple and stable spherical shape as the outer form of the magicalized item.
“Silkworm Queen, let’s tidy up, we should head back now.”
“What is there to tidy up?”
“Just these raw stone pillars, might come in handy the next time we find a new magic stone mine.”
After a brief clean-up with the Silkworm Queen, packing the items to take in the space insect nest and destroying what they couldn’t carry, Ivan finally returned to the cave they had initially dug using the small Multi-changing Star Spike to leave the Solo Magic Stone Mine.
He slowly walked towards the outside, but before reaching the cave entrance, he suddenly stopped, his face darkening. Someone was guarding outside; perhaps it was those after the bounty.
That really doesn’t give a person a moment to breathe.
The next second, he had a Green Tree Star Shield in his hand, and the Flower Tree Shield appeared around him.
“Boom.”
Your next chapter awaits on empire
Ivan quickly dodged to the outside of the cave and casually threw a slap enveloped in black flames, and as expected, the person outside also launched a spell attack at him.
Accompanied by a scream, the person who ambushed him was sent flying.
So weak?
Ivan looked around and discovered that the only one ambushing him was a young female sorcerer, who attempted an ambush but ended up knocked away by his slap, motionless.
He went over to check and saw she had fainted; beside her was a damaged shield.
“A Night Forest sorcerer robe? A fish that slipped through the net.”
Without ceremony, Ivan began to search her and found a token, much like the control token Heidi used to open the Kanda magic stone mine. He took it back to the cave to try it out, and indeed it was a control token for the Solo Magic Stone Mine, just a bit late.
By the time he returned, he noticed the person on the ground hadn’t moved, but her posture had slightly changed, clearly indicating she had awakened.
“If you’re awake, stop pretending to be asleep. Tell me, why did you ambush me here?”
“I—I just came to see what was happening, sorry, sorry. I shouldn’t have attacked your honor.” The female sorcerer was already terrified and kept apologizing.
A single brief engagement, and she and her shield were sent flying. If she hadn’t managed to bring out her defensive shield in time, that blow might have killed her, underscoring the vast difference in strength between them.
Deep regret filled her heart. What was she even doing running over here, choosing so rashly to launch an attack?
“Are you from the Ward family?”
“Yes, I just became a sorcerer not long ago.”
Hearing Ivan’s question, the female sorcerer chose to reply honestly.
Her name was Anjie Ward, and she was away at another location when the Ward family’s residence was attacked, allowing her to escape that disaster when she was still an apprentice.
Recently, having become an official sorcerer, Anjie noticed anomalies at the Solo Magic Stone Mine.
Her increased power inevitably boosted her confidence as well as the rage over being plundered, so she rushed over, only to arrive a bit too late and run into Ivan just coming out.
“Your honor, what should I call you?”
“Why? Planning to seek revenge?”
“No, not at all.”
Ivan didn’t bother with her anymore and left Kilslogg Mountain directly.
Caught in the act, he wasn’t the least bit embarrassed, for it was the law of the jungle. Whether the Solo Magic Stone Mine still belonged to the Ward family was another matter. Not killing Anjie Ward had already been a mercy on his part.
On the road, Ivan once again reviewed his gains and losses. This time, besides an increase in his power, his knowledge in various fields had also improved.
[Energy Particle Skill] had risen to level 6.
[Meditation Skill] had risen to level 5.
As expected, he gained a level 5 and a level 6 Light of Wisdom.
[Enchantment Skill], [Runes Skill], and [Biology Expertise] had also improved to some extent.
Several days passed in a blink, and Ivan smoothly made his way back to the Mongna Ant Land Cottage.