Sorcerer’s Handbook

After winning three rounds of rock-paper-scissors with a face full of disdain, Igor watched as Ashe opened the “Supply Purchase” and spent 328 points on “A Box of Source Crystals”!

He obtained 66 source crystals!

Triggered the first purchase bonus and got another 66 source crystals!

Added to the 32 source crystals accumulated from daily sign-ins, the total was 164 source crystals! That means he could draw 54 times!

If only Ashe could draw from this limited pool in Gospel. He could pray for the Gospel blessing “Strengthen Intent”. He firmly believed that with his strong will, he could at least draw the outfits of the Sword Princess and the Witch! If it was the ‘Bridal’ series, his intent might even twist the probabilities of the Search System!

But now, he could only accumulate luck by being defeated by Igor in rock-paper-scissors, hoping for the Search System to be merciful.

Still, 54 draws, it’s not possible that there would be no results, right? Surely no one can draw five ten-pulls and still not get what they want, right?

“Confirm expenditure of 162 source crystals for 54 searches?”

“Confirm!”

First, there were 30 white lights polluting the pool, yielding energy potions, experience potions, Basic Combat Cards, and career potions!

Next, 18 purple lights, consisting of 8 Spirit Delight Potions, 7 Pure Luminescence Elixirs, 1 Advanced Trial Card, 1 new artifact “Aurora’s In-Car Unethical Navigation System”, and 2 new potions, “lightless sanctuary potion”!

And finally, 6 golden lights!

“Death Maniac Sword Princess Silver Coin”!

“The Magic Mirror Shards of the Black and White Witch”!

“Aurora’s Dream Treasure House”!

“Yolan Vesser”!

“Empress in the Rain-Witch”!

“Lunar Star Swimsuit-Sword Princess”!

Ashe was stunned, rubbing his eyes in disbelief to double-check the rewards he had drawn.

A moment later, the closed eyes of the resting Igor opened. He saw Ashe crawling towards him and said irritably, “You want another round of rock-paper-scissors? -“

The Con Artist’s words were cut short as Ashe lunged forward, hugging him tightly. By the time Igor realized what was happening, Ashe had moved on to wrap an arm around Harvey. Harvey’s head was almost thrown off by Ashe’s enthusiastic shaking, but the necromancer was not about to lose out as he reached over to pull on the Cult Leader’s face.

After some playful antics, Ashe retreated to a corner of the room with his back to them, waving his hand, “It’s nothing, really, nothing at all. Just ignore me!”

Your voice is barely able to contain your laughter, you know that, right? Igor and Harvey couldn’t help but notice that Ashe had encountered some good fortune. But since they were all stuck in this mental ward with no means of outside communication, and even captured by the Four Pillars Cult, where exactly did Ashe come across this stroke of luck?

Did he break through a realm in his Sect? Summon a new spirit?

Igor glanced at Harvey. Harvey checked his pocket for his catnip cigarettes and Snow White candies and shook his head-none of his smokes or candies were missing, so Ashe wasn’t high from those.

You come across some good fortune, but you don’t want to talk about it; you can’t hide your laughter, and yet you just have to share the joy with us-is your happiness really meant to be shared among three people?

The Con Artist and the necromancer exchanged glances, each seeing the helplessness and curiosity in the other’s eyes, but they couldn’t help but let smiles creep onto their faces.

After a while, Ashe finally calmed his excited heart.

He had drawn it!

He had really drawn the outfits for the Sword Princess and the Witch!

At long last, he could give them a gift! And everyone got something!

Just drawing those two outfits made it all worth it!

Ashe took a deep breath to steady his pounding heart and began to check the other new artifacts he had drawn.

First, the new white-light artifact.

“Career Potion”: When operators are managing their professional activities, they will find it easier to burst with inspiration, showcase their talents, and enjoy life. Lasts for seven days.

First up is this newly appeared white-light artifact. Unlike the stamina potion and the experience potion, the career potion is not meant for training activities, which means it has no effect on the operator’s strength and might even have a negative impact-involving oneself in career-oriented activities often runs counter to refining one’s Spellcasting skills. Just like work and play, if you spend most of your day working, it’s easy to experience an ‘electronic impotence’ where you can’t enjoy large-scale games.

In the past, Ashe, who was solely focused on exploiting the combat strength of the operators, would have definitely thrown the career potion into storage to collect dust. After all, the sword Princess and the Witch were not the types to enjoy rigorous training. The sword Princess had aspirations of being a performer and songstress, while the Witch would rather let her sisters do the training for her. If he gave them these potions, they’d only become even more distracted.

Ashe assumed the career potion was meant for those “I want to become the Sorcerer King” type operators, allowing these super-studiers to squeeze out their potential even outside training activities.

But now, Ashe’s perspective had changed.

Maybe it was because he constantly heard the sword Princess boasting about her achievements. Ashe found himself curious about her life, wanting to see the TV drama where she played the second female lead, listen to her upcoming album, and… Oh right, the Final of the Meteor Trial was happening soon. He really wanted to sit in the audience and watch her dazzling performance. Regardless of winning or losing, Ashe would undoubtedly stand up and applaud her.

The Witch, although she rarely mentioned her real-life activities, in moments of danger when her hair color would become dirty from fear, it was not Ashe or the sword Princess but her family who pulled her out of that terror. The sword Princess only needed to ask her, “Is someone waiting for you to come home?” and the Witch would instantly find courage, with each strand of her hair regaining its luster.

Be it in the Virtual Realm or real life, they were always fighting hard.

Moreover, the sword Princess’s Golden Blessing “Luminous Star,” and the Witch’s Golden Blessing “Rebellion” were both related to their professional lives. Using career potions on them could indirectly enhance their combat strength.

Even without the Golden Blessing, Ashe hoped he could hear more about the sword Princess and the Witch proudly sharing their professional lives in the Virtual Realm. He wished the sword Princess could fulfill her dream of becoming a luminous star and hoped the Witch could spend every day spoiling the ones she loved.

The bond between them seemed to be about more than just sharing spellcasting experience; it was about sharing their happy emotions too.

Seeing the smiles on their faces made Ashe’s own heart feel warm.

There were 8 bottles of career potion. Ashe decided to use the “Alchemist’s Refining Bottle” to refine them all. One attempt failed, but he managed to get 3 bottles of “Advanced Career Potion.”

“Advanced Career Potion”: When operators are managing their professional activities, they will achieve optimal performance and subtly receive the favor of fate. Lasts for seven days.

Next up are the newly introduced purple-light artifacts.

“Advanced Trial Card”: Allows an operator to undertake a high-difficulty trial, gaining substantial experience, slightly increasing operator bond, and making the operator more obedient to your commands. Can only be used by each operator once per week.

“Aurora’s In-Car Unethical Navigation System”: A navigation system for the Aurora Self-Driving Car. It plans the best route based on the owner’s exploration goals and automatically eliminates any lower-level threats along the way.

“Lightless Sanctuary Potion”: Instantly completes the construction of a sanctuary or accelerates sanctuary synchronization. Note: sorcerers completing sanctuary construction will automatically resist the Ritual of Prohibited Synchronization of Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon, significantly weakening the spatial insights gained from the ritual. Use with caution.

There’s not much to say about the Advanced Trial Card, except for the part about making the operator more obedient to your commands. That sentence made Ashe feel a bit uneasy-does it mean beating the operator into submission?

The navigation system, of course, is excellent. Even though Ashe has a virtual realm map, it doesn’t diminish its usefulness. The location of the Golden Flow in the Time Continent is not fixed; on several occasions, Ashe advanced following the map only to be blocked by the Golden Flow. Additionally, the navigation system is incredibly unethical, automatically eliminating sorcerer projections and ordinary virtual realm creatures such as the Blade Fish Dragon. It’s practically an essential tool for villainy.

But the issue is, Ashe was no longer in the Time Continent.

The Distant Sky Domain clearly lacks a proper use for a sports car. It’s like being twenty-five years old and finally getting that gaming console your parents wouldn’t buy you when you were thirteen-it’s great, but not useful anymore.

The only noteworthy purple-light artifact is the Lightless Sanctuary Potion.

Instantly completing sanctuary construction would undoubtedly transform Ashe and his companions’ combat strength. Moreover, they would no longer need to endure the Ritual of Prohibited Synchronization of Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon during their next exploration of the virtual realm. However, the problem lies here-the ritual is both a trial and a reward, enabling all sorcerers to rapidly advance their Spatial Sect realm.

Completing the sanctuary construction in advance is equivalent to forgoing this rookie package.

If considering the future, it seems like the lightless sanctuary potion shouldn’t be used. However, Ashe and his companions are different-due to their bond, Ashe can gain spellcasting experience from other operators. This means that even if he uses the lightless sanctuary potion, the Sword Princess and the Witch will naturally help elevate his Sect Realm within the Spatial Sect.

However, Ashe felt that he could construct the sanctuary without relying on the potion.

This wasn’t arrogance. During his transformation into Ashpel, he had rolled in the rain with dozens of sanctuaries, breaking more sanctuary barriers than an average person breaks windows. Additionally, the Omniscience and Omnipotence of Ashpel rapidly enhanced his Spatial Sect realm. Ashe felt he was just a step away from completing his sanctuary.

In that case, could these two potions be reserved for the Sword Princess and the Witch? Worst case, they could compensate later by consuming Spatial Orbs…

Ashe set this matter aside for the time being and turned his attention to the exciting golden-light artifacts.

The Death Maniac Sword Princess Silver Coin and The Magic Mirror Shards of the Black and White Witch! Ashe was one step closer to maximizing both their potential and bond levels!

After using these two artifacts, both the Sword Princess and the Witch experienced new changes in their profiles:

“Death Maniac Sword Princess.”

“Human – Female – 18 years old.”

“Bond Level: 4 (75% Experience Sharing).”

“Bond Resonance – Insatiable Greed: While journeying together, you have a chance to obtain better loot.”

“Bond Resonance – Unwavering Determination: While journeying together, the Sword Princess is more likely to obtain Experience Orbs.”

“Black and White Witch.”

“Human – Female – 19 years old.”

“Bond Level: 4 (75% Experience Sharing).”

“Bond Resonance – Playing with People’s Hearts: Even without relevant Mental Spirits, you and the Witch also possess the supernatural ability to influence people’s hearts.”

“Bond Resonance – Promising Future: Even without relevant fate spirits, you and the Witch also possess the supernatural ability to influence fate through agreements.”

Incredible! Initially, the bond resonances were words like “Insatiable Greed” and “Playing with People’s Hearts,” exclusive descriptors for villainous roles. Now, the second resonances have all become positive like “Unwavering Determination” and “Promising Future.” Is this a collapse of morality, or a twist in human nature?

However, the effect of “Unwavering Determination” is excellent-it can yield more Experience Orbs, which is a godsend for them since their Sect Realm is severely lagging. Ashe also understood the origin of this resonance; it likely refers to the Sword Princess’s pursuit of glory, status, and career.

On the other hand, “Promising Future” was quite baffling. Although it seemed impressive, how exactly does it influence fate? Does it mean that any promises he makes will be fulfilled by the world in some way?

In comparison, Ashe then realized that the Witch’s Bond Level had also unknowingly reached Level 4, which left him somewhat puzzled-wasn’t the Sword Princess always speaking ill of him to the Witch? How had the Witch’s favorability towards him increased so rapidly, reaching the same level as the Sword Princess?

Could it be that he wronged the Sword Princess, or perhaps the Witch saw things clearly?

Next, Ashe noticed an intriguing new artifact:

“Aurora’s Dream Treasure House”: When you enter a Dream Phantom, you can draw three items from the treasure house. After meeting the required number of broken Dream Phantoms, you can draw another item from the treasure house. Items are only effective in the Dream Phantom and do not carry over to the next adventure or affect reality.

Here are some item descriptions:

“Colorful Collection – Myriad Glories Hand: Restore 2% of maximum spellforce with each effective attack.”

“Golden Collection – Omniscient Veil: Within your field of vision, you can enhance or weaken any spell you know (regardless of whether it belongs to you or your enemy), with enhancement up to 50% and weakening up to 100% (the limit is proportional to your understanding of the spell). Only one spell can be affected at a time.”

“Silver Collection – Blood Saint Guard Death: Each kill (including but not limited to sorcerer projections, virtual realm creatures, and residents of the Dream Phantom) grants one stack of damage amplification blessing, lasting 30 seconds, up to a maximum of 10 stacks.”

Dream Phantom is a unique scene mechanism in the Distant Sky Domain, which means this artifact is specially designed to assist in exploring the virtual realm of the Distant Sky Domain.

Ashe had long realized the difference between the Distant Sky Domain and the first two layers of the Virtual Realm while climbing through the Distant Sky Domain. In the Sea of Knowledge and the Time Continent, sorcerers were still in a state of ignorance. Therefore, both the “Endless Sea” and the “Endless Road” were excellent trials, transforming nearly every sorcerer into a formidable seeker of truth. To rely heavily on others, as Ashe did, was simply disgraceful for a sorcerer.

Upon reaching the Distant Sky Domain, the “journey” no longer posed any challenge to the sorcerers. Hence, the Virtual Realm generously opened spatial passages for them, breaking the “two hours of traveling for five minutes of fighting” norm. According to the principle of pressure compensation, Sanctuary Sorcerers who no longer had to expend effort on travel naturally faced battles of much higher intensity.

However, this was the first time Ashe had seen artifacts that so blatantly enhanced combat power. Even if it was virtual realm power, such artifacts were exceedingly rare, making the Golden Collection truly well-deserved.

Not to mention, the effects of these collections were astonishing. For example, Myriad Glories Hand could restore 2% spellforce with each attack… How many more than 50 slashes did the Sword Princess’s Blood Moon Blossoms have? Equipping the Sword Princess with this collection would almost grant her infinite spellforce!

Still, the names of these collections seemed familiar-Myriad Glories, Omniscient, Blood Saint… It felt as though the Sorcerer’s Handbook, seeing how weak Ashe was, had stolen them overnight from the Divine Sovereigns’ treasury.

Then came the introduction of the third new operator, “Yolan Vesser”!

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