At that moment, everyone was concerned more about the main battle. Although they had heard of Alius battling third-tier beings in the past, no one had participated in such a battle.
The only ones who had shown composed expression were Alius, Abium, Tabitha, and Zivior. For Abium, it was not surprising as he had seen many more cruel battles in his past life. As for Tabitha and Zivior, they came from the Northern mainland and had seen some legendary battles during their teenage days.
"You guys shouldn't worry too much. Although battling against a Necromancer is dangerous, things become much smoother as long as we prepare some trump cards." Alius said in a reassuring tone.
'In this mission, I'm the only one in the most dangerous situation. At this moment, my past knowledge held no use. I can only face the future head on and move forward. Still, I have to be wary of the Fate Divinity holder.' Abium paused for a moment and soon thought of entering the Mysterious Fountain. Although he still had no idea about its origin, he could enter that mysterious space whenever he wanted through the strange connection.
Suddenly, Zivior quickly took a small thumb-sized green amulet from his spatial ring and spoke while passing it towards Abium.
"Kid, keep this amulet inside your pocket. A second-tier [Dark Touch] spell, and two first-tier darkness spells were inscribed in it. With the Dark Touch, you can track your enemy's location regularly. This amulet also has some unique marks that will help Ubius to find your location. As for those two darkness spells, both are offensive spells and could help you when you are in life-threatening danger."
Abium caught the amulet while listening to his teacher's words and inspected the artifact. The unique amulet had a few black color stones embedded in it and looked more like a marble. With a single glance, Abium guessed that those little black stones were small dark elemental crystals and was surprised.
"Thank you, Teacher." Abium was deeply moved by his teacher's gift and thanked him from the heart.
'A second-tier 'Dark touch' spell and two first-tier darkness spell, huh? As expected, although my origin is full of suspicion, Teacher Zivior didn't hold back anything for my safety. If I want to buy an artifact like this in the auction hall, it will cost around 4000 - 6000 white gold coins. Well, my current strength and achievements also play a vital role here. I can tell these academic mages are curious about my rapid progression speed and my true background.' Abium thought inwardly and continued to analyze the amulet.
"Ahem. What about Light Church members? Why is there still conflict continuing in Keris kingdom?" As Abium was analyzing the amulet, Alius slowly shifted his gaze towards second-tier mage Ovia and asked with a frown. Keris kingdom was one of the Academy's main sponsors, so Alius knew they had no choice but to intervene if the problem escalated.
"Same like here, Teacher. A few high-rank nobles suddenly started to oppose the current administration under Duke Vira's leadership and appear to be siding with Light Church's side." Ovia said while chewing a slice of mango, she took from the table.
"Again, Light Church, huh? Something is not right. Send a letter to the Diocese of Orchard and tell Archbishop Rafe to refrain themselves from involving in the political affairs as per the agreement." Alius said with dissatisfaction on his face. At the same time, Idus also turned his head towards Ovia and asked while stroking his long white beard.
"What happened to the letter we sent about last incident? Did Archbishop Rafe send any response for their last crime to try kidnapping Prince Raollet?"
Ovia's expression turned helpless when she heard that question. As Idus noticed Ovia's helpless expression, he let out a frustrated sigh and continued as he glanced at Abium.
"If not for Huggin's immediate response and this elven kid's coincidental arrival at Bare Keep town, things would have turned more complicated."
"I already sent letters to the Diocese of Orchard twice, but they are not responding to our letters. Even if they respond to my letters, I'm sure that Archbishop Rafe will not give us an apology." Ovia said with a bitter smile on her face. She knew that Light church members were becoming bolder and trying to stir up the troubles in many southern kingdoms and felt helpless.
At that moment, a long sigh came out of Alius's mouth.
"Don't make conflict with them for now. We still have many problems in our hands." As Alius spoke, his illusionary incarnation figure started to break and soon disappeared from the seat.
Abium was quite surprised by the incarnation and soon noticed others didn't seem to mind his disappearance and continued their discussions. After a few minutes of discussion, Tabitha looked at everyone and shook her head.
"Let's finish the current problems," Tabitha said and soon shifted her gaze toward Zivior.
"Will the other necromancers who attended the auction also participate during the Gathering?"
"No idea. But if all those necromancers began to attack, the whole city would turn into a slaughterhouse." Zivior frowned deeply. He perceived that the dangers this shady necromancer organization posed were more serious.
'I have to concoct some Sunrise and Midday potions quickly. As long as I concoct a few Curse Resistance and Fear Control potions, not even High Rank Undead would pose any threat to me. Humph, these bone heads really do have some nerve to sneak into our domain. It's been a long time since this Potion mage Zivior entered the battlefield.' Cold light glinted in Zivior's eyes.
"Let's end the discussion here. I have to create a Light Attribute Rune Weapons for the upcoming enemy attack." At that moment, Ubius stood up from his seat and spoke coldly before walking away from the main hall.
This time, the whole academic mage team decided to give the necromancers a big surprise.
Following Ubius, Zivior, Abium, and Tabitha also stood up and bid farewell to the other mages. Then, they quietly turned around and moved toward the exit.
As they walked out of the two-storied house, Ubius shifted his gaze towards Abium and asked curiously.
"Abium, I heard from Zivior that you are interested in Runology. Is it true?"
"Really?" Tabitha also suddenly stopped her footsteps before reaching the main gate and asked in surprise.
"I first thought of making him a Potion mage, but Abium told me that he wants to learn the mysteries behind the runes. So, I gave one of your runic books to him. It seems he already decided to become a Rune mage." Zivior said while giving a light pat on Abium's shoulder.
"Why not study both? Runology will help him create magic items, while the Potioneering will allow him to become a Potion Master, right? Both of these subjects come under the Alchemy section, so there is no harm in trying to learn two subjects." Tabitha said with a thoughtful look.
"No, that will shackle his grown. Even it took more than two centuries for me to become an Expert Level Potion Master, Tabitha. If he wants to study both subjects, he will need twice the amount of time than an average mage. Moreover, he also needed to improve his strength." Zivior shook his head in disapproval.
"Indeed. But before that, I need to check if he is eligible to walk on the path of Runology." Ubius said calmly and asked.
"Did you manage to create a zero tier spell scroll, lad?"
"Hey! Aren't you expecting too much? He only started studying Runology a few months ago!" Tabitha glared at Ubius.
Meanwhile, Abium was stunned by her response.
'Why is she angry at him? Isn't it normal?'
'Humph, you are the abnormal one here, lad. It would take more than 2 years to completely memorize the knowledge about Zero-Tier Rune Magic Arrays. Not only that, but one have to complete control over their mind to inscribe the spell model inside the Rune Magic Array. If not for your Eidetic Memory function, you would be still stuck in that level.' Azolla said coldly in his mind.