The First Order

Melgor’s father had wasted his entire life buying numerous stones, yet he was still unable to obtain an Eye of True Sight. However, his son, who did not wish to become a sorcerer, managed to pick an Eye of True Sight randomly on his first try.

That was why Melgor said that this Eye of True Sight and the title of the sorcerer was actually his father’s. To him, he felt that it should actually belong to his father, but it just wasn’t meant to be.

Melgor said that he did not even know whether his father felt remorseful or gratified before passing away.

However, Ren Xiaosu thought that Melgor’s father… was very likely to have been driven to the grave by Melgor.

Of course, he had to keep such disparaging comments to himself. He could not speak callously since that would be a little rude.

Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment and looked at the sheeple. “So do you two also intend to get yourselves an Eye of True Sight using this method?”

Li Chengguo hesitated for a moment before saying, “Yes…”

“Then just go buy it.” Ren Xiaosu said, “Aren’t your families quite wealthy? Since you’ve already decided to do it this way, wouldn’t you naturally become sorcerers after you successfully purchased an Eye of True Sight? Why would you still want to be a sorcerer’s servant?”

“It’s still quite useful to systematically learn about sorcery,” Li Chengguo answered. “But more importantly, our families hope that Lord Melgor can give us some advice when we’re buying the Eye of True Sight….”

Ren Xiaosu was shocked right then and there. When he saw Melgor’s helpless expression, he immediately understood that while these two guys might truly want to systematically learn sorcery from Melgor, their main aim was to make use of his luck!

Melgor explained in annoyance, “I’m known as the luckiest sorcerer in the Kingdom of Sorcerers.”

As such, the story of Melgor’s father who did not get to fulfill his dream of becoming a sorcerer while Melgor randomly picked an Eye of True Sight had become a new legend in the nation. This was enough to tempt Li Chengguo’s and Liu Ting’s families as they joined in on the gold rush to buy an Eye of True Sight.

“Based on our contract, their families will pay me 10,000 gold coins each, and they’ll be my servants for two years followed by another two years of apprenticeship. After that, I’ll bring them to Ghent City and choose ten stones for each of them.” Melgor said, “If they manage to obtain an Eye of True Sight from my picks, I’ll receive a further 10,000 gold coins as a reward.”

“That’s quite a good deal.” Ren Xiaosu chuckled.

So it turned out these two servants’ families were hoping to ride on Melgor’s luck.

It seemed like the nation of sorcerers’ people were also very superstitious.

Ren Xiaosu scrutinized Melgor and thought to himself, ‘If he’s really that lucky, maybe I should bring him back to the Northwest to be our lucky charm.‘

But based on the agreement between Melgor and the servants, it would be another two years before they headed to Ghent City. Ren Xiaosu could not wait that long, so he had to find a way to make Melgor move the schedule up.

But before Ren Xiaosu could say anything, Melgor said, “I intended for you two sheeple to work for me for another two years. But since I’m now planning to make a trip to Ghent City, I might as well fulfill our agreement early. I also know full well that it’s impossible to dissuade the two of you from chasing after this sorcerer dream.”

Li Chengguo and Liu Ting looked at each other. They could no longer hide the joy in their eyes.

Ren Xiaosu asked, “What are you heading to Ghent City for?”

“At the border of Fortress 178, I sensed the aura of an extremely high-level Eye of True Sight. So I have to report this to the magus order.” Melgor said, “This is a very important piece of news, and it should be able to help improve my situation.”

“If the magus order finds out about this news, what would they do?” Ren Xiaosu asked again.

“They’ll send more powerful sorcerers to the Central Plains to search for the whereabouts of that Eye of True Sight.” Melgor explained, “For them, they’ll do all they can to recover every lost Eye of True Sight out there, let alone an Eye of True Sight of such high level. I wonder how that Eye of True Sight ended up in the Central Plains. It even gained a new owner.”

“How did you sense that Eye of True Sight?” Ren Xiaosu was puzzled.

“When an Eye of True Sight of high level changes owners, it causes a strange phenomenon in the sky. Within a radius of a 1,000 kilometers, sorcerers can sense it with their own Eye of True Sight. It’s almost like the Eye of True Sight that’s gone through an ownership change is making a declaration of sovereignty.” Melgor said, “This fact was recorded in a book.”

“Do you think they’ll travel thousands of kilometers to the Central Plains just to look for such a stone?” Ren Xiaosu wondered.

“Of course. The Eye of True Sight represents the intensity of a spell that sorcerers can cast. Sometimes, different grades of Eyes of True Sight are used to signify the different ranks of sorcerers within the Magi.” Melgor said, “Currently, rumor has it that there’s only two black Eyes of True Sight in the entire magus order. As they’re in the hands of the two highest-ranked sorcerers, others who live under their rule long enough will definitely start getting jealous.”

Ren Xiaosu pondered this. Surely the Eye of True Sight in his possession would not lead the nation of sorcerers and Fortress 178 straight into a war, right?

That wouldn’t do.

But upon further thought, since the Eye of True Sight was used to determine one’s rank within the magus order, those who did not want to remain lowly would have to search for the third black Eye of True Sight.

Then if Ren Xiaosu just stole the black Eyes of True Sight from the other two sorcerers, everyone would be of equal standing. In that case, no one would have to be jealous of each other!

That way, they would not have to make such a long journey to the Central Plains to search for the black Eye of True Sight!

It sounded very logical, right? Consider that!

Melgor suddenly said to Ren Xiaosu and the two servants, “Since I’ve decided to bring you guys to Ghent City, I’ll be seriously teaching everyone sorcery starting today. Who knows, you might find an Eye of True Sight when we get there.”

The atmosphere within the group immediately warmed up.

Li Chengguo even boasted that if he obtained two Eyes of True Sight from the ten stones, he would give one of them to Ren Xiaosu.

His reckless bragging really made him look like a naïve son of the landlord.

Saying that, Melgor looked at Ren Xiaosu again. “I’m sorry, I was only trying to brush you off when I handed you the Introduction to Sorcery to read. Although you seem to enjoy it, it’s probably not of much help in your attempt to become a sorcerer. I’ll recommend you another book called A Comprehensive Guide to Sorcery.”

Ren Xiaosu smiled. “No need. I think the Introduction to Sorcery is quite interesting. I’ll finish reading it first.”

Ren Xiaosu had been busy trying to learn about Melgor’s background today, so he did not have the chance to follow up on the allusion he came across in the Introduction to Sorcery. Central Plains rider—Ren Xiaosu was inexplicably fascinated by these words. He somehow felt that this book, which mentioned the Central Plains Rider, was definitely not what it seemed.

With that, Ren Xiaosu sat down off to the side and continued reading it.

Li Chengguo and Liu Ting muttered, “He’s still so stubborn at this time. He must think we’ll laugh at him for reading that useless book for so long, so he insists on finishing it.”

“I’ve read that book before. It really doesn’t cover anything about spell incantations or meditative visualizations.”

At this moment, Ren Xiaosu had just flipped to a new page. The author wrote: “Continuing on the topic of discussion between me and the Central Plains rider in the previous chapter, should sorcerers abandon the practice of reciting incantations and the use of meditative visualizations?”