Chapter 101: The Mage Out of Pce

  Alex once heard a saying:

  "If you don’t get what you want, it’s not because you’re unlucky, it’s because you didn’t spend enough."

  But now, Alex seriously doubted the truth of that statement.

  "Am I having a streak of bad luck these past few days...?"

  Looking at the Map of Myriad Dimensions in front of him, Alex didn’t even have the energy to sigh.

  The spirit crystals promised by the temple had already arrived. After version, Alex obtained 5,000 points of crystal energy. In this sehe temple hadn't cheated him. With 5,000 crystal energy points, he could exge them for around 1,000 dimension points, which was definitely enough for a ten-draw.

  Of course, Alex wasn’t going to vert all 5,000 crystal energy points into dimension points. First, he spent 520 points to redeem the "Ring of Souls," an essential piece of gear for wealthy pyers. Then, Alex also redeemed the "Neckce of Fate" and the "Eye of Insight." The "Neckce of Fate" reduces the cooldown of soul stone skills by 10%, while the "Eye of Insight" allows you to appraise uified items. Although this feature might seem minor, it’s actually quite useful. In the dungeon design of the Map of Myriad Dimensions, there’s a ce for "item triggers," meaning if you obtain an unknown item and appraise it, you might trigger a quest.

  Of course, not every pyer could afford these, but it wasirely necessary either. Pyers could always take the item to an NPd trigger the quest that way.

  But doing that takes more time.

  It’s like in many games, where, if a pyer enters a locked door but doesn’t have the key, they might have to return to the hub, find an NPd get a task: "Help me, and I’ll help you." After pleting the quest, the NPC will unlock the door.

  However, if the pyer has a "lock-pig" skill, they skip all that, unlock the door, and go in, saving time with NPCs, right?

  These three premium items Alex designed were inteo save time fh-spending pyers without disrupting game bance. Alex humorously referred to them as the "Whale Trio." After redeeming these three, his 5,000 crystal energy points were down to about 2,000. verted to dimension points, that left him with only 420 points—barely enough for four ten-draws.

  In short, all that hard work over the years, and in one night, he was back to square one.

  Whose bright idea was it to set this ridiculous exge rate? Do they have no sce?

  Oh wait, that was me…

  So did I just scam myself?

  Alex stared helplessly at the soul stone in his hand, unsure what to say. He knew he had designed a fluctuation rate into the system, and it made sense—no one could get lucky ien-draw. If you pulled some great items in the early rounds, the system would naturally lower your ces of getting rare items afterward. But the fact that this was his own design… well, he had to swallow his own bitter pill.

  Alex inally hoped to summon a mage soul stone since he was about to start studying magic. A mage stone would be more reliable. But much to his frustration, after a few single draws, all he got were enha stones and charge stoo top it off, the only soul stones he mao pull were two bronze-level assassin stones!

  Doesn’t the system know that mages ter assassins?!

  "Sigh..."

  Alex sighed as he stared at the two soul stones—oing a man in a flowing white robe and the other showing a bald man in a bck suit. He closed the system with resignation.

  Fet it. No more draws this month. Maybe month I’ll try aen-pull. Pulling broones... how is anyone supposed to survive like this?

  “What’s wrong, Master?”

  Notig Alex’s troubled expression, Ikaros looked at him curiously and asked. Alex smiled and reached out to pat Ikaros’s small head.

  "Nothing, just feeling a bit unlucky."

  In the days they had spent together, the little angel had beuch livelier, not as reserved as she was in the beginning. This was something Alex was gd to see, as her initial reverence had been a bit too much for him. Now, at least she seemed more like a normal person.

  Though the matter of her colr still hadn’t been resolved. In fact, both Archbishop Carl and Stone had asked Alex about it several times. After all, it was hard to ignore a sight like that—an angel wearing a colr wasly a good omen. But there was nothing Alex could do. For some reason, Ikaros treated the colr as somethiremely important, refusing to take it off no matter what Alex said. So what could he do? He had no choice but to let her keep it.

  Besides, the sight of a little angel with tear-filled eyes pleading was too overwhelming for Alex to handle… Ahem… sinful, sinful…

  With that in mind, Alex g Ikaros again. She had obediently settled down beside him in the carriage, reading a book. Curious, Alex took a look at the book she was reading, only to find that it was filled with stories of princesses and knights, or rich young dies and knights, or irls and knights… Seriously, why is it always about knights?

  Sure, knights are a profession, but they ride horses, not people!

  You ’t just assume that having "knight" ile means you get to ride something. Have a little dignity, won’t you?

  Of course, beh the surface of this fantasy world, Alex realized these were just the isekai versions of typical romanovels—the same overused "dominarope rehashed a huimes. Alex hadn’t expected that Ikaros would enjoy reading this kind of novel.

  He just hoped it wouldn’t corrupt his little angel.

  "Master, the time has e."

  "I know."

  Alex stood up and adjusted his clothes. Today was the day the mentor from the White Tower of Heaven would visit the temple. If all went well, this person would bee his mentor. To be ho, Alex felt a bit nervous. After all, acc to rumors, mages were known for their etric personalities and were difficult to approach. If this mage was anything like the rumors suggested, it could be troublesome for Alex.

  But regardless, he had made the decision and was itted to seeing it through.

  Even though he had mentally prepared himself, Alex was still taken aback when he saw the mage in front of him.

  "So, you're the ohat old geezer mentiohe Holy Knight who wants to learn magic?"

  Sitting on the sofa was a man nearly two meters tall. He looked to be around fifty or sixty, with a head of slicked-back white hair, f a cssic "Mediterranean" bald spot. But what truly shocked Alex was the man's physique—though he wore a mage’s robe, the once-loose, flowing robe now fit him like a tight suit. Every movement highlighted the six-pack abs beh the fabric.

  Hold on a sed, is this really a mage? Are we sure this isn’t a northern barbarian?

  "I'm Rex of the White Tower of Heaven."

  The self-procimed Rex waved casually and crossed his legs, his eyes bulging like brass bells as he stared at Alex.

  "hought I’d see someone abandon being a Holy Knight to bee a mage. What’s so great about mages? A bunch of weaklings who ’t even roperly! They’re practically useless, apart from ting a few spells! Why would you want to bee a mage?"

  "............"

  Um, sir, aren’t you also a mage? Are you sure you should be saying that?

  Alex couldn’t help but feel that ever sining to this world, things had only gotten weirder. First, he met a vampire who could cast holy light, and now he was face-to-face with a mage who looked like a bodybuilder.

  "Well, it’s like this…"

  Though internally grumbling, Alex quickly posed his thoughts and answered Rex’s question.

  "During a previous mission, I fought against two mages, and I became ied in the mysteries of magic. I wao learn and uand it..."

  "What’s there to uand?"

  Before Alex could finish, Rex waved his hand dismissively, cutting him off.

  "Mages? They just throw a few magic missiles, biu biu biu. The easiest way to deal with them is to charge right in ahem down! Once you break their shields, those weaklings are no different from salted fish. You smack them around however you like!"

  "............"

  Alex g Rex’s six-pack abs.

  This speech had zero credibility.

  "Whatever, it’s your brain, not mine. Just don’t e g when it doesn’t work out. Besides, there’s no guarantee you’ll even make it into the White Tower."

  "What do you mean by that?" Alex raised an eyebrow, sensing that there was more to the situation.

  "Isn’t it obvious?"

  Rex looked irritated but still expined.

  "You think the White Tower of Heaven is some charity run by the temple? That anyone just waltz in? It’s the sacred nd of mages! You’re a Holy Knight, and you don’t even know a single magie, yet you expect to study at the White Tower? Have you lost your mind? I’ve got a reputation at the White Tower, and I won’t ruin it by bringing in a clueless student. So, I made a deal with the temple."

  "A deal?"

  "That’s right."

  Rex’s eyes narrowed, and for the first time, his barbarian-like face showed the ing and wisdom of a mage.

  "To be blunt, no one knows if you’re just doing this on a whim. After all, kids ye tend to have short-lived is, like your attention span for food or bedding. Who knows how long you’ll stick with this? So, here’s the deal—I’ll train you for one month. After that, you must meet the White Tower’s minimum standard. If you ’t, then you go back to the temple and stick to being a knight. Stop dreaming, got it?"

  So that’s how it is.

  Alex immediately grasped Rex’s meaning.

  It seemed the temple wasn’t ready to just let him go so easily… which made sense upon refle.

  Alex didn’t know the exatry requirements for the White Tower, but given its prestigious reputation, he could guess it was akin to a grade-schooler trying to pass a college entrance exam.

  Still, there was no harm in trying. And if all else failed after a month… he could always gamble on a lucky draw!

  With this in mind, Alex made up his mind and bowed deeply to Rex.

  "I uand, Mr. Rex. I’m willing to accept the terms."

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