Chapter 310: Testing Out His Rewaresd

The first thing he looked at was the shining white sapling. He already had a good idea what it was for. Since it was from House Easten, Rebecca and Richard knew just how much Drasil meant to Julius.

There was a high probability that this sapling was something that Drasil could use. The only question was how he was supposed to activate it and what it was meant to do.

He looked up from the items and gave a questioning frown toward Marcus. “Did they provide any instructions?”

Marcus shook his head. “I was just given that, nothing else. Why? What’s in there?”

Not seeing a reason to hide the item from either of them, he gladly handed over the glass bottle to Marcus.

“I think it is supposed to be for Drasil, but I am not sure,” he said to the man.

Marcus looked very confused for some reason. But he took the bottle anyway and inspected it. “Who or what is a Drasil?” He asked while activating some kind of skill.

“Oh, you haven’t met him yet?” Julius asked, a little taken aback that Marcus didn’t know about Drasil. He definitely thought that Marcus was already aware of the little fellow’s existence.

“No, I haven’t met anyone named Drasil. Is he another friend?” Marcus asked with a tilt of his head.

“He’s my familiar. He is also a life spirit I raised from a little seed,” Julius said proudly while placing his hands on his hips.

He heard Lily chuckle from the side.

“Huh, I guess that makes your unique style of fighting a little more reasonable,” Marcus noted.

“Hey! I would like to clarify that’s not how I normally fight,” he pointed out fervently.

“Of course not,” Marcus said skeptically before returning to the little sapling.

Julius huffed in irritation as the man just ignored him, but started to watch much more intently as Marcus’s eyes turned a brilliant violet color.

Furthermore, what was more astonishing was the powerful thrum of mana he sensed from whatever skill he was using. It was enough that he could feel the literal weight of Marcus’s mana as it wrapped around the object. However, he almost laughed out loud when he felt the mana curiously poking at the sapling like a kid would a small critter.

“I can’t be sure without taking it out of this bottle, but from the looks of it, this appears to be some type of natural treasure that is imbued with a lot of life mana. Which would make sense if it were for your life spirit.”

“What about this other one?”

Marcus looked at the chain necklace with an intrigued expression. He did the same type of analysis with his mana as he had with the sapling.

After a few minutes of Marcus examining it, he shrugged.

“Yeah, I don’t know. There are many enchantment layers on it, making it close to impossible to analyse properly. Whatever it is, it is valuable. The materials it is made out of are extremely resistant to outside influence. I can barely make the thing react to my mana.”

Julius agreed with Marcus’s assessment. The item was weirdly resistant to mana and, to some extent, to aura as well. He couldn’t provoke a reaction with his mana or aura either. In a way, it felt exactly like a plain piece of iron.

“Try feeding it your aura signature again, like you did with the box. Perhaps, you might learn something after you do that,” Lily supplied.

That wasn’t a bad idea and it certainly didn’t hurt to try it, so with nothing to lose he reached out and instead of poking it with his aura, he tried to force feed it to the necklace.

This time, he got a reaction. It was slow at first, but gradually he felt the necklace sucking in his aura like a vortex.

As this was happening, the necklace’s chain links started to glow, and small, detailed runes appeared on each individual link. It was startlingly beautiful.

Then all of a sudden, he felt something grab hold of his soul and tug him forward. Caught off guard, but too curious to fight back, he let the item do its magic.

A flood of information dumped into his brain, and he was able to sense the item latching itself onto him and locking itself into place. However, the sensation was a little bit too much for him to handle at once, and he stumbled as he grabbed his head.

It wasn’t pain exactly, but it was more like he was experiencing a bout of vertigo and had to find a pillar to hold himself up against.

“Are you okay?” Lily asked concerningly as she quickly stood by his side and supported him with her arms.

He groaned out loud but nodded his head. “Yeah, I am okay,” he assured her.

“What happened?”

“Well, I think I know what the item is supposed to do,” he said with a chuckle.

She perked up when he mentioned this. “What is it? Does it obscure your presence or have a similar effect?”

“Nope, the enchantments placed on the necklace will prevent anything from sensing it. I believe it is more for practical purposes rather than an indicator of what it does,” he explained to her and shook his head one last time to get rid of the weasiness he had just experienced.

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However, once that feeling dissipated, he couldn’t help but let out a wide grin and intently stare at the necklace.

The necklace would be a fantastic tool for him. He could see why Rebecca and Richard would recommend such a reward to him. They knew how hard he had been training and practicing during his time with them.

He would have to make sure to properly thank them the next time he saw them. There was no way this wasn’t expensive and an extremely valuable tool. He hadn’t heard of something quite like it before, and it was probably for good reason.

He recalled having a similar discussion with the two of them about the possibility of experiencing such a thing, but he didn’t think they would remember that talk and even go as far to give it to him.

“What does it do?” Lily asked impatiently.

He laughed brightly. “I think I should show you instead.”

He looked around at where they were standing. There weren’t many people around, but he would rather not show off such an item for the first time in a place like this.

“Although this probably isn’t the best place to show you,” he admitted.