Cursed Immortality

Three days passed in a flash, and on this day, the same elf named La-Lilly came to Jacob's lodging and knocked on the door.

Truth be told, La-Lilly was still in disbelief that she would get a master-level rune artificer legacy, and the Guild Leader Curtis also started to treat her differently.

'If it were before, the moment the Guild Leader found that I have acquired a Rune Artificer Legacy, he would do anything to take it. But now, he is like me, afraid of the Elder's interference.

'But as I know, Guild Leader won't just sit still, and I'm probably still fine because of this exact reason. He might want to use me in case the Elder tries to shut us up after getting the legacy. That's why he let me hear all that conversation and even met the Elder.

'However, the Elder came with….'

Suddenly her thought process was disrupted when the door was opened, and Jacob appeared with the same emotionless expression on his tattooed face. La-Lilly yelped softly as she was caught off guard because she was not paying attention.

'Right, everything depends on this person. Just who is he….' She wondered a curiosity but didn't dare to show it.

"Is she here?" Jacob impassively questioned since he wasn't disturbed for three whole days, and now they were finally approaching him, which could only mean the Elder Grandmaster Sofie had arrived!

"Y-yes, please follow me. The Elder invites you for a meeting." La-Lilly quickly replied. For some reason, despite being an Epic-Tier-3 elf, she still felt a strange fear of Jacob as she had never felt of any barbarian.

Jacob nodded and walked out of the room, and La-Lilly couldn't help but steal a peek inside his room, and she was startled when she saw everything was wet!

However, the automatic door got closed after Jacob left, so she thought she saw it wrong and quickly led Jacob toward the meeting room on the top floor.

But she saw nothing wrong as Jacob had been practicing magic for two and half days tirelessly.

However, the result he achieved were nothing but depressing because he still didn't figure out how to manipulate his own magic orbits independently like the spells.

But he does understand three steps of how a magic spell works. The first was the mana conversion which changed the ethereal mana into corporeal form. The second step was the visualization which shaped the mana. The third step was the release of that mana.

Jacob didn't know if there were more steps, but these three were quite clear, so he decided to focus on them for now. Afterward, he experimented with higher rank spells. But he didn't go past three-star spells because any higher and he would've alerted the authorities.

Nevertheless, just those spells were enough to give him tremendous insights, and he finally discovered the problem, or the wall which was blocking him and limiting him.

It was the first step of the mana conversion. No matter what he tried, he couldn't freely convert his mana into water form, and it was all related to the magic orbits.

In the end, Jacob mused that he needed an epic rank magic scripture to further research this topic and then solve this problem. There was nothing inside the Universal Magic Manual.

Jacob also made another massive discovery, which was related to the magic rune. They seemed to contain a strange commanding power on the magic and could instantly manipulate the magic orbits if spoken in a certain sequence.

This was another approach that he might take if he didn't succeed with the first one. This was the path of creating his own spells, but he knew it was a pipe dream to achieve it in the little time he had, and he needed deeply research the magic runes.

Nevertheless, the Rune Artificer was the study of magic runes and their practical uses, so he was hopeful of finding something when he started practicing them.

All in all, Jacob needed Sofie to achieve all of this and also made sure that Captain Free Sword won't interfere with his preparation.

La-Lilly led Jacob to the highest floor, which was a luxurious hall, and the walls were made with transparent glass, and one could see all the city by standing there, which was quite a view.

In the center of this floor was a large rectangular table, and at this moment, on the head chair, Sofie in a white dress was sitting there, and Curtis was on the first chair on the right while on her left was another woman with the same racial traits as Sofie. She wore a yellow flowery dress and had a Senior Grandmaster Badge on her ample chest, and she looked at Jacob with a grouchy expression for some reason.

However, Jacob ignored the other woman like she didn't exist and directly walked toward the only seat at the other end of the table and sat down right in front of Sofie like he owned the place.

This made Curtis frown slightly while the other woman was shocked by the barbarian's insolence, and La-Lilly was sweating profusely as she felt the atmosphere was extremely grave.

Sofie looked at the unafraid barbarian with curiosity since it was her first time seeing him in person, and she had to admit he didn't seem afraid or anxious about her at all.

'Did I judge wrong?' She thought grimly.

But outwardly, a smile formed on her enthralling face as she said, "Mr. Nobody, I hope you enjoy our hospitality."

"It was okay, I guess. Now that you are here, can we finally get on with our deal? I'm in a hurry, and I'm sure you also can't leave your position for much longer." Jacob coolly stated without beating around the bush.

Sofie nodded as she fully agreed with Jacob's statement. She has come here by leaving her own private lab alone, and for an alchemist of her caliber, it was extremely uncomfortable. If not for that legacy, she wouldn't have come here.

"Very well, to make things faster, I brought my disciple with me. She…"

At this moment, Jacob coldly cut her short, "I made myself clear before, I need only your skills alone. Or there is no need for hiring you if I can just hire a few senior grandmasters for a far cheaper price!"