Last Ruler Of The Empty Throne-Chapter 50: Orbs

A few minutes later, a middle-aged man came.

"My name is Radwin, and I will be guiding you to your lodgings." He didn’t even glance at the survivors.

"What about them?" one of the evolvers asked, pointing at the non-evolvers and narrowing his eyes at Radwin.

"Please, someone will come and also guide them." Radwin bowed a little to show his sincerity, but that was how he had been trained.

He would take the evolvers now, and by the time they tasted life here, they would have forgotten about the others.

"All right." As expected, they accepted and calmed down. However, not all of them were convinced, but it wasn’t time to push further yet.

Cars were brought, and they took the thirty evolvers to the lodgings in the middle part of the base.Then, each of them was given a metal plaque labeled "M" for easy identification and assignment. The "M" also meant middle, and it was how they would be treated, as middle-class people.

Jon was placed in the same house as Ronald and the Beast Lord. He had suggested it. He hadn’t asked the Beast Lord the questions he wanted to, and Ronald was the least suspicious of people, even with his scared nature. They were the only people he was comfortable with at the moment.

It was a decent-looking house, with all the usual necessities a family might need.

’Family, huh?’ A sudden thought came to him, but he didn’t want to think too much about it."I’ll be back; I want to check out a few things." After telling the two new housemates, he went upstairs and entered a room.

It was a master bedroom, typically used by parents, but that wasn’t on his mind right now.

It was time to finally check out everything he had accumulated for a while now. Not that he hadn’t had the time, he just wanted to do it some other time.

He was now ready to familiarize himself with everything before doing anything else. So, with a thought, orbs, cores, and books fell from his watch.

"Let’s start with the orbs." His original ten orbs had increased to twelve, and he was curious about what was inside them.

Without wasting any more time, he picked up the first orb. Using a familiar method, it shone a bright light, and a scroll appeared.

"Skill?" He was a bit surprised to see a scroll. He immediately learned it, and it burst into particles that entered him.

[CLOUD FEET (FIRST REALM) LEVEL 5: USING 5 POINTS EVERY 5 SECONDS, YOUR STEPS FEEL AS LIGHT AS A CLOUD. SPECIAL ACTIVATION: USE 50 POINTS OF MANA TO CREATE CLOUD CLONE.]

"Not bad. If I combine it with the Shadow Steps, they won’t even see me." He mused as an amazing plan had already been formed with it, then activated the special activation, and a clone of him appeared.

"Hmm..." He used his hand to pass through the clone. ’It feels like passing through a cloud.’The first skill already had his imagination, and not wanting to ruin the mood, he opened the second orb.

[THORAX HAMMER (UNRANKED): USING 10 POINTS TO ACTIVATE PRESSURE EFFECT ON ENEMIES.ATTACKING POWER: 150DURABILITY: 120]

"I can already guess who would use this." He didn’t even need to think about it. The hammer was quite heavy, but with his evolving strength, it didn’t affect him much.

He put it down and moved on to the third orb.

[WEREN PANTS (UNRANKED): USING 15 POINTS TO INCREASE SPEED BY 10 FOR 5 SECONDS.DURABILITY: 150]

"New trousers." Without wasting time, he swapped out his trousers. He was feeling pretty good about all the treasures he was getting.

Then came the fourth orb, and another skill:

[ONE STRIKE (FIRST REALM) LEVEL 5: USING 10 POINTS OF MANA AT A FOCAL POINT AND RELEASING IT. SPECIAL ACTIVATION: USING 100 POINTS OF MANA DOUBLES THE ATTACK.]

"This is so good." He looked at the descriptions again with his eyes wide open. ’Is it from the zombie, or no, the lion?’ Those were the only two occasions he felt could have given him this kind of skill, and since the zombie didn’t drop, it was more likely the lion.

The main point was, his full Pierce attack was already dangerous. Now, adding a double was too much—but he didn’t say that.

’Whoever my next enemy is, I’m sorry. I truly am.’ He was even about to shed fake tears, but if there was one disadvantage, it was that the mana consumption was wild, so he had to be cautious when and when not to use it.

He closed his eyes and opened the fifth orb.

[RANDOM VOUCHER: USE ON ORB TO GET DESIRED SKILL. USABLE ON ORBS FROM THE SECOND REALM.]

"Desired skill?" He wondered what skill it might refer to. "Is it talking about the next skill in my skill series?" It was a reasonable guess.

He didn’t even know how he would start looking for it, and if this could help later, he would gladly accept it. He placed it on one of the shelves in his watch.

Then he held and cracked the sixth orb.

[BEGINNER’S QUILL (UNRANKED REALM): A QUILL USED IN CRAFTING FOR BEGINNERS.DURABILITY: 120]

He was thinking of learning crafting alongside blacksmithing, so he was really happy about this. Then, with an expectant mind, he opened the seventh orb.

[BROKEN DOOR (UNRANKED REALM): USING 2 POINTS OF MANA CAN BLOCK AN UNRANKED ATTACK.DEFENSE: 150DURABILITY: 120]

It was called a door, but it fit his hand like a toy. Then he threw it to the floor, and it transformed into a full door.

He even noticed that he didn’t need to be physically touching it to supply mana to it. He had a connection with it that he couldn’t quite explain yet. It was a pity he was getting a treasure like this late—it would have been the best during the beginning of the fall.

Then he went for the eighth.

[BLUNT DAGGER (UNRANKED REALM): USING 10 POINTS OF MANA TO ACTIVATE STUNNING EFFECT.ATTACKING POWER: 120DURABILITY: 100]

"A dagger, huh?" He spun the dagger in his hand and swiped it numerous times at the empty air.His soldier physique gave him the knowledge of all weapons, including the dagger.So, after swinging it in the air, testing its feel, he cracked the ninth orb.

This time, the light was blinding, and he had to cover part of his eyes. His anticipation was at an all-time high for this new treasure or skill. When the light settled, he saw a black rod about two meters long.

When he held up the rod, it showed:

[CLYVESTINE’S ROD (BLACK RANK): CAN CHANGE SHAPE ACCORDING TO YOUR CHOICE. USE 40 POINTS OF MANA TO ACTIVATE VARIOUS EFFECTS OF SHAPED WEAPONS.EFFECT: USING 100 POINTS OF MANA CAN BLOW UP THE ROD. USABLE TWICE.ATTACKING POWER: 300DURABILITY: 300]

"WHATTTTTT!" He quickly threw the rod on the floor and screamed.

"What’s the matter?" The Beast Lord barged into the room a few seconds later in a serious mood and ready to fight.

Jon looked as though he’d seen a ghost.

It took a while for him to calm down and send the Beast Lord back, though he stayed at the entrance of Jon’s room, waiting.

Jon couldn’t do much about that and could only calm down. After calming down, he picked up the rod. ’I can’t believe this is only in the Black Rank.’ This was the second time he saw a black rank item, and frankly, it made him reveal an emotion he hadn’t displayed in days.

With his still turbulent mind, he willed the rod to change, and it morphed into a two-meter spear."It worked." With another thought, it changed into a sword. Then, with another thought, the rod morphed into a pair of black gloves.’It made two, not one.’ After a few tests, he left it in its rod form.

For some reason, he liked it best that way.

’Wait, I could even use it for blacksmithing.’ But he immediately dismissed the thought. He didn’t want to use items meant for crafting in combat.

Looking at the remaining orbs, he realized he still had three left.

’Hmm...’ He was already quite satisfied with what he had, but he still wanted to check the rest.

With a thought, the tenth orb cracked.

[VEIN CORE: A SEEDLING FOR A MINE OF CRAFTING AND BLACKSMITHING MATERIALS. CAN BE PLANTED ANYWHERE.]

’I wasn’t expecting this, but it’s good. I can have a steady supply of materials.’But he wasn’t too excited about it just yet. He wasn’t sure how long they’d stay here, so he didn’t want a wasted effort.

’Let’s just place it here for now.’ With a thought, he put it in his watch.

Then, something strange happened at that moment—he wasn’t aware of it, but the orb suddenly disappeared from the shelf where he placed it.

Then he went for the eleventh orb. A transparent, bubbling orb emerged.

Immediately, he recognized it from Mervil’s book. He had read about it almost every five pages while reading the book. It was a...

CRAFTING SPIRIT.

[CRAFTING SPIRIT: WANTS TO FORM A CONTRACT WITH YOU.]

As soon as he said it, the notification also appeared. He read that a crafting spirit was important, especially for creating arrays and formations in items. The spirit didn’t have a gender and would be loyal to its contractor.

However, he didn’t immediately accept it.’Vein core, Beginner’s quill, and now crafting spirit. They were all things for a crafter from Mervil’s book, but I want to be a blacksmith.’ His thoughts traversed to what he had read from Mervil’s book:

—There is a distinction between blacksmithing and crafting. They are different. And don’t try to check if I wrote about crafting, I didn’t.

Because of that, he also kept it on his watch.

The treasures he was receiving were really good, and maybe because of his mood, but only now did he realize why they were called treasures.

With a small smile on his face, he looked at the last treasure and cracked it.

[TELEKINESIS (SECOND REALM) LEVEL 5: YOU...]