From Player To Npc

Chapter 224: History, gifts and new ideas

"Don't you mean Philosopher Stone? "[Hineko]

Shingi looked towards him with a grin on his face.

"Not really. It has nothing to do with the famous Philosopher Stone you guys have probably heard from many other sources. There are items similar to that the stone would be in this world, but what I am referring to is something different. It is a rare Tome of a person from before the Tower's appearance. "[Shingi]

Once more, Shingi had his students' attention, as all of them showed interest in topics like about stories of the history of this world.

Even Price showed interest. Even if he had played the game for longer than the rest of Shingi's students, he hadn't been great at finding out about pieces of history in the world like that.

"The person's true name was lost through time, and ha had many names and titles. The Philosopher was one among them, as other than his great alchemical achievements, they knew him about his academic interest in researching everything. There are stories that he could make anything by himself, even armors and weapons, that an Alchemist shouldn't be able to make. Some say that he broke the limits of the professions and had mastered them all." [Shingi]

There were some gasps among the crowd, especially from Hineko and Little Phoenix, who were the only with a Profession other than Shingi, so they knew that earning over one was impossible.

"But as some of those figures' destiny is meant to be, his life ended, and the secrets of his disappeared with him. Or so people thought until rumors spread of a tome's existence with personal notes of the Philosopher. Since then, many had tried to collect all pages of the Tome which had spread all over the continents, and unlock the secret of the Philosopher "[Shingi]

Hineko, who seemed to be in some deep thought after hearing the story, after a few seconds of silence and thinking he seemed to have something to say.

"How can you be certain that those pages are of this Tome? Saw nothing strange about them to indicate that they are so precious." [Hineko]

Shingi raised his hand with the pages and smiled at Hineko. Hineko's eyes turned to their confusing state, and then they changed to one of fear as the pages were on fire.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" [Hineko]

Shingi said nothing. He just moved his hand with the papers, and the fire was out since he made it with his mana. He then gave the documents to Hineko.

Hineko checked the papers, and his eyes were ones of surprise once more since he noticed that they didn't get damaged at all.

"Papers of the Tome are indestructible. Not even the fire of an Ancient Dragon could destroy them. It would damage them, but they designed them to repair themselves in those cases." [Shingi]

I see, but how could you tell that they were indestructible just from hearing me saying what was on them? "[Hineko]

"Them being indestructible is a clue for the true nature, but isn't the only one. Its content is also another clue. You see, there is no Potion of Eagle Sight, or at least isn't a potion doing what you think. Papers of the Tome are rumored to contain information about the creation of items that don't exist, and in reality, it is just a failed recipe. Or they are unfinished ones, some say, and only if you complete the Tome, you will get the real recipes. But nobody has succeeded in finding all the papers of the Tome." [Shingi]

Shingi was aware of almost all the potions of the game, and even if there was a chance that the Potion of Eagle Sight, to be one he hadn't heard about, after seeing that the papers were indestructible, he was confident of what was their true nature. Making papers like that was difficult and very expensive to make, and he was sure that nobody would do so for some potions like that. So even if their description made them seem useful, the cost of making the papers like that wouldn't be worth it.

"So they are entirely useless? And I wasted so much time trying to learn them. "[Hineko]

Shingi patted the back of his depressed student.

"At least we learned something interesting." [Shingi]

Hineko turned towards Shingi with obvious confusion.

"The person who had them on them was part of the Dark Guild. He probably wasn't a low-rank individual, and him having those papers probably means that they try to gather them. However, it is strange that he had them on him. I doubt that he didn't know of their true nature, which can mean three things. Either the person who had them either was hiding them, recently gained them, or was supposed to deliver them somewhere. "[Shingi]

Shingi thought about it, but did;t have enough details to find an answer.

"Do you remember anything about the person who had the,? "[Shingi]

Hineko and the rest shook their hand, as they didn't seem to have anything in their mind that they could share about that person.

"Well, there is no reason to worry about it for now. We have other things to take care of. Price, on our way here, I noticed that they seem to move toward a certain space out of the city. Are you aware of what they are doing and where? "[Shing"]

"They are digging for something. Not sure what, though. "[Price]

Shingi started having some deep thoughts about what Price just said and how they should proceed.

"We need to find more about their plans on this floor. Price, you and White Biscuit investigate when you consider it to be a good time. Remember that you are supposed to just got gather information." [Shingi]

Price nodded and then turned towards White Biscuit and signaled him to follow him. White Biscuit was confused for a bit but followed Price after a couple of seconds of pause.

"Well, then how about we move on to other matters. An, I have a new weapon for you. "[Shingi]

He brought the greatsword with the Spirit Child out of his Spatial Ring and presented it to An. 

"Ththanks. "[An]

She took it, and she swung it around with ease using only one hand, while Shingi had to use both to just hold it. Her STR seemed to have increased a bit.

"I thought you wanted to use more light weapons, and leave the heavier types to me." [Wild Tycoon]

Even if An's STR was higher than her DEX, her fighting style used more speed than her physical power. Still, her STR was of help with that style but was peculiar about why she fought like that.

"I would normally have given it to you, but it is mostly suited for someone with Arcane abilities. This is just a test one, but hopefully, Varic can make more and of different types of weapons in the future." [Shingi]

He then explained what the sword was and how she could use it, which was quite easy as the Spirit Child handled most of the tasks. An seemed to have connected with the Spirit Child, and the two of them had started cooperating almost perfectly with each other in a short time.

After Shingi made sure that she fully understood the capabilities of the sword, he decided to move on to the next task at hand.

"Phoenix, do you have some time?" [Shingi]

She was in the middle of meditating and gathering mana to improve her Mana Tree and improve her control of her Special Mana. Then, she stood up and walked towards Shingi after hearing him calling her.

"What are we going to learn this time?" [Little Phoenix]

Shingi didn't mind her line of thought since they spent the most time together either fighting or training.

"I need your help with Evolving my class. I seem to miss one requirement but can't find what it is."[Shingi]

He knew that Little Phoenix was still a newbie, but sometimes to solve a problem, you need the eyes of someone like that.

He explained to her what he currently had found out about the requirements he fulfilled and everything he knew about Dormon and revealed that his class was a True Class. Of course, he didn't want that information to be known by many, but he trusted Little Phoenix to keep it a secret.

After hearing everything, Little Phoenix went into deep thought. There were minutes of silence, but then she seemed to have an idea.

"How about asking Dormon?" [Little Phoenix]

"That is impossible now. If he is where we think, then we are still far from reaching his cell, and the last time that I saw him he wasn't in a state to answer any questions. "[Shingi]

"True. but what about the others Protectors. Didn't you say that you had met one in the past and she has the eyes on you? Can't you ask her if she knows anything?" [Little Phoenix]

"She may be more difficult to find than Dormon. but I got an idea now. Thanks for the help."[Shingi]

It confused Little Phoenix how exactly she helped, but she was happy that she did.

As for Shingi, he got ready-to-use something that he hadn't done for some time.

He would use his SRY Mode.