The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing-Chapter 310 - 219 An Su’s New Equipment

After exchanging for the desired Mission Calling Flow Magic, with three hundred and fifty devotion points left, and while the sun had not yet set, An Su planned to continue browsing the third floor exchange area to see if there were any high-tier alchemical equipment he could snag a deal on.

Now that An Su had the physical attributes of a warrior, it would be a waste not to make use of them, so he had to equip himself with some weapons.

However, An Su was reluctant to spend all his remaining devotion points.

Suddenly, an idea struck him.

The layout in the Alchemical Church area was different from other places: there were large alchemical bookshelves placed on the outside, with magic values prepared inside, allowing one to consult the Magic Circuits at any time.

Initial Tier saints, after completing their masses at noon or in the evening, often spent a dozen or so devotion points to exchange for low-tier magic—this was what happened a hundred years ago. Since Merlin took charge, the amount had increased to fifty—standing by the alchemical matrix, they would employ some magic power and study;

If one were willing to spend an additional hundred devotion points, they could peruse ordinary medium-tier objects, or perhaps receive some alchemical creations or staff equipment. And for several hundred points, they might gain access to legendary low-tier magic, but these saints were mostly Initial Tier magicians and usually didn’t have such deep pockets. Only those in red robes could stroll into the rooms of Heaven and find those forbidden little imperial uncles, leisurely sitting down to read.

An Su might be the only Initial Tier magician dressed in a red robe—he took Merlin’s Bishop robe last time he substituted for Merlin.

He figured nobody else wanted it anyway.

Stealing the knowledge of the Holy Light wasn’t really theft, it was embezzlement.

The old Priest on the third floor of the Magic Association, upon seeing An Su’s bluster and his red robe—a testament to the saying, "the clothes make the man"—couldn’t quite grasp his relationship with His Excellency Merlin, and feared that if An Su was a relative of the leadership and was treated poorly, it would be a problem.

"Young brother," the old priest said, carefully choosing his words and tone, "how about I give you a ten percent discount?"

"No need," An Su shook his head, righteous and outspoken in his critique of the comrade’s improper behavior, "Our Radiant Holy See insists on official business being conducted officially. You can’t give me special treatment just because I am so-and-so’s so-and-so; things should be handled as they ought to be."

"Understood," the priest’s vision went dark as he assimilated this key information, certain it had to do with a connection to Leader Merlin.

"Then how about this, seeing that I’ve already exchanged several hundred devotion points, why not just throw in a small gift?" An Su declared with moral integrity.

...So you were aiming for a freebie all along?

The Priest widened his eyes, he’d never seen anyone exchange magic and expect gifts with it!

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But the priest became even more convinced of An Su’s blood ties with His Excellency Merlin; they must be uncle and nephew, at the very least, since such shameless vigor could only be a family trait, one not found elsewhere in the entire Radiant Holy See.

"This... according to the Church’s rules, with my authority, I can’t just give things away privately..." the Priest said, his lips twitching slightly.

"Then help me see if this can be exchanged for some Extraordinary Items." As An Su spoke, he slapped two keys onto the table.

The two keys appeared to be made of crystal but had lost their luster. The radiance they once contained had dissipated, rendering them unusable—these were one-time keys rewarded to An Su by Heaven.

The Priest, feeling his scalp tingle at a glance, immediately covered the keys with his hand.

He recognized them right away as Heaven’s keys. Discarded keys were useless and worthless, but their political implication was terrifying. The young lord before him was likely Merlin’s illegitimate child.

Aren’t keys meant for backdoor dealings? And the keys of Heaven were surely for the backdoor to Heaven itself!

No matter the relationship between An Su and His Excellency Merlin, it was now crucial not to offend him.

"...Look at you, if you’d been like this earlier, how nice that would’ve been." The Priest looked at An Su, smiling with relief, "Why play these riddles with me, you should have shown this earlier."

"However, we in the Alchemical Church have rules that items in the exchange area cannot be given away for free," the Priest said, "but we happen to have some unique items that we can’t exchange, which we could let go at a low price."

"These are the Cardinal Bishop’s," the Priest said with a mysteriously profound look, "The top-secret Magic-Guided Items created by the Alchemical Bishop, who holds the same esteem as the God of Law. Ordinary people are not even privileged to see them."

As he said this, he led An Su to a derelict warehouse, pushing open the door to let the dust fall heavily.

Above it read ’No.1 Secret Vault’.

Seeing this, An Su immediately perked up, for anything stored in an abandoned warehouse according to typical clichés would be immensely precious!

"You must keep secret what you see today," the old Priest warned again and again, "Absolutely let no third person know."

An Su looked over the dust-covered alchemical matrices and equipment, noting their myriad uses and filled with ingenious ideas.

For instance, the "Angel Summoning Array: Child Friendly Green Harmonious Version" originally priced at five hundred devotion points, authored by Morgan Reinhart. Read new chapters at novelbuddy

Its original alchemy array effect was derived from the Life Ecclesia’s "Succubus Summoning Array,"

which used the fresh red blood of Death Demon Sheep, the wings of the Death Herald Banshee, and the maidenhood of thirty virgins as the three base components of the Array; they chanted specific spells to summon the alluring and mature succubuses from the abyss.