Gravity Mage with Level-Up System

Chapter 1487: Magic items (Puppetry)

From MC’s Perspective:

I was waiting inside the room. Then I saw someone open the door. A woman dressed in red cloth and the female staff walked in.

My gaze fell on the middle-aged, red-clothed woman. She is a level-8 Wizard.

“Guest, I heard about your request. Are you sure about it?” The Manager asked.

“I’m sure,” I replied.

“Good, then come with us. The unknown items were piled up in the basement. It won’t be easy for you to find a suitable item in a short time,” The Manager said.

“It’s okay, ” I uttered.

Soon, three of us exited the guest room and went to the basement. On the other hand, an unknown excitement appears in my heart.

I had thought I might lose money in this city. But the city might have useful magic items for me. We reached the basement.

The Manager uses her key to open the door. Then three of us went inside. The female staff member immediately turns on the light.

The whole room was illuminated the next moment. The lights reach everywhere. I saw numerous containers arranged one after another.

There are containers randomly piled up. There were some neatly arranged.

The female manager saw the confusion in the guests’ eyes.

“Guest, this place is a bit of a mess. We were trying to find an appraiser to employ. But we have failed to find one so far,” She said.

My eyes flickered with understanding. Their tactics would be to force someone to work. But people with appraisal knowledge do not need to be from the ordinary forces.

“It appears these people weren’t stupid. They know whom to press,” I thought.

“Where do I start from?” I asked them.

“I’ll leave the staff with you. She will help you with things. If you find any good items to buy, then you can return.” After saying that, the female manager left.

She didn’t leave any room for a “No” answer from me.

The female staff smiled knowing the thoughts of the Manager. It will be her job now to make him buy anything from here.

“Guest, do you need any help?” She asked.

“Wait a minute,” I told her.

Then I started to observe the place. At the same time, I’m using the system probe function to scan magic items.

The female staff thought that the guest was looking around the place.

[Ding! A level-8 Puppetry item was found in a container a few metres away.]

A mechanical voice sounded in my mind.

Hearing that I was stunned. I was looking for a match item. But I didn’t expect something related to puppetry magic to be here.

At the same time, I noticed that there are hidden cameras here. So I can’t reveal too much here.

If I show I have appraisal skills, these people might change their minds. I’m going to act like I found a random item.

Then I controlled my facial expression.

I said, “Let’s start from here.”

Hearing that the female staff saw the piled-up containers near them. She didn’t doubt anything. She went forward to arrange the containers.

So that the guest can open it to appraise it. I saw her actions and smiled. The containers were well-sealed packages.

I didn’t do anything. I waited for her to open the container seal. When she opened the first one. I acted.

I can’t deliberately wait to pick the puppetry stuff.

The knee-sized box was full of items. When I started to go through it. A scent of blood assaulted my nose.

My heart turned cold the next moment. Because I noticed it was someone’s personal belongings. Including wearables, notes and artifacts.

I don’t want to waste time. So I used the system probe function on it. The result was miscellaneous stuff that was not useful to me.

I took action to go through the container.

Then I shook my head and looked at her.

“It doesn’t have good stuff. Let’s check the next box,” I said.

The female staff nodded. She didn’t doubt his words.

Meanwhile,

The female manager was in her office. She is watching the live footage right now. She saw how the guest went through the first container.

“Is he going to randomly check those items?” She thought.

Her eyes dimmed the next moment. If the guest happened to be a good appraiser, she was thinking about reporting to the City Lord.

Now she has changed her mind. If the guest was not a real appraiser, the City Lord might take his anger out on her.

She then shakes her head before turning off the footage. She was not worried about the guests not buying anything.

Because she got a visitor’s list with her. She noticed that the guest had only spent money on breakfast today. He won’t leave the city until he meets the quota set by the City Lord.

…

Meanwhile,

Nikos and his team members were spending money on potions and herbal treasures. These were commonly found in cities.

They continued to shop. Their spending is slowly increasing. It will soon match the quota. Nikos wanted to leave the city before nighttime.

He doesn’t want to spend another day in this weird city.

…

Silver Tower:

Wilfred, Jason and Susan were keeping an eye on Supreme Wizard Filip. But he has been careful with his activities.

They had tried to catch him red-handed. But he was able to leave without any problem.

Initially, three of them thought that the mission would be easy. But it’s slowly becoming difficult.

In the lobby, everyone is discussing it. Manager Lara was with them as well.

“Since Wizard Seed Vincent Carey was not here. He might have stopped his actions,” Lara said to them.

“It’s totally possible,” Wilfred replied.

“If we continue to pay attention, we might catch him,” Jason replied.

“Alright, let’s pay attention to him. I don’t think he knows Vincent was not here,” Susan replied.

“Indeed, if you guys stay focused, you can catch him,” Lara said to them.

Meanwhile,

The Level-9 Wizard Hugo retained his consciousness. He can think properly. It’s just that he can’t move his body. The Silver Tower has done basic treatment free of cost.

That’s why he can recover to peak after one month. If he wanted to recover soon, then he had to spend his own money.

He doesn’t want to do that. He was not in any hurry to get out of bed to do the mission. The silver tower has given him a one-month break.

He is going to enjoy it by resting and reading.

Buzz!

His digital device rings up. When he saw the person who was calling. A hint of anger flashes in his eyes.

It’s because of the Meteor Supreme, he was reduced to this state. Clearly, the wizard seed Vincent Carey was not ordinary.

His strength was comparable to the Wizard Seed Celeste. He thinks it won’t take long for him to become an official member.

When it happens, then the Wizard Seed Vincent would become a true member of the Silver Tower. He shouldn’t have offended such a person. But he knew it was too late to regret.

So he was extremely angry with the Supreme Wizard Filip. Now he understood something. The Supreme Wizard can’t take down the Wizard Seed Vincent Carey.

That’s why he was used. If not for his own greed for resources, he wouldn’t have fallen for the trap. Right now, he has decided not to respond to him.

He will personally apologise to the Wizard Seed Vincent Carey a month later. He then turned off his device and closed his eyes to take a nap.

On the other hand, old man Filip was cursing inside his room.

“What’s wrong with him?”

“I promised him the resources. But he is not picking up my call at all,” Filip curses out in anger.

What more? He doesn’t know what happened with Vincent Carey either? A rumour is that the Wizard Seeds were gone for isolated training.

But he has seen other wizard seeds doing nothing. Which means the notification put out by the administration was to protect that kid.

Since the administration has gone to such lengths to protect that kid. He has started getting fears.

He knows the Forbidden Wizards don’t have much authority to put out a statement on behalf of the Silver Tower.

It has rules. Either it must be done through a joint meeting or under the orders of the Elders. He didn’t know which of these happened.

He had no knowledge that the joint meeting between the Forbidden Wizards had been held. He has asked even a few people. But they completely declined it.

He could even ask Forbidden Wizard Erwin. But he was afraid. These days the Forbidden Wizard Erwin is not calling him up for the missions. He was completely ignored by him.

He knows it must be related to that kid. He thinks that kid Vincent Carey must have told Forbidden Wizard Erwin about the rivalry.

That’s why he had wanted to eliminate the kid before he got more support inside the Silver Tower.