ight Grass specimens no less... They happen to be

ack-robed mage before him, feature

xpanse of leathery skin akin to an an

e without losing nerve, yet before thi

to lift a finger, the fiercest beasts woul

e majesty of a warlock - the tr

lent exchange. So go ahead, name your price," said Mossitor

but the agitation only disturbed his wounds

inder Alberic's words

: "I wish to become Master Mossitore's disciple, to serve

ferential posture remained frozen at ninety degree

... T

urglass marked the sl

Alberic could only watch a gaunt, bone-whit

ing to have one's

mly in his own hands. Far more so than the great majority of Mosobla's mages who might abruptly find themse

ipped freely from the gnashing wound on Alberic's

ing an esteemed archmage's sanctu

below his supplicant. Of course, consumed with anxiety over his p

and codger Colonso just can't stop sing

Mossitore suddenly asked, rupturing the

easons for seeking Mossitore's

trageous – as if he could openly state finding Moss

des, or Colonso's penchant for vivisecting hi

ental fire element studies - perfectly suiting Alberic's innate affinit

iceable Mossitore was best qualified to mentor him. Hence

sked life and limb obtaining were crucial n

eir intrinsic wor

the temperamental herb defied all attempts at

cause I believe you have ventured farther into the mysteri

teachings may I grasp th

et the wizard's innate raspiness only amplified the unsettling qu

tery and Alberic's subtle dispar

he second half of his appeal - the desire to unloc

mage draws strength from knowledge itself... why, yo

-deep fatigue asserted itself, his heal

Mossitore declared. "There is still a trace of toxins in

he city to treat my wounds," Alberic respectfully replied, s

Yet it possessed anesthetic properties to numb wounded tissue, albeit a

eerie mien, but Alberic's cho

ntidote from his robes, along with a short staff a

st glimpse of genuin

staff - Mossitore's toke

"trifle" crafted in his spare time, to

ive acid potent enough to dissolve the a

access into Mossitore's sanctum, a

experiment." Having presented the three gifts, Mossito

the hood revealing aquiline features and jaundi