Training-Addicted Mage In A Progression Fantasy-Chapter 13: Did it Appear?

The next day.

Leon met the person in charge at a place halfway up the Herb Mountain.

Contrary to Leon’s expectation that he would be a strict person, he was a middle-aged man with a kind face.

I don’t believe it.

For some reason, Paulin’s face flashed through Leon’s mind.

“You know how to make an F-Grade Elixir?”

The man who introduced himself as Walter was facing Leon with a faint smile on his face.

“I learned it from Paulin.”“Hmm... Did that person know about Elixirs?”“I remember he came here a few times to pick Herbs.”“Maybe he did......”

How could he not know while being in charge?Leon didn’t show it, but Walter seemed to sense it and laughed softly.It was a somewhat naive laugh.

“I mainly manage Zones 2 and 3, so I don’t know much about it.”“I see.”“Well, I’m glad you believe me.”

Walter handed Leon a blank piece of paper over the desk.

“Write down the Herbs and management methods needed to make an F-Grade Elixir. Actually, the 1st Zone you will be managing doesn’t require knowledge about Elixirs. You just need to do what I tell you.”

Leon listened quietly to Walter without picking up the quill.He thought there might be something Walter wanted to say.

“But a smart kid like you shows promise.”“What......”

Walter just smiled slightly instead of answering.Leon, sensing the situation, didn’t ask further and picked up the quill to write down his knowledge about Herbs on the paper.It was all from the Elixir recipes he had obtained as a reward.

When he filled the paper and handed it over, Walter’s smile deepened.

“Do you have confidence to work hard?”“If I work hard, can I take on bigger tasks?”“Exactly.”

Thus, Leon started working at the Herb Mountain.

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Leon had three main tasks while managing the Herb Mountain.

One was to patrol the mountain at regular intervals.

Since the Herbs were naturally cultivated on the vast mountain, he had to remove weeds that caught his eye while patrolling, or spread fertilizer when it was time.

The second was to replace the Mana Stones.Since the Herbs for Elixirs were being grown, Mana had to flow throughout the mountain, so he had to place artificially made Mana Stones in designated areas and replace them periodically.

The third was, of course, harvesting the Herbs.Walter personally showed Leon how to harvest the roots intact on the first day by walking around the mountain with him.

Walter’s appearance of harvesting Herbs with meticulous care certainly smelled like a seasoned herbalist.

Leon thought that learning Walter’s harvesting skills would be very helpful in the future and learned diligently.

“You’re learning quickly, is it because of your age?”

For some reason, Walter had a favorable impression of Leon, but it was hard to see Walter’s face after the first day.Besides teaching the herb-picking technique, he threw Leon a book on herbology and disappeared.

He mainly managed other zones.It was quite far from the 1st Zone that Leon managed.

The 1st Zone mostly had low-grade Herbs.It had all the Herbs needed for F-Grade Elixirs, but it was missing one for E-Grade Elixirs.

Out of the five Herbs needed for E-Grade Elixirs, only four were in the 1st Zone.

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The remaining one seemed to be in the 2nd Zone.

Anyway, it was true that most of the Herbs could be obtained here.

At this point, Leon was in a dilemma.

Should I just take the Herbs grown on the mountain?

It didn’t make sense.

Leaving aside the moral aspect, he had to accurately check the quantity of harvested Herbs, and if he stole them thoughtlessly, he would surely get caught soon.

As he gained confidence in his herb-picking skills, his worries deepened.

Then suddenly, a good idea crossed his mind.

What if I take the discarded Herbs?

Herbs that couldn’t be used for Elixirs were discarded.

There were various reasons.

The quality might have been worse than expected, the roots might have been damaged during the harvesting process, or the components might have changed as they were naturally grown on the mountain.

These Herbs were gathered and burned at the time of harvest, or if another Mage requested them for research, they were handed over as they were.

They wouldn’t notice if I took a few of those.

Since the Herbs were grown for making Elixirs, it was natural that they became useless if they couldn’t be used for Elixirs.

The problem was whether the defective Herbs could grow normally if transplanted......

I have to trust the Space-Time Orb.

After that, Leon started taking the discarded Herbs one by one and transplanting them into the Orb.

The size of the herb field Leon created inside the Orb was gradually increasing.

At first, he made it small next to the place where he trained, but as the first transplanted Herbs started to grow, he had to provide a fairly spacious area.

Cutting down trees, pulling out stumps, and leveling the ground was not an easy task.

So Leon made Kito do it.

It had been over a month since Kito entered the Orb.

For him, who had only been inside the Orb, five years had passed.

He still couldn’t fly, but he could get up and move.

“If you have nothing to do, clear out the trees.”“No...... It’s too nice here...... I’ll sleep......”“Do you want to go out?”“Sorry. I’ll do it......”

Of course, it was difficult to send him out at will because of the contract.

But Kito agreed moderately, watching Leon’s mood.He seemed to like this place quite a bit.

Whenever Leon entered to train, he only saw Kito lying around and sleeping.

Thus, the logging was left to Kito, and Leon began a large-scale expansion of the herb field.

And as expected, the defective Herbs quickly disappeared and started to grow rapidly, making Leon smile with satisfaction.

Leon also designated zones for each Herb.

He planted root Herbs at wide intervals to absorb the nutrients from the soil well, and densely planted the types whose leaves were used as Herbs.

He was growing moss in a completely different area under the shade of trees.

Although he had only transplanted six types of Herbs so far, making the expanded area feel somewhat empty, he thought it would be better to divide the zones from the beginning, even if it was troublesome, considering the future.

It’s convenient not to worry about water supply.

The weather inside the Orb was bright and clear all year round.At first, he was worried that there might be quite a few trial and error due to this weather, but it was an unfounded fear.

The Herbs grew well even without water.

Since they are Herbs needed for Elixirs, Mana must be the most important.

Leon was going through a process of learning about this space inside the Orb and the Herbs.

The reason for spending time creating such an environment was, of course, for training.

Training was the most important thing above all else.

Leon felt this even more keenly through his battle with Paulin.

You never know when you might get hit from behind!

What he needed was even more power.

After the battle with the Elder, Leon had changed his Quest Reward to Attribute Constitution.

It was true that the Artifact he received as a reward was very useful in battle, but the essence was ultimately Leon’s own power.

Didn’t he have to throw dozens of disposable Artifacts to have an effect even against an opponent with just a 1st Grade difference?

He had to raise his Realm and hone his inherent power to be able to respond more calmly when in danger.

Originally, he would have chosen a Magic Book as a reward to get a taste of it, or an Elixir to prepare for reaching the 3rd Grade.

However, the need for a Magic Book had decreased since he received Arpina’s Magic Book, and he wasn’t in a hurry for Elixirs as he had gathered all the Herbs needed for F-Grade Elixirs.

This time, let’s aim for a Full-Attribute Body.

An Attribute Body encompassing fire, water, wind, earth, wood, and lightning.

It wasn’t a talent for the rare attributes of light and darkness, but it was a talent just below that level.It was also the talent that Rowen had.

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Thus, three more months passed while Leon managed the Herbs and trained.

A sigh of frustration escaped from Leon’s mouth as he sat cross-legged in his private room.

“It should have come out at least once by now.”

It had been almost 300 times since he first started the Quest.

He made sure to secure 10 hours of training time every day to receive at least one reward.

During that time, let alone an S-Grade, he hadn’t even seen an A-Grade or B-Grade.

“They said the probability increased.”

Even a gacha game made by the greediest of developers would throw me a bone by now.

“Sigh.”

Leon thought he didn’t know who he was complaining to and called out the Progression Assistant.

[Progression Assistant]• General Quest▶ Basic Magic Training (Completed)Today’s Quest was completed.

Since the training in reality was over, he planned to check the reward and immediately enter the Orb to continue training.

The remaining time to use the Orb was 221 hours.

He had kept the 200 hours he received as a reward for breaking through the 2nd Grade intact.

He thought he might need time to enter the Orb and avoid danger in an urgent situation during the battle with Paulin, and he also planned to use it all at once when he reached the late 2nd Grade to break through to the 3rd Grade.

Leon pressed the ‘Completion’ without much expectation.

[Progression Assistant]▶ ———————————The reward gacha spun as usual.

And as the spinning speed gradually slowed down, the reward details appeared.

[Progression Assistant]▶ You have acquired the All-Attribute Body (Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Wood, Lightning, Light, Darkness).▶Apply ▶Cancel“Huh... Huh?”

Leon rubbed his eyes with his hands and looked again.

He hadn’t seen it wrong.

Something intense, like a blow to the back of the head, overwhelmed Leon.

“It... It appeared!!!”