Idle Mage: Humanity's Strongest Backer-Novel

[Creator's Gift Pack, opened! You received: Mysterious Watering Can ×1, Cultivation Technique ×1, Beast Egg ×1, Protective Talisman ×1, and '???' ×1]

Ashton frowned upon seeing these. He checked them one by one to take a look at their descriptions.

[Mysterious Watering Can]

: Creator's Note — 'Give this to your little Fairy Queen, she'd know what to do with this. I made this for that little sprout of yours.'

Ashton was confused at first but then it hit him. A watering can that can be used by the Fairy Queen? That means this was made for the El-Tree Sprout!

'Of course, he'd know about it.' Ashton muttered inwardly. At this point, he wouldn't be surprised if the Beast God doesn't just know his past and his present, but also his future as well.

Ashton then unwrapped the cultivation technique and this is what greeted him.

[Dream Soul Immortal Scripture]

: Creator's Note — 'Switch to this instead, it suits the current you better. Don't worry, this won't require you to start from scratch.'

'The name sounds really pretentious.' Ashton pointed out.

And if he had seen this somewhere else, he probably wouldn't have thought much of it, much less pay attention to it. But since this was given to him by Beast God, who's his patron essentially, then he believed that it was worth the risk.

Without any further ado, Ashton consumed the Dream Soul Immortal Scripture, and the knowledge it contains filled his brain.

Because Ashton's a Sorcerer now, the Mortal Ranks of cultivation weren't included in the scripture anymore. But the lack of that certainly did not hinder the greatness of the knowledge he just received.

'This is crazy...' Ashton muttered inwardly with wide eyes.

The sheer amount of details it has on the High-Evolutionary Ranks; Void, Star Child, Star-Lord, Star King, World Sage, Cosmic Emperor, and Divine God, were complete.

It had to be known that even though Ashton did know what the High-Evolutionary Ranks were, he was missing details about it.

There's just no helping it. After all, only a handful of people ever broke through their mortal shackles and left instructions behind. This current generation has to figure that out for themselves and with him in the lead, this was one of his duties as well.

He could've asked for some advice from the ex-President of the Federation. Unfortunately, they all passed away now. With the Twisted Heavenly Tree's evolution to the Twisted Heavenly Bulwark, it had let go of the Spirits of the old, letting them have eternal rest. He couldn't even say goodbye to them, they just disappeared.

Also, they already tabulated their personal experiences on the Grand Archives, so they don't have much to say anymore.

Right now, the only High-Evolutionary Cultivator on Fantasia was Oracle Felecia. She's a World Sage, which was admirable. Sadly, she doesn't specialize in combat. Plus, her strength was mainly supplied to her by Gaia so she won't be of much help.

But now, with this complete information about High-Evolutionary Ranks. Ashton got some more room to maneuver. This would be a serious boon in expanding their Cultivation Repository, and since he could create Cultivation Techniques now, then he could start creating them to encourage his allies even more.

But of course, that's all secondary for now. What's important to him was the effect that the technique has on him.

And boy, it did not disappoint. Not at all...

Just like how the Soul Refinement Skill was tailored for him, the Dream Soul Immortal Scripture was that too.

By cultivating it, Ashton would become even more elusive and mysterious. It allows him to amplify the structure and effectiveness of his Dream Laws which, as we all have learned, could exert an influence in reality.

If he uses this, his Dreams would become even harder to recognize by others. Breaking it would be even more difficult.

This technique also strengthens Ashton's Soul, which is something that usually gets neglected a lot in cultivation.

A person's soul grows stronger as they cultivate, however even though that's the case, the soul still remains vulnerable since there aren't a lot of things out there that could be used to train it.

With this technique, Ashton could eliminate that problem. In fact, he can even use it as inspiration to make something that would train others' Souls too.

'I'll definitely switch to this when I've reached Lv.9 Sorcerer.' Ashton decided.

He then kept this information at the back of his mind and check the rest of the items he received.

[Beast Egg]

: Creator's Note — 'This little guy's a special one. A perfect companion for you. Feed a drop of your blood to it for 100 days straight and it will hatch. You'll find out what it is by then.'

'Another mystery.' Ashton sighed. He took out the Beast Egg to admire it a bit.

The size reminds him of an ostrich's Egg, it's heavy and its surface was smooth. The shell was white and there were no visible signs of what was inside of it.

'I might as well start it now.' He mused to himself.

He nicked his finger and smeared a drop of his blood on the shell. He watched in amazement as the egg immediately absorbed his blood. Glowing with a rainbow-colored radiance for a bit before fading.

Ashton felt the egg tremble for a bit before returning to its dormant state.

Oh, it's alive alright. To be honest, Ashton was quite tempted to feed it some more but he prevented himself. The instructions were clear, just a drop of blood every day for 100 days straight was enough. He didn't want to do more since it might turn out harmful for the creature instead.

Plus, the wound he made on his finger already healed and he's too lazy to do it again...

'Alright, next.'

Ashton kept the egg and took out the next item.

[Protective Talisman]

: Creator's Note — 'For insurance. Tear this apart once you find yourself backed into a corner. It contains an attack of mine that is strong enough to get rid of your problems temporarily.'

Ashton's eyes shone. This item was great. At least he had another layer of security for what was about to happen in the future.

Though, if he were to be honest, it's a bit difficult for him to see a scenario where he'd be pushed to that extent, it is nice to know that he had options if it truly boils down to that.

And finally, the last item was...

[???]

: Creator's Note — Don't bother with this. In time, you'll know what it is. Just be patient.

Yep, another mystery item. This one he couldn't even take out of the Inventory because it wouldn't let him. It's just there, taking space on his inventory and causing him to feel bothered.

Ashton's not a fan of mystery so this really bothered him. Yet so far, the Beast God was nothing but helpful to him. Although he confused Ashton so much, the latter could tell that he did it for protection and care.

The Beast God hadn't given Ashton any reason to be on guard against him, so he's choosing to trust the Beast God's arrangements for now. If this fails, then hopefully it isn't too late to change it up.

Anyways, for the most part, the items he received were phenomenal.

He went to the pocket dimension where El-Tree and the Dragon Vein were located to give the Fairy Queen the watering can.

She looked mildly offended and skeptical when she saw the watering can but upon receiving it, her attitude changed.

Apparently, that watering can was a tool that automatically condenses something called Life Essence Dew.

Life Essence Dew was basically concentrated Life Energy. A drop of that could extend a mortal's lifespan by 100 years and make them youthful. The fact that this odd-looking watering can has this kind of function was truly insane.

Plus, the Mysterious Watering Can condense 10 dews of Life Essence per day. That's more than what they expected but it's a great thing.

Without a doubt, this was the best nourishment for the El-Tree Sprout. By feeding it Life Essence Dew every day, its growth will seriously be boosted. Allowing it to unlock more of its abilities and greatness.

Ashton and the Fairy Queen agreed to reserve at least 3 drops of Life Essence Dew every day. One would be given to her as payment for tending to the tree and the other two go to Ashton for future experiments.

This meant that the El-Tree will be watered with 7 drops of Life Essence Dew every day. That should be enough to properly its growth.

Once he made that arrangement, he left and returned home.

Since he had basically checked everything he received from his meeting with the Beast God and the Death God, it was time for him to make plans and do something.

He hadn't forgotten about Beast God's warning to him.

Ashton was fine to face the threat to himself, but he'd be damned if he let that danger affect his loved ones too.

'Bring it on, bitch! Let's see what you got for me.'