Magecrafter
Mage, thank you for an amazing arc. For this arc had the best climax possible for the central theme it offered. The Dark Undertaking arc does justice to this name cuz that's exactly what happened to Rey. He doesn't realize this but he was initially closer in morals to Alicia but his nature and personality has him closer to Adrian than anything else. His problem is that he was out played by someone else in a game he thought himself Master of. Neither Adrian nor Rey took any action that was obviously malicious against each other or there classmates and both move to better the target of their focus. Adrian's target was Rey and Rey's were his fellow otherworlders. Rey hates the fact that he was being manipulated but won't the otherworlders feel the same once they find out Rey is Ralyks? Maybe Rey would then understand how much of a hypocrite he is being right now. Rey's moral shifting in his actions and getting [Dead Calm] is truly deserving of the name "A Dark Undertaking". I don't know if I'm looking too deeply but this is how I understood your arc Mage and I love it. Thank you and well done, I'm looking forward to the finale that you have planned.