5 The Kill

After Tiberius finished his physical training with his great grandfather, he was healing himself through meditation.

Through meditation, he could use Mana to heal his wounds and further boost his healing ability.

Arcturus waited for Tiberius to finish his healing of his injuries. He was impressed that Tiberius actually landed a punch on him.

Now, it was time for him to begin his magical training without a wand.

MC POV

Ah, that's much better. I had just finished my meditation and healing, and then I got back up and faced Arcturus.

"Alright, I'm healed up now. Let's continue the fight, grandfather."

Arcturus had a look of surprise in his face.

"You want to continue the fight, even though you lose every time."

"It's great exercise, grandfather, and besides, I enjoy a good fight."

Arcturus looked at me for a while and smirked.

"You really are my great grandson, I too enjoy a good fight. But this is no fight. It is training. And no, we will not continue with our spar. it will train your magic.

Your magical training is mainly to expand your reserves and practise spells. First, we will begin with moving small objects."

Arcturus got out his wand and swung it around, a bunch of small rocks appeared out of nowhere.

"Now, use your magic to lift these small rocks."

I raised my right hand and used my magic to lift the small rocks easily.

"Good, now let's try something more difficult."

This time, a boulder appeared. I raised both my hands, began lifting, I could feel my Mana draining faster, and then, after a few seconds, I dropped it.

"Alright, here is a Mana potion." Mana potions can restore your Mana, one of the books I read taught me that.

I drank the potion and felt myself back to full Mana. I picked up the boulder over and over again with Arcturus continuously giving me Mana potions.

I was constantly being pushed to the limits and then bring brought back to full Mana.

Then, I was finally able to lift the boulder for a longer period of time, and I began crushing it. Arcturus spoke.

"Your hard work and determination have paid off, but you still have a long way to go Tiberius if you truly want to become powerful."

I nodded, and he then continued.

"Even if you run out of Mana, you can still use magic, but you will injure yourself. Your nose and eyes will bleed, and your head will be filled with pain.

And your core could become cracked and broken, which will heal with time. When you have a cracked core, you can't use magic properly, so be careful with your limits."

This useful information, I should be smart on how I use magic without Mana.

The next part in my magic training is spells. Arcturus had me cast basic spells. I casted Lumos, and this time, it lasted longer than the last time I used it.

Then I kept on casting Stupefy on the training dummies. My Mana reserves are increasing, and my spell work slowly improved.

I casted Incendio, which set the training dummies on fire. The second time I casted Incendio, I tried something different.

I manipulated the flames that came out of my hands and compressed it into a fireball.

I shot the fireball towards the training dummies, which exploded on impact. The training dummies were destroyed by the explosion.

Arcturus camu behind me and said with an impressed tone.

"Very good, Tiberius, you have a creative mind as you manipulated the flames of the Fire Making Charm Incendio into a fireball.

It's quite similar to Confringo, the Blasting Curse."

He gave me another Mana potion, which once again made Mana bar full.

Arcturus spoke.

"Your fighting skills are good, and so are your magical skills. Now, we shall test your mentality. Kreacher, bring in the muggle."

Kreacher appeared with a homeless looking man who was tied up, and his mouth was covered up by a cloth.

Arcturus spoke.

"Kill the muggle with your lightning. If you do so, I will continue your training."

Arcturus and Kreacher looked at me with expectant gazes. I raised both my hands, and lightning started to form around them.

I shot Force Lightning out of fingertips at the homeless muggle, to which he screamed in agony.The lightning was blue.

The homeless muggle writhed in pain as Arcturus had a smile on his face while Kreacher was jumping up and down in glee at the suffering of the homeless muggle.

"Young master, torture the filthy mudblood and make the Black Lord proud." Kreacher evilly laughed.

Arcturus was smirking at the suffering I was causing to the homeless muggle but looked intrigued when he saw my facial expression.

I had a huge smile on my face as I loved the power I had. The skin of the homeless muggle slowly started to become charred and blackened.

Soon he his entire skin was burnt, and then he stopped moving. I stopped my usage of Firce Lightning as soon as he stopped moving and screaming in pain.

Kreacher clapped in joy. "He's done it. The young master has killed the filthy mudblood."

I looked at the charred body and ordered Kreacher to get rid of the corpse.

"Kreacher, get rid of the corpse. Its smell is disgusting."

"Yes, young master." Kreacher, along with the burnt corpse, teleported out of the room.

Acrturus looked at me and spoke in a curious tone.

"How do you feel, Tiberius, knowing you took a life."

"It felt like stepping on an ant grandfather." Arcturus raised his eyebrow in curiosity.

I looked at my hands, and at the lightning, I could use this lightning to torture people. Killing them would take a long time as it took some time for the homeless muggle to truly die.

Arcturus spoke.

"You are different from your siblings. When I forced them to kill, they cried and begged me not to make them do it.

They killed their first person on the final stage of the training. Zack and Vivian were depressed for a long time until Albus helped them. Now Albus has two powerful pawns under him.

I got you to kill on the early stages of your training to test your mentality. I am very pleased that you have passed. Keep this up, and you will be my heir."

"I will not let you down, grandfather."

"See to it that you don't, Tiberius."

Before I could go back to my magic training, Arcturus gave me a useful piece of information.

"Tiberius, as you grow stronger, so will the lightning within you. By lightning, I mean the power that you achieved through your Dark Awakening.

There are three stages in your lighting. You are still at the first stage, like your older siblings."

I nodded at his words and continued my training. Arcturus folded his arms and watched as I casted spell after spell.

This training is basically exercise as its aim is to expand my magical reserves.

Before I knew it, days turned to weeks, weeks turned to months, and months turned to years. Within these years, I learned Occulmency and Legilimency.