20 Dark Magic

"My lady, he is not worthy of you," Mary said with a frown on her face as the horse galloped.

When Nina heard this, her expression turned cold as she looked at her.

"Why isn't he worthy? We will know in the future about that. You don't have any right to say anything about it."

Mary bowed her head as she said, "I am sorry, milady."

Nina just nodded her head with an angry expression on her face.

"I guess she should mature eventually, right?" Mary thought to herself helplessly.

….

William looked at the simple but luxurious book with gold plating inscribed in it with a strange expression.

He was surrounded by a brightly lit room which was simple in design with only a bed and a table with some stools to sit on.

"This is a spell, huh…" he opened the book and started to read all the strange patterns that were presented in the book.

"How is this spell, Asmodeus?" William said in thin air.

"Stop calling me that name," a deep, cold voice rang in his ears.

"Then what should I call you?"

The voice suddenly became silent with no reply.

"Don't reply if you want to, I will call you Asmodeus." William just shrugged his shoulders without a care.

"So how is this spell my first vital spell?"

"It is an ordinary ice spell at most. If you want to make that your foundation, good luck with that, which just makes ice shards."

"Then tell me a better spell," William said with a smirk on his face.

"You really want a better spell?"

"Yes."

"Alright."

William was stunned by the reply as he muttered, "that easy?"

"Here," a simple black book materialised directly in front of him.

A bone-chilling aura prevailed from the book as a shiver ran down his spine.

"Hmm…" William frowned, sensing the aura of the book, which faintly emitted the aura of death.

"What is this?"

"A perfect tier-one spell book that has a good foundation," the voice was tinged with mockery.

"Good foundation, sure, but what spell is this?" William said as he refrained from even touching the book.

"Dark magic."

His eyes widened when he heard this.

"Yes, do you want to use it as your first spell?"

Although dark magic wasn't exactly banned in this place, it was frowned upon simply because of the cruelty that one had to do to perform this magic. It was both cruel to others and even crueller to oneself, like a true demon.

"No." William shook his head. Why would he choose to become a necromancer?

"Well, too bad then. You might never know the truth about your mother and where she is."

"You… How do you know about that?" William said with shock.

"Of course, I know. I can see your memory."

"Still, I won't take the dark magic spell." William shook his head.

"Even if I give you a way to hide the death aura once you establish it? The book I gave you is one of the best tier-one spells to build your foundation with. If you could establish it with the book, you have the potential to reach the fourth tier mage."

"But I… I…" William gritted his teeth as he found the guy unable to be refuted.

"Don't you want revenge on your family? If you think being this village leader will help you become a leader, then you haven't seen the way of the world, naive kid."

He gritted his teeth when he heard this, his fist tightening. "Alright, I will practice the dark magic, but won't the village leader find out?"

"Don't worry. I will help you imprint the circle myself and hide it to establish it as your first vital spell. Then you can use the ice spell to mask it."

William had a frown on his face before he finally nodded his head with some reluctance, his eyes glinting with determination.

In the mental space of William, the golden text that reflected the man all chained up showed a small smile. "The boy is naive. I can easily manipulate him." His laughter echoed inside the golden text.

….

In the peaceful mercenary place, where people were quietly reading their newspapers and sipping their tea, there was one boy and two girls with almost the exact same appearance.

The boy had white hair with deep red devilish eyes and a bulky frame, even in his baggy robes and leather pants.

The two girls were a little shorter than the boy, but both of them exuded a terrifying aura. Their eyes were hardened with killing intent, and they shared exactly the same facial features, height, and shoulder-length black hair.

The only real way to differentiate them was that one wore a blue one-piece outfit, while the other wore a black one-piece outfit. Their bust sizes were relatively modest.

"So, what do you two twins want to talk to me about?" Aur said with a frown on his face, expressing displeasure. When he had just seen Nina off, these two girls had invited him to the mercenary place. He had plans to explore the future seer after he talked to Nina, but now these two girls were interrupting.

"I am sorry, Aur..." the girl in black spoke, but she looked around before continuing, "can we talk in private?"

"Sure," Aur said as they booked a room inside the mercenary.

The room was relatively simple, and Aur could see a circle with a strange pattern inside of it imprinted on the wall.

"What's this?" he said as he looked at the twins.

"Oh, I forgot you have never been here. This is a sound cancellation room and is only used during important discussions. And it is even cheap, like one low-grade mana crystal every hour."

"Oh," Aur nodded his head as he looked at them, "thank you, Chloe and Emma."

Chloe was the one who wore the black one piece, while Emma wore the blue one piece.

"You're welcome. Now, do you forgive me?" Chloe said with a smirk on her face.

"Well, it depends on what you are going to talk about and its importance," Aur replied with a smirk.