"How long will it take before we arrived there, Miss Maria?" Rem asked curiously.
"For about a week or 2, if we have a smooth journey, we don't know if some Faceless will pop out of nowhere." Maria answered.
"From what I know, the Guenrt village is close to the Fort Dragonfall. It's at the west side of that, so we will be able to see that famous fort before we arrive at our destination." Cen informed as she closes the book that she was reading.
"Ughh, my butt will surely die from this journey," Olly complained. Rem agreed as their butts will surely go numb from all the sitting they'll be doing.
"Don't worry, I'm sure that we'll get some breaks along the way." Maria replied.
"I hope so." Olly whispered.
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"Thrust that spear with the will to pierce! Strengthen the muscles in your legs and always reposition! Imagine as if an opponent is coming at you, you'll need to always keep a longer distance compared to them. Remember that the advantage of using a spear is by utilizing the distance we have, a spear has a higher reach compared to other weapons." Oro lectured as she demonstrated how to properly thrust.
"Kids, you'll be training how to thrust your spear for now. You will thrust your spear 100 times before resting, this way you can get used to handling it." Oro says as the young Wolfskins start to do it. They were clumsy and will sometimes stumble when doing it, but even if one of them got harmed, a healer will be ready to heal their injuries. Rem and Hane were also participating in this training as Oro wants him to train.
An hour passed by, and the kids started to pack up as the lesson for the day has finished.
"Come with me, little Kein. It's time for your lesson in spells." Oro says, Rem followed her together with the lazy Spike. The wyvern was not doing anything at all and was just watching Rem the whole time he was training.
"Kein, you have finished your training?" Nyx asked as they entered Oro's house. She was sitting on a chair while reading a book. She recovered once a week has passed. She just needed to eat some food as Oro said before
"Yes, sister Nyx."
"Good, should I go first or you, Oro?"
"You go first, Nyx. I want to rest my old bones for a moment."
"Splendid." Nyx closed her book and stood up.
"Follow me, Kein." Rem nods as he follows her.
"As I have said before, Dark Magic is a powerful type of magic unlike others but this causes our accuracy to be lesser compared to others. So in terms of physical weapons, you can say that Dark Magic is the axe."
"Dark Magic is not necessarily an evil type of magic but instead it is like an old one. Some call Dark Magic, Elder Magic. There are two ways how to wield Dark Magic, the first one is from knowledge while the other is by letting the darkness inside you go out and control it. The second one is the way I learned Dark Magic but it's not a recommended path. It may consume you and let your will be controlled by the darkness." Nyx gave a sad smile as she tells this.
"That's you in the past, sister Nyx. You've changed now so don't keep chaining yourself from your past." Rem let out some cringing words to cheer her up.
"You're right, thank you, Kein."
"As I was saying, it is better for you to acquire knowledge to control Dark Magic. You'll continue reading this tome about the Flux Spell. This is the basic spell also known as the Creeping Darkness. It will summon an orb of darkness that will creep on a selected target before being impounded by the darkness. Read and learn how you will need to control the magic within you. One piece of advice I can give you is to make sure that you're intent is fixated into cursing your target."
"Don't be impatient in learning the spell quickly, Dark Magic is known to be the hardest type of magic to learn. Everyone can learn it but not everyone has the patience to." Nyx calmly reminded as Rem nodded. He was reading this tome about the Flux Spell for days and he has not made any single progress since then.
'I guess learning Dark Magic is really hard to do. At least for the Heal Spell, I learned it quite quickly. I don't understand this control the darkness within you in the tome.'
"I have a question, sister Nyx."
"What is it?"
"What is the darkness in us? Is it our negative emotions? bad thoughts? or something else?"
"I'll tell you what I know about it, the darkness inside us is the combination of what you said. It's the negative emotions within us and also the bad thoughts. Learning Dark Magic is also the key to controlling your emotions, master it and you'll never let your emotions get out of control." Nyx explained. Rem got excited once he heard that, he didn't know that Dark Magic has this kind of perks. This ignited his motivation to study harder.
'I don't have an extremely negative emotion that I can exploit like those emo protagonists in other novels. I only have a goal for immortality and not a goal for revenge, unlike others. I guess the path for me is to use bad thoughts like cursing my targets in my mind. Maybe, a cruel imagination can help, but I need to not go too far in it as said by Nyx. I might get controlled by the darkness and not control it.' Rem thought.
Hours passed but no progress happened with Rem's study with Nyx. This made him sigh and close the tome Nyx was letting him borrow.
"Don't be impatient, Kein. Keep up with your vigorous training and you'll succeed." Nyx tried cheering him up which made him smile.
"Thank you, sister Nyx."
"Are your lesson done with my little Kein, Nyx?" Oro asked as she walked out of her house.
"Yes, it's your turn. I want to ask if you can give me some parchment and ink. I want to write down a book for Kein's next spell."
"I'll give you a clean notebook later. I am not using it, so it's better I give it to you instead."
"Thank you... friend." Oro smiled hearing that but restrained herself from teasing her as she saw how red Nyx's face was from saying that.
"Let's get started, my little Kein."
"Nyx, have some snacks while you rest." Hane offered her a bowl of the dried meat as she went inside. She can only sigh at eating the same food but accepted it. It was not that bad but it was something that one will get tired of eating.
"Thank you, young friend." She took the bowl of dried meat and started to read her tome even though she already read it a couple of times.
"Nyx, can you tell me how you learned to use Dark Magic?"
"I just studied it, Hane. I simply understand the tomes regarding Dark Magic, it was a natural process like it was meant to be. I wish I can elaborate it into further detail, but I can't."
"Ahhh, it's okay. I was just curious, I wanted to know if I have the talent to learn how to use it."
"You're interested in learning it? Most people don't like to learn Dark Magic since they think it is evil. You and Kein are a rarity."
"Really? Hehehehe~ I guess we are." Hane scratched her ear as she chuckles,
"Everyone has a talent in Dark Magic, Hane. You can learn it too if you want. It will be harder to learn though."
"I really can!?"
"Yes, why do you even want to learn it in the first place?"
"I just want to have another form of extra protection. I'm just frustrated with being a healer all the time, I also want to fight in the front lines. If the young master is diligent enough to learn then I should be one too! I'm tired of being seen as a frail girl that needs to be protected by the tribe, I'm sick of that image they have for me. I want to prove to them that I'm not just a healer, I can do more than that."
"Well said, Hane. I'll do my best to teach you all I know." Nyx replied. She was amazed by the willpower that Hane has shown.
"Thank you, Nyx. Do you think I'll succeed in learning it?"
"Are you starting to doubt yourself? I thought you want to prove them incorrect?" Nyx taunted.
"I-I... I can do it!" Hane shouts after slapping her cheeks.
"Good." Nyx chuckled seeing Hane's action.
"You can always come to me if you want some pieces of advice, Hane. I am willing to listen to your troubles and try to lift it up if I can." Nyx spoke making Hane nod with a grateful smile.