Magic With You

On top of a dark small valley, a three meters large skeleton can be seen. Around it were a few hundred skeletons and all of them are Grand Knights

Even the weakest realm in the Necropolis was already filled with an abundant amount of death energies

All the undead here can easily reach the level of Grand Knights. Warriors and Knights might even be rarer than Grand Knights

That's how special this place is!

In the Necropolis, hierarchy is strict. The Grand Knights and below have no self-awareness at all and can only act based on their instincts and they all obeyed the strong

As for the Nobles and above, they at least have some awareness. It depends from undead to undead but Nobles are smarter than the mindless Grand Knights

Despite the numerous Grand Knights below, Calter's spirit body still flew towards the three meters tall Skeleton Warrior

Since this body is not his physical body, it isn't subjected to gravity. Only Nobles and above can freely fly in the air but a spirit body is completely different

The soul fire inside the large eye sockets of the Skeleton Warrior immediately flickered as it senses a presence coming to it

"Raaaa!" The Skeleton immediately released indecipherable sounds through its bones

It seems to be enraged because of Calter's 'rudeness' of entering its territory without any permission

The skeleton immediately wielded its sword that was instantly covered with dark energies

However, Calter wasn't the least bit afraid. If Kence is the master of ice and he wouldn't be harm by it then Calter is the same just for a different element

Calter is the master of darkness!

Darkness would only increase Calter's power and not harm him

Calter simply touched the Skeleton's Sword with bare hands. The death energies in Necropolis coincidentally falls under the power of darkness

The whole Necropolis is like a darkness-type domain and although this is just Calter's spirit, it can still wield the power of darkness

Just like Kence, Calter would receive the same boost that a Noble Mage would have if they activated a darkness type domain

Not to mention, the boost was for the entirety of Necropolis!

Calter's spirit body wasn't harmed in the slightest and he easily blocks the skeleton's attack

The skeleton seems to be further enraged and was about to attack Calter again when the man entered its sea of ​​consciousness

The soul of the skeleton warrior immediately uses its spiritual power to resist but how can that be easy?

"Suppress!" Calter muttered and the skeleton's power was suppressed making its resistance weaker than it should be

Since the skeleton warrior is an undead, it was corrupted by the power of darkness.

The darkness that Calter can easily control at will!

Not to mention, Calter purposely targeted a skeleton warrior. If it was a skeleton mage, that undead's soul would be stronger making it harder to subdue

Although Calter suppressed the skeleton warrior, it still wasn't easy for him to fully subdue it in a short period of time

This required a lot of Calter's willpower. He can't just wantonly subdue one Noble after another

When Calter succeeded in turning this skeleton warrior into his servant, he would need to recuperate for some time to do the same thing again

Calter created a black seal and threw it at the madly resisting soul of the skeleton warrior

On the outside, the skeleton seems to be in great pain as its body thrashed around. The mindless undead didn't know what is happening and they just stared at the Noble without doing anything

The skeleton feels so much pain from its soul. The seal was causing its resistance to crumble

Since Calter's soul was just slightly stronger than a newly advance Noble, he cannot easily quell the resistance of this skeleton warrior

Without a choice, Calter can only continuously supply power to his seal and subdue the skeleton one step at a time

After a few days, only then did Calter succeed. He now has a Noble Mage under his command that also has hundreds of Grand Knight subordinates

As soon as Calter enslave the skeleton, his spirit body vanishes from the Necropolis and returned back to his body

Calter soon opened his eyes and he threw up a mouthful of blood. His face seems to lose all of its colors as a deep sense of powerlessness spreads to his whole body

Subduing a Rank 4 creature when he is just still at Rank 3 was particularly taxing

However, instead of resting, Calter just circulated mana inside his body to recover from the backlash of such a reckless action

Calter didn't stop even for a second as he continued to cultivate again. He certainly has the talent to become a Noble but because of how special that realm is, it would take more time

Time... every second that passes was like torture for him. Every second that he is not with Kence filled him with so much pain he doesn't even know what to do about it anymore

Calter can only hold the crystal that gave off a similar aura to Kence. As long as this crystal is perfectly fine, Kence is alive. There is still hope

If this crystal broke then Calter would just kill himself or search the whole Necropolis to find Kence's soul

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In another room inside the Head Master's Tower, Krad can be seen sitting in a meditative posture

Around him were abundant amounts of mana that he greedily absorbs. His soul has already changed to have the same shape and appearance as his physical body

After his body felt full from so much mana, Krad controlled his soul power and had it cover his whole body

The strong soul power then starts to dominate the surrounding mana for him to have control over them

There are two ways to control mana that is in the environment and is not owned by a mage

Controlling outside mana is extremely important. A high degree of control over the surrounding mana is another thing that differentiates Nobles and Grand Knights

A mage's domain is activated by using the mana in the mage's surroundings

One of the ways to control outside mana is through harmony. This is the way that Kence uses

Mana obeys Kence as they love him. Noble Mages needs to spend time harmonizing themselves to the world to reach the Noble Rank but that is far easier said than done. If it's easy, countless number of people wouldn't be stuck and stays a Rank 3 mage their whole life

The second way to control outside mana is through dominance. If harmony is coaching mana to like you then dominance would be forcing them into submission

This is the way that both Calter and Krad was using

Dominance was harder to achieve and use. After all, if the mana doesn't like a person, they would resist

However, it is also the path that gives the greatest attacking power. Mages that dominates mana most of the time has more power than those that harmonize with mana

But of course, both have their advantages and disadvantages

Dominance might give stronger power but it is also more taxing

Most of the time, it would depend on a person's personality and Krad find it easier to dominate mana rather than make it like him

Krad's soul power continued to spread around him and a black space continued to flicker in and out of existence

He was currently trying to make the world recognize and bless his soul. Once a person was recognized by the universe, the universe will give them a baptism that would increase their power by a large margin

Krad tried to spread his soul power as far as he can while dominating the mana his soul power touches

Even when his face continuous to pale, Krad never stops. His whole body was trembling hard due to mental exhaustion but he persevered

Soon, Krad felt like a dry desert that receives rain for the first time. A power from an unknown source filled every nook and cranny of his body

The impurities Krad had was immediately purged out from his body causing a pungent black liquid to ooze out his pores

However, the black liquid didn't stay long. Krad's aura continues to rise as he finally broke through and become a Rank 4 Mage

Since the Head Master personally helps him, he finally broke through the bottleneck

Krad's ascension causes the dirty liquid covering his body to be blown away. When he opened his eyes, he saw a dark world around him

He can feel that this domain was under his control. This is Krad's home ground that makes his power the strongest!

A domain created from dark energies and a soul far stronger than the soul of Rank 3 creatures were all enough to put a Noble Mage in a position far higher than mere Grand Knights

It was just a single realm difference but it brought a great increase in power. With this, Noom wouldn't be afraid of being with him anymore

Since Noom accidentally hurt Krad a few times because of his fire, they rarely meet as the former feared hurting the latter

But now, even if Noom's power exploded, Krad wouldn't be harmed anymore