Dark Magus Returns

It didn’t take long for Raze to set up everything he needed in the new base. There was ample space for him to set up several zones with several magic circles, and he thought even in the future, that it would be helpful for him to set up several teleportation points to different areas in the base.

He could set one up to head to the Neverfall Clan, to the places within the Dark Faction, maybe even to the Lost Clan if he needed to, although he had no idea where the Lost Clan’s base even was and was still slightly confused of how to get in contact with Lince when needed.

For now though, in the center of the room, he had set up what he believed was most important, and that was the magic circle for the astral projection technique.

On top of that, he had linked a magic circle to his trusted Cursed Qi pill that would be used in emergency situations.

’Right now, I don’t think anyone will find the base, but in the future, it would also be best to set up some defensive measures in the lake and the base itself in case anyone decided to try and locate or find me.’

That was for another time though, as Raze was on a bit of a time constraint.

Sitting in the center, Raze was ready. ’It feels like it’s been a while since I last did this. My body has improved significantly, let’s see how it goes.’

Closing his eyes, Raze went through the motions of everything he could. He felt part of his body leaving his body, the connection that he would make.

’What is this, there seems to be multiple connections with Dark energy, a lot more than last time. What’s happened in Alterian, there can’t be this much Dark magic about, can there?’

Rather than risking going towards the connection or areas he hadn’t been before, he picked a place that was familiar, but he realized the energy wasn’t exactly familiar to him.

When using the astral projection technique, one had to think of a connection that connected them to the other world. Raze was lucky that his Dark magic had connected him with Dark Magic users.

Which was why he was finding it so strange seeing so many different connections this time, but in his mind, he could remember the placement of each of the dark connections and the size of each dark connection.

The place and size didn’t match in Raze’s mind, but he decided to go to the same place as he had done before. Reaching out to it, Raze connected, and he could feel himself forming a body made out of magic.

He found himself in the familiar place, the underground, burnt-down, large church-like building. It was the same as it was before, like it always was, but there was a big difference in himself.

When looking at his own body, he could feel next to no leakage in magic.

’This is the power of a high middle-stage body. I can feel everything. In this state, I could probably spend months in Alterian with no trouble at all.

’Although I would eventually still need to head back to Pagna to refresh my magic, and my magic would still lower if I was to use it in a fight, but this is still a giant improvement.’

The issue was Raze was still only able to cast 6-star magic, and although that was better than 90 percent of mages, it wasn’t enough to go after the targets he needed to.

’My body still can’t use Qi either. That seems to be the biggest downside of using this spirit form here. I need the Golden Globe, to be able to fight against them,’ Raze thought.

"I pay great tribute to the Dark Spirit!" A voice shouted from the side.

It had startled Raze, almost making him jump out of his skin. He had been incredibly focused on the energy that was coming out and in from his body, and the noise was so loud and sudden.

’That doesn’t sound like Harvey or Kelly?’ Turning around, Raze realized that it wasn’t either of them at all.

A young man looked to be kneeling down on one knee with his hand towards the floor. A hood covering his face, but it wasn’t an enchanted robe, or at least not a good one because Raze could still see the details on the young boy’s face.

Maybe he was at the age of university, just trying to get out there in the job world, yet here he was underground right here.

"It is great to meet you, Dark Spirit, it is an honor for me to witness your arrival, I never thought it would come!" The young man continued.

"State your name," Raze said, as he believed right now it was easier to play along with whatever was going on than asking too many questions.

"My name is Yono, and I am a Shadow Acolyte within the Guild."

"The Guild?" Raze asked. "And Shadow Acolyte." It was a term Raze had never heard being used before.

"The Dread Magister said that you would be confused, so please allow me to explain!" Yono claimed.

"Since your last visit, the Dark Guild has expanded, and with that expansion, the one who you set in charge had decided to create some order."

"Mages who are at the lowest level within the Guild like myself, are Shadow Acolytes. We are able to use Dark magic but only at a 1-star or 2-star level."

"Whether our magic core is actually above that does not matter as our rankings are determined by our strength in the Dark Magic."

"Above that, we have Voidbinders. They have greater command over magic, being at the three and four-star level. These are the two main ranks."

"And this Dread Magister you speak of?" Raze asked.

"He is the man who organized, the highest rank in the Dark Guild, the one who gives us our orders!" Yono explained. "Of course, above him, we are all to serve you, the Dark Spirit, and above that, we serve the Dark Magus."

"Lastly, there is a ranking above Voidbinder, that is the Nightcallers, which is given to our two other founders." Yono was finished explaining, and he placed his fist back to the ground with his head down.

’The Dark Guild… it’s expanded so much, so much compared to when I was on Alterian myself. So many people now have power over Dark magic?’ Raze thought.

"And… how many members are there in total within the Dark Guild?"

"Including yourself, the Dark Spirit, there are over six hundred members," Yono answered.

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