Dark Arts!

Tessera teaches us about Dark Arts. There are 3 steps about Dark Arts.

1. Persuade.

2. Deceive.

3. Manipulate.

At first, we thought, this is bad. We might end up being a bad or evil person, but after Tessera told us more about it. It's actually doesn't even sounds bad or evil, it's more about our own understanding of the world. What is good what is evil, and if it's good for some people, that doesn't mean it's also good for others, and vice versa. Allowing the sacred to be defiled, a taboo act. Where we live without being bound by rules. The less you are bounded by rules, the stronger your will be, the more you believe in yourself, the stronger you will get, the power beyond our imagination, beyond limitation. That's the forbidden Dark Arts. The more Tessera teaches us, the less we know about the world. Tessera lives for thousands of years. She even said that she still finding new things the more she lives.

2 Week has passed.

Kiel has finally mastered the Dark element. She is officially an Elementalist, but she still needs to get 400 points less to be an Elementalist. Now Kiel can even manipulate dimension and create her own, where she can learn more spells inside her own dimension. She said she tried the Falling Ice Tears and destroyed the dimension she created entirely. She really is a genius.

We are learning about persuading. The art of making anyone believe and trust in us no matter what happened. Once we mastered this, we will be able to obtain a skill that can release our aura to them.

1. Kindness.

2. Trustworthiness.

3. Peacefulness.

4. Mercifulness.

Next will be Deceiving. The art of making our enemies fall into our traps, no matter how smart they are, they will fall for it. Once we mastered Deceiving, we will be able to obtain other skills that can release our aura to them.

1. Helplessness.

2. Desperation.

3. Vulnerable.

4. Frightened.

The last is Manipulating. The art of making anyone will be in our grip, no matter who they are. They will be kneeling on our feet. Once we mastered Manipulating, we will obtain a skill that only a few people have this aura.

1. Fear.

2. Pride.

3. Influence.

4. Merciless.

5. Supreme.

Dark Arts affect our inner strength, which will affect our physical strength. So basically we need to do a lot of meditation to learn the Dark Arts, and we can feel it inside our body. To master all of them without any guidance, we need at least hundreds of years. But with Tessera's help, it will only take a year or less. The more she teaches us about Dark Arts, the faster we are mastering the Dark Arts. Back in the Bulark's Kingdom, Zee showed us Fear and a Merciless aura. But that's just a small amount of it. Zee showed us the full power of Fear and a Merciless aura. We are trembling and fell on our knees, can't even lift our heads to see his face, because we are too scared. But Edith and Tessera are still standing and laughing. Edith and Tessera activated their Supreme aura, making them immune from all weaknesses. Only a minute of that, we are already exhausted. Our feet are still trembling, our hands covering our heads from fear.

1 Week has passed.

Only a few days left until we reach Mönrel. We are meditating every morning and night, and training at noon. We still haven't mastered Persuade, Tessera said it will take 3 months. On our lunch break, Secra approach Kiel and says,

"Kiel give me your hands."

Kiel tilts her head and does what Secra said.

"Oeva La Yufane, Ki Tughalar Bya, Mon T'Oevah Khon (Spirit of Evil, I offer you, her Spiritual Body)"

Suddenly, Kiel's body is surrounded by black lights and gets inside her body. Kiel panicking and asked what is happening. Vivi who can see the spirit, looking at Kiel and her face is sparkling. We asked Vivi, and she said that Kiel is now like Secra, her body is protected by evil spirits. Secra says,

"Yep, Vivi is right. Now Kiel is protected by the evil spirits, and she now can see spirits and can be a Witch if she wants to."

Kiel's screaming with joy and jumping. Kiel replies,

"YAAAAY I WANT TO BE A WITCH!!"

Secra replies,

"Vivi, after you mastered Persuade. You will be able to get your own spirits, and you will be able to master Naturer way faster if you want to. From now on, Edith and I will help you with your meditation."

Vivi bows and thank her and Edith. After hearing that from Secra, Vivi is planning to be a Naturer after she became Cardinal. Since she's a half-elf, it's hard to be a Naturer. You can say, it will take forever to try to master Naturer. That's why she didn't want to be Naturer, instead, she wants to be a Priest. Since we are learning Dark Arts, it will be an easy task for her now.

2 days have passed. The Mönrel Capital City is behind the hill, and we can see a huge castle and a tower from here. As huge and tall as a mountain. Bulark's Castle is like a tiny house compared to this, I wonder who is staying on top of that tower. Zee says,

"That tower is called... The Tower of Demise. Anyone can enter and try to get to the top, but no one ever made it. Many Demons have tried, but nobody came back."

Vivi asks,

"What's on top of that tower? And why are they risking their lives just for that?"

Zee replies,

"The true ruler of the Underworld. Some say you'll get an insane amount of power if you reached the top floor."

I reply,

"That's scary... but curious at the same time. Have you guys seen the ruler?"

Zee replies,

"Well... Do you want to try it out? But first, let's get some rest when we arrived at Mönrel City. My ass is sore."

We are outside the gate of Mönrel City. Tessera is hiding inside Secra's body since she doesn't like crowds. So she will be staying inside Secra's body as long as we are in Mönrel City, but she will come out in the morning and at night to teach us about Dark Arts. The guards stopping us and asks,

"Who are you, people? You are not from here. What is your business?"

Zee replies,

"We want to visit our friend, Shive. Is she in here?"

The guards surprised by hearing Shive name, and says,

"O-oh, Miss Shive is in her castle. She left a message for you, that she is waiting in the castle."

After saying that, the guards let us through. Hah? Castle? Is she a noble family in the Underworld? Why did they call her Shive, not Cipher? Is she also hiding it from her people as well? I ask Vex who is sitting inside the carriage,

"Mister Vex, why don't you tell the guards that you're from the Underworld? And, they don't know that Miss Shive and you are The Genesis?"

Vex replies,

"Nope, they don't know, they only know that Shive is from a noble family, and I'm just a regular demon. Only the Demon King and Lords that knows about us."

I nodded with understanding. We are inside Mönrel City, there are many different races here. Beast Kin, Demons, Elves, Fairies, Vampires, Werewolves. But no humans, I wonder why, I think humans didn't know how to get to the Underworld. Zee took us to the Inn, and spend the night in here. But we are planning to eat dinner together after we rent a room.

After we rent a room, Edith took us to her favorite place. We ordered the food, and I have no idea what kind of food do they serve, and we only ordered what Edith's recommended. While we are waiting for our food, we heard the people behind us talking, so we are eavesdropping on their conversation,

"Are you going to challenge the Tower tomorrow? My team is going tomorrow."

"Of course! My team is ready as well. Let's go inside together. I believe we can reach the top."

"Great! Let's work together, and I already invited another team, so we have enough people. Aaah I can't wait for tomorrow!"

"Yeah me too! If we get another team, that would be great."

After we heard their conversation, Zee approach them and ask,

"Yo, I heard you guys want to challenge the Tower tomorrow. Do you have another spot for my team? My little friends here are curious about it, and we came here to challenge the Tower as well."

They are looking at each other and says,

"Hmm, a Demon, Elf, and the others are? Human? This is rare to see humans in here. But I can tell that you all are not ordinary people. So, welcome aboard! Let's meet up here tomorrow morning. My name is Moglod, and my friend over there is Agmuzan. We are experienced with the Tower, so don't worry about us, we will be at the front. This is not our first time challenging the Tower."

Zee tilted his head and ask,

"Huh? I heard that nobody has ever made it back alive. Is that rumor is a lie?"

Agmuzan replies,

"Ahh it was like that, but a few years ago they didn't kill the challenger anymore. If we surrender to the guardians, they will send us back to the entrance."

Zee nodded and says,

"That is good news. Ohh we forgot to introduce ourselves, my name is Zee. Those two beautiful women are Edith and Secra. Those man behind them is Vex and Den, and those little friends are Val, Vivi, and Kiel. Nice to meet you Mister Moglod and Mister Agmuzan, and thank you for letting us join the team and for the information."

Moglod replies,

"Nice to meet you as well! We are happy to have you guys on our team. We will introduce our team tomorrow morning. So get some rest and enjoy your food!"

We all nod and thank them. The foods are here, and it looks... scary, but after we take a bite, it's delicious. We are eating our food, and talking about the Tower. I ask Zee,

"Mister Zee, aren't we all here to meet Shive? And we can ask her to join us, I bet she would like to join us."

Zee replies,

"Shive's place is a bit far from here, and I bet she doesn't care about this. We can meet her after we tried challenging the Tower of Demise."

The others nod in agreement. Well, he's right, Shive is not that kind of person. She prefers to do something else since she is always worried about her people. I wonder what is she doing right now. We all go back to the Inn and go to sleep.