Darkness within

..... Alexander's POV .....

Quickly regaining my composure after Morris' statement, the shock on my face vanished and was replaced by a smug grin then followed by a maniacal laughter.

Alexander"hahahahahahaha and they said i can't be a great mage hahahahahahahaha I raised a higher rank undead on the first try. Hahahahahahahaha indeed Baron Jeron sees my talent"

Morris"Young master am not to sure if this thing is a complete higher rank undead"

A frown appeared on my face as i turned to my butler who also realised his mistake for interrupting my moment.

"sight"

Staring down at the undead despite not wanting to admit, I could tell this thing is indeed not complete. It isn't even moving. Disappointment washed over my excitement i could only sigh

Alexander"sigh" "You might be right but it there was nothing wrong with the ritual, i even used blood from a Tier 2 magical beast and it cost me alot"

Morris"Should i get another corpse"

Alexander"No i rather not repeat it today, the materials used are expensive and i rather not make Father suspicious "

I looked down at the undead and said

Alexander"Despite being uncomplete it still has its uses maybe i should give it some time. Plus with such result i can get more books on dark magic from the Baron. Wouldn't he be surprised i had a higher rank undead serving me."

"The path of a necromancer is just right for my hahahahahahahahahaha"

Morris"Young master it's getting late, we should return before your mother start wondering how you left the manor" 

 Alexander"You right. Just leave the corpse in this room and activate the mana traps, i can't have anyone know what am doing at least for now"

....... MC's POV...

From what it seems these guys are about to leave which relieved me but the butler guy did something that made my mind freeze for a moment. The guy pulled out a cloak of a ring on his finger and handed it to the so called young master. I wanted to see more but they left my field of view and i had him say something about mana traps. I felt like stopping them and asking them what's going on , am i in a game ,cause all this doesn't make sense. Finally i had the door shut.

I want to take a breath of relief but i can't, not because of the situation but cause i physically can't , i have not even been breathing to begin with. i thought i would panic but i realised it is almost the same when i was a soul.

Once again am facing up without the ability to move but this time an ugly underground ceiling. Recalled all the information i gained from the two

'First of all i have not been reborn but turned into some kind of living corpse and this world is magical or something after all they talked about something like elemental magic ,was it huh yeah and also dark magic ,the one that brought me back'

'And then there is mana is the energy that powers the magic and maybe also the weird ring on the butler guy's hand, it has like a dimension inside probably. Yeah and there is also the traps outside'

'sigh'

'I should put everything aside and find a way to move my body cause it all won't matter if i can't move'

I tried different thing but failed, it's almost like this isn't my body

'Cause it isn't my body, i can't even fill my it. This isn't the right way to go about it maybe what i need is magic'

Just the thought of it excites me and yet i came to the same conclusion after multiple tries. It felt like the world was punishing me for running from death. Unlike in the mysterious place the underground view got borrowing quite quick and that's when i thought back 

'It may be not be my body with the problem but my soul instead. But even then what should i do. I can try to meditate, i remember that monks do that to find peace with the soul or something like that.

Since i could not sit i tried closing my eyes and yet even that i couldn't

'How can i even meditate like this'

But i still tried to concentrate inside me to try to fill my soul. I don't know how long has passed but i still couldn't fill anything and yet i kept pushing.

'I didn't run from death to become a vegetable corpse, i need to.......'

Just as i was lamenting my tragedy i felt something inside me almost similar too what i feel in the mysterious. I immediately concentrated and tried to strengthen the connection but what happened next shocked me.

Instead of me entering some mental space like in the novels, i felt something jump out of me which resembled a black humanoid ghostlike thing.

I felt like running yet i couldn't , the thing floated then turned at me revealing face that only had bright red eyes. A cold chill run through my soul if i could move my body then i would surely have shit myself many times over.

A cold voice then spoke out from it 

Ghost"You called my liege"

I didn't even know what to say as the were too many questions in my head

'What is this thing? what was it doing inside my chest? I swear If death is getting back at me then it's taken it too far i almost see myself back at the mysterious place cause of dying from shock'

As i was panicking i noticed something, the dark ghost like thing seemed to just float and wait. Getting my shit back together i realised this thing doesn't want to harm me, i look at it curiously. As if sensing my emotion it spoke

 Ghost"If my liege wishes to command me, you can use the mental link"

Am still scared shitlessly cause of it but now that it mentions a mental link. Indeed i can feel the previous connection to it and for some reason i is referring to me as its liege. I don't understand what's going on but nether less lets see if i can get any answers from it

I concentrated on the connection but this time it didn't feel that hard and sent my thoughts

'Who are you and what do u want from me'

Ghost"My name is Norman and i am your slave"

Little surprised by it reply i asked back

'what do you mean by slave'

Norman"The body you in habit was mine cause i had died during the ritual but during my liege's awakening my soul was attached to yours and drawn to ........"

For a moment Norman's ghost body shake when trying remember

'Draw to what '

Norman" The embrace of darkness within your soul"

'........err.....say what'