( it is a very pleasing effect you know , controlling Mana . it was almost like a drug that's why mages have to be careful when they were trying to absorb mana . if they got addicted to it , then there were cases where mages kept on absorbing Mana till either their bodies exploded or there surroundings became empty of mana , whichever happen first day )
(anyways I was storing Mana in my Mana core . before the first layer Mana is stored all over the body and whenever we needed to use it , we had to use a process similar to diffusion , like a amoeba .from the first layer we followed a completely different process . we condensed Mana into a energy core anywhere in our body. this core was like a battery capable to store Mana . unlike physical cultivators , we mages had the advantage of choosing where we could place our cores . I was condensing my core in my right arm which was the hands I mainly used to cast magic)
(anyways , it would take me at least a couple of weeks to completely condense my core. you could say I have already partially condensed the core , setting the foundation for the core . I just didn't have enough energy to construct the core . that would take quite some time of gathering energy .)
(triing triing a ringing sound resounded in my ears and a blue screen appeared in front of me.)
( Mana absorption has reached beyond the safety limits , stop absorption immediately)
( this was a warning system that I had placed using a magic known as status magic . it was the exact same kind that existed in games and light novels , though this one definitely had more functions .)
( we could use it to set alarms , safety limits like the one I just had and calculate our stats . there were other functions but they were too beyond my reach right now . )
( it did have a limitation that the magic had limited computing capabilities , that is I could only set up a warning with my present capabilities along with the status . I could check my stats at the first layer)
(anyways since I reached my safety limits , it was safer for me leave it . I also had other things to do . )
( presently I had three different jobs to do now . the first one was I had interrogate the human undead who were to be honest , the only source of information I had on my enemies . I decided I could not trust jack , that meant every piece of information he had could not be trusted . the second was to create my sin undead , while jack was away so that he could not discover it's existence . as for the third prepare a strategy to deal with that army camp .)
( the first and the third job could wait , it was not necessary now . but the second one would would be my Trump card . )
( for this undead , I naturally would splurge a lot . I had been saving the bones of the dead for this particular undead for a long time . I was about use some arts that I really loved using . what I am about to say might say be a bit creepy , so be ready . the thing that truly separated us from the summoning death mages was our ability to craft our undead . in summoning death magic , the power of the undead was dependant on the soul used rather than the body of the soul ( unless the difference between power of soul and the strength and endurance of the dead body was too great) . but for us we used the body to create a pseudo soul , so we naturally had more freedom than the summoning death mages . we could freely experiment with the bodies , fusing them ,separating them and many other things . so even with low level resources we could create some pretty powerful undead . )
( presently in front of me was a pretty large number of bones . there were giant wolf bones , sting wolf bones , even a couple of snake bones . these were all the variety that I could acquire right now . at least the quantity was satisfying . )
(so I sat down , looking at the bones I streched my hand as a black glow appeared on my hand . as similar a black glow appeared on a few of the bones as they suddenly flew to me . the glowing bones suddenly seemed to soften and turn into a blob of black liquid . )
( what I was doing now was known as undead crafting . using Mana I would combine different types of bones and craft them into different shapes as I had done just now . right now what I had to do was to slowly will this blob to change it's shape and take the form that I want it to . I had to do it carefully as even the smallest mistake could cause the entire structure to collapse or if I was lucky significantly weaken what I was making . )
( if I had to compare it , I think I would compare it to the alchemy we often find in web novels . the process was extremely similar , except there they have rare ingredients , here we have the bones of the dead .)
(the blob was in front of me was slowly taking shape , forming a outline of a sword . it was getting increasingly detailed as one could now make out it's fine features . just as it was losing it's black glow and returning to it's white colour . )
(it was a success . I managed to form the first thing for my undead . well but I had way too much of work still as my hands glowed again)
( IN THE NIGHT . )
( I finally managed to complete my undead . it had taken almost four hours of me and every single piece of bone I scammed ... I mean procured from jack . I hadn't expected to complete it so quickly , but I had fun . this might make me sound creepy , but death magic was a art like painting , many would think like this , but would never admit it , because of the raw material involved , anyways I never heard their opinion , because they were busy trying to stick a sword into my head , even in my world which had just awakened to magic)
(the undead stood gloriously in front of me and made me marvel at my own brilliance . the undead looked like a giant in armour, compared to humans at least . I had taken a Human as the base and over layed the bones of at least twenty five undead as a armour . he also had four weapon . two were hammers. the head of the hammer was shaped like a large closed fist. the other weapons we're a sword and a bow . the bow was my master piece ,because I have finally managed to figure out a way to make a hard material like bone flexible enough to make a bow . it was not stringed but I was still proud of it . presently I had yet to create the undead itself. this was only a empty husk which had no use right now . only by using my Mana to form a seal which would make a bond with my soul would the undead be formed .
(I sat down ,and placed one palm above the the other . a black glow filled the space between my palms . instead of spreading like it normally did the black glow gathered forming complex lines . after a while , the complex lines all came together in form of a circle forming a rune . the lines never touched each other . if they did this entire energy would explode on my face. by now it had become pretty hard to continue making this rune . there was very little space left for me maneveur and form the remainder of the rune . luckily there was not a lot of it left or I would have puked blood in frustration by now which would have caused a big boom . )
(triing triing , a sound rang out at as a blue screen appeared in front of me . )
( jack has been spotted at the danger zone . )
( I waved my arms dissolving the rune that was almost complete before it could blow up on my face . I was pretty annoyed right now , but now was not the time for it . I called a couple of my giant wolves and made them take this body as far away as possible .jack would be here within at least fifteen minutes , so the giant wolves would have enough time to hide the body Faraway . )
(time ticked away as jack came nearer and the wolves moved farther from me . unnaturally I didn't seem to feel any worry that I would normally feel by now . )
(MEANWHILE SOME DISTANCE AWAY , JACK WAS MOVING ON A GIANT WOLF . THESE ARE JACKS THOUGHTS. )
jack - that kid really is very careless isn't he , he really underestimates my detection magic , but I must say he is talented , I have never seen a undead built so accurately in such a short time , as expected of the devil's successor .
( to be honest that kid was lucky , if either of my brothers had come here . he would have been killed already , but then my brothers might still do so. my brothers wanted to kill him . they even refused to help me . when I went to my brothers base , they had actually begun to already giving me the cold shoulder. among my brothers , no it was not right to call them brothers because both they and me knew that while they treated me like brothers it was due to my value to the team . I was losing that value . I could still remember the expression they had today . )
(at the altar , which my brothers had converted into a base . the altar was completely different from how it looked in the beginning . it was a surrounded by a wall of blood iron tree . I marvelled at construction speed , but that was to be expected . knowing my brothers , they would fill the place with so many traps , that they wouldn't even need to fight half of the times . )
( my brothers greeted me at a gate that was made In the wall. )
Andrew - how are you jack , what are you doing here ?
Jacob - how were you jack , all fine and well I hope .
jack - all fine well , Jacob . as for why I am here , I am here to request reinforcements. you see this is what happen .....
( I continued telling all of that young brats plans and how I needed reinforcement to maintain the fort at the pit . they were not willing ,. I could tell from their expressions , which changed only for a moment before returning to normal . )
Andrew - it's a nice plan , but it is too risky to use it . if we spread ourselves too thin , we could be harming ourselves . if you could give us a guarantee that you can gaurd that pit you are talking about , we could consider sending reinforcement to help .
Jacob - leave it be , Andrew . take your assassins with you , jack and I ,honestly can give you no other troop . as Andrew said , we.cannot stretch ourselves this thin .
jack - sure , I will tell my men to .make the preparations .
( saying this I had left . I knew that my brothers had stopped trusting me from this . they had removed all the troops that were loyal to me in name of helping me . I didn't no if they were wary of me or they were scared of having me by their side , but since the beggining they have isolated me from the group . my assassins also faced similar problems , where they could never truly mingle in the group. I could also tell that my brothers didn't trust the kid , I didn't.blame the. for that , after all they still considered him to be a confidant of the devil . while I wasn't completely sure. , I was ninety percent sure that kid didn't like the devil . anyways , leaving that , regardless of what happen , I had gotten reinforcement which was what I had come . to be honest I would not have trusted any of my brothers soldiers anyways . )
(I had commanded my assassins to follow me at a distance , because I did not know the kids reaction , for all I know he would consider this as a betrayal and upon seeing my troops he could actually start an attack on my troops. this was the pity of being a assassin , you are suspected way to easily .anyways I had to earn this kids trust as quickly as possible , otherwise I would left on the fence , neither completely here nor completely there and when a war breaks out , the fence tends to break first and I could feel it , a war was about to break out