" You can see me?" The ghost spoke, it was a hold man with a huge beard and completely white skin.
The man looked at Jin with curious eyes and got closer. Jin took a few steps back but he was still not feeling any danger so he stopped and allowed the old man to come closer.
" Who are you?" Jin asked.
" I am Mord, I used to be a magician and a human," Mord answered.
"…You used to be a human! so you are a g-ghost?" Jin asked with a hint of fear in his voice.
" Yes, I turned myself into undead," Mord answered.
After Mord confirmed that he was not a human, suddenly Abaddon spoke up.
[ I know Mord when I was alive, so he is still alive. Be careful, he is very dangerous.]
' What? How?'
[ He was a legendary magician, that's how I know about him. We were enemies and my subordinates had fought him too many times only to lose and die.]
" Can we talk? I want to know something and I assure you that I will not harm you. Because I know that you are not here with any ill intentions against me as well." Mord spoke.
" Yes, I am not here to cause any kind of problems for you," Jin spoke.
After saying that Mord sat down on the ground, he had a wooden staff in his hand and was wearing very light clothing. His Body was thin and completely white from head to toe and his eyes were red.
" How did you come here?"
" Huh?" Jin asked, he can't possibly tell more than he was teleported here by the Demon God. Mord may be undead now but he was a human before, and Jin knew that revealing that he is an apostle might become problematic.
" I mean, you suddenly teleported here. This place is protected by my magic so that it can not be found by anyone." Mord spoke and then added, " Then how did you suddenly teleport here?"
Once again Jin was surprised to know that Mord already knew that he was teleported here.
" Are you an apostle?" Mord asked, " Wait, are you an apostle of the Demon God?"
[ He is too accurate, that means two things. He may have already known about your identity or he has some other way to know.]
The surprise was written all over Jin's face and Mord was able to confirm the answer to his question.
" From your reaction what I guessed was true, right?" Mord spoke.
" How did you figure it out?" Jin stood up, ready to defend or run if the situation becomes troublesome.
[ Calm down, your danger sense is not showing anything dangerous. If there is anything dangerous then using the spiritual sense skill, the system will warn you.]
" I have a skill called 'Intuition', that shows me various possibilities based on my observation through the system," Mord answered.
" You also have a system?" Jin asked.
" Everyone who is baptized can access a system and use a skill," Mord answered.
" Are you going to attack me?" Jin asked.
" No, I would rather not fight you. I think you are not someone evil." Mord spoke and then added. "Besides, both of us are demons so there is nothing to worry about."
" Can I stay here for a few days?"
" Of course, stay here. I hope you can make yourself strong enough to face the upcoming challenges in your life." Mord answered as he once again guessed why Jin wanted to stay in this forest. " Also, whenever you are leaving this forest, just call for me. I think I should talk with you."
After saying that Mord disappeared into the wind.
" Can we trust him?"
[ For now, I think we can trust him.]
*****
In the middle of the forest over a huge tree, there was a hut-like structure. This was the place where Mord was residing, and the place where he had spent his life after becoming an undead.
Mord walked inside his hut, there were several shelves filled with various books. Mord walked inside in front of a certain portrait hung on the wall.
A portrait of a young man, wearing a luxurious robe of a mage. It perfectly portrayed a handsome and energetic person, this was Mord when he was young. A genius born in the world of Aesir, and a person who chose to become an undead.
" Good thing that I used magic to have skin on my body, otherwise he would have been so afraid of my body," Mord said and dispelled the magic.
The skin and muscles over his body started to break into light particles. A skeletal appearance was how Mord look in reality.
" I had observed him since the day he came here, my institution skill never told me that he is evil." Mord spoke, " Was my decision to become a Demonic Lich right? If not evil, is he going to fulfill the wish of the demon god?"
Mord was confused as he rubbed his bony chin with his bony fingers.
" Let's keep on observing him."
Suddenly a mirror-like object came in front of him and started to show what Jin was doing currently.
*****
[ What is your combat style?]
" I was a normal student and I used to play football, I can kick like a pro," Jin spoke.
[ So kicking is your combat style?] Abaddon asked, not having any idea about what football even meant.
" You can say that, but now I want to learn swordsmanship," Jin spoke.
[...But you don't have a sword. How are you supposed to fight and learn swordsmanship without having a sword?]
" Alright, if we can not learn swordsmanship then teach me magic." Jin changed the topic. It was easy to figure out that he was excited to learn magic.
[ I don't think it's that difficult for you to learn magic. Listen carefully, I will tell you two methods to use magic that every beginner can use.]
[The first method is using spells, In which the first step is channeling mana within your body to a point from where you want to release your magic. Many prefer using their hands to release mana while some use wands and channel their magic into them as a medium to release their magic. Before releasing the mana you have to speak a spell in sync with your flow of mana to successfully cast a magic spell.]
[ Using the first method you can only use a few types of magic or only one type of magic depending on your talent.]
[Because the first method makes the use of magic limited, people had developed a second method of using magic and that is to use circles and magic scrolls. It's simple, they use a special kind of ink that is extracted from the fruit of a special tree. That ink contains magic, people can also infuse more of their mana into that ink to make it more effective and powerful. The magic circles are the command for a spell and it works perfectly.]
" So you want me to learn magic using the second method, right?"
[ No, I want you to learn both methods. Mord the undead was a magician that was able to reach the 8th circle wizard and was a master of using magic through five different methods.]