From now on, we will call ourselves the "Golden Ravens."
"Clap! Clap! Clap!"
"Yeah, cool," Aryan said with a disappointed face while clapping.
First, I got stuck with morons who don't even know how to fight, and to make things worse, I even got shelled with an overly attractive clan name... I am so so fu*ked," he said internally.
After the group was done with all kinds of courtesies, they moved back to the old, clumsy house on the city side. For Aryan, due to his previous world experiences, working like this wasn't a big deal for him; for other members of the group, they were barely pulling their body weights to the house. Except for Ruyi, who was walking as fine as Aryan, which came as a surprise to him.
Aryan wasn't the type of person to underestimate anyone's strengths and weaknesses or guess their ambitions based on looks. But for Ruyi, from the time he met him, he found him strange.
This guy said he is barely a runemaster and formation master, but even for the lowest grade of formation master to interact with a noob clan with a lame name, this guy has some serious motives here, Aryan thought, looking at Ruyi with a sharp gaze.
Ruyi sensed his gaze and looked at Aryan with a smile on his face, to which Aryan smiled back.
to fight a troll at such close range without any reluctance, not to mention he is a level 2 with only one skill. However, he was able to calculate accurate timing and the weak point of the troll and use them to his advantage. This guy is certainly a little different. "It doesn't confirm any of my doubts, Ruyi thought, looking at Aryan.
"I have to keep a close eye on him," both Ruyi and Aryan thought, looking at each other at the same time.
"Guys!! "If your small stare contest is over, then I would be very happy to inform you that we have already reached the clan base," Sen said with an awkward smile on his face.
Aryan shifted his gaze in front of him, towards the three-story, gloomy old building. Countless birds made their nest on it, while long vines and green algae on the wall were the only colourful things on its dull concrete surface.
Looking at the devastation in front of him, only a few words escaped his lips.
"Are you sure humans can survive in there?"
"If you ask me, it will be a tough battle of wills... I plan to make a formation barrier here while you guys use your firepower to burn the thing whole. This way, we can at least safely reside in whatever will be left." Ruyi said, adjusting his glasses, which slipped to his nose again.
"Sounds like a plan, " Aryan said, preparing a fireball in his hand.
Alena quickly rushed in front of them to defend the house.
"What in the world are you guys doing?" "This is our residence and also clan headquarters! Alena panicked as she hurriedly explained.
"Wait a minute!" Aryan was caught off-guard by this statement. "It's our clan headquarters!"
Aryan was honestly enduring all this so far just so he could move to clan base after his turn was over in Adventurer Hall; that way he wouldn't have to pay the rent, and at least he would be able to sleep with windows open.
But this!?!!
"You guys call this thing a base!" Aryan shouted while pointing his finger at the old building.
"Look, bro!! We are just starting a clan; what else do you expect from us? Let's just use this as our motivation and work hard to make the world a better place! What do you say?" Sen asked in an excited voice.
"Motivation, my a*s," Aryan replied.
"How do you guys have gold coins if you can't even afford a decent residence?" Don't tell me you found it dropped on the ground." Aryan asked Sen.
Sen smiled in embarrassment, rubbing his head, but didn't answer his question.
"Why don't you check the interior first? It's better than how it looks outside," Aahana said in her soft voice, which somewhat calmed the situation.
"I will just sign my contract and get that book and money " Aryan said with a disappointed face.
As Aahana said, the interior of the house was somewhat better than the exterior. Aryan just disregarded the formalities and received 200 silver coins and a used 'Dark Magic Book' before he headed back to the adventurer guild.
Although the day was filled with a lot of frustration and disappointment for him, there was also a bright side to it. Aryan was able to pay his debt and buy some necessities; with all this, he was left with 50 silver coins in his hands and a pre-used skill book of dark magic.
From the price of the book in the market and the skills he saw Aahana using today, one thing he knew was that this skill was going to be useful to him.
"Let's see what's in there, " Aryan said, looking at the gloomy book while sitting on his bed.
After 15 minutes of reading, Aryan got an overall idea of the skill.
Dark magic is divided into two categories: shadow magic and black magic, where black magic is focused on necromancy, curses, and poison attacks. Shadow magic is more focused on controlling shadow, and although this set of skills does not have any impressive active skills, it can grant the user a large variety of passive skills to choose from.
After the first two pages, the book was crammed with a lot of ruinous language.
"So overall, I need to put a magic crystal in the centre of the book and pour some magical energy into it, and the dark energy inside the book will decide which branch of dark magic I get based on compatibility with my body," Aryan thought, rubbing his chin.
"Alright, then, now or never. " Aryan said as he stood up and cracked some bones in his spine.
Aryan then took out a magic crystal from his bag and placed it over the book on the floor.
"The will of darkness is the path of light."
As soon as he chanted these words, the magic crystal started to turn black, and the tentacles of a black shadow-like substance wrapped around Aryan's hands.
He felt a strange emotion run through his body, as if he had found something he had lost for a long time—a feeling of being embraced by someone close to him.
A stream of tears subconsciously ran down his face. Not sure why... don't know how... But Aryan felt like he found himself... The strange feeling of loneliness he was facing was now gone. And a smile finally appeared on his face.
[Dingg!!]
Active Skill: Darkness Magic has been acquired.
A unique title has been acquired: Embraced by Darkness.]