SPELLMASTER'S PROGNOSIS
"That is because of your incompetence that you lost to the demons and lost control of territory to the Barbarian Empire. If you are strong enough, we will not agree to the establishment of the Southern Empire", the Saint reprimanded the High Apostle.
"Our forces are over stretched. Can your holiness descend to the Ten-Kingdoms to help us?" Bannon asked the Saint.
"We Saints must guard the Garden of Eden and cannot leave it under the order of the glorious Angels. Meeting you this time is out of necessity and only because of the appearance of the Dark Angel's Malevolence which may have serious implications", the Saint replied to the apostle.
"Are we allowing the barbarians to control half of the continent?" High Apostle Harold asked them, who was unsatisfied with the concessions given to Nyx-Nymera on a separate note.
"We leave the Barbarians for now as long as they pay tithe to us and remain useful as a buffer against the demon army. We must quash the demon army first. They are our main priority before we take back from the barbarians", the Saint told the apostles.
"What about the investigation into Malevolence activities?" Apostle Harold asked the Saint.
"We leave it to the Knight Templars. Although the Templar Knights are usually unmotivated in our cause, this Lord Oriese appears to be a loyal subject of the Church and has proven to be helpful on many occasions. We should offer more support to him", the Saint replied to them.
"Yes, your excellence", the apostles replied to the Saint.
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[In the Cave of the Red Werewolves in Istiopolis Mountain]
"Spellmaster, can you check what is happening to my magic?" I asked Spellmaster.
Spellmaster brought out a special magnifying glass and looked at me from head to toe. The magnifying glass was his special tool that could detect the magic of a magi or templar.
Spellmaster used some of the salvaged parts from the scrap to give me a full scan.
"The equipment that you brought back from the Temple of Eloora is very useful. Usually, they could only be found in Prolis. I never expected to see such equipment on this continent", Spellmaster told me about the scraps that I brought back from Eloora Temple.
Spellmaster's origin was shrouded in mystery.
If I had to guess, he probably studied magic in Prolis before or learned from the Mages of Prolis. Although his magic wasn't strong, he was probably one of the most knowledgeable people on the continent about advance magic.
"Your situation is unique and remarkable", Spellmaster said to me after doing his scan on me.
"What happened to me?" I asked.
"You have obtained a divine heart that replaced your human heart. You now have the heart of a god", he told me.
"Is that good or bad news?" I asked him.
"To answer this, I'll have to explain about the various paths to magic", he said before he explained further.
"Humans discovered five routes to develop magic in their bodies. The templars gather and channel magic into their hearts. There are those who could channel magic into their souls and command soul magic. These are the common magic in this land.
There are also those who enhance their bones with magic, calling it the awakening of Cakra. The Ayen gods and the Mages of Prolis specialize in this magic.
Also, similarly another group of magic users enhances their blood to create powerful Bloodline magic which they called, the awakening of Meridien. The magic users in the Nine Nirvana of Heavens use such magic.
Together these are considered advance magic.
There is one last source of magic which is magic of the Mind, the strongest magic of them all. Those who have reached the state of mind of magic became gods".
"What does these have to do with my situation?" I asked him.
"When you obtained the Black Heart of the Dark Angel, the divine heart replaced your heart. Templars develop magic in their hearts, without your heart, you lost your templar magic", he told me.
"Damn, is it the same as my soul magic?" I asked him.
"Yes, your soul has been taken over by the Soul of the Dark Angel, which is the reason you lost your soul magic", he told me.
"What about my bone magic?" I asked him.
"Bone magic. You have not found the Bone of the Dark Angel and assimilated with it, so in theory you can still practice Bone magic. However, the bone magic that you learned before is only a pre-Cakra awakening magic which could only enhance your Heart magic but does little of its own. Without your magical heart, your bone magic does little", he explained to me.
"Damnit, that means I lost the use of my magic and couldn't practice magic anymore", I complained to him.
"On the contrary that is not the case. You have received the divine body of the Dark Angel. That has immense power", he told me.
"But I don't want to use the Dark Angel's magic. He becomes stronger every time I use his dark magic. If he awakens there is a risk that he will take over my body and my consciousness", I complained.
Spellmaster checked my magic again.
"Why will the Dark Angel take over your consciousness? You are the Dark Angel Incarnate and you have recovered his soul and heart", he replied to me.
"What about the consciousness of the Dark Angels living in my soul now? Won't they take over my body when they resurrect?" I asked.
"You are the Dark Angel Incarnate. Those souls of the previous Dark Angels are merely attached to your soul. They will not take over your consciousness unless you allow them to", Spellmaster told me.
"Damn, that is the first time I hear of this", I said before I added, "wait a minute. I heard something about this before. The Warlock of Delirium wanted to do the same thing with the previous Dark Angel, he wanted to replace him".
"Even with that said, those dark souls are not to be looked down on. They still command the magic of your Dark Angel soul, and they can also control your Black Heart", he said.
Although I received the Black Heart and Soul of the Dark Angel, I don't know how to control its magic yet. I've been relying on the former souls of the Dark Angels to do that for me, and they became squatters in my soul.
If left unchecked, they would take over my consciousness and replace me when the Dark Angel resurrects.
"Damn those idiots, how do I regain control of my soul from those idiots?" I asked.
"You would need to learn how to control the magic paths in you", he said.
"How do I do that? I lost the use of my soul magic and templar magic", I asked.
"You will need to master the magic of the Mind", he replied to me.
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