"Even if they could use it, its power would be greatly reduced.
"Mages would rather serve under a noble family that has accumulated enough variety of magical spells, this is one of the reasons cultivators serve under noble families, it is the attraction of what the noble families could give them. Otherwise, they could simply go around working as mercenaries."
"This is why Scar rebelled against the Baek family, like he said after 10 years of serving the Baek family, they still didn't find him worthy to give a magic spell, so he took it himself when he discovered it."
'His aptitude must be fire then, since he was throwing around flames with the magic spell. I wonder between darkness and shadow, what my aptitude is in this world. I could use both back in the world, but I still don't know much about this world.'
