Galdes' voice was extremely magnetic, and his speaking attitude was kind and gentle, as if he were someone who had grown up in a noble family.
But when Jess looked at him, he always felt that there was an air of evil around him.
Jess didn't think he had any ability to see through others' magical powers. He was just an ordinary person. Even an ordinary person like him could sense that something was wrong with him, let alone those mages and priests.
How could this person stay in Stormwind City without being detected? And where did this ominous aura on him come from?
Jess followed him to the practice room, where Gagin was already waiting for him.
"Galdes, show him."
Galdes nodded and said, "You can show yourself now, Zigi."
Who was he talking to?
Just as Jess was wondering, suddenly there was a flash of arcane magic at Galdes' feet, and a small figure suddenly appeared from it.
"At your command, master..."
A imp!
A real demon!
Jess looked at this imp squatting on the ground. It had a pair of long forward-pointing horns, a pair of swollen eyes emitting a strange yellow light. It was about the size of a medium-sized dog. The hairs all over its body swayed with its movements like gray flames.
Gagin said proudly, "Originally, summoning magic is an extremely difficult magic for the black magic practitioners of Azeroth. But with the opening of the Dark Portal, everything has changed. The Dark Portal has shortened the distance between us and the Void, and also the distance between us and summoned creatures."
"It also makes it easier for me to pledge my allegiance to my master!" The imp named Zigi excitedly added.
When seeing the demon, Jess realized that he really had some misunderstandings about this warlock group. Now it seems that there are indeed some people here who have some real skills.
"Be quiet, Zigi." Then, Galdes looked at Jess.
"Such imps can be of great help to us. They can hide their forms and become invisible. But be careful, maintaining invisibility is a very concentration-demanding process. And the weakness of imps lies in... concentration. So once invisible, they can't do anything else except follow you. Once they shift their attention, they will immediately appear and be exposed in front of others. So, if you don't want to cause trouble for yourself and us, it's best not to let it do anything illegal casually. You understand what I mean. There are some people in Stormwind City who know demons better than us, and they won't allow these demons to run amok in the city."
Jess pondered the meaning of this sentence and asked, "Are you going to teach me the spell to summon an imp?"
Gagin said, "This is the extremely valuable spell I mentioned, Jess. Aren't you afraid? Surena and Erlan refused to learn to summon imps. They don't want to deal with demons. And Ursula... She seems to lack the talent to summon demons."
Galdes said, "According to the hermits in Ironforge, in this era when the Dark Portal has already opened, if one can't even learn to summon an imp, one is not worthy of calling oneself a warlock. But those guys in Ironforge are very arrogant. We don't need to pay attention to them. Ursula is a useful partner. Even if she can't summon an imp, she is still very beneficial to us. So you don't need to feel pressured. Even if you can't master it for a while, you can still help this group in other ways."
Summoning a demon. It's hard to say that Jess doesn't have any scruples, but this is indeed an extremely valuable spell. What Gagin said is true.
"I came here to learn new things."
"Very good." Gagin walked to the corner of the wall in front of the two people and, facing the open space in front of him, said, "Let me demonstrate—"
"Renéa, Taeni, Anvi, Solermi, Orgasobims."
As Gagin chanted, clusters of shadowy lights began to appear around him. This light was not obvious. Even in such a dark chamber, it could only be barely visible. But these shadowy lights seemed to become clearer and clearer little by little as he chanted, and the edges became sharper and sharper, as if condensing into runes and printing on the ground.
Soon, a fissure appeared in the middle of these runes. It was a black fissure. This black was even blacker than the shadow without light in the dark chamber. Immediately after, a small monster jumped out of it.
"Who brought me to where?"
This imp was different from Galdes'. Galdes' imp was all gray, while this imp was dark yellow all over.
"They don't seem to be the same kind of demon." Jess said.
Galdes explained, "It's possible. There are many kinds of imps, and they don't know each other either. But we don't know much about this yet."
"You can try it now." Gagin asked, "Do you want me to repeat it?"
"No need." Jess was very confident in his short-term memory.
He imitated Gagin's gestures and chanted, "Renéa, Taeni, Anvi Solermi, Orgasobims."
"Perfect." Galdes whispered, "You are a natural caster, Jess Setho. There is no doubt about it."
In the chanting of the spell, the runes condensed by shadows appeared, and an imp jumped out of the fissure.
Jess felt a wave of dizziness. It was as if something had taken away a part of him. A feeling of emptiness and weakness suddenly hit him.
He barely stood firm and saw clearly the little demon he had summoned. It was dark blue all over and chattered non-stop, but he didn't know what it was saying.
"Can't I understand what he's saying? Is this normal?"
Gagin said, "This weak thing doesn't know our language. You don't need to have any communication with him. Now I will teach you how to kill this demon. Remember, this spell can only end your own summoned demon and cannot be used to kill other demons."
Jess nodded. This was probably some kind of evil magic that strangled the other party within a contract. He could more or less guess.
Gagin chanted, "Bimsennoshi, Kutini, Alamahekin."
As soon as Gagin's spell ended, the yellowish-skinned imp he had summoned immediately screamed in pain as if its neck was being choked. Shouting "Why, why" and other strange common language, it suddenly disappeared in a burst of shadowy flames. The whole room brightened for an instant and then darkened again.
Galdes frowned. He obviously didn't like this scene.
The imp Jess had summoned also fell into panic. When Jess began to chant the same spell, it screamed wildly, but it didn't run away or try to attack anyone in this room.
After the spell was completed, the blue imp also disappeared in a ball of fire in front of everyone. A smell of scorching filled the room, like the smell of sulfur.
"Don't learn from Blackclaw." Gagin glanced at Galdes with disgust and said, "He wants to be friends with an imp. It's simply absurd."
Galdes said with a smile, "Don't try to control other people's thoughts, Gagin. Mutual respect is the prerequisite for working together."