Don’t Fear Of Darkness - Volume 1 Chapter 21 Experiments With Black Magic

Today Edmund said that I have a day off and I can spend it as I like. Initially, I planned to lay all day in bed when thought came to me. My Master, being a magician of light, has no idea how to use the magic of darkness, besides he wanted me not to use it at all, if possible, instead always have some artificial crystals with defensive and healing formations.

However, I would prefer to have an ace or two in the sleeve, because damn knows what can happen.

I tried to find some information in the books, but apart from a few generalizations I did not learn anything interesting. So I have only one option left.

Improvisation.

Under the pretext of walking with my familiars, I went to the forest. Five kilometers from the manor house there was a small clearing. From what the master said in a radius of 10 km from us, no one lives, so it was the perfect place.

(Well, we go with it.)

I stretched out my hand.

(Show it to yourself.)

I began to focus the mana in my hand, and then imagined the darkness that comes out of my hand. And here came an unusual problem, namely that the dark energy began to come out of my whole body except the hand. Well, it could always be worse.

(Or maybe it’s like in movies, I have to focus on my negative feelings, or something like that.)

I remembered Edmund’s malicious smile after he suddenly dug me into the forest without anything and I wandered a few days before I managed to come back. I was so angry that I wanted to tear him apart.

I caught this feeling and tried again, but to my disappointment the effect was the same. I tried a total of five times, after which I took a break.

(I was able to do with the elemental magic almost immediately, and now I can not even recall it, let alone use it in practice.)

The magic of the Soul is divided into light and darkness. In theory, it should depend on the feelings, or the magician’s personality, but from what the master told me, there were sc.u.m once, which used their magic to extremely horrible things, but it did not bother them in using the magic of light even a little, so the reason must be different.

I do not know why an old advertis.e.m.e.nt came to my mind, in which they f.u.c.k.i.e.d something about looking into their soul to get to know themselves better, or similar crap. I laughed at the thought when suddenly it dawned on me.

I tried to use this magic as well as elemental magic and it was a mistake because they come from two different places. Elemental magic evokes the power of nature that surrounds the magician. In that case, to take advantage of the magic of the soul I have to reach deeper into myself.

I focused on one of the black ribbons that came out of my body. My consciousness began to follow her once more, and then I noticed a small pitch black sphere from which a dark aura came. At the moment when I touched it, the ball waved and disintegrated. Suddenly a strange, difficult to describe feeling passed through my body. When the feeling passed, I felt that my energy was slightly stronger than before, and the black ribbons on my body disappeared.

(This time it will work!)

I raised my hand and almost right at that moment a black sphere, the size of a fist, appeared. I was megapodiarany that I came to this myself.

For a moment I played with the shape of energy, which, interestingly, was much more able to change form than the energy of the elements and simpler to use, as if it was an extension of my hand. Now I had to figure out how to apply it.

(Hmm, I’d want defense the most.)

I wanted to create an energy shield that would be able to surround a small area around me. The first time I was able to create a single wall. The second time I managed to form a dome that covered me and an area with a diameter of a meter. Everything would be nice if not …

“I do not see anything completely.”

Yes, the cover was so black that I did not see anything behind the barrier. It was only after 10 minutes that I managed to make the shield a little transparent. Now it’s time for practical tests.

“Xena, Bast attack the barrier.”

The Barghest’s heads grew single corners, which were twice as long as the one I had seen with Basta after waking up.

(I also see, they get stronger.)

The familiars charged the shield at high speed. At the moment when they collided with the shield, it slightly waved, but nothing else. Barghests, however, did not look discouraged and continued the attack. After 15 strokes on the target, cracks appeared, and after 20 the shield disintegrated completely. However, the barghests probably warp, because they could barely stand on their paws and to wobble from side to side, so I ordered them to rest. I decided that the shield came out quite well and thanks to practice it would be enough to withstand most of the average attacks.

Now I wanted to try the attack. I collected the mana, and then I wanted to direct her to a stone 10 meters away from me, but at the moment when I took a step forward, I slipped. I fell heavily on the backside, and a ball of black energy shot up and, flying by parabola, finally hit the bush growing nearby. Interestingly, apart from the fact that his branches dimmed a little, nothing else happened.

I got up all sore.

“Okay, let’s finish on this day, let’s go back.” I cried, then headed for the mansion.

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Edmund watched all Andrew actions from a tree 2 kilometers away from the clearing so that his pupil would not notice him.

Although he told him that it would be better not to use the magic of darkness, he himself knew too well what could happen when you can not use all your strengths well, so he will pretend that he knows nothing about this experiments. He was also very proud, that he came to this how to create an energy shield.

“You have the talent, kid and you will surpass me sooner than later.”

Now the only thing he could do was finish his training and make sure he would use his power well.

Edmund smiled to himself, then returned home.

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However, neither Andrew nor Edmund noticed that from the bush, which was hit with dark energy, spikes began to grow, and its branches began to lengthen and writhe as if they were alive, and then they buried deeply into the ground and froze in no motion.