His main concern was still about whether he should concentrate his time and energy on improving a certain element or improving all the elements he had in the first place. Both options, after all, had their own pros and cons.
After knowing the crux of Emery’s dilemma, Magus Xion started by checking his condition. He put his hand on Emery’s body and began channeling his energy into his disciple’s core.
Moments later, after completing his inspection on the two cores, Magus Xion heaved a sigh and fixed his gaze on Emery, causing the latter to not know what to do. For a brief period, the man was stunned, and as he looked at his master’s facial expression, Emery was visibly worried.
The reaction Magus Xion showed prompted Emery to ask a question.
”Is it really that bad, Master?”
”Bad? No, no,” replied Magus Xion quickly when he realized he was in a daze. “The term that I think and want to use is that it is marvelous, but at the same time it is also terrifying.” The man remarked with a complex expression on his face.
Emery’s brows furrowed when he heard that. He was concerned and didn’t understand what his master actually meant and since he was still befuddled by confusion, he continued to ask.
”What’s your opinion then, Master? What do you think about what I should do next? Emery wondered.
”As I have said earlier, Emery. I don’t have the capacity to provide any advice regarding your core situation. So instead of giving an opinion that may or may not help you, let me explain about being a magus of darkness, and what it truly means.”
Even though he was a bit disappointed, Emery still remained calm in his position. Now that he knew his master couldn’t help the dilemma about his cores, he waited for Magus Xion to start explaining more and further about the Law of Darkness.
In order to make sure Emery could understand the ensuing explanation with ease, Magus Xion started off by opening up his stats and letting the former take a look.
[Xion]
[Magus Realm – Crescent Moon]
[Law of Darkness 10%]
[Law of Shadow 14%]
[Battle Power 325]
[Soul force: 248]
Emery was stunned when he saw his master’s stats. He was amazed by the two laws stated there.
”Wow, Master! You have actually comprehended two laws!” Emery’s eyes shone as he spoke those words. “But what is the meaning of the soul force written there?”
A surprised look appeared on Magus Xion’s face. “You don’t know what a soul force is? That’s embarrassing!”
The fact that Emery did not know about the soul force caught Magus Xion off guard, to say the least.
Magus Xion slightly shook his head before explaining that once a soul entered a spirit core and turned into a soul core, at this stage, the usual term of spirit force would be replaced by soul force. In other words, soul force was the term used to quantify the total soul prowess when one broke through to the magus realm.
”In addition, the soul force is in line with your understanding of the law,” added Magus Xion.
He then explained that it was his accumulation of the two laws that gave him a not small advantage over the other Crescent Moon magus. However, at the same time, it was also the reason he still had not yet broken through to the Half Moon stage.
”I just need another comprehension of the Shadow Law, then my power will multiply by at least a hundred soul force”
These information from Magus Xion actually made Emery realize an important fact, that although it was more effective to focus on one law, having multiple laws wasn’t really a waste of time as his soul force would increase following his subsequent comprehension.
Just this one piece of information had already taken a portion of his worry away.
After that, Emery asked the next question he wanted an answer to.
”Master, what is exactly the difference between your two laws? I honestly thought that dark and shadow were the same things, but it seems I was wrong.”
Magus Xion laughed when he heard Emery’s words.
”Haha, you’re right, but you’re not wrong either.”
Under the confused gaze of Emery, Magus Xion explained the slight difference between the two.
”At a glance, it’s actually not strange for you to think that the two are the same. But if you delve deeper into the two, you will realize that darkness is about emptiness while shadow is about the absence of light.”
”Darkness could exist by itself and even be eternal. Shadow, however, can not exist without light. That is the most basic understanding of the Shadow Law, and the inspiration to my [Shadow Edge] and [Weeping Phantom].”
Magus Xion explained that out of the 10 laws, light and darkness were considered the special ones because the two have the most diversified laws compared to the others. Afterwards, he began to explain other known types of Darkness Law.
Law of Gravity; this particular law was related to the understanding of Earth Law, something that Emery could definitely explore. But in reality, he had never once had an encounter to learn it. Instead, he saw so many of his enemies using it. Lodos the Maniac and Hades of the Nephilim, to be exact.
Law of Space; this was the law that constituted his main spells [Blink] and [Spatial Gate]. In this retrospect, Emery was pretty sure that Khaos was either space or shadow.
Law of Curses and Law of Death; these two governed over illness, weakness, and death. Necromancy, the one Hades displayed by raising up the dead, was considered as part of these two laws.
Suddenly, Emery noticed that Magus Xion seemed to mention of the next law differently
Law of Massacre.
Magus Xion heard a certain elf comprehended and improved the law by killing wantonly and unceremoniously. The more massacres he did, the stronger he became. The particular individual who comprehends this exact law was one of the legendary elves, that was crazed for blood.
He then tried to stop thinking about the past and continue,
Law of Calamity; this one was similar to the Law of Massacre in its destructive capability, but involved faith and elements of nature to master.
”There is also a set of laws that are known to feed on emotions; Greed, Wrath, Pride, Lust, Sloth, Envy, and Gluttony. They were the personification of negative emotions, hence they’re within the corridor of Darkness Law.”
Emery was getting confused again, finding such laws difficult to comprehend.
Realizing this, Magus Xion patiently explained the possible output of these laws that he once heard.
Greed could boost one’s artifact until it reached godly level.
Wrath could employ the rage and fury within to amply one’s power to an unreasonable degree.
Pride could have a fortification ability that nullified all physical and magical attacks
Lust could gain power through acts of wordly intimacy.
Sloths could have the most powerful recovery abilities among their peers.
Envy could take divine weapons or one’s ability for their own.
The things Emery had just heard was something that was both bizarre and beyond imagination. Surprisingly, just hearing about these laws by itself already gave him much understanding of the darkness element.
But then, he realized that his master seemed to have forgotten one law.
”What about gluttony, Master? You missed that one.”
At this question, Magus Xion smiled before calmly opening his mouth.
”Gluttony has a lot in common with the law that is currently starting to take place in your foundation…”
Hearing this, Emery quickly guessed what his master meant.
”The Law of Devour.”