Edmond, following the contents of the book, tried his best to calm down, then attempted to project his Mental Power outwards.
Before long, he successfully sensed the magic power around him.
Although his eyes were closed, with the help of his Mental Power, Edmond gained a brand-new field of vision.
Relying on his Mental Power, he successfully saw the surrounding environment.
Although the image was very blurry, it was still displayed.
Furthermore, there were some other things around him.
The surrounding air was permeated with dense black gas; besides this, there were many gases of various colors mixed within it.
Red, green, yellow…
However, compared to the black gas, the other colors were much fewer.
“Are these magic power?”
Edmond “watched” these scenes and muttered in his heart.
At this moment, the Man in the Black Robe, who had been quietly watching Edmond from the side, suddenly shuddered.
He could clearly feel a wave of Mental Power emanating from Edmond’s body and sweeping across him.
“He succeeded already?!”
The Man in the Black Robe could no longer remain calm; he stood up abruptly and stared at Edmond in shock.
How long had it been?
He didn’t even know if it had been two minutes, yet he had succeeded so quickly.
It was understandable that he had finished reading the Meditation content in the book so quickly earlier, because Edmond said he knew how to read.
But Meditation was completely different; that relied entirely on the strength of one’s Mental Power.
On the other side, Edmond was “watching” the various colored gases around him, attempting to use his Mental Power to pull them over.
The most important point of Meditation was using Mental Power to attract and control magic power.
After being pulled by his Mental Power, the surrounding magic power suddenly acted as if it had life.
Those black gases, as if they had seen something they extremely loved, swarmed over in a rush.
However, the gases of other colors were very resistant; Edmond tried several times, but they remained indifferent.
The black gas, on the other hand, was the exact opposite; it appeared very obedient, constantly shifting along with his Mental Power.
“What is going on?”
Seeing this, Edmond felt very confused.
The book only recorded content related to Meditation; this situation was not explained.
Thinking of this, Edmond stopped his Meditation directly.
Afterwards, without waiting for the Man in the Black Robe to ask, he took the initiative to tell him about the situation just now.
After hearing Edmond’s words, the Man in the Black Robe opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn’t speak.
From his skull-like face, Edmond could actually see both excitement and regret.
After a while, the Man in the Black Robe stood up, took Edmond downstairs, and arrived at a nearby forest.
“Try Meditation here.”
Although he didn’t know why, Edmond still sat down and began to practice Meditation.
With the experience from last time, he succeeded in his Meditation almost instantly this time.
This time, the scene around him had changed; the dense black gas in the air had become very scarce, almost to the point of disappearing.
Replacing it, a kind of green gas had become very dense, and besides that, other colored gases had also increased.
However, the situation this time was basically no different from the last; the gases of other colors were still very resistant to Edmond.
Those black gases, however, “joyfully” swarmed over.
After Meditation ended, Edmond stood up and said to the Man in the Black Robe:
“There is no change; it is the same situation.
The other colored gases are very resistant to me.”
The Man in the Black Robe did not speak immediately.
After a moment of silence, he looked at Edmond and said in an extremely hoarse voice:
“The situation just now indicates that your affinity for Necrotic Magic is very high, but your affinity for other attributes of magic power is very low.”
“Affinity?
What is that?”
Edmond asked.
The Man in the Black Robe began to explain:
“For a mage, the most important things are Mental Power and affinity for magic power.”
“Affinity is your ‘compatibility’ with magic power.
The higher the affinity, the easier it is for you to absorb that attribute of magic power, and the more adept you will be at controlling it.”
“Conversely, the lower the affinity, the more difficult it will be for you to absorb and control magic power.”
After listening, Edmond instantly understood the situation just now.
“Then my situation just now…”
“The situation just now indicates that your affinity for Necrotic Magic is very high, but your affinity for other attributes of magic power is very low.”
The Man in the Black Robe continued directly from Edmond’s words.
“If you choose to become a Necromancer like me, then your achievements will be higher than mine, and much higher at that.”
“However, I advise you not to become a Necromancer.”
The tone of the Man in the Black Robe began to turn somber.
He had originally just sensed that Edmond’s Mental Power was strong, so he wanted to bring him back to cultivate him.
It wasn’t that he wanted Edmond to become a Necromancer, but simply that he wanted someone to inherit his legacy so that others would remember him.
Even if the other person was not a Necromancer.
In fact, it would be better if they weren’t a Necromancer; that way, they would live a little longer.
“Why?”
Edmond asked curiously.
The Man in the Black Robe did not explain, but instead untied the black robe on his body, revealing his upper body.
With just one glance, Edmond was instantly stunned in place.
The exposed upper body before him was just like the man’s face; it looked like there wasn’t a shred of flesh, with skin tightly clinging to the bones.
It looked just like the skeleton from earlier, only covered with a layer of human skin.
Through that thin skin, Edmond could even see the organs inside beating incessantly.
“Ugh~”
Immediately, Edmond lowered his head and couldn’t stop retching.
If it were just a skeleton or a corpse, he might not have reacted like this.
But the Man in the Black Robe’s appearance truly exceeded his imagination.
Ignoring Edmond’s retching, the Man in the Black Robe laughed and said:
“This is the price of becoming a Necromancer.
Necrotic Magic is different from other attributes of magic power; it is completely opposite to us, the living.”
“Necrotic Magic will constantly erode our flesh, making us more and more frail.”
“The longer you cultivate, the less human you will become.
You can only watch yourself turn into a monster day by day!”
“Do you know how long I have been a Necromancer?!”
“I am eighty-three years old this year, and I have only been a Necromancer for a little over thirty years, yet I have turned from a normal person into this current appearance!”
“And it won’t be long before I die.
The lifespan of a Necromancer is actually barely a hundred years!”