Arcane Academy: The Divine Extraction Legacy

Chapter 69 Spirit Of The Mirror

”Rune Blessing?” Vale repeated. He wasnʼt interested in Neilʼs identity. Whether heʼs an illegitimate son or even an adopted son, he doesnʼt care.

However, the Rune Blessing is new to him… He looked at Chad Bulmung hoping that he knows about it but unfortunately, he only shook his head.

He was also clueless about the Rune Blessing.

Luckily, Blair Etton was close to them and was able to explain what it was.

”Rune Blessing is similar to our Darkness Possession…” He explained in a few words.

Professor Harrison heard this as well and immediately found a way to divert the topic. Itʼs not good to stay on the topic of Neilʼs identity.

”Ahem… Blair was right. The Rune Blessing is indeed similar to our factionʼs Darkness Possession, itʼs their ritual before accepting a practitioner. If youʼre curious, the Elemental Arts Faction has Elemental Baptism. The Alchemy Arts Faction has Fire Infusion. The Summoning Arts Faction has Grimoireʼs Election and the Mystic Arts Faction has Mystical Lawʼs Trial to name a few.”

Vale and the others repeated these rituals in their minds as they found this topic quite interesting. As someone who had suffered from the Darkness Possession, they were obviously curious about the other Arcane Paths.

”Itʼs my first time hearing about this.”

”Me too. These things werenʼt in any books Iʼve read.”

”I wonder if we can also walk on this path even if we already completed the Darkness Possession.”

”Hah… Thatʼs possible if you want your body to collapse and die painfully.”

Professor Harrison also agreed to this. ”Thatʼs right. You canʼt walk on two paths or your body will be unable to support your life.”

”Yes, Professor. Weʼre only joking about it.” Junius said as he fixed his reading glass.

In any case, learning the names of the other pathʼs rituals felt like their horizons are broadening… They also wanted to ask the professor what was being done in those rituals she mentioned but at this time, Neil has already recovered and started to call for Valeʼs participation.

”I think Vale is now ready to participate. Since Iʼve done my part, I hope that our strongest classmate will not back out.” Neil said interrupting everyoneʼs thoughts.

Of course, now that they gained some juicy information from Neil thanks to the mirror, everyone was now interested to hear Valeʼs information.

Vale glanced at him for a moment before shaking his head. It seems that he had truly offended this guy for having a record-high Spirit Strand.

To be honest, he was also a bit worried after watching Neilʼs performance. He had realized that Neil had wanted to unhand the mirror the moment it spoke but he failed to do so.

It seems that after completing the chant or the ritual to call for the mysterious existence, there would be 10 to 15 seconds where Mennena canʼt be interrupted while talking.

Only after passing this mark will he be able to release the mirror and cut it off from speaking.

”Vale, are you ready?” Professor Harrison asked.

”Yes, Professor…” Vale answered as he stood up from his seat.

”Donʼt be nervous… If you feel that your energy is being consumed, donʼt panic, and just let it be. Itʼs normal to happen during a ritual since every time you call for a mysterious existence through a Mystical Item, something must be traded in exchange. In this case, the mirror will require your energy to be consumed in exchange.” Professor Harrison reminded.

Vale nodded in acknowledgment before he started the ritual.

”Esteemed ArchFey of the Third Era, the 13th Warden of the Spirit World, the current Spirit of the Pristine Mirror, grant me your audience… In accordance with the vow, a practitioner of the Darkness Path will find the light within the darkness and itʼll outshine even the darkest of shades.”

Vale recited calmly as he observe the changes in the mirror. He didnʼt mind the slight decrease in his energy since he was quite used to it.

Then, the room suddenly turned quiet as everyone wanted to hear the existenceʼs assessment of Vale. Even his new friends were curious about this matter so they all waited with bated breath.

”Hmm? Youʼre using Vale—” Mennena didnʼt even finish speaking before Vale cut her off.

”Esteemed ArchFey Mennena, itʼs an honor to meet you.” Vale interrupted.

Since he canʼt unhand the object, he decided to engage in a conversation instead!

Furthermore, Vale mentioned Mennenaʼs name since according to the advanced book he read, this is the best way to communicate with the existence they called.

It must be remembered that the ritual itself doesnʼt include Mennenaʼs name. However, before the activity began, Professor Harrison purposedly mentioned the existenceʼs name and he believed that it was for this reason!

It was to directly communicate with existence instead of letting it rant whatever it wanted to say.

Professor Harrisonʼs eyes lit up after seeing Vale unafraid of communicating with the existence in the mirror.

ʼI guess he obtained that 25 Spirit Strand for a reason…ʼ Shirley mused as she looked at Vale with interest.

In her previous classes over the past few years, it was normal for her to see terrified students after seeing that the Mirror would somehow emit a feminine voice.

Furthermore, the reflection thatʼll youʼll see in the mirror will still be your face that seems to have been possessed by the spirit of the mirror… It was quite creepy and only those who were holding the mirror would understand the terrifying experience.

”Oh? So you know my name… Very well, I can tell that you have a very strong desire to find corpses. Why is that? Are you planning to be a Necromancer?” Mennena asked.

”Ahem… I havenʼt decided what to specialize in as of yet. Do you have a recommendation?” Vale replied politely ignoring the first question.

”I donʼt recommend Necromancy. Just become a normal Dark Spellcaster. Ugh, whatʼs with your Spell Model? Itʼs weird. I canʼt make a recommendation for your set of spells if you have that.”

Vale immediately understood that Mennena saw through his first Spell Model. He didnʼt reply to that as he decided to end their conversation.

Heʼs still uncomfortable since his whole class is listening to his conversation with the mirror.