Chapter 135: The Demon God of Investment (1)
At the pinnacle of the azure tower, located in the northern district of the capital Drunta, an elderly man with a chest-length gray beard posed a question to Karnak. The man was none other than Deltros, Eustil's court mage and master of the tower.
"Are you truly practicing such magic?"
He was referring to Redeemer of Necromancy, the ultimate magic belonging to the Dallas school. In an era rife with the chaos of the Shadow of Doom, it was an exceptionally valuable spell. The more mages who mastered it, the easier it became to counter necromancers in battle. Upon hearing of Karnak's usage of this magic, Deltros had no choice but to summon him immediately.
"Well, I had no idea such a thing as the Dallas school even existed..."
He didn't doubt Karnak's claim. After all, it was a historical fact that Dallas, a court mage from 150 years ago, had once lived. The notion that Dallas had secretly left behind a spellbook, which Karnak had coincidentally discovered and mastered, was not implausible within the field of magical academia. What intrigued him most was a different matter.
"At that time, necromancers were nearly nonexistent. Why would someone even research such magic?"
"I wouldn't know. I merely studied what was left behind," Karnak replied nonchalantly, handing Deltros the spell formula for Redeemer of Necromancy. "This is the magic my late master passed down.”
Examining the parchment, Deltros's expression stiffened slightly. "This is an awfully troublesome type of magic."
As a ninth circle mage, he quickly grasped its strengths and weaknesses. To wield the spell effectively, the caster required an exceptional ability to sense death energy or needed to instinctively identify flaws in the opponent’s magic formulas. Alternatively, the caster needed extensive knowledge of necromancy to dominate their opponent outright.
Since no mage could truly master both magic and necromancy simultaneously, the spell's power hinged entirely on the caster's natural talent.
"It's a method heavily dependent on innate aptitude, isn't it?” Deltros asked him.
“That’s right. I only recently became proficient enough to use it in real combat," Karnak admitted.