Chapter 60 : The Familiar Back Under The Moonlight
West District of Westview Town
As the night stretched into the early morning, the town fell into a deep silence. The cold streets were empty, and the lights of the roadside shops were nearly turned off.
Only one tavern sign remained illuminated, its colorful lights reflecting off the water-stained road surface, creating sparkling waves.
Inside the tavern.
"You didn't take back the Darkhold?" Master Sterling listened attentively as Stephen told him about Finn and Wanda's use of the Darkhold. His expression was grave.
In the minds of the older generation of sorcerers, anyone who practiced black magic was part of a cult, committing all sorts of dark deeds.
"Master Sterling, it's 2025. As long as black magic doesn't have any backlash effects, the morality of the practitioner is irrelevant," Stephen replied, taking a sip from his glass, then setting it down, saying nothing more.
Others might not know it, but as a direct disciple of the Ancient One, Stephen knew that, to outsiders, he was the Sorcerer Supreme, standing above all.
In reality, however, he also practiced black magic, absorbing power from the realm of Mephisto.
The Ancient One had not fallen due to this; in fact, she used dark magic to fight against Mephisto's dimensional invasion.
It was from then that Stephen realized that as long as one practiced black magic without doing evil, it wasn't wrong to pursue it day and night.