Arak pondered for a moment and said, "Because I know a dark mage. ”

Ace asked in disbelief, "You mean, in Nanyun City, there is a dark magician?" ”

Arak nodded: "Yes, and you know this person too!" ”

"I know?" Ace was completely stunned, he actually knew a dark magician? How did you never know?

As if seeing the doubts in Ace's heart, Arak added: "Because the mages of the dark department are now the public enemies of the Wizards Association, once discovered, it is very likely that they will be sentenced to death by the Magicians Association!" ”

Ace asked again, "Then who is this person?" He was curious about that.

"He's your Monk's Butler Roque."

"What!" Ace was shocked, because Roque had always been a member of the Lionheart Knights, how could a knight be a dark mage?

Arak then recounted the previous events.

It turned out that Arak once went out in the wild to look for herbs and was targeted by a velocidal leopard. The velociraptor seized the moment when Arak's back was facing and pounced instantly.

This scene happened to be bumped into by Roque, who recited a very strange incantation, and the leopard screamed angrily, and fled in a hurry.

As a token of gratitude, Arak wanted to give all the herbs he had picked to Roque, but Roque refused.

After learning that Arak was an orphan, Roque would visit him from time to time and bring him some food or clothing. However, Arak had promised Roque that he would not tell anyone else about dark magic.

But at this time, seeing that Ace was also a shadow magician, and Roque himself was the chief butler of the Monchi family, it was impossible for Ace to tell this secret to others.

Ace thought to himself: I wonder if my father knows Uncle Roque's identity as a dark mage.

Arak said with envy: "I really didn't expect that your talent for magic cultivation is so high, and no one has taught you how to use your spiritual power to release magic, but you have already comprehended it yourself." Moreover, I heard Max say that dark magic is the most difficult to master, and that dark magicians are the rarest. ”

"First of all, there are very few people who can sense the dark magic stone, and secondly, if you don't have a high enough talent and later efforts, it is impossible to become a qualified dark mage."

"You must know that most magicians have to go through a long period of training before they can actually cast magic. Especially for the requirements of mental power, it is extremely high. ”

"By the way, the Empire does not allow magicians to cast magic without permission before entering the academy. So you'll try not to show it in the future, especially your dark magic. ”

Ace nodded: "Well, the emperor is not better than Nanyun City, where there are a mixture of fish and dragons, and I know the proportions myself." ”

Just as the two were talking, a shout suddenly came from Far EasTone Telecommunications: "Captain Takizawa is awake, he asked you to go over!" ”

The two looked over and saw that it was Sam who was shouting.

Returning to the alchemist's house where Takizawa was cultivating, everyone gathered around the bed to discuss the next trip.

Although the toxins in Takizawa's body have been basically removed, the terrifying scar on his chest has not healed. At this time, he could only barely sit up.

"Arak, thank you so much this time. If you hadn't stopped the further spread of the toxin in time, I wouldn't be able to speak here now. Takizawa said with a pale face.

Arak touched the back of his head: "Actually, the situation was urgent, and I wasn't completely sure, so I could only take the risk and give it a try." But I also know that if you let it go at the time, you won't make it to dawn. ”

Takizawa endured the pain caused by the pulling of the wound, and squeezed out a smile: "Anyway, half of my life Takizawa is saved by you." In the future, if you have any trouble or need any help, you can come to me in the Night Wolf Knights. ”

Arak nodded in agreement.

Takizawa straightened his face: "Okay, let's get down to business!" To tell you the truth, you all saw that night, that black mutant wolf was by no means an ordinary species, it seemed to have been eroded by some mysterious force, and it had undergone a huge mutation. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but get nervous.

"I must report the situation here to the Imperial Capital as soon as possible, although I have just sent a letter, but to be on the safe side, it is better for us to rush back to the Imperial Capital as soon as possible. For my sake, we've been here for two days. So let's set off tomorrow and continue on our way. ”

Since even Takizawa, who is physically injured, said so, then the others naturally have no opinion.

After returning to the room he had temporarily borrowed, Ace closed the door and took the codex back from his arms.

He had always wondered why every incantation in this code was not followed by a commentary. In the past, when I was learning magic knowledge from that junior magician in Nanyun City, every legal book I had read had many explanations on it.

It's just that most of the related knowledge I have seen before is an introduction to the five systems of magic and theoretical knowledge, and rarely involves real magic spells.

On the top of this code, most of the contents recorded are some strange shapes of magic circles. Since there were no annotations, Ace didn't know exactly what these drawn circles did.

"It seems that I can only find a way to go to the imperial capital and see if I can find a hidden dark magician and let him teach me how to use these magic spells and magic circles."

At this time, Ace had already made up his mind, and when he arrived in the imperial capital, in addition to learning casting from the dwarven forger, he also had to practice dark magic by heart. In any case, in this world of the jungle, one's own strength is always the most reliable dependence.

As for whether others will notice that his magic is different at that time, Ace can't care so much at this time.

I don't know why, since he started learning the dark magic of this codex, he seems to be much more sensitive to everything around him than before.

As he was now, he was lying on the bed, but he could really feel that above the railing outside the window, there was an owl looking around, even if it didn't make any noise.

And in the corner under the bed, a cunning rat has just come out of the burrow, thinking that it is about to go out to find food.

This kind of change makes Ace feel extremely comfortable, at least a lot more secure.