'I agree' I said smiling,

Niphyala smiled back and said "Excellent! we shall begin immediately!"

'Wait right now?!?!' I scoffed,

"Yes right now!" she said excitedly, she then began explaining magic theory, categorisations and practical examples

"There are 3 categories of magic: Elemental Magic, Arcane Magic and Divine Magic, the way to cast Elemental magic is by harmonising your core magical power with the environment around you and using that magical energy to control it and in advanced cases evoke it very few monsters can do this due to the fact you need to have a connection with nature we will not be focusing on this and I will mainly be teaching you the Arcane and bit of Divine Magic, speaking of which The way you use Arcane Magic by harmonising mana with your body or through your body into an object to give it different properties like to buff your strength, speed or weight this Magic can be be used to engrave enchantments onto items, many believe that enchantments are the work of Divinity however this is falsehood created by many churches that pay off Scholars of the arts to give fake statements supporting this claim but I digress to the 3'rd and final category of magic, The way you use Divine magic is by calling upon your Deity or Patron to give you a small portion of there mana this mana has different properties dependant on the God you serve for example: If you use a Fire Deities mana to launch a fire spell or control fire it will increase the efficacy of the spell but by consequence if you try and use that mana to use a water based spell it will be significantly weaker, we will be looking at Arcane Magic predominantly, do you know what that means? if your thinking fighting and hitting things then you'd be correct!"

and so began a slog of casting magic, passing out due to mana exhaustion, testing new properties of arcane magic on my body and punching stuff, really, REALLY, REALLY hard and after a while I started using the [Heart of Mana] skill and started to absorb the mana from the surrounding environment, with it I managed to sustain my spells, augments and improve my efficiency with all of my spells I even managed to summon a hell flame but my use of [Heart of Mana] didn't go without notice and Niphyala began questioning me about it

"Cut the act, you're using the environments magic, it should be nearly impossible for you to do considering you're undead" I replied trying to cover myself

'I do not believe I need to tell you anything about tha...t' in front of me I saw a massive blackened figure who was staring me down with 8 glowing red eyes suffice to say I was thoroughly spooked  'OKOKOK I'LL TELL YOU!!! PLEASE DON'T MURDER IN MY SLEEP OK!!!' Niphyala then said in a domineering and slow tone

"Explain Now" At those rather Bone Rattling words I spilled the beans

'Alright um well to make it short I basically pull magic energy towards me from any sources nearby willing or NOT' she seemed rather chilled after those last words

"So what you're basically doing is sucking all of the Mana into you like an abyss your existence is...Strange...theoretically speaking it should be impossible due to the flux of all the mana in different forms...the closest thing to it would be Elemental Magic or.......'THAT' " foreboding words, I will not forget them or handle them lightly.

Almost forgot to checkup on my status

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Name: Kris Stella           Level:00517

Race: Bladed Skeleton                Rank: E

SKILLS: Summon Weapon(Maximum Summon Limit:1): [MACE(blunt weapon x2 damage to Carapaced and Armoured/Heavy Weaponry 2x damage to Heavy enemies, bonuses stack)], [LONG SWORD(cutting x 2 to Fleshy, Squishy and Soft/light weapon 2 x damage to light targets, bonuses stack)] (stat bonuses:x10 to damage whilst in use), Weapon Mastery: 50% to nullify damage if your weapon is used to block the attack, Fury: 10x all stats when angered suffer immense pain whilst in use(does not deal damage to you), Flame Lord: can infuse hellfire into: objects, your body and all armours/weapons, mana cost is variable, Suffering: Deal damage to your enemies in a 10 metre radius, damage equal to how much health you choose to siphon off per minute e.g 10hp per second is 10 damage per second in the radius (is effected by physical resistances) pain dealt equivalent to the fraction of damage done to you per second e.g 1/10’th is like smashing your toe and face against a spiky metallic wall every second.

PASSIVES: Tough: 3x multiplier to strength, dexterity, constitution and vitality, Smithing: knowledge of forging weapons and armour, Sentience: Retains human level of intelligence (until wisdom and intelligence reaches regular human levels), Heart of Mana: Absorbs mana from your surroundings, allows you to have as much mana as the environment around you can absorb mana at a Maximum rate: 4 Mana per minute every 1 square metre, Minimum rate: 0.1 Mana per minute every 1 square metre,  Maximum radius: 20 Metres in a circular radius, Minimum radius: 2 Metres in a circular radius

Evolution Bonus!: Armoured Tank: 90% less damage taken, Three Sharpened Blades: several 1 metre long claws protrude from each of your fists on command, 3x damage per claw. (light weapon 2 x damage to light targets, cutting x 2 to Fleshy, Squishy and Soft and blunt force x2 damage to Carapaced and Armoured bonuses are applied and stack)

Job Bonuses:Warriors Spirit: 2x Hp Regen, Analyse: Shows information of things you want to know(this skill is gained by any who gain a job), Blood Restoration: You suck up blood in your surroundings within a 30 metre radius healing you for a ratio 1L of blood= 100Hp

WEAKNESSES: Temperatures Over: 800 Degrees Celsius, Corrosion 

IMMUNITIES: Poison, Gasses, Cold, Drowning

TRAITS: Heavy/Armoured/Undead

Titles: The Eighth One, Workaholic(NEW!)

Stats:

Health: 17220 Mana: 30 (Reg Human Lv1: Hp: 60, Mp: 40)

Health Regen: 34.2 Mana Regen: 0.1 per minute(Reg Human Lv1: Hp Regen: 0.4 , Mp Regen: 2 per minute)

Constitution: 2870 (Reg Human Lv1: 10) 

Vitality: 1710 (Reg Human Lv1: 40) 

Strength: 1680 (Reg Human Lv1: 4) 

Dexterity: 1278 (Reg Human Lv1: 10)

Intelligence: 30 (Reg Human Lv1: 40) 

Wisdom: 100 (Reg Human Lv1:200) 

Available Stat Points: 0  

Passive Gained!: Casting Efficiency: Casting Spells is 50% faster and costs 50% less mana, Multi-Tasking: Can think and do a maximum of 4 different things at the same time with the same efficiency as doing 1

Skill Gained!: Augmentation Magic: Can Augment bodily functionality, properties and traits dependant on how much mana is used and how effectively it’s used this can also be used to enchant items if you are well versed in the area, Make Pact: Can call upon a higher being to make a contract or accept them as their Deity

Title Gained!: Workaholic

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Hmmm, huh? I got a new Title? AWESOME! doesn't seem like a good one but at least it's something! so what to do next? Maybe I should travel downward into the dungeon's depths and fight a damned Lich...god those guys would never shut up back home...anyway I should probably talk to Niphyala about it, let's go see if she's up for an adventure!

10 minutes later

I once again arrive back at the Scorpion Den's entrance and strangely enough...Niphyala wasn't their...where could she be?

Chapter End

To be continued