With that, Ren smirked. He could finally awaken his clones! All his clones would become class awakeners from now on. And also, he needed to level up his main class to accumulate more clones. The more the better!
Though his celebration was put to halt, he was facing his new master that was focused on teaching him....
"My son will become Necromancer! Yey!" Shouted his father Renji.
"Yes! Go! Brother will become strong!" Rey yelled.
"Go go, train him," his mother said and then pushed Ren on the back.
"Yes, with pleasure! I roamed the lands to find a suitable candidate. And here it is, given to me in this remote place. I could already feel his potential." He muttered. Bowing slightly he said, "Please let me train him. It is my lifelong dream to have a student."
"Yes of course. It is our dream!" Anna wiped her tears.
It was then, they burned the bodies and there were casualties. Seven were dead and twenty plus were wounded that was healed by his mother.
It was chaos and the aftermath was more chaotic. All were busy in cleaning the village and they watched out for more potential threats.
They were in the borders of human kingdom and their territory will be the first to get attacked by demon forces. Making them the first ones to get slaughtered when a war from monsters would happen.
"They are just scouts, the main army was coming. The Ogre forces were a thousand strong." Reginald said. Sending chills and worries to those who heard it.
"We will evacuate the villagers. The rest who could fight will be on standby. He said. I will scout the borders with Parthenax." He said then told Lux to be on his way.
"Lux, you must also report this to the Kingdom." He said.
"Okay, I will send a messenger. I need to stay and protect this family." Lux said then nodded.
"Okay, do what you must." Reginold then climbed Parthenax and they take off.
They soon prepared and Ren was being taught by his master. He has to master it in few days before the main army would arrive.
"Dark arts awakener is rare. They were only a hundred dark mages in a thousands of mages." Xule announced. He smiled at them and Ren's heart rejoiced.
Meanwhile, Ren became a student of Xule and it was not going smoothly. Xule then summoned a skeleton and It watched Ren. To be frank, his summons were looking strong. With Xule's martial prowess, he would be normally in disadvantage. He noticed that they possess the same aura of Xule inside his skeleton summons. Inheriting the martial instincts of the Summoner.
"Ahhhh I will spar them immediately?" Ren shouted. "Yes! Don't even think of holding back?" Xule responded.
"Really?" Ren questioned.
The skeletons walked, gripping weapons in their hands. They shrieked at him and then, they dashed towards Ren. Ren immediately drew his sword and then prepared to sparr with the skeletons.
He gripped his sword and then slashed the 3 skeletons simultaneously. Three skeletons were summoned after a second and then they clashed weapons.
He wanted to run away but the skeletons were able to block his path. "Wait! They are numerous and I am just only one, this is unfair!" Ren protested.
Still, Xule did not stop and even raised more. "Ten is my limit. Learn this Ren, if you feared the skeletons, then you feared your powers. That means you can't save anybody or your family if you will not use your power yourself. I will not let you sleep at all until your fear hasn't subsided."
"Ah! Please!" Ren complained more.
"Hmm, I guess, it can't be helped. Ren, the thing is, I am left with no choice. What if, I will make your fear to skeletons to hatred to skeletons. What if, I will use skeletons kill Rey and your parents?" Xule said then smirked.
Ren was silent. Then flickered, he appeared right on Xule's face and a dagger was on his cheeks. Making his cheeks bled with a small slit.
Boom!
Ren watched him with eyes burning with anger. "Don't even mention skeletons. I will kill even Gods to save them." Ren said to him then withdraw his weapon.
"Man, am I raising a monster? Good, good! That's better! I like the imagery of your eyes. Let that fire in your eyes burn your enemies." He said.
With it, he saw that his summons were missing. They only became bits of bones on the ground.
"Wait? Where are my summons? Did they perished? That explosion, don't tell me....."
The skeletons crumbled into bits on the ground and Xule was taken aback. Upon a moment of realization, he yelled out loud, "Wait!? Did you killed ten skeletons before you made a slit on my cheeks? My skeletons won't shatter that easily. Don't tell me you surpassed their health points with your damage in a short time." He muttered. His sweat trickled on his cheeks and then gulped his saliva.
"I can kill you anytime if I wanted to...." Ren turned serious.
Xule then smiled. He expects more in this kid. "Good. I like that monstrous soul inside your eyes." He was clearly impressed.
"I will then teach you summon skeletons." He demonstrated his skill. He put his hands on the ground and then cast the skill.
Right then after. Skeletons rose from the ground. "Ren, this my skill summon skeletons. Ten is my limit. You see, skeletons are soulless. That meant that you will control them by a link to your soul." He explained then let them move. He raised his hands and pointed his palm towards Ren as he controlled them.
"Your soul or mind will split up and put to the skeletons. Then control them all at once. You will feel that your presence were all on the skeletons at the same time. Like you are many. So to train, you need to start with one then two."
Ren then felt that he was indeed learning and then his fear has dissipated.
Xule grabbed a paper then handed it to him. It glowed after Ren hold it. It was a skill page nonetheless.
Ren then received and then saw the skill.
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Skill name: Summon Skeletons
Description: Summon Skeletons that has the soul of the caster that controls it.
Effects: Summon a soulless skeleton that has the soul of the caster and burns soul willpower to summon and mana to maintain.
Skill type: Active
Willpower cost: 20 to summon
Mana cost: 1 per second per summon
...
Immediately Ren used the skill and summoned one. Then tried to summon another. Till he reached five.
"Wow, I can't make even 3 in my first try. Ren you are a genius!" Right then after, Ren felt a perturbing and palpable pain but he gulped his saliva. "For my family, I will not be shackled but use them! These are not my enemies that I must fear but my power that I will use. To get my revenge and pay back for what they did to me."
"As for your attack skill, this might come in handy." Xule handed a skill page.
...
Skill name: Soul Blast
Description: Summon a burning Soul to stun enemies
Effects: Deals 10 magical damage and stun enemies for 1 second
Cooldown: 1 second
Duration: 1 second
Damage type: Magic
Skill type: Active
Mana cost: 30