The Dark Room

"Well, first things first. The somaturgy expert might take a bit longer to come. There seems to be something big happening lately and everyone seems abnormally busy… But. There is one thing that you could do for the time being, and that is to study materials that mages frequently use," Nasst said and gave Evin another thick book. 

Evin took it in his hands and found that although it was quite thick, it was mostly filled with drawings of various organic and inorganic materials. 

"You don't have to memorize that book, but you could give it a read, get familiar with the materials, especially the ones that work well with the Dark World. If you encounter something difficult, you can ask me, or the other instructors. It seemed like the previous instructor assigned to you, Losha, was quite knowledgeable about various Mana-beast variations and Lesser races"

The last two words drew Evin's attention.

"Lesser races?" he asked.