Meditation Techniques

"To begin, I need to first tell you about the three distinctions between mages, this is the path that you will walk on in your search for the truth," said Errol as four words appeared behind him.

Mage Apprentice

Mage

Archmage

"In fact, the Mage path is quite straightforward and without many complexities at it's most basic level, it also has a lot of leeway on how things operate," said Errol as a model of the human body appeared next to him.

"To first become a Mage Apprentice, one must first condense mana, a form of energy created by the elemental energies surrounding us after being assimilated by our bodies," said Errol before continuing.

"I must get one thing out of the way, the reason you were only provided the very beginning of the basic meditation technique is very simple, it's useless"

"The reason the Basic Meditation the basic meditation technique is considered useless even though it has the same quality as an average meditation technique is very simple," said Errol before asking Beatrice a question.

"You only have an affinity for the element of darkness, am I right?" asked Errol as he fiddled with the model of the human body in his hands, of course, right now Beatrice did not have the time to notice the fact that the model was too realistic to be a mere model.

"Yes, that's right," said Beatrice as she realized what Errol was getting to.

"Smart, I think you have realized it, since you do not have any affinity for any other element, then why do you need any other element?" asked Errol as a dark fog exited his body.

"This is what's called dark mana, or mana of the darkness element, using it, spells of the darkness element will become over twice as powerful and much easier to cast, as such, pure elemental mana is used by any and all magic schools, even the most run-down," said Errol as the dark mana around him turned into various shapes and sizes.

Hearing Errol's speech, Beatrice began waiting for something, as even her hardened will couldn't resist the temptation.

Looking at the slightly anxious Beatrice, Errol couldn't help but laugh.

Then, three pieces of leather with three different inscriptions appeared on the table.

"Of course, the first thing you need to do, Is chose your meditation technique, be warned though, this choice is permanent," said Errol as the four pieces of leather went towards Beatrice.

As she touched the first piece, Beatrice couldn't help but feel something weird, as if this was not normal leather.

But even so, Beatrice turned to look towards the first inscription instead, but the moment she looked at it, Beatrice already moved it away, knowing it wasn't for her.

"This technique requires you to fall into you deepest and most dark desires, eventually, after doing that and visualizing this rune enough, you will be able to form a special type of dark mana, which can not only do what I told you before, but corrupt and break the souls of those that dare oppose you," said Errol as he looked at the third Meditation technique with a smile on his face.

After this, Beatrice silently looked at the second rune, but as she did so, Beatrice felt as if the rune wanted to swallow her.

"Compared with the First one, the Starry Sky meditation technique is much simpler, after visualizing the rune while gazing at the starry sky, the user may be able to harness some of it's darkness, but of course, there is a catch, if your will is not strong enough, the starry sky will swallow you whole," said Errol now fully staring at the third rune with a smile on his face.

"This one is quite good, but I should take a look at the third one," thought Beatrice before looking at the third rune.

"Inner Darkness," said Errol, as he looked at Beatrice, who was staring at the rune as if entranced, but even so he still continued.

"Why must we use outside methods to change our mana, as long as we harness the hidden darkness hid deep inside of ours souls, our search for truth we be unimpeded," said Errol as he now looked like a fanatical cult leader, instead of the smiling old man from before.

It took over a minute for Beatrice to exit her trance, but even so, a smile still appeared on her face as she now held the piece of leather holding the Inner Darkness rune tightly.

"I see you have chosen, very well, Take these, after your first month at school, I will test your progress," said Errol as the several think books on his table were pushed to Beatrice's side.

"Understood Mr. Errol," said Beatrice before stacking all of the books alongside the piece of leather and unceremoniously exiting the room.

...

"Mr. Errol is much more agreeable than it seems right?" asked Leylin, who somehow appeared next to Beatrice, who was carrying the books back to her room.

"Yes, only he seems rather, how could I say it?" mumbled Beatrice, but before she could finish her sentence, Leylin interrupted her.

"Passionate towards the pursuit of the 'truth' isn't that right?" said Leylin as walked side by side with Beatrice without even helping a lady carry some books.

"Yes, passionate," mumbled Beatrice before nodding.

"As long as you don't interfere with his magic research, Mr. Errol is one of the more nice Official Mages I know, since he has begun teaching, you don't have to worry, imparting the 'truth' to other people is also something he appreciates, if you study well you don't have to worry," said Leylin before he and Beatrice parted ways.

"If you study well you don't have to worry," mumbled Beatrice before deciding not to think about what happens if you don't study well.

After this encounter, Beatrice decided that the best thing she could do right now was focus on going through the books Mr. Errol had given her, starting with the first one.

Basic Magic Knowledge Manual Editon 15