Kelly and Sophie couldn't stop staring at the condensed level of Dark Magic that was appearing in front of them. She had seen it a number of times before, but it had always been at the same place during the meeting, which wasn't due for a few more hours.
So it made her wonder, why here of all places, and why now? Quickly, she started to scan the room.
'My underwear is all over the place, and it's a mess—I need to clean up everything as quickly as possible!' Kelly thought as she dashed around the room and started to use magic with her other hand.
"There isn't enough time!" Kelly thought, lifting both hands and using a large amount of magic. In the middle of conjuring her spells, she could see the figure in front of her taking a somewhat solid form—it was the Dark Spirit, it had returned.
"What's wrong? Is there a fight going on?" Raze asked as he looked at the state of the room.
In Kelly's haste, forcing herself to use her magic, she had made the room even more of a mess, and now things were all over the place.
"It was your magic!" Kelly lied. "When you appeared, it let out a small burst of magic that ruined the place."
Raze looked around, wondering if that was the case, but he was conscious of when he moved through and didn't feel a pulse or anything. If anything, the astral projection technique was a condensing of his powers into another form here.
As she saw the Dark Spirit acting a certain way, Kelly shook her head and got down on her knee with her fist to the floor. Sophie the cat had jumped off the table and had done a similar striking pose as best as a cat could.
"I greet the great Dark Spirit. What brings you to my… dorm of all places? Is there something wrong?" Kelly asked. "Are we not meeting at the usual place today?"
The last thing Kelly wanted was a Dark Guild meeting in her small apartment. Although technically nearly all the members were present, save for one.
Raze looked at his body; it was the same as last time. He could feel the leakage of magic at the same pace or close to it. The last time, he had reached a middle-stage warrior, and he was still a 7-stage warrior.
Although, due to his superior condensing of Qi, he was even able to go against those with higher Qi, as well as his Qi control, which allowed him to perform techniques that weren't possible for many.
However, his star level had increased, and he was now a 5-star mage, so the amount of mana he could hold was larger, making it so he could use more magic while in his current form and stay here longer.
Out of the fight, though, Raze noticed more than anything he had gained a lot of Dark Essence from the death of the powerful, increasing the power of his Dark magic even more.
Raze looked at Kelly for a few moments. She felt like he was staring into her soul, but he really had other thoughts on his mind.
'When using the astral projection technique, I need a hook to sync into, and that was Dark magic. There were more than one connection—I could have ended up at Harvey's place, but I'm here instead, which is fine. I needed to speak to her anyway.'
Just when Raze was about to open his mouth and talk to Kelly, his focus shifted onto the black cat.
"You have magic now? I can feel the mana core coming from you and moving in the air, and your affinity is quite high." Raze was wondering why he felt a familiarity with the cat, and then it clicked.
"You have a Dark core as well. I'm assuming it's because you recreated your magic core when going into a body and this time created a Dark magic one. It's no wonder I can feel your magic."
It was then that Raze realized Sophie should be able to tell the same from him and that Dark magic core users would be able to recognize one another. Maybe Sophie couldn't tell now because it wasn't his real body.
Kelly, seeing the Dark Spirit interact with the cat, didn't know why, but she found it extremely frustrating, and it was putting her on edge. Eventually, after giving the cat a soft pet on the head, Raze stood up and looked back at Kelly.
"I'm actually glad I am with you right now," Raze said.
"You are?" Kelly felt her cheeks heating up and went to look away. "There is something I wanted to ask you—to look into the mages that disappeared more when you get the chance."
"There might be some professors at the academy that know something. You might even have to talk to Ibarin if you have to. I doubt he will do anything to you, but if there is any pushback, just back off. I don't want you to get hurt."
It was then that Raze started to notice something else. Kelly's knees were bandaged up, and even her arms had some bruises on them. They didn't look too fresh but were serious wounds.
"Is everything okay? Did something happen at the academy?" Raze asked.
"It wasn't the academy," Kelly replied, wondering if she should say anything. After all, the whole thing was Harvey's idea, and she had no reason to question what he had planned.
At the end of the day, though, this was all for the sake of the Dark Magus and the Dark Spirit. They were the creators of the Dark Guild.
"This was from something quite recent," Kelly awkwardly said, as she went on to tell him everything.
How Enaxx was being suspected of murder, and they wanted to get to the bottom of it. Going to the Glory Guild and everything Harvey had done in the end, including the information they had.
After hearing everything, Raze shook his head.
"I'm surprised you did that. I can see you thinking this was a chance, and Harvey is keeping an eye on the Grand Magus as I asked, but there was no need for you to go through that."
"What do you mean?" Kelly asked.
"Because I already know that Enaxx has a special trait, and I know what it is," Raze answered.