"Looking for me?"
Lu Cang's tone was calm, but decidedly impolite.
Mese paused briefly.
He stepped out of the shadows and came before Lu Cang.
"I heard you're only a level 2 mage, yet you were able to detect me..."
"How interesting."
Lu Cang said, "Let's get straight to the point. What exactly do you want with me?"
Mese tapped the fingers of both hands together. He and another soul-body clone each emerged from a different direction.
The first time Lu Cang had met Mese, he had thought his magic strange and unusual.
But looking at Mese now,
there was not a trace of mystery about him.
"I was just planning to teach you a few spells."
Lu Cang remained unfazed. He simply said, "Show me."
Mese stopped.
He stared deeply into Lu Cang's eyes with his own, sharp as an eagle's.
Yet he saw no flicker of emotion in the boy's eyes. No fear, no confusion.
"Fine."
Mese took three slips of paper from his storage pouch.
Lu Cang glanced over them and looked up. "All right, I've memorized them."
"You wanted me to learn these spells..."
"What are you planning to do?"
Mese asked, "You learned them already?"
Lu Cang pointed with one hand. A spark of red lightning flickered at his fingertip.
Specks of soul-light spread around him as well.
These were the little spells Mese had taught him.
"You really are a... genius."
"Oh, right. There's also a secret scroll."
Lu Cang cut Mese off.
"Mese, I know who you are. Did you come looking for me just to deal with these trivial matters?"
Lu Cang asked bluntly.
Mese's expression suddenly turned serious and grave, and blood-red runes began to appear around him.
Soul-based Arcane Magic...
That really was a rare kind of magic.
He had