It was quite simple to take over the body of this idiot. Well actually It's more like converting it.

I ate every piece of muscle and bone then replaced it on the spot with my own using the newly acquired proteins and calcium.

Then I separated his mana pool from the rest of his body. Before it dried out connected it to my own and vuala! Years of hard work skipped.

Then I promptly killed him by eating whatevers left.

Since I already replaced everything on and his bones there wasn't much of a difference.

It's still dark and since I just ate a whole person I'm sure as hell not gonna fall asleep.

This whimp had some books that I couldn't read since I was on his ring finger the whole dam time. The thought of simply extending a tendril to h-my bag was musing but I need to get used to this kind of form. As I stood up I almost fell.

Shit! How do they keep balance with only two legs? I keept fumbling like an idiot until it hit me.

The liquid in the ears! Of course! What else could I have forgotten?

Yeah this is a lot better.

Now that I wasn't threatening myself to plant my face into the ground isn't a threat anymore I could actually walk. I paced a bit through the room since this still surreal for me. I'm bigger, stronger and faster than I possibly could have imagined in that rotting cave.

Yet still a whimp. This guy has a measily thin body and pathetic magic capability, I'll fix it.

Let's see, a history book I don't need that, a romance novel...fucking whimp, myths and legends also useless.

A beginners introduction into the schools of magic.

Now we're talking!

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I sat down on the bed and made my eyes reflect light.

There are multiple schools of magic each with their own philosophy and ways of enhancement.

Elemental magic is by far the easiest and most versatile magic since it can be casted with pure mana, though tuning one's mana pool to a certain element can bring certain benefits. A fire mage with an attuned pool has it five times easier casting fire magic than an arcane spell. However a mage with an unattuned mana pool has no problems with casting elemental magic and could even use a different school of magic.

So dirty Jack all over again.

Necromancy is its own school of magic and is considered the most strategically valuable kind of magic. A single Necromancer can command an army of undead and those undead won't falter as long the necromancer breathes. Basically the big cousin of summoners.

It's an illegal school of magic... except in human territory of course. Actually, necromancers are the most sought after kind of mages in human territory. Even as sought after as tene- and chronomancers.

Tenemancy is also an illegal school of magic... outside of human territory. Its the essence of chaos. Tenemancers can turn the flow of mana chaotic and cause unpredictable outcomes. Since its not technically 'magic' only the highest tier anti magic fields would work on them. They don't have mana pools. Not much is know about tenemancy since it can't be studied, we only know what we watched happen.

Chronomancy is, you guest it, only allowed on human grounds. It goes against the rules of creation which humans can't care less about. Chronomancers can fuck with time but have to be really careful, after all, every action causes a reaction.

Since chronomancers can cause unwanted damage and fixing that damage could cause more damage they're used as last resort option.

Celestial magic is a forbidden school of magic... on human territory. Its not because of politics or threads, they allow tenemancy after all, its just only fae can use it. The human relations with fae haven't been... favorable. It doesn't say anything else about it since only the fae know how that shit works.

Psychic magic is considered advanced magic so it only mentions it.

The school of the arcane is the Jack of all trades. They're almost entirely made of enchantments but have free access to all the schools of magic.

The book also mentions runes but they're more like craftsmanship than magic so yeah.

There's also gate magic. Not a school but the most basic transportation spell that every school has a version of.

I closed the book as dawn started to hurt my eyes.

I wonder what my mistress is doing?

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Once the brute catched up with the earth mage he just beated the shit out of him.

Well guess we won the.

I heard a wet crunch followed by a pained groan. Looking over I saw that the healer was done putting the swordsman back together.

I heard a yelp and then a thud.

Looking over the rouge layed on a crimson puddle. I rushed over only to be outpaced by the healer. He kneeled next her his hand over her throat.

He shook his head.

"She's cold."