Gaming Sword Magician

"A soul gate… I was lucky enough to witness one myself, and I believe that it is a passageway that connects the spirit world also called the afterlife with the Human Realm, allowing a being from the Spirit world to cross over to the awakened continent but not the other way around–as the entry of living being inside the spirit world is said to be strictly forbidden. After all, it's determined that the presence of a living being can cause undesirable effects in the afterlife. Any more questions?" Zachary explained what is a soul gate to Whitaker, and patiently waited for him to reply.

Soul Gate is the dimensional gateway that can be opened by a Twilight Walker to summon their contracted spirit. It is one of the official and safe ways that a contracted spirit can use to leave Spirit World and help his master to fight against the forces of evil. The soul gate takes the form of a suitable sized gate. Thus, it is called a soul gate.

"Oh, I have some questions." Whittaker raised one of his hands and said, "First of all, when I received the Twilight Walker's card, I got a warning that they will erase my memories related to them if I failed their tests. Elder said you failed the test in the past. So why did they not wipe Elder's memory?"

The Twilight Walker's were a secretive society and their duty required absolute secrecy. They would either wipe out the memories of the people or kill them to keep their secrets hidden. Elder Zachary knew so much about the twilight walkers and the spirit world even though he failed to become a twilight walker. Then, why does he still have memories pertaining spirit world and twilight walkers?

"They did wipe my memories. However, as I grew stronger and reached what I am today, I regained these memories by using Nina's help, and although I have a lot of information about them, I kept it to myself and didn't share it with others. Besides, I guess I am too strong and they don't want to fight me. Hahaha,"

Zachary was certainly too strong. But not strong enough to scare the twilight walkers. However, the rank-10 formation was really scary, and they didn't have hostility between them, either. Plus, he even received a recommendation letter from the Twilight Walker's which signified their relatively good relations.

"What else do you want to ask?" Zachary asked after laughing.

"What is the purpose of Twilight Walker's? To hunt and kill evil spirits and Arakazans? And What are they?" Whittaker asked.

"Hmm, I am not too sure myself, I have seen friendly Arakazans and Twilight Walker's protecting them from harm. Though I think their duty is to kill evil spirits that come to our world from the mysterious afterlife or are created through a mixture of negativity. Because evil spirits harm humans and others alike. But I am not too sure. You will have to found out yourself. I believe in you." Elder Zachary placed one of his hands on Whittaker's shoulder. "With your talent, you'll be able to join them."

These words provided Whittaker with a lot of courage. Elder Zachary belief in him was a great source of motivation for the young boy.

Whittaker nodded his head and said, "I want to find a way to get to the spirit world. And joining the Twilight Walker's department is the only way to get to know more about the spirit world."

"Alright, I will be now using the elixirs you provided me to open up my mana channels and see if the mysterious space is really the spirit room or not," Zachary said before he took a mana-channel opening elixir from his storage ring, and opened the lid before swallowing the content inside the elixir bottle. Then, he sat in a meditative posture and meditated to absorb all the effects of the elixir.

Elder Zachary's still felt amazed as the incredible force did what it is made to do. It opened his second mana channel without failure.

The mana channel opening elixir was given to Whittaker by Lord Dark Spirit. Lord Dark Spirit is no doubt a very mysterious character who came from a certain place in the afterlife, and although it is not a part of the "Spirit World", it's a place in the afterlife.

This recipe had a 100% chance of opening human mana channels. Moreover, Whittaker with the help of Nina has only created perfect quality mana channel opening Elixirs. Thus, these elixir lacked impurities and could be taken in excess. Lastly, each perfect quality elixir has an extra effect. The extra effect of the perfect quality mana channel opening elixir was to help open the mana channels of the magical beast, and although there was a certain percentage of that happening, it was still better than nothing.

After opening his second mana channel,

Whittaker and Nina looked on as Zachary–sitting in the wheelchair–proceeded to open his third mana channel. They were eagerly waiting for him to open all of his mana channels and confirm what the mysterious space is.

Time passed and Zachary's face was beet red, with thick swollen veins all over his body, and he was sweating like crazy, and the sweat was evaporating into the air at a visible rate.

"Elder, are you feeling fine?" Whittaker worriedly asked the closed eyes elder.

"This didn't happen when little brother was opening his mana channels. Maybe there is a problem with them. You should stop." Nina also felt worried as she saw Zachary's weird condition. However, she could feel that his condition wasn't worsening. Rather it seemed to be improving… What?

Barf*

Elder Zachary puked a lot of black substance from his mouth. The mass of black substance reeked of a putrid smell that made Whittaker and Nina's face contort.

"So smelly, I feel like puking my guts out!" Whittaker pinched his nose, unable to withstand the putrid smell.

Meanwhile, Nina turned off her sensory system and now she couldn't smell the devastating putrid smell.

The black substances were impurities, and they began to trickle out from pores all over Zachary's body.

Unlike Whittaker, Zachary was 500 years old and impurities were bound to fill his body. But that wasn't the main reason why impurities filled his mana channels. It's the curse placed on him by Abaddon that spread over to his sealed mana channels and caused impurities to fill the sealed mana channels.

As the impurities filling his fifth mana channel were forcefully seeped out of his body by the incredible force of the mana channel opening elixir, Zachary stepped out of his meditative state and opened his eyes.

"There's nothing to worry about. I am feeling fine better yet, I am feeling far younger than before, and I have only opened five mana channels. It's just that the curse placed on me caused my fifth mana channel to be filled with impurities. It made it harder for the incredible force to open the mana channel. However, once the mana channel was opened, as you can see, the impurities caused by the curse was forcefully removed from my body, increasing my lifespan and decreasing the spread of the curse and pain caused by the curse! I believe that by the time all of my mana channels are opened the curse will be reduced to a minimum degree" Elder Zachary said with a smile.

A curse?

Who cursed him?

Whittaker was angered!