Modern World Warlock-Chapter 96: Warlock’s Affinity Test

When the servants inside the laboratory returned with the cup that Dante needed to conduct the affinity test, Megan and Zac arrived.

The pair had been training in the MET room, but when the redhead heard that his mother was going to take the test, he bolted out to see it.

"This test isn’t dangerous, is it?" Zac asked the warlock.

"I wouldn’t put your mother in danger like that, man," replied Dante, placing a hand on his shoulder for reassurance.

After the servant placed a nice, clear, and somewhat large cup in the center of the table, Dante gave a brief explanation of the test and the meaning of the results.

"Krom…" he said, calling the imp to his side.

"What!? Why do you always call me in the middle of a ranked match!?" the imp exclaimed as soon as he appeared in the lab.

"I need you to pour some of your blood in that cup," Dante casually said.

"Aww, man… Couldn’t you ask Cerberus to do it?" Krom asked with an annoyed tone.

Still, the demon walked up to the table, raised his palm above the cup, and used his claws to squeeze some of his blood inside.

Once the cup was filled halfway, Dante gave the imp a healthstone to cure his palm, and Krom instantly poofed away back to the house.

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"Is that all you need?" Paige inquired.

"Mhmm, we are ready," the warlock confirmed, elaborating on how the test would go.

The warlock’s affinity test required the individual to pour umbra into the demon blood inside the cup. Depending on the blood’s reaction, the person’s affinity would be revealed.

There were three affinities for the warlocks.

"Destruction warlocks are experts in… well… destroying things," Dante explained.

Their magic revolved around disintegration, evaporation, explosions, or any sort of spell that could cause irreparable damage.

"Demonology warlocks are better at handling demons and summoning them…" he continued.

These warlocks relied on the demons they summoned to do their bidding, and most of their powers came from the contracts they would sign with them.

"Then, there are affliction warlocks, who are probably the most dangerous ones…" said Dante.

Affliction warlocks were experts in casting curses and spreading diseases. However, they were also more adept at synthesizing magical artifacts with the Shadow Well.

"Hmm, why is the affliction affinity considered the most dangerous? Wouldn’t a destruction warlock be much more scarier?" Zac asked with genuine curiosity.

Dante explained that, in Shadowvale, more than 99% of the people who lived there were warlocks, and curses weren’t something that they could break as easily as priests.

When an affliction warlock’s experiment would fail, it would almost always leave a wake of curses and diseases that the others in Shadowvale couldn’t cleanse even if the caster were killed.

On the other hand, a destruction warlock was easier to control since killing them would stop them from rampaging.

Paige wrote everything down and wondered if the presence of a priest would really change the outcome of a curse.

"Of course it would. You guys saw me casting a priest’s spell once…" replied Dante, making the group remember the time he healed Clara at the hospital.

’That was a priest’s spell? How?’ Zac pondered.

Still, before they could keep asking him questions, Dante guided Clara to the table and asked her to pour umbra into the blood inside the cup as he talked about the results and their meanings.

If the blood evaporated, their affinity would be "destruction."

If the blood turned pitch-black, it was "affliction."

If the blood’s content decreased slightly, that meant she had absorbed it, which would be "demonology" affinity.

"What about ’specialists’?" Paige asked, knowing that was Dante’s category.

The warlock reminisced of the time he was a little kid living in an orphanage in Shadowvale.

His teacher, Xander, was sitting on the ground with him, holding a wooden cup with blood in it.

"Now, let’s see if my hunch is correct…" Xander muttered.

When the young Dante pointed his hand at the cup, trails of black electrical currents appeared around it, producing a bit of smoke that shrouded them momentarily.

"Hah, it seems I was right!" Xander exclaimed, seeing that the cup hadn’t gone through any changes.

Dante told the group about his memories, and the scientist was stunned to know that the effect of a specialist warlock wasn’t as flashy as the others.

"The thing is… Since a specialist warlock has an affinity for all three, the umbra doesn’t know what to do with the blood, so it produces a reaction that looks like black electricity," Dante elaborated, making the scientist write it down in her notebook with haste.

As the group was filled with anticipation, they got closer to Clara and the table to get a better view of the test.

"Whenever you are ready, Miss Clara," said Dante.

The redhead woman closed her eyes and took a deep breath, pointing her hand at the cup and hovering it a few centimeters above it.

It took a few seconds for Clara to manipulate the umbra in the air and place it inside the cup—a process that Dante watched closely.

Suddenly, the blood started to bubble as if it was being boiled, getting darker every second until it looked like the cup was filled with a viscous, thick, shadowy liquid.

"Hmm, affliction…" Dante muttered.

Zac seemed a bit worried by the test, as Dante had just mentioned that affliction warlocks could be the most dangerous. Nonetheless, when he thought about the other two alternatives, he believed that affliction was still the most peaceful one.

The redhead didn’t want his mother to summon demons or obliterate entire buildings with magic, so affliction seemed like the best choice for her.

Dante, sensing the uncertainty in his friend’s umbra, said that he would teach Clara spells that could genuinely help them and would stray away from any curses.

He still thought about teaching her a few offensive spells to protect herself in the future, but the fact that the woman would be able to use the Shadow Well efficiently could be a game-changer for their entire group.