Mark listened as the man, now identified as John, explained what was happening. John seemed in an awful hurry, and only gave him the bare bones of the situation, then told him that an official meeting of Andrew Roderick and his followers was occurring in an hours time. Mark inferred that this meant Jacob was doing nothing, or perhaps he knew nothing about these proceedings. Mark was about to correct John's last statement when he abruptly left. Deciding he would explain John's error later, Mark continued towards the castle, more determined than ever to gather the complete version of events.
As he walked, Mark reviewed his spells and their usefulness against a demon. He could use every holy spell to various degrees of adeptness. However, some of them would be no use against a demon...regardless, Mark was left with Purge, a spell designed to harm only those with evil in their souls, Banish, a spell that could forcibly remove a small demon from the world, and all of his healing spells. However, the Divine spells...
Perhaps at this point it would be helpful to explain the difference between holy and divine spells. Holy spells are the more common, with many varieties and whose power is based completely on faith in the deity the power is drawn from. Clergymen simply have to believe in their God and have knowledge of how to cast the spell to unleash its power. However, the stronger the faith and the greater the constitution of the caster, the stronger the holy spell. DIVINE spells, on the other hand, are much more complicated. There are only three divine spells, and each one of them is incredibly powerful. Divine spells have more requirements than holy spells. Not only is faith required, but a High Priest or the deity the faith is based on must grant permission for the clergyman to use it...and after all that practice is needed to master these spells. Due to the ferocity of the attacks, strength from the caster is needed as well as belief to unleash its power, so clergymen cannot cast these indefinitely without rest.
However, the Divine spells...Mark could use Aura and Luce...he had mastered Aura, but still had the occasional slip-up with Luce, which was the more powerful of the two. He didn't have clearance to cast Enlightenment, the most devastating of the three, but Mark knew that if he needed it God would allow him to use it. Satisfied that if for some reason the meeting was attacked, he could help, Mark pulled himself out of his thoughts and continued walking towards the castle.