FVN Chapter 41: Chapter XIV: Advancing Spells
Chapter 41: Chapter XIV: Advancing Spells
Chapter 41: Chapter XIV: Advancing Spells
(Bor's pov)
"I am telling you, you shouldn't have told them anything. The fewer people know about the Thalmor the less likely we are to get stuffed into one of their dungeons for an 'interrogation"" Brienne berates me for the tenth time since I decided to inform the Archmage about the black soul gem situation.
"But what he did was wrong, no matter the situation, the souls of people shouldn't be played with" I protest weakly.
Brienne rolls her eyes "Oh please, the elf bitch deserved it"
I prepare myself for another argument when I suddenly feel a chill down my spine and feel a gauntleted hand grab my shoulder, I slowly turn my head around and all I see are two glowing red embers surrounded by blackness.
Before I can say or do anything I am dragged away, suddenly getting panicked I turn to my sister only to see her give me a sad wave and make a sign of prayer to Talos.
(Reyvin's pov)
After repeatedly and thoroughly showing Bor the error of his ways via blunt-force trauma to the face, I removed my hood and mask and left for the library.
I realized during the expedition that my spells were lacking, even if I could defeat every foe I fought up to this point, if a truly powerful mage faced me I knew I stood no chance. So it was time to focus on empowering my spells and growing my reserves as much as possible, and while I couldn't get heart stones on short notice for growing my reserves, I could cram arcane script until I start thinking in the damn thing. So I decided that was exactly what I would do, even if it would cost me part of my sanity.
The next week was hell, while I took a break from my physical training to properly rest, I used that time to focus on runes instead, the material was as always drier than a Thalmor's sense of humor, and to make everything even worse I had to deal with a grumpy Morrigan and sulking Bor for the entire week, maybe I should get that land the Jarl offered sooner rather than later.
Many times I thought about quitting the boring process but my desire for power was far greater than my boredom so somehow, barely I managed to understand and memorize the entire damned thing.
Today I was going to finally attempt to add runes into my casting, I could have done it sooner and it probably would have gone a long way in the caves, but everyone advised that I get used to basic channeling of larger spells first for whatever reason. It probably made the process easier or it was one of those 'tried and tested' things.
I went over all of the runes I wanted to try in the library and descended into the training ground.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
I didn't find much use for telekinesis except that one time I launched my spear, so lacking any brighter ideas I just focused on overpowering the base form of it.
Finally, the wind-ward. It was an absolute lifesaver of a spell, got to thank Tolfdir for it later, and now that I actually gained some affinity for wind I decided to turn the entire thing from being merely defensive into a full cloak spell. My new wind-cloak both protected me from projectiles and cut any weakling that dared approach me to pieces.
Unfortunately while my repertoire of spells was greatly expanded, the more complex I made a spell the more costly it would be to cast, making my relatively small reserves a problem.
On the other hand there was a benefit to my more basic spell forms, adding runes coinciding with the basic spell effects made them cheaper to cast instead, so I spent some more time training myself with those as well.
Realizing that there is no way to instantly grow my reserves an external solution would have to do, thankfully I was an expert enchanter so the solution was rather evident. There was a tiny problem however, if I wanted to make a full set of enchanted items without turning into a pauper I would have to find a way to earn a lot of money, something to ponder on.
There was one thing left for me to try out, I left it for last just in case it went horribly wrong, I had to make at least some progress.
So, focusing and calming myself I pointed my palm to the target once more and instead of using an arcane rune I added the Dovah rune for YOL into the spell.
Surprisingly it worked, a mighty flame exploded from my hand, it seemed to have actual weight and took an entire chunk out of the enchanted target!
Unsurprisingly it took every drop of Magicka I had and then some, thankfully I had a blue potion nearby so I didn't have to deal with the hell known as Magicka-exhaustion.
Deciding that was enough experimenting for one day I left the hall to do my daily meditation and relax after that rather unpleasant experience.
A/n: The new spells will be added with the old ones as alternate forms, he still has his basic
spells.
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