Skyrim: A Sorcerer's Tale

Chapter 21: Chapter X: Dueling and insane Elves

Chapter 21: Chapter X: Dueling and insane Elves

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[General pov]

Getting themselves together after experiencing what must have been a creation of Sheogorath, the apprentices left to spend the rest of the day studying or relaxing.

Reyvin was about to go do his daily Magicka grind when Bor interrupted him with an interesting offer.

"Hey Reyvin, I heard you got into some fights on your way here, you think we could get some practice in?"

Said elf raised an eyebrow and asked "And what would this practice entail?"

"There is a dueling room in the Hall of Refinement that allows us to have a magic fight without risks, I hear the wards stop any lasting damage."

Reyvin nodded in realization "Yes the Archmage did mention something along those lines, I am not surprised there is a room for it. Besides, the more combat-oriented among us need somewhere to get experience."

"Precisely, so you in?"

"Sure"

The two were quickly joined by Brienne and Morrigan who were curious about who would win, the Nord girl was sure that Reyvin was about to get turned into a popsicle, but Morrigan scoffed as if the idea was ridiculous.

They got to one of the combat halls, and just as they were about to begin an annoyance filled voice interrupted them "And what exactly are new apprentices doing in here? It hasn't even been a week, and you already want to blast each other to pieces?"

Behind them, at the door of the room was standing Faralda, the Altmer master of destruction. Reyvin quickly responded to stop any misunderstanding "No, we came here for a bit of exercise, learning new spells is good, but if we cannot use them in battle they are useless" The tall elven woman nods with a satisfied expression "You would be surprised by the lack of students who share this opinion, all of the idiots think that if they have enough Magicka they can just win without issues, well until someone stabs them that is. In any case I am curious as to your capabilities so I will stay and watch, do give me a good show" The smile she gave them implied that failing would not be wise.

The two nodded and turned to each other, slowly raising their hands.

[Reyvin pov]

As I was getting ready to blast my fellow student I was surprised by a quest prompt.

[Quest issued: Defeat Bor decisively][Reward: Str 0.4, Dex 0.6]

After she is done with them she calls us all back to the center of the room and speaks in a calm but ominous tone "You have all shown at least some promise in combat magic, so I will give you a free lesson that all battlemages must learn."

A sadistic smile spreads on her face and I know we are fucked "Your first lesson is.... dodging" And the whole room explodes into a storm of spells.

Two gods damned hours! She kept blasting us for two whole damn hours, poor Brienne looks traumatized, Bor is too tired to say anything and Morrigan regrets ever leaving her cave. Thankfully none of us were actually hurt, since the room was made for this purpose, but we all felt every blow. We did actually start dodging a bit at the end, but I am sure that this was more for our 'dear' professor to blow of some steam than it was for our benefit.

The damn destruction mage gives us a cheery wave as we leave the dueling room, fucking madwoman.

I turn to my companions and say with the last bit of energy I have "I think I will recommend some dueling practice to all the rest of our class, if we suffered this the rest aren't getting excluded." Everyone shares a devious smile and Morrigan cackles a bit madly.

We quickly get back to the dormitory and, ignoring our friends' worried looks all rush to our rooms and crash into our beds.

Why is half of the damn college filled with madmen? What should I expect next, a fucking muscle wizard?

Before I close my eyes I check on my progress in the past couple of days

[Str: 7.1 =>7.5]

[Dex 9.4 =>10]

[Vit 8.5 =>9]

[Mind 16 =>16.5]

[Mag 140=>145]

[Destruction-apprentice: +Sparks]

A/n: there is a couple of chapters left for the college introduction, after that there will be a

small timeskip and our boi will start adventuring.

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