Chapter 23 – Impending Crisis
Several days after dealing with the aftermath of the dungeon incident, Senna stands in an open field far away from town. Senna helped introduce Helen to a job working at the Magic shop. Oller continues to work as an adventurer while trying to find a new permanent party for himself.
Senna sighs looking at her [Status]. She paid for the best Priest in town to help her dispel the Lich King’s ‘Blessing’. However, the magic infused in the blessing proved too strong for the Priest to break. Senna makes several attempts imitating the Priest’s Advanced level [High Purification], but is unable to break the blessing at all. She can only sigh and give up looking at the Lich’s ‘Blessing’.
{It’s best I never rely on this.} Senna sighs. She focuses on training to get her mind off of the so called ‘blessing’. Senna holds an extra-large bottle filled with
in her mouth.
. Chanting, Senna casts Time magic forcibly speeding up the process. Casting four different spells at once especially without blessings for two spells produces a high strain on Senna. However, she pushes forward aiming to test her limits.
and Magic. The burden makes her heavily wish she could get the to make this endeavor easier and that didn’t always cost so much magic to maintain. Senna tilts the bottle up drinking some of the potion and restoring most of her magical power.
spell and casts to examine the block’s core. The entire block of earth is molten red from the high heat. In the very center is the super-heated core shining a bright white speckled by black impurities. She maintains the heat and pressure while manipulating the impurities separating it from the core. Thankfully, she released the spell or else her mind would overload casting over 5 highly strenuous spells at once. Sweat pours down her face from the excessive loss of magical power. She wipes her face of the excess sweat, but is forced to ignore her clinging clothes soaked in sweat. The residual heat from the block of earth heavily heats her body preventing her from catching a cold.
spell to 20 times faster than normal. Heating the core, compressing the block to increase the pressure exerted on the core, removing impurities, and accelerating the standard flow of time on the block are all done simultaneously. Senna maintains her training for 4 hours changing the in her mouth every two hours. After the 4 hours of rigorous spell casting, Senna dispels the pressure and spell first. She gradually extracts and stores the heat from the molten red soil. Taking her distance, she decides to allow the heat to disperse from the block without interference.
after all overworking myself, but it’s the only way to put my mind at ease.}
!” Senna chants and casts the spell peering into the future. She examines each hour focusing on disturbances in the north direction. Unlike when she used the spell to examine the expedition with Helen, the visions of one or two hours is less garbled compared to information a week from now. The first two hours show no information, but the third hour produces disturbing results. She forcefully cuts the spell after a rough glimpse.
in the distance. Taking a deep breath, she turns charges towards the north.
. An image of the brown haired Maria floats over her hand. The boys stare in awe at the simple feat of magic. “This is my friend, Maria. She works at the guild. If you see her at the counter, give it to her. Tell her it’s urgent and that the Guildmaster needs to see this letter from Senna. If she isn’t there, then just run up to any receptionist that isn’t busy.”
beneath her feet jumping from platform to platform as she travels over the ocean. Eventually, she stops about 5 kilometers away from town. “Sorry Aqua. I need a place to maneuver.” As she apologizes, she freezes the surface of the ocean forming a large ice platform extending one kilometer in each direction.
!!” The brown haired boy exclaims squirming under the guard’s grip.
tools and summon everyone else.”
