Can't Look Back (War for Dominance Book 1) by Kennedy Chris

Author:Kennedy, Chris [Kennedy, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: azw, epub
Publisher: Chris Kennedy Publishing
Published: 2014-11-20T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

“I’m not going to be very helpful with this,” said John, indicating the dagger that Lady Ellyn had given him. “I don’t know how to use it very well, and I don’t think it will be much good against giant wolves or orcs with swords in any event.”

“There’s not much to using it,” said Father Telenor. “Make sure you hold onto the round end and stick the pointy end into the orcs. Be careful; it is really sharp.”

“Yeah, I think I got that part,” said John. “What I really meant was that if you teach me how to cast spells, I might be more of a help than a hindrance.”

“It takes years of preparation to be a good mage,” said Dantes. “What you need to know cannot be crammed into one hour of instruction.”

“Normally not,” said Ghorza, from where she was preparing her spells and equipment. “Still, he has shown himself to have a natural affinity to magic that goes beyond anything I’ve ever seen.” She walked over to where John was sitting at the edge of the clearing flipping through the Magistra’s spell book. “In order to cast a spell, a mage has to prepare it first. The way you do that is to find a nice, quiet area to study, like you have already done. Then you choose the spell that you are going to cast, find it in your spell book and speak the spell up to the trigger phrase.”

“Trigger phrase?” asked John. “What’s that?”

“The trigger phrase is the last word or two of the spell. You will see it underlined in your book, but you will also know it as you get to it.” She paused, thinking. “Casting a spell is like shooting a crossbow. You do know what a crossbow is, right?” John nodded. “Before you can shoot a crossbow, you have to arm it by pulling back the bowstring. That is the same as speaking the opening part of the spell. When the bowman gets the bowstring back far enough, there is a ‘click’ as the line snaps into place. A spell works the same way. When you get to the ‘set’ part, you will feel the spell settle in your mind. At this point, the spell is armed. You only need to memorize the trigger phrase and then speak it when you are ready to cast the spell.”

“So I don’t have to say the whole spell all at once in order to cast it?”

“That is correct. While you do have to say the whole spell, and say it correctly, you don’t have to say the whole spell all at once. You speak the spell up to the trigger phrase and then stop. Then, when you are ready, you merely say the trigger phrase, and the spell casts.”

“Cool,” said John. “I wondered how anyone could cast some of these in combat, as most of them seem kind of long. My guess is that having someone trying to kill you while you are casting a spell would be very distracting.

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