Delvers LLC- Surviving Ludus by Blaise Corvin (ed)

Author:Blaise Corvin (ed) [Corvin, Blaise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Adom Publishing
Published: 2019-11-13T22:00:00+00:00

Friends and Enemies, Chapter Three

Calvin decided to spend the rest of the afternoon experimenting with the shadowy spheres. Focusing his mind, he called up a tiny globe, smaller than his hand, and stared at it.

This was his first time trying to conjure a sphere of darkness while looking at it from the outside. The black ball formed just above his open palm, the bottom seeming to rest on his hand. Calvin tried pulling his hand away, and frowned as the ball followed along, maintaining its relative position regardless of how he moved.

Taking a deep breath, he brought the sphere to his face and tested his sight within it. The second the darkness covered his eyes, he was blind. Pulling it away instantly restored the light.

If I can anchor it to objects, does that mean I could put it on an arrow?

He jumped up, eager to see if Euphe had managed to get him a replacement bow, when it occurred to him that if the orb was large enough to blind an enemy, it would likely also blind him when he tried to shoot it.

That thought took the wind out of his sails, and he dropped down heavily. Calvin sat there for several minutes thinking back over what he’d learned about the schools of magic.

This is a rare magical pairing, I think. Light is the primary school and Darkness is the subschool, so I should be able to do light magic as well, right? Or at least see in the dark?

Having decided on his next focus, he set aside the thought of darkness arrows and summoned another globe of shadows. He made this one weaker, hoping it might be easier to see through if the darkness wasn’t so intense.

Finally, on his tenth try at casting magic on his vision, he could see through the shadowy blindfold he wore. His heart raced, and he pumped his fist excitedly, but froze when he heard giggling.

Calvin looked around, trying to spot the sister that was spectating. He thought it might be Euphe, but it took several seconds to locate her. While he could see through the darkness he’d wrapped around his head, it was hard, and everything was incredibly dim, in shades of gray.

“Making progress I take it?” Eupheme asked, grinning at him when he spotted her sitting on a stump.

“Yeah, I can sort of see through the shadows now.”

“That’s great, but for now you should come in and have some dinner. Lydia’s a great cook,” she said, twitching oddly before getting up.

She’d looked like she wanted to say more, but had stopped herself. He was tempted to ask, but after the uncomfortable talk about their younger sister, he decided against it. There’s plenty of time to get to know them both better while we hunt down that asshole, he thought grimly.

***

It turned out that Eupheme hadn’t been kidding that her sister was a great cook. After he’d joined the twins for dinner, Calvin barely kept himself from drooling mid-meal. He wasn’t sure what kind of meat she’d roasted, and didn’t really want to know, but it was delicious.

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