Department of Dungeon Studies 3: A Magic Academy LitRPG by J Pal

Author:J Pal [Pal, J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2024-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

THIRTY-FIVE

GORGONS MUST FALL

“Joey, switch to frostfire,” Nox yelled instructions as he scanned for an advantageous position. “These things are mostly cold-blooded.”

“Got it!”

The twin projectiles had opened a path for Brianna. She charged only after Otis activated the spell in his store. The room’s temperature dropped drastically, and the liquid in the air and on the floor swiftly froze. The lightning ceased, having done its job. Several gorgons and snakes lay stunned or burned to a crisp. Brianna’s tattoos shone an angry red. Nox hoped the residual lightning would fail to penetrate the defenses provided by them and her Reinforce cantrip.

The orange-and-red chains came to life, and Brianna turned into a hurricane of axes again when her dance began. It was truly a magnificent site. She didn’t just spin on a point, but complex footwork helped her maintain her balance and avoid anything that slipped underneath the storm. The woman from the distant north turned into a storm of elegance and fury. The fiery tattoos against her plate skin and the scant gray furs she wore for clothes exuded a wild but beautiful aspect. Since Brianna had no allies within her immediate range, nothing kept her from activating her Aether warrior aura.

Initially, Nox assumed it was something akin to anti-magic or chaos essence. He was wrong. Brianna called it Agony. The aura bathed everything within her small mana zone in the Aspect of Pain and Dismantling. Nox has never heard of anything like it. She explained it as a part of her ancestral magic. It was old, and much like the rest of her tools, it outdated the modern mana system. All that entered the aura suffered as it attacked their nerves. Magic and objects not protected by her Reinforce suffered similarly and slowly started to fall apart as they traveled further toward the aura, especially toward her. She felt a portion of the pain too, which added to her rage. Apparently, her grandfather occasionally imbibed in Pink Sellis or liquors before battle to reduce Agony’s effects, but she avoided them so she didn’t end up with an addiction like him.

Even though the two other men in the party were cornered, Nox didn’t worry too much about them. Ever since Alexander started his druid training, his defensive spells had improved by leaps and bounds. He had an easier time getting his head around macro-Shaping than Manipulation and did better with stone than wood. As a result, several stone barriers stood between him and the attacking gorgons. He had fashioned the rough rocks in the Gorgon Sister’s lair into layers of barricades.

Meanwhile, Joey had spent the last year enjoying exclusive lessons under Professor Frances Lorenzo, the university’s expert in barrier and shield magic. When Nox arrived on the scene, he found Joey slinging fire at the attackers. The advice regarding frostfire encouraged him to change tactics. Now, he raced through their frontline, spraying the azure flames and creating icicle flowers that skewered, hobbled, or slowed them. His djinn container, the glass spearhead,

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