EverMage - The Complete Series: A Fantasy Novel by Ellington Trip

Author:Ellington, Trip [Ellington, Trip]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Ellington Marketing, LLC
Published: 2014-11-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

Mithris crept along the floor against one wall of Zerto’s Arcanium. He moved in a low crouch and kept darting glances at the paranoid wizard before his smoking altar. So far, the plan seemed to be working.

Mithris was hidden by a version of the same spell that made the three angry wizards. There weren’t really three wizards, of course. It was an illusion. Mithris hadn’t been able to get the spell right on the first try, and there were still elements of it he could not grasp, but he believed the images of the wizards were made of nothing but air and water. Fortunately, with the help of Vapor and Depths, air and water were his playthings.

Whereas the three illusion spells brought those elements together to make an image, the one shrouding Mithris used them to conceal. It was a hiding spell, but it was not meant to be used when moving. If Zerto looked directly at him when he moved, Mithris would be visible—if indistinct and blurry. Paranoid as Zerto was, the old fool would probably blast him to pieces without a second’s thought.

The idea was for Mithris to get around behind the mad wizard without being seen. If he could sneak up behind the fool, maybe he could see a way to get the crystal away. He still had no idea how he would do that. The first part seemed to be going well, at least.

Zerto stared at the three false wizards, eyes wide and fearful. He reached for the pouch beneath the collar of his robe. Mithris knew the foundation crystal was in that pouch. The mad wizard would be more dangerous, more powerful, with the crystal.

There was something else, as well. Mithris could not figure it out. It was a feeling in the air, a strange heaviness. But it was also a weird crawling sensation on his skin, a tickling itch in his gums. It grew worse whenever he looked in Zerto’s direction.

He’s taken an elixir, explained Vapor. It increases his awareness and affinity for the ley lines.

Mithris frowned. Remaining still, he closed his eyes and extended his awareness in a way Deinre had taught him as one of his first lessons. He recoiled at what he sensed, nearly losing hold of the shroud that hid him.

There were dozens of ley lines intersecting somewhere just below this room. No wonder he had been able to defeat the earth elemental. Though he had not been aware of doing so at the time, Mithris knew he had drawn greater strength from the proximity of the magical fault lines. But Zerto would have the same luxury. And what had vapor said about that elixir?

It makes him even more powerful, Vapor said, able to read the direction of Mithris’ thoughts clearly for once.

Zerto tore the pouch from around his neck, snapping its cord. The withered old man opened his mouth and an impossible roar sounded in his throat. The fortress shook with his rage. Zerto flung out his empty hand and seized hold of something only he could see.

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