Harbinger Ascendant: A Portal Fantasy Adventure (The Lurran Chronicles, Book 2) by John Quinton

Author:John Quinton [Quinton, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-04-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

Eli sat up in bed with a start, stretching and looking around for what had awoken him. If it wasn’t for Manasight, the room would have been pitch black, but with it, he could clearly see the nearby furniture and walls. The colors in the wood were perhaps a bit muted, but the faint glowing walls were nice and clear.

He had a hard time seeing more than a few rooms away in any direction, the additional layers making things blurry, but the people around him didn’t seem to be a threat. Maybe a dozen bright human-shaped lines were in the nearest rooms, and no one seemed interested in him.

He blinked before flipping on the lights and toggling the ability off. The room was suddenly bright, and he shook his head, trying to forget what he’d just seen. One thing to remember about staying in a hotel – using Manasight meant he saw everything the nearby people were doing. Whether alone or with a few others joining the extracurricular fun, other people apparently didn’t need much sleep either.

His HUD’s clock told him he’d barely slept, which didn’t feel right. He’d noticed much the same since resetting Guide and completing his evolution, and he still wasn’t used to it. For most of his life, he’d been lucky to get six hours of sleep a night and felt like death warmed over until he had a big cup of coffee. Now he woke up feeling refreshed after barely four hours. He could only think that Wolf and Dara had been right – having more power somehow meant he didn’t need as much rest anymore.

Since the town’s gate wouldn’t open for a couple of hours, he considered what he wanted to do in the meantime. He could always go over his notes again, but he’d already done that last night, along with writing up his observations for the day.

Well, if he wasn’t going to write or study, did he dare try an inscription? He trusted Madwen’s word that failure wasn’t as dangerous outside the simulation and had been itching to practice once he’d realized the box’s nishati properties. He had hundreds of sheets, but he was concerned about not having a way to replenish them if they were wasted. What if he limited this session to only a few tries? That should give him enough for testing purposes and time to reflect on anything he learned.

Excited by the idea, he summoned the box. It snapped into being in his hands, and he chuckled at seeing Madwen again, even if it was only a picture frozen in time. Still, he liked to imagine she’d be happy he was getting in some practice, just like she’d suggested.

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