Jewel of the Endless Erg: Mage Errant Book 2 by Bierce John

Author:Bierce, John [Bierce, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2019-02-06T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Avoiding Trouble

To Hugh and everyone else’s surprise, Alustin decided that they should stay in Theras Tel, rather than leaving. It actually devolved into an argument on deck between Alustin and Deila, with Captain Solon standing awkwardly between them.

“That’s gotta be one hell of a book Kanderon wants ‘im ta get,” Godrick muttered to the other Skyhold apprentices, once no one was around to hear.

“At this point,” Sabae said, “I’m fairly convinced that this is all over something bigger than just a book.”

Everyone stared at her. Sabae rolled her eyes. “You really hadn’t figured it out yet? Alustin and the other Librarians Errant are more than just glorified treasure hunters specializing in books, they’re Skyhold’s intelligence service.”

Hugh opened his mouth, then shut it again. That made a disturbing amount of sense.

“Then why is he taking so much time to train us?” Talia said. “Are we just supposed to be some sort of cover for him?”

Sabae shook her head. “According to my grandmother, most of spycraft is just waiting around. I think Alustin is quite serious about our training for its own sake, without it interfering with his other duties at all.”

Not for the first time, Hugh wondered at exactly what type of person Sabae’s grandmother was.

“So the attack on us…” Hugh said.

“Almost certainly has to do with whatever game Alustin is playing at,” Sabae said.

Hugh really didn’t like the thought that he was merely caught up in currents outside his control, and, by the expressions of the others, he wasn’t alone in that.

Alustin almost immediately set them to more training. Even though Hugh was pretty sure he’d sworn never to be surprised by Alustin making them train more, he was still a little shocked that they were staying in the city.

Their training actually took them outside the city most days. They took a little rented sandskiff out onto the sands— it’d be a waste of time and effort to take the Moonless Owl itself out. The crew was greatly enjoying their shore leave— especially since they were getting paid for it. They could always find one of them to pilot the skiff out onto the sands for them, even so.

Godrick could really train anywhere, so he wasn’t an issue, but the others had more specialized training needs.

It was probably best to keep Talia’s training outside the city where it couldn’t hurt anyone or damage any property. Alustin actually largely had her working on her cantrips, in an effort to be able to use them without them setting them on fire. So far… well, she’d even managed to make a cantrip designed to put out candles and other small flames instead cause a candle to explode.

Sabae was primarily focusing on her mobility techniques— the sand gave her softer landings when she crashed, which was most of the time at first. She started to show rapid improvement within a few days, however.

Alustin also started training her on spellformless water manipulation techniques, though she hadn’t yet figured out how the Radhan actually gathered it in the erg, and they weren’t telling.

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