Lead Logic by Chris Mccready

Author:Chris Mccready [Chris Mccready]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-07-31T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

“This will do,” said Jerel.

Jerel was one of the House Wizard at the keep, and a War Wizard himself. He’d been one of Caddaric’s tutors growing up and Caddaric had idolized the man, dreaming of one day becoming a War Wizard himself, not that he’d actually believed it possible.

Jerel had a fierce dark face with sky-blue eyes that always seemed on the verge of laughter. He’d grown out his wiry hair, thinning at the temples, which hung to his shoulders, once coal-black but now equal parts ash-gray. A small medallion that bore his family’s crest dangled from a silver chain around his neck.

Caddaric pulled his cloak tighter around him, glancing at their surroundings.

They were in the bottom of a shallow bowl. The flat area at the bottom would be an ideal training area if it wasn’t covered in snow. The hills surrounding them granted privacy from anyone watching on the city walls.

“It’s adequate,” said Caddaric.

“Let’s get started before we get too cold. Your first task is to clear us an area to train.”

“How large?”

Jerel crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow.

“I should have known,” muttered Caddaric, wading his way through the snow to the center of the depression.

He took a slow breath, contemplating his next move. His sword would make a poor substitute for a shovel, and he didn’t feel like moving the snow manually, anyways. The snow would all fall apart if he tried to lift too much at once, so he’d have to push it away with his magic. The prospect of moving that much snow wasn’t appealing to him.

He’d practiced heating and cooling water extensively as part of Osmont’s training. He’d started by simply freezing and thawing buckets of water, progressing to where he could freeze a bucket in less than a second before Osmont increased the difficulty. First, he’d vary the amount of water in the bucket, then he’d change the shape of the containers, and finally, rather than having him do it as fast as possible, Osmont would specify a certain amount of time for him to complete his task. Osmont would stand behind him calmly counting to his target, and would reprimand Caddaric if he finished too quickly or too slowly. Caddaric had learned how much more difficult it was to maintain a slow, controlled release of magic instead of blasting away with everything he had in him.

He was tired of heating water. It would be a nice change of pace to do something flashy with his magic.

He concentrated for a moment before he released a fan of flames in front of him. He poured every ounce of frustration into his magic and flames extended out at least five paces. He steadily turned around in a circle until he was standing in the middle of a large puddle of water.

Steam rose from the ground as he burned off the water, soaking his clothing, until he was standing in the middle of a soft, soggy patch of ground.

“That’ll do,” said Jerel, when Caddaric had finished.

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