Spell Weaver: A LitRPG Adventure by OverXelous

Author:OverXelous [OverXelous]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AETHON
Published: 2025-12-09T00:00:00+00:00

33

ALONE IN THE SHADOWS

Alex felt weary to the bone. The small trio had been moving at top speed through the tunnels, and Alex was using his mana as quickly as it could regenerate without giving himself a headache.

[Empowered Step] was making great progress, and it was the only reason he could keep up with the Mana Spinner, as it seemed to glide along its mana webs as if they were rails or tracks for a train. Val would fly along beside them until he was too tired and wrap around Alex’s upper arm and shoulder.

When the group stopped for rest, Alex began to use his mana to practice his mana tendrils. [Mana Shaping] was struggling to allow him to thin out his mana.

Gah, I really just can’t get it even close to as thin as the spider’s web.

While Alex’s tendril had shrunk in diameter, it was still thicker than a dry-erase marker. The thinner that he got it, the easier it seemed to be able to maneuver and reach greater distances, but he felt that it was still clumsy. The mana webs that the Spinners used were as thin as real spider webs and so light that they were affected by the currents in the air if not strengthened.

Alex felt a jolt in his side that caused him to jump and break his concentration.

“No. Again,” said the elder. He also sent across feelings of impatience and frustration.

Alex sent feelings of frustration right back at him.

During their first day of travel, the elder had seen Alex practicing with the mana tendrils, trying to make them smaller. At first it had been helpful, and the coaching led Alex to have a quick breakthrough.

The second day, things had changed. The elder had begun to send small shocks of mana or loud thoughts and emotions through a mana web link to distract and disrupt Alex’s train of thought. Most of the time this caused the web to crumble and fall apart.

Sometimes, the elder would compare Alex to a baby Mana Spinner, and other times, like the most recent attempt, he would just be frustrated.

Alex grumbled and looked around, glad to see that Val was still watching the entrance to the cavern they were in. At the beginning of their dash from the colony, Alex had been wary of letting Val keep watch on his own. Many of Val’s mannerisms still seemed so young and childish to Alex, though he did tend to forget that the mana wyrm was a beast on the same level as him now. That fact had been quite obvious when two Cave Crawlers attempted to attack the group, and Alex had been able to see Val’s new skill in action.

There was a short pause of panic as Val charged and began to glow a bright blue, but when the following flash and explosion ensued, Alex instantly received two notifications about his bonded companion slaying two creatures.

Not for the first time since then, Alex found himself eyeing the blue wyrm and wondering if it was already stronger than he was.

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