Steamforged Heresy: A LitRPG Adventure (Steamforged Sorcery Book 2) by Actus

Author:Actus [Actus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2022-09-12T16:00:00+00:00

THIRTY-FIVE

Angel’s desk was on fire. It wasn’t a small one either – the flames were getting close to reaching the ceiling. Heat radiated off the warping metal, washing over him like he’d made a miniature sun within the confines of his workshop.

“You should apply water to stop the burning,” Blue suggested from a safe distance.

“I never would have guessed that,” Angel replied, crossing his arms as the fire slowly started to die down. Luckily, the entire workshop was metal, and there wasn’t much to actually burn.

The flames sputtered and finally died out, leaving an utterly ruined piece of scrap metal on his rather scorched table. Angel approached it warily, then nudged it with a finger.

“Generally, it is unwise to send power into runes that you don’t understand,” Blue chimed.

“They’re completely foreign to me,” Angel said with a shrug. “There’s no way for me to figure out what they do other than this. Besides, with only a tiny spark of energy, the damage they can do is very minimal.”

Blue floated over to the desk. One of the legs had malformed a little, and it was no longer stable. “Your desk now stands on three legs.”

“I’ve always preferred odd numbers.”

Angel flicked the piece of ruined scrap off his desk and into a pile of broken and ruined metal – the remains of the runes he’d already tested. He checked his chair before sitting down. “And now we know what that rune does.”

“Explodes?”

“No. It was functional for about a second before it went up in flames.” Angel clicked his tongue. “You weren’t paying attention. The rune was trying to absorb energy. Then, when it couldn’t find any, it ate itself and went boom.”

“Drawing energy from the environment?” Blue asked. “A powerful rune if that is the case.”

“I agree,” Angel said with a slow nod. “But why would it fail? If it didn’t work on its own, it shouldn’t have done anything at all. Instead, it tried to draw for a little and then went up.”

“Perhaps there wasn’t sufficient magic in the area. Could the rune only be used within a catacomb core, perhaps?”

“Sounds like a pretty useless rune,” Angel muttered. “But I agree about the lack of magic in the area. That’s the only thing that makes sense. Well, I suppose it’s also possible that there are some stabilizing runes that I didn’t include, but I don’t think we’ve seen anything that resembles a stabilizer.”

“There are still fifty-two runes that you do not understand the function of,” Blue reminded him.

“I know, I know.” Angel waved the artifact away. “You’re not wrong. This is just a gut feeling. That rune was working.”

“Until it didn’t.”

“Until it didn’t,” Angel agreed. He took another rune from a pile on the other side, mentally applauding himself for putting it at a safe distance. He was only trying to blow up one rune at a time, after all.

Magic sparked at his fingertips, and he sent it into the plate before scampering off to hide behind a cabinet. Blue darted after him, and the two peeked out to watch the plate.

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