Tournament Mage: Fledgling God: book 5 by Michael Taggart

Author:Michael Taggart [Taggart, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-05-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter seventeen

Annabeth PiCuBB

The dummy reformed completely and settled into his neutral stance.

“Your goal for the bashing test is simple,” Tariq explained. “You just need to knock him off his feet within twenty strikes, which you have one minute to complete. Every strike you land will automatically weaken your opponent and make it easier for him to fall. As the level increases, he will become heavier and more resilient. Understand?”

Annabeth nodded.

“Begin,” Tariq commanded, and Annabeth exploded into action. Her first blow took the dummy in the side and knocked in part of his chest. She wasn’t using a “Pow,” so I guess she wanted to see how she did with her own strength. Her second blow knocked in the other side of its chest. Then she shifted and swung at its center. It took three more hits, but then the dummy collapsed.

“Level 30 is a pass,” Tariq declared. “Reset for level 40.”

This time it took fifteen blows before the dummy fell over. Annabeth directed some of them at its legs, but it didn’t seem to make a difference. It looked like straight up smashing power was the way to clear this level.

“Level 40 pass. Reset for level 50.”

This time Annabeth struggled. She quickly resorted to using a “Pow” and finally a “Boom” to finish the job.

“Level 50 pass. Reset for level 60.”

Annabeth started with a “Boom” and gave it all she had, but the dummy had picked up too much mass. She just couldn’t damage it enough.

“Let me try that again,” Annabeth said. She sounded determined and frustrated.

The trainer reset and Annabeth flew into action—with the same result. Her shillelagh was making small dents in its chest instead of the craters she’d been making before.

“I was afraid this would happen,” Tariq said kindly. “You need to have a fair amount of weight to use a bashing weapon effectively. Think of it this way—it’s like a moon circling a planet. The larger the planet, the faster the moon moves through the skies. Or looking at it another way, you need to have enough mass to anchor your swing. For a lighter person, there is an inherent upper limit on how much force you can bring to bear.”

“That makes sense,” Annabeth nodded. “Will you excuse me for a moment?”

She grabbed my arm and pulled me off to the side.

“Can you double check the force runes on my shillelagh?” she asked.

“Of course,” I said and zoomed in for a look. I already knew what I’d see, though. The force runes were perfect. There was one on the base of the handle, one on the shaft, and one on the head. Sandy had been the first one to summon a shillelagh back when we’d had our Exchange of Reconciliation with Ken’s school, but since then John, Annabeth, and Tyler had all made their own shillelagh charm templates. After I’d recovered enough from my fight with Karl, I’d reviewed what they’d put together and made suggestions for improvements. So I already knew Annabeth could summon a perfect shillelagh with lots of detail, and that is what I saw now.

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