Werewolf Mage 3 by Harry Nix

Author:Harry Nix [Nix, Harry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Galactic Royale
Published: 2019-10-19T16:00:00+00:00

13

“I see what you mean by that whole pulling avocados out of his butt thing,” Ruby said, examining one of the enchanted rings.

Juno choked on her food. Alex had to thump her on the back a few times before she could breathe properly.

“Handkerchiefs. It was handkerchiefs out of his butt. I knew you weren't listening,” she said.

“Hmm, yes, I see,” Ruby murmured, obviously not listening again.

Dinner tonight was steak, a small side salad, and a few roasted vegetables. Everyone was digging in except for Ruby who was examining the enchanted rings Alex had brought upstairs.

“I couldn’t have done without Stephen,” Alex said and cut off an enormous piece of steak. Sure, the city still didn’t smell great but when there was steak covered in salt, maybe he could come to live with it.

“This is really good work. Well done,” Ruby said to Stephen, slipping the ring onto her finger. It was a healing flame ring. She activated it then touched her burning finger against her palm. As she was uninjured, nothing happened.

“Have you considered making one of these where a damaging flame travels from the part you touch to the greatest injury? Like a fireball going down their nerves?” Ruby asked Alex.

“Can a flame travel inside someone's body?” Alex asked.

“Not usually, but then you are doing unusual things,” Ruby said.

Alex shared a glance with Stephen who was grinning like a mad fool. Him and the kid had broken through multiple barriers in just a single day. Unusual didn’t begin to cover it. Together they’d constructed a battery spell to hold mana and then refined Alex’s spell to slowly drain mana from the wearer, to charge the ring over time.

There had been a few explosions along the way but now it appeared the enchanted rings were stable.

There were still limitations of course. The rings could only hold spells of a certain size and complexity. But that was just an iteration problem. Work it long enough and Alex knew him and the kid could improve the coding.

“You say you can rewrite his code by changing the comics you see?” Ruby asked Stephen, tapping her fork on the ring.

The teenager blushed, focused on his plate, and mumbled something.

“Speak up now. If the two of you cracked this in a single day… this is life-changing work. I mean it.”

“It’s no big thing. He writes the original code and then I work on the pictures to get it flowing. We pass it back and forth until it works is all.”

Alex chewed his steak, enjoying the feeling that something was going right for once. Being able to enchant his own rings meant money, which was sorely needed but more than that it meant being able to equip his entire pack. The next time necromancers came calling, things would turn out very differently.

“No, you should be really proud of yourself. This is incredible work,” Ruby insisted.

“Leave the kid alone, he’s embarrassed,” Juno said.

“The only one that should be embarrassed here is the drunken witch who burned my fence and doesn't remember it,” Ruby snapped.

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