Zeal of the Mind and Flesh: A Cultivating Gamelit Harem Adventure (Spellheart Book 1) by Marvin Whiteknight

Author:Marvin Whiteknight [Whiteknight, Marvin]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Whiteknight Publishing
Published: 2019-06-17T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

I GRABBED NELA by the arm. One of the fire wielding elves next to her widened her eyes in sudden surprise and fury.

“Unhand the young matriarch!” She shouted.

I jumped in surprise. She had been one of the weaker ones, and I had been certain she was still completely under the influence of Yorik’s spell. Was the spell weaker than I’d hoped?

Thankfully, it appeared she hadn’t broken out of Yorik’s spell after all. I easily sidestepped her blow, and it sailed harmlessly past me. Then I swept her feet out from under her, toppling her into the dirt. Thanks to being in an area I’d constructed and maintained myself with magic, I still had a connection to a lot of the surrounding zeal. Added to the stuff I was dumping out of my spellheart I had plenty of zeal to work with for a simple spell like this. I used the same trick I did for the other Songstone Clanswomen and buried her neck-deep in a pile of dirt.

I was able to spot her spellheart immediately. It was small and golden-yellow stone, lighter in color than Yorik’s amber mind spellheart. It reminded me of sunlight, especially cradled in a small gold and silver necklace. Like most elves, she kept it on a necklace which I yanked off her head.

“The matriarch! Save her! The green swamp bears are attacking! To arms! Songstone Clan! Defend the barrels of whiskey! We’ll drink well tonight!” Her shouts quickly became less and less rooted in reality the moment I separated her from her spellheart. The zeal from her spellheart must have been partially protecting her from Yorik’s spell.

That was interesting. I supposed that the spellheart provided some innate resistance to Yorik’s delusion spell simply by existing. Maybe you could block out one zeal aspect by flooding the surrounding area with zeal under your own control. A possible avenue of defense to pursue later.

Still, it looked like none of the Songstone elves had such a defensive spell against mind zeal. I suddenly realized that this would be a lot easier than I thought. One by one, I went around and collected the spellhearts of every Songstone Clan member, hurrying as Yorik strained to maintain the spell. She’d come out of hiding so she could get closer and narrow the scope of her spell, but even so it was straining her. Amazingly, her spellheart had been reduced to nearly nothing. Sava told me it was impossible to use so much zeal in one sitting, but Yorik had managed it. I suspected an ordinary heart wielder would never be able to wield such a spell. The orc woman had her secrets, and while I had my suspicions as to what they were, I wasn’t going to pry just yet.

Nela Songstone, the young matriarch, had by far the biggest spellheart I’d ever seen. More than that though, it was crystal clear and it positively throbbed with power. It was golden like the sun, as were the spellhearts of most of the Songstone elves I’d collected thus far.

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