Fused: A Slice of Life Progression Fantasy by J.L. Mullins

Author:J.L. Mullins [Mullins, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2023-10-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter: 17

Explain Everything

Tala had to begin her ‘cooking’ by dumping an obscene amount of power into Kit.

The dimensional storage had taken quite a bit of damage from the griffon’s lightning, and only its increased internal and external manipulation abilities had kept it from being outright destroyed.

And I didn’t even notice.

-Well, you were eating yourself at the time.-

That made Tala feel a bit better, actually.

Kit was hardly the only part of her gear that had gone through the wringer, however. The through-spike had simply continued to drink deeply of her power and hadn’t been permanently harmed in the least. I wonder if its draw negatively affected my defenses?

-Probably not? It shouldn’t have taken a lot of power to maintain the physical form, and the spellform wouldn’t have been affected, directly.-

That was good, at least.

Her elk leathers had only survived because they could draw power directly from her gate, and their regenerative abilities had a much easier job when compared to her own since they were repairing non-living matter. Their armor effect had broken so quickly that Tala hadn’t even noticed it at the time of the strike and was still recovering. Tala had never taken a hit so powerful that it outright broke the magical armored defense, so she was glad that it was recovering at all. And, even though it hadn’t seemed to do much at the time, both she and Alat agreed that its presence had likely dulled the front edge of the hit significantly.

Imagine if I hadn’t had that defense or the endingberry power.

-That would likely have been the start of the endgame for us. We’d have been reduced to little more than dust. Our magic would have tried to rebuild our body, but I don’t know that it would have really done anything significant with nothing physical to build off or draw from.-

Tala grunted in agreement, choosing not to focus on that unpleasant possibility.

As soon as Kit was recovered enough for Tala to draw out her cooking supplies, she began the culinary process, continuing the infusion of power into the power-hungry item all the while.

-In case you’re curious, Kit takes more power per day than the average un-Bound Mage can pull through their gate.-

So, even if it could be made en masse in this form, most Mages couldn’t use it?

-Precisely.-

That was interesting but not very pertinent.

-Also, Terry just ate the griffon wing.-

Tala jerked, almost spilling the pot she was working over. I forgot to grab that! She looked around, seeing Terry happily dancing between his feet as the last feathers slid down his throat.

The terror bird paused, regarding her, then swallowed and flickered to her shoulder before headbutting her cheek.

“I could have sold that, Terry.”

He trilled contentedly to himself.

“Well, I’m glad you liked it. We could have bought so much food with that money.”

Terry hesitated briefly, then trilled happily again.

“Still worth it, eh?”

He bobbed a nod, then curled up against her neck.

She let out a defeated grunt. “Well, it’s done, now. Please leave some harvest for me next time?”

He shifted slightly in a motion that might have been a nod.

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