Phantasm Magic by King DB

Author:King, DB
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-10-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

How strange this is, Alec thought, walking down the hallway with a lantern held before him. I’m hunting for myself. Has any other student of the Royal Academy had to do such a thing before?

Alec had tried to summon a ball of light over his head upon rising from his bed, only to find his powers so overstressed it would have cost him more concentration than simply setting a light. He walked the halls of the Royal Academy like any other student, albeit one who whispered down empty hallways like they were searching for a missing pet. If anyone came upon him without knowing the context of his search, they might have found it comical.

Alec found it anything but. That phantasm might not have been him, but it looked exactly like him—which meant it could have gotten up to all sorts of mischief in his absence. Part of him hoped the thing had merely faded away, the way the specters inside of the Phantasmic Projector did when they were no longer needed.

I doubt I’m that lucky, though, Alec told himself. More likely it kissed Eleira, removed me from all of my classes, and told the student body I can cast spells without the use of a grimoire…

Each step through the Academy felt more hopeless than the last. Locating the phantasm wasn’t simply like finding a needle in a haystack—it was trying to find a needle that had used the last six hours to locate a hiding place in the hay. One that could move around and set up any number of traps to confuse him. One that might have left the Academy grounds entirely, run off into the woods to do Archon knows what.

Alec stepped out into the chilly night, bracing himself against the cold. The Bloodcloak vibrated faintly against his shoulders, as if the garment not only wished to warm him but to lift his spirits, as well. I have all these magical artifacts at my disposal, Alec told himself, thinking of the Diamondspear tucked in his robes and the Shield Ring on his finger, yet nothing that will help me track a clone. Particularly one with such a big head start. I’m going to need some help…

And as luck would have it, help was a short walk away.

As Alec reached the center of the Academy green, he noticed flickering lights in the distance. The workers Dean Wolfe hired to build Maimonides’s new tower had left as soon as night had fallen, but the gnome was still awake in the half-finished structure, hard at work on some experiment or another. Alec grinned at his luck, picking up his pace.

The tower had no door—merely a set of stairs rough-hewn into the central pillar of the tower, stretching all the way up. Alec had to flatten himself against the wall to keep from slipping as he made his way to the top floor, trying not to look over the edge. The Bloodcloak could probably teleport him out of danger if

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