The Journeyman for Zdrell by David K Bennett

Author:David K Bennett [Bennett, David K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781949704044
Publisher: Ergoface Imprints
Published: 2019-12-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 41

Over the next two days, Eril spent his time creating additional items and recharging ancient ones. He created two storage rings, both of which had greater capacity than any he’d created previously, as his interactions with the gates had given him insights into how power could be stored.

When he showed them to Master Silurian, the man was dumbfounded. “Eril, I don’t know how you do it, but if you keep refining your skills at this rate, I almost begin to feel sorry for the demons and their wizards. Almost.” He smiled grimly.

After completing the storage rings, both of which he’d made out of plain iron, to make them look less valuable, he spent hours recharging sets of communicator pairs. He restored several amulets Master Silurian had as well and then went to the basement and topped up the charge on the gate.

When he finished with recharging all these items, he ate, went up to his old room, which was currently unoccupied, and slept for sixteen hours.

The next day, when he’d finally woken midmorning, the Master had a new task for him. All the apprentices in the castle were assembled in the courtyard, and Master Silurian formally introduced him to the forty or so boys of various ages. He then turned to Eril, who had no idea what was going on and said, “Eril, I want you to shake hands with each of these boys, talk to them for a moment and see if you can tell me which of them can perform any magic. I will tell you that a few of them have already shown signs. I want to see if you can from just a short interaction determine who has the talent and who doesn’t.”

Eril started to protest, but Silurian waved him down. “No, I’m not going to tell you how to determine who has ‘the spark’ and who doesn’t. Figure it out.”

Grumbling under his breath for a moment, he turned back to Master Silurian and said, “Fine. But first I have to shake your hand and Feldor’s. Then I’ll do these boys.”

The wizard looked for a moment like he was going to protest, but then nodded thoughtfully. “Fair enough.”

He came forward and shook Eril’s hand. Eril felt the eyes of many of the assembled boys on him, but concentrated on using his zdrell sight as he looked at his old master. Immediately, he saw that, just like his power ring, the force lines were disturbed by Silurian’s presence. They writhed around him, as though moved by a wind. He didn’t think he’d ever deliberately looked at his old master this way before, but could easily see that no one with zdrell sight would mistake this man for anything but a wizard.

Eril’s concentration was only broken when he heard Feldor’s voice. “You wanted to see me, Master Silurian?”

The Master gestured towards Eril. “Actually, he wants to see you. Please shake hands with him.”

Feldor looked puzzled, but stretched out to shake hands with Eril. Even before they shook,

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