The Light of Life by Edward W Robertson

Author:Edward W Robertson [Robertson, Edward W]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Published: 2017-05-31T18:30:00+00:00

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Dante didn't really expect for her to tell them that. This turned out to be a wise mindset, because he turned out to be exactly right.

"You need me to tell you how to be sorcerers?" Ara said. "Three of you are sorcerers."

"More like two and a half," Blays said. "Or two and a quarter. Actually, what's the smallest fraction more than two?"

Dante tapped his chin. "Why don't you ask your penis?"

Gladdic stuttered with unintended laughter.

Blays shook his head at them both. "Since our mentor insists on being as helpful as a hemorrhoid, why don't we just try to grab the stream?" He closed his eyes and clenched his face. They were nearing midday and it was hot enough for a bead of sweat to appear on his temple. He opened his eyes, breathing hard. "Nothing. And if I bear down any harder, I'll need to change my jabat."

Dante examined the two bits of gold that had appeared next to him. They were already shrinking, dimming. He extended his mind toward them. He could see them, but it was as if there was nothing there for his mind to sense. An idea presented itself to him. Before he could think about all the ways it wouldn't work, he summoned the nether and wrapped it around the two dots of stream. The sparks seemed to brighten for a moment, but remained invisible to his inner eye.

He shook his head. "It's like trying to move a limb I don't have."

"Now I understand," Blays said. "Not having one would explain why you think they can talk."

Gladdic seated himself cross-legged and scowled up at the two flecks of gold. Volo walked in a circle around Dante, mouth twisted to the side. A part of him expected her to unlock the secret right away, as she'd done with the Glimpse, yet the sparks didn't show any sign of being affected. The four of them spent the next minute in near silence. Without warning, the two pieces of stream winked away, nowhere to be found.

"Did someone do that?" Dante said.

Gladdic lifted an eyebrow. "If we had, would that not be proof of the talent to move them, and hence a favorable outcome?"

"We can stare at the stream all day without getting anywhere. How do we actually wield it?"

"What if we're getting ahead of ourselves?" Blays rubbed the back of his arm. "When I was at Pocket Cove, they broke our training with the nether into several sections. First, they taught us to see the nether. Second, to touch it. And lastly, to grasp it. Right now, we're trying to skip straight to the grand finale. But maybe we should try to learn how to touch the stream first."

"That's inefficient," Dante said. "When I learned the nether, I went straight to using it. I didn't even have to see it first."

"You seem to be forgetting that you had the original Cycle lending you a hand. And that you turned out to be one of the greatest nethermancers of our generation.

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