Darius looks down at the book confused, shaking his head as he says "The book of the damned? Really?" "Yes really, I'm the book of the damned, and you are a very interesting experiment." The voice says as the book starts to float. Darius frowns as he says "A talking book, that's not something you see every day, and what exactly do you mean by experiment?"
"I mean I'm going to experiment on you of course." The voice says before a bright flash comes from the book, blinding Darius. He covers his eyes before blasting out his aura. The book screeches as Darius continues to blast out his aura. Once his eyes clear he looks around, seeing the book smouldering as the aura burns it.
Darius walks towards the book as it falls back to the table, shaking his head as he says "You picked the wrong person to try and experiment on." He turns off his aura, picking up the slightly charred book which he closes. He grabs some rope from his backpack and ties up the book before he puts it in his backpack. He shakes his head as he starts to look around the rest of the room, not seeing anything interesting he goes back to the wall before he can open it a screen pops up.
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Spell level up: [Aura:Basic]
level 1 to level 20
Radius increased to 10 metres
Strength increased by 40%
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Darius opens the door in the wall again and walks through. The party all looks at him surprised as he comes out of the opening in the wall, Folred saying "Well, it's good you came out, but what was in there?" Darius shrugs as he says "Some strange talking book, it didn't like my aura too much, though it did level my aura up a lot." Folred looks at Darius confused, before his eyes widen in surprise "A talking book, you mean a grimoire?" "If that's what a talking book is called then probably, I don't really know," Darius says as he starts to walk through the cave again.
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Daris looks around as they exit the cave, not seeing anything major he starts to walk towards the gnoll tribe again. "So, you said your aura was able to deal with the grimoire? How is that possible?" Avon asks as he walks next to Darius. "Well, the strength of an aura is based on a user's mana regen, right?" Darius asks and Avon nods. "So, what happens if someone has an absurd mana regen, like say somewhere close to ten thousand?" Darius says while he looks at Avon, who splutters as he says "T-ten thousand? T-their aura would be strong enough to melt most things." Darius nods as he says "Well, it was closer to setting it on fire, but that's about right. I'm really going to need to practice controlling my aura."
"I-if what you said is true, then you definitely do, your aura would effectively be a weapon even when you aren't trying to hurt people with it," Avon says with a nod as he looks at Darius. "And that is something I don't want, I don't want to kill people just from them being in the radius of my aura. Do you have any tips on controlling an Aura?" Darius asks glancing towards Avon.
"Well, it's not the easiest to get the hang of right away, but basically think of mana like water, you can't force it to go where you want it to, you have to go with the flow mostly," Avon says with a shrug. Darius shakes his head "That is a bit more helpful then you may think." Darius says before he starts to think about how Auras work. He thinks about it right up until they enter the gnoll village, finally looking around once they arrive.
Darius notices that the gnolls are largely celebrating the fact that the adventurers have returned, figuring that it means the undead are gone for good. Darius and The Party walk to the center of the village, where they meet with Grat who asks "Did you find the source?" Darius nods as he says "Yes, we did, you won't have to worry about the undead any time soon." A few of the gnolls nearby start to howl in celebration when they hear him.
"Thank you so much Sir Darius," Grat says, bowing as he looks towards the ground. "Lift your head Grat. There is no need for thanks, I'm just doing what should be done." Darius says as he nods, looking around at the tribe. "We owe your our lives Sir Darius, whatever you ask of us we will give to you." Grat says as he looks towards Darius, who nods and says "Thank you Grat, but I have no need or want of a reward from you, your people need whatever you could give me more than I do. Helping those in need is enough."
"How very noble of you Darius," Gerfast says with a frown. "However I'm sure that you could scrounge up a reward for us." Grat looks towards Gerfast, his ears flicking in irritation "I'm sure we could find something fitting for you." Darius sighs as he shakes his head, looking towards Gerfast while Grat looks at the tribe before shouting "Let us celebrate."