Stjepan is walking so proudly that I fear for the integrity of his spine. Looting dozens of anomalities has made us rich as well gained an Awakening Stone. They have drawn straws. Luck has been on Zora’s side. The boy’s eyes when learning that he is to perform a ritual for his mother warm everybody’s heart.
Gun: [Tools of the Magister] Special Ability Iron 0 (76%) (unused) 0% (unused) 0% (unused) 0% (unused) 0% Fire: [Dry the Tinder] Special Attack/Spell Iron 0 (15%) [Alacrity's Reward] Swiftness Special Ability Iron 0 (0%) (unused) 0% (unused) 0% (unused) 0% Magic: [Dragon Wings] Special Ability Iron 0 (53%) [Eternal Moment] Lightning Special Ability Iron 0 (48%) [Dragon's Treasure Chest] Adventure Special Ability Iron 0 (56%) (unused) 0% (unused) 0% Onslaught: [Dive Bomb] Special Attack Iron 0 (0%) [Rune Trap] Rune Special Attack/Spell Iron 0 (0%) (unused) 0% (unused) 0% (unused) 0%
P: What time is it?
KN: 17:31
PN: Are you thinking attacking again?
P: Yes. We could use stamina potions.
M: We need to get this done.
KN: Above all you need to win the fight.
Maria is looking for support. Her gaze falls upon Zora having fallen asleep on a chair. Her shoulders slump.
P: You know what, you can stand watch tonight and kill anomalities.
I need to complete some meditation to consolidate what I’ve gotten.
Gun: [Tools of the Magister] Special Ability Iron 2 (27%) [Joy of Sustained Fire] Blood Special Attack Iron 1 (60%) [This is my Gun] Myriad Special Attack/Conjuration
Iron 2 (9%)
[Chemical Warfare] Defiance Special Attack/Conjuration
Iron 0 (81%)
[Hyperkinetic Cannon] Gun Special Attack/Conjuration Iron 0 (90%) Vast: [Giant Form of the Ancestors] Special Ability Iron 1 (28%) [Immortality] Tree Special Ability Iron 2 (15%) [Nebelwerfer 42] Focus Special Attack/Conjuration Iron 0 (76%) [Arsenal of the Mad Scientist] Magotech Special Ability Iron 1 (86%) [Eldritch Eyes] Water Special Ability & Attack Iron 0 (44%) Dimension: [Teleport] Special Ability Iron 1 (83%) [Dance by my Will] Dance Aura Ability Iron 2 (89%) [Eternal Moment] Reach Special Ability Iron 1 (26%) [Path in Time] Hunt Perception Ability Iron 2 (29%) [Wrath of the Magister] Corruption Special Attack/Spell Iron 1 (49%) Battlefield: [Equip the Army] Special Ability Iron 2 (90%) [Robotic Servant of War] Magotech Special Attack/Conjuration Iron 1 (81%) [Pipes of War] Unity Special Ability Iron 1 (10%) [Cornucopia] Feast Special Ability Iron 0 (22%) [Feast of Decontamination] Light Special Ability Iron 0 (30%)
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And indeed she has killed anomalies. I am presented with crispy anomalities to loot in the morning before the nominal sunrise, which kind of is pointless with a stationary sun.
KN: I have spoken with my mother. She says that before you another wizard had booked a room with her.
P: How does she know?
KN: He made gadgets appear out of thin air like you do.
P: Does she know where he went?
KN: The closest village. Yesterday evening. By car.
P: This may be a delicate proposal, but can we search his room?
KN: Under these circumstances …
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Not much. Though our fellow ritualist has printed out a map. A cross marks a place inside the village. That informs us where to go.
We are driving in open top mode. Nice, slowly and provocatively. I just wish I’d know where Lidija got a genuine coconut to suck her cocktail out of. She has had Stjepan make a special fitted holding cup shaped to her coconut. Stjepan is driving. We have stopped giving a shit about regulations. We are not going to leave children without guards behind, nor do we sacrifice a shooter position.
We get a few anomalities.
But then we reach the village. And this has not remained a small Central European village in terms of architecture. We are in a kind of gothic steampunk town made of metal.
PN: We need to get out of the vehicle. We are sitting ducks against anybody in those buildings.
I don’t like it. It means going out without my armour, as I cannot make the children walk. But there is no helping it. We need to be outside the vehicle. But nobody takes a shot at us.
„Watch out!“ The street hydrants are rising up. Before anything else, one byes a bolt from Lidija. That leaves 5 of them. Anther one buys a magical mine from Zora. Down to 4. My large rifle takes one in a joint. Down to 3. Maria starts running and clapping her hand. They start tracing her with their spouts. Zora exhales. Down to 2.
They spray out a liquid. Maria’s shield turns visible and reflects the stuff. The stone the street is made of starts smoking. Zora burns another one into oblivion. That however is a mistake. She sprays herself with its liquid, now flowing through the anomality.
Our vehicle howls. Stjepan rams down the last one, immobilizes it make its corrosive weapon splash down on itself.
Zora is screaming and threshing on the ground. Lidija is casting [Regenerate], but it cannot stop the damage. It just keeps repairing it. This is turning into torture. [Decontaminate] fails. We need something. Think!
Basic chemistry. I get a barrel of cola out of my inventory, open it and douse her with it. That does the job. Under the influence of [Regenerate] her wounds close visibly.
PN: That was audible in the whole town. Boy, that the vehicle through that gate!
It still moves, albeit shuddering and swerving. We make it into the house, whose yard the gate closes off, before the anomalities arrive.