"Do gods really exist?....."
I ask, a tender and youthful voice
"if they exist..."
A warm and reassuring voice came from beautiful lips.
"...How do you know?"
Moving her pretty lips into a smile, she said
"Well...."
Chapter 1 – Wand
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The streets were noisy and the conversations abundant, walking through the alleys I arrived in front of a small store damaged and almost abandoned by any trace of cleanliness and life.
Entering through the door – which was just a piece of cloth – I came into a room with an almost complete absence of light, walking up to what seemed to be the counter I spoke in a tone that was neither low nor high.
"I'm here to buy a wand" my calm voice seemed to wake someone up because it didn't take long to see a shadow that walked a little wobbly to the counter.
"Do you want to do an elemental test or do you already know what you want?" asked a slightly hoarse voice but soft enough to know it's not hostile.
"I want to do the elementary test…" I answered as the shadow left. Elemental tests are those tests that prove the elemental affinity of a person, or to put it more simply they are tests to know the compatibility of a magus or streghe with a certain type of wand.
Since although they can use any wand, the greater the compatibility with one the better, the compatibility is about the effects or the materials, for example, although a fire mage can use a wand with the main attribute of water, he will not be able to get the full potential of neither the wand nor its magic and can even damage the control.
Of course this does not always apply since there are normal wands that do not have rare attributes but that is just an example. It wasn't long before he heard the soft footsteps of the 'shadow'.
Tuk… the shadow placed a transparent crystal ball on the counter after that he began to speak "Buyer must place his hand on the test crystal and circulate his prana, the ball will shine the color of his attribute or attributes if it is multi-elemental" he said now with a soft voice and without the previous snore, softer and sweeter, but I'm not that stupid so I circulated my prana canceling the enchantment spell that the shadow cast while speaking.
Without bothering about this place my hand on the sphere and circulate my prana.
for a few seconds the sphere had no reaction, but then it began to shine, the Deep Blue, Dark Brown, Brilliant Green, Crimson-Red and Silver lights began to shine with intensity, the colors seemed to surprise the shadow as She was silent for several seconds, and she knew the reason why, it wasn't because she was multi-elemental, no, it was because of the last color, it was the same reaction that people have when seeing someone with this kind of affinity.
Ugk.. "Excuse my impolite buyer, his elemental affinity is water with a strong affinity towards the ice branch, earth with a strong affinity towards the metal branch, Wood a rare attribute of nature,…. Blood an affinity that calls to death and..." the shadow fell silent as he went to name the last, a clear demonstration that 'she' was also surprised that someone with such an affinity had been born.
"… ..Lunar, those are her buying affinities, congratulations for being a Penta-Elemental" said the shadow after that he made a sign with his hand for me to follow her. Being on the subject, multi-elementals in general are people who have more than one elemental affinity, there are bi-elementals, tri-elementals, quadra-elementals and others, there are multi-elementals with up to six or seven elemental affinities.
Of course, that doesn't make you a better magician, it only makes you have a greater range of spells so you can adapt better to situations, since it's not easy to learn spells, from the sequence in runes to the amount of prana needed, the Spells need a number of important elements that make them a bit complicated.
That's why most of those who awaken as abyss go down the path of a warrior, as it's very difficult to learn them, and then there are those like me who follow both paths.
"It's here" said the shadow pulling me out of my thoughts, to the place where the shadow took me is a large warehouse where there were shelves full of boxes - which I suppose are wands -, the place was brighter and more spacious than I thought, surely the place has space magic in it to increase space.
"You have two ways to choose a wand, the first is that it helps you by choosing one according to your attributes or the other is that you use your will to find the one that calls you" said the shadow, seeing the shadow with better lighting, I managed to see tempting curves and beautiful snow-white skin, beautiful White hair and gold eyes, all hidden under a black veil that seemed to be able to hide everything, the only reason why the i can see it is because most likely she is allowing me, since from here I noticed, she is a Strega (Witch) just like I am a stregone (Warlock).
"I prefer the first one" I said since I know that the second way is more difficult to achieve and that it could take longer than the first.
The woman just nodded and walked over to a shelf and choosing one of the boxes at the bottom she approached me again.
"Terra & Aqua, a powerful wand in the magic of water and earth, I recommend this if you want to strengthen your most related attributes, you have some evaluative ability, if not I can tell you the specifications" said the woman, the skills are what they are called skills , they can be obtained from monsters or gained through training, but the former is the most common way to obtain them.
"I have appraisal skills" I said, since I have one that allows me to see even objects with two classes above mine, taking out a wooden wand with blue runes and a blue gem in the lower one, I took it out of the box and began to circulate the prana in my eyes.
[Earth & Aqua]
— Quality: Earth
— Level/Grade: 1st Lvl. / Under
— Effect:
- [Concentrate]: Water and Earth attribute magic is easily concentrated on the wand thus increasing the casting speed by 15%.
— information: Wand made from dark bog oak wood, a wood that is highly resistant to knocks
— (Note: swamp trees have a strong affinity for water and land.)
After reading the effects I wasn't really convinced since it wasn't to my liking, returning the wand to the woman she understood that I didn't like it so she started looking for another one.
Moving again the woman walked over to another shelf and this time pulled one from the top.
"This is White Tortoise, a non-elemental wand," the woman said, handing me a white wand with gold runic designs.
[White Tortoise]
— Quality: Earth
— Level/Grade: 1st Lvl / medium
— Effect:
- [Shell]: Ability to give the wearer a white veil, this veil will collect ambient prana to decrease the charge of spells by 20%
— information: Made with turtle wood, a wood that is highly resistant to water, fire and physical damage.
— (Note: as a turtle is very resistant)
This time the wand left a good impression on her but it wasn't what she was looking for so I returned it, the woman went to the farthest shelves so it took much longer, when she returned she took out a wand that seemed to be made of black glass, the The wand had purple runes and the design of the wand was straight with slight curved indentations running through it, the purple runes floated slightly around the wand in three rings, one larger than the other, the largest being the one where took and the smallest at the tip of the wand.
Taking the wand I felt a certain attraction of prana towards it, I felt it….. this is…
Without knowing when I began to circulate my prana, my eyes lighted up slightly and a translucent white screen appeared in front of me...
[Skyless Night]
— Quality: Earth
— Level/Grade: 2nd / High
— Effect:
- [Enclosure]: The wearer can enclose souls in the wand which will increase its quality. Warning: if the user's level is very low, the effect can corrupt the user's soul.
- [Empty Crystal]: The wearer can save a spell to use at any time without chanting and with a 50% reduction in prana expenditure. Once the spell is used, it is necessary to save another one and wait for the cooling time. Conditions of Use: As long as the spell does not exceed the level of the wand. Cooling: 10 days.
— information: Made with a crystal that forms in extremely cold areas of the Astil continent.
— (Note: Only the streghe can use this wand….)
The wand caught my attention and I also felt that this wand and I were very compatible, but what surprised me the most was the note. Raising my eyes from the wand, I looked at the woman, she seemed to understand why I was looking at her, so her soft voice reached my ears.
"I've been watching magus and streghe for many years, it won't take long to find out that you were a stregone, I just advise you not to show the specifications of the wand to anyone or they will discover what you are..." said the woman to which I only nodded, She walked past me and kept walking towards the counter, her soft and steady footsteps almost hypnotizing me.
Arriving back at the counter the woman spoke again "It's 500 Silver Scales" said the woman, which surprised me since the price was very high, although I didn't show my surprise so I took out a black card with a purple magic circle.
The cost of the wand was high almost completely exhausting my reserves of money. Paying the woman, she nodded as I did and started walking towards the 'door' just as the woman was about to leave, she spoke.
"The wand will be a problem, take this, once you understand it you will be able to change the appearance of the Wand." Said the woman as she threw a roll of paper, the roll was thin so its content was not much.
"Thank you, I'll pay you when it's necessary..." I said and was going to leave again when the woman spoke again.
"Are you going to Babylon Academy?"
"Yes, why the question…" I said knowing I had a purpose.
"I hope we meet there…since I'm a teacher, I can know your name" she said, I just nodded and said "You can call me violette".
I left the place hiding my surprise that a strega is a teacher, of course, but it is not impossible since there really is no noticeable difference between magus and streghe (Warlocks).
When I turned my head to see the store I had just left, to my surprise the store was gone and all that was left was a dirty brick wall.
'I had heard rumors that this store suddenly appears and disappears but I didn't think it was real' I thought, the only reason I entered this store was because when I walked through the streets I felt a certain attraction of my prana towards that place, now I know it was for the wand.
Leaving the alleys I reached the streets for some reason the alley was very dark but the street was very lit by the incandescent midday sun.
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Click… the sound of the door closing soothed my senses and I went to my room, falling onto my bed and resting for a couple of hours.