As the moon rises over the sky Gage finally feels a tingly tugging sensation. Acting as fast as he could Gage takes in the mana into the center of his body. A feint aura of purple surrounding him and sending waves of pressure form his body. Dimitri stirs awake binking slowly and rubbing his forehead as he stands up from the pile of bottles...for context it has only been two hours "eh, oh finally *burp* I've been waiting for your scrawny ass to finish." Gage grunts as steam radiates from his skin slowly peeling it off. "Of course. *Sigh" Dimitri breaks the bottle in his hand against Gage's head making him fall over and the steaming stop. "THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!" Gage shouts immediately as he stands up and shouts at Dimitri. "You didn't even realize that you were cooking yourself alive. Hhhmmm guess that was my fault for using a stone with so much mama." As Gage after listening to Dimitri immediately looks at his body. Seeing several burn marks and pieces of skin hanging off. "How?! I didn't even." Gage looks at Dimitri extremely concerned. Gage has been nearly killed hundreds of times since he's become part of the zenus but this was one above the rest! He could tell when he was about to get hit, when he was nearly drowning or set on fire! But he didn't even realize and doesn't even feel the damage to his body. "Don't worry, this happens sometimes your body will heal in time. You have already started circulating mana in your body, it's an unconscious process after the initial step." Dimitri pays Gage on the back. "Now your body will be much better than before" Dimitri points to the biggest burn in Gage's body as it heals with in the minute, astonishing Gage. "That's...amazing!" Gage picks up his sword egar to try activating the runes. "Go sword go!"
"Wait a second I haven't told you how to use one at-" a pillar of fire and ice bursts from Gage's sword that's now much longer. Past the treeline in fact. "How do I stop?!" Gage shouts panicked as he starts to be overwhelmed by the force of the runes.
*Smack* with a wack to the back of his head the runes die down as he rubs his head. Dimitri grins and motions for Gage to sheath his sword.
"What happened? I did what you said"
"You slide your finger over each of the runes instead of tapping one. That and you somehow managed to overflow your blade with mana."
'Overflowing mana is a hard thing to do, as he is now Gage shouldn't be able to even generate enough to do it. The mana stone had more than expected but shouldn't have had that much! It wasn't near big enough...maybe Gage is more efficient in mama absorption, eh not my problem.' Dimitri sighs and turns about to leave but tells Gage "and that's my *stumble* part. Go to Ray so he can oversee your training."
.....*chirp*
"What are you still standing around for!? Go!"
Dimitri shouts then stabs at Gage's feet with his spear. Gage flinches backwards and starts running to camp as Dimitri starts laughing while finishing a wine bottle he hid in a bush.
"Oh how I've missed you my sweet, sweet fancy." Dimitri lifts the bottle to his lips and sniffs the air turning around. "Of course it's now."
Meanwhile as Gage Jacobs through the forest he mentally sigh. He really did hate the brotherhood. Dimitri was a trigger happy drunk, was I quite hard ass with no sense of empathy, and don't even get him started in the rest! 'really are just a band of bastards with weapons.' Gage slows down and some to a stop clenching his fist in frustration and anger. When Gage was younger he was one of the few humans left with a decent life, that all changed when the brotherhood came to town. 'it had to be because of them, we were too hidden inside of the mountain.' on that day his home finally fell to the demon army. For generations they were able to hide because of their prestige of the dangerous and unstable structures of the mountain and around it. After all who would bother making a pseudo village in a mountain that's actually a dormit volcano? After the attack the brotherhood fended off most of the attack. They were about to cut their losses and leave, until Gage's mother, a well known local whore who was always, almost exclusively running off to have sex for cash.
Leaving a tiny Gage alone for days in end to fend for himself. Only coming back on occasion to pass out drunk and buy a few potatoes before leaving again.
But here she was covered in dirt and blood stark contrast to her usual attempt at an ellegant style. Seeing the group of different ages, specifically the three children. Knowing they were the ones who held off the attack based on their blood stained scent. She Flfrantically begged and pleaded for them to take Gage with them. They refused after all, why would they take a random child just because some dirty women asked them to? That was until Gage's mother gave them what she had left. Shoving a bag filled with gold coins into their hands the entirety of her riches from whoring herself out to the men of the village. Then she went to gaget crouching down and hugging him for the first time. Crying as she says "this is for your own good. Mommy loves you"
After that it was history, they tied up and dragged Gage with them and indoctrinated him as a brother from that day on. Dealing with him out of obligation from his mother bargaining him. That and the idea of having a gopher was tempting enough.
'barginig me like some prized poodle. Saying it's for love. tsk! What a shitty excuse, like i dont know you wanted me out of the way so you could spread your legs more easily. No one wants to bang awhore with a child after all..' Gage thinks seething and spit in the ground in disgust at the memory alone as he starts walking forward.
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