sun.
Pleased with himself, he laid
the Tiger Lilly to the side. Dismissing the screens from his vision, he once
again decided to wait patiently. After about an hour, he heard a rustling above
him and Sion dropped to the ground. He pulled a rusty knife from his belt, and
showed it to Richter.
“I found a goblin scout. I was
able to kill him quietly, but if there are scouts then there are others.
Hopefully, it was just part of a hunting party from the Azergoth Swamp, but I do not like the timing of finding that foul creature while we are
hunting these sick animals. We need to hunt and destroy them, before they setup
an encampment. Will you fight with me?”
You have been offered a Quest:
Cleanse the Forest III. Sion suspects a connection between the sickness
infecting the animals and the goblins. He feels that’s the two of you
must kill the goblins that have invaded the Forest of Nadria. Reward: Increased
relationship with Sion. A new Skill. Yes or No?
So the third link in the quest chain,
huh? Richter had been expecting that the rabid animals were coming from a
poisoned bog, or a type of insect that spread sickness. He didn’t really
see how the goblins could be connected, but the fact that he had gotten another
quest showed there must be some relationship. It also would be great to
get a new skill, whatever that would be. Maybe he could even ask for a
specific skill…
“I said I would help cleanse
the forest and I will,” Richter replied.
“You must be stronger than you
are then. The damage you can cause is not enough to overcome these enemies. We
must come up with something else.”
“Can you teach me how you make
your arrows explode when they hit?”
Sion shook his head. “That is a
race specific skill that only the Sprites have. It was a blessing of the
Forest, and the will of Nature. Humans cannot learn it.”
“That might not be a problem. I
am not like every other human you have met. Just try.” Seeing Sion’s stubborn
reluctance, Richter added, “Please.”
Sion took a deep breath and said,
“I will attempt to teach the skill if you will swear never to use them against
the Wood Sprites.”
“I promise you that as long as
you and your people do not break faith with me, then I will be your ally.”
“I can accept that, now listen.
You must imagine your mana flowing into the arrow. As in Herb lore, this is a
partnership. Accept the arrow as part of you and let your mana flow into it.
Use caution though! This skill can damage you as well. Once you have Imbued the arrow, the energy cannot be taken back, it must
be released. The mana makes the structure of the arrow unstable. The more mana
the greater the instability, the more powerful the strike, and the less time
you have to fire. Waiting too long will make the arrow explode on the string.
Do not wait too long to fire or YOU will suffer the effects of the explosion.
Are you ready to try?”
Richter was suddenly a bit less
eager to do this. It sounds like Sion was saying the arrow turned into a stick
of dynamite, and he had to light the fuse and hope it didn’t go off too soon.
There was no denying the power of the Imbued attack, however. Stealing himself,
Richter knocked his bow and tried to imagine his mana extending from himself
and into the arrow. After long minutes nothing happened, however.
Seeing the difficulty, Sion
said, “Imagine the mana as a field around your body, both imperceptibly thin
and massively powerful. Feel that field surround the arrow, and once it does
simply channel more power into the part of your aura that encompasses the arrow.”
Trying again, he did as Sion
asked. Closing his eyes, Richter let his other senses expand. He relaxed his
mind as he did when using Herb Lore to connect with the life force of plants.
Rather than trying to connect outward though, he allowed himself to gaze
inward. After a time he felt he could see his aura as a deep gold with steaks
of a rich black,
Pleased with himself, he laid
the Tiger Lilly to the side. Dismissing the screens from his vision, he once
again decided to wait patiently. After about an hour, he heard a rustling above
him and Sion dropped to the ground. He pulled a rusty knife from his belt, and
showed it to Richter.
“I found a goblin scout. I was
able to kill him quietly, but if there are scouts then there are others.
Hopefully, it was just part of a hunting party from the Azergoth Swamp, but I do not like the timing of finding that foul creature while we are
hunting these sick animals. We need to hunt and destroy them, before they setup
an encampment. Will you fight with me?”
You have been offered a Quest:
Cleanse the Forest III. Sion suspects a connection between the sickness
infecting the animals and the goblins. He feels that’s the two of you
must kill the goblins that have invaded the Forest of Nadria. Reward: Increased
relationship with Sion. A new Skill. Yes or No?
So the third link in the quest chain,
huh? Richter had been expecting that the rabid animals were coming from a
poisoned bog, or a type of insect that spread sickness. He didn’t really
see how the goblins could be connected, but the fact that he had gotten another
quest showed there must be some relationship. It also would be great to
get a new skill, whatever that would be. Maybe he could even ask for a
specific skill…
“I said I would help cleanse
the forest and I will,” Richter replied.
“You must be stronger than you
are then. The damage you can cause is not enough to overcome these enemies. We
must come up with something else.”
“Can you teach me how you make
your arrows explode when they hit?”
Sion shook his head. “That is a
race specific skill that only the Sprites have. It was a blessing of the
Forest, and the will of Nature. Humans cannot learn it.”
“That might not be a problem. I
am not like every other human you have met. Just try.” Seeing Sion’s stubborn
reluctance, Richter added, “Please.”
Sion took a deep breath and said,
“I will attempt to teach the skill if you will swear never to use them against
the Wood Sprites.”
“I promise you that as long as
you and your people do not break faith with me, then I will be your ally.”
“I can accept that, now listen.
You must imagine your mana flowing into the arrow. As in Herb lore, this is a
partnership. Accept the arrow as part of you and let your mana flow into it.
Use caution though! This skill can damage you as well. Once you have Imbued the arrow, the energy cannot be taken back, it must
be released. The mana makes the structure of the arrow unstable. The more mana
the greater the instability, the more powerful the strike, and the less time
you have to fire. Waiting too long will make the arrow explode on the string.
Do not wait too long to fire or YOU will suffer the effects of the explosion.
Are you ready to try?”
Richter was suddenly a bit less
eager to do this. It sounds like Sion was saying the arrow turned into a stick
of dynamite, and he had to light the fuse and hope it didn’t go off too soon.
There was no denying the power of the Imbued attack, however. Stealing himself,
Richter knocked his bow and tried to imagine his mana extending from himself
and into the arrow. After long minutes nothing happened, however.
Seeing the difficulty, Sion
said, “Imagine the mana as a field around your body, both imperceptibly thin
and massively powerful. Feel that field surround the arrow, and once it does
simply channel more power into the part of your aura that encompasses the arrow.”
Trying again, he did as Sion
asked. Closing his eyes, Richter let his other senses expand. He relaxed his
mind as he did when using Herb Lore to connect with the life force of plants.
Rather than trying to connect outward though, he allowed himself to gaze
inward. After a time he felt he could see his aura as a deep gold with steaks
of a rich black,
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