ULTRAMagic Prelude

Chapter 10

Things had finally settled down since everyone had returned home. It took a few days, but Blood-Wraith had gotten over his anxiety and Tusk was adjusting to his new surroundings. Kresimira was particularly interested in the newcomer mage, wanting to gauge his skills and see what he knew. Observation revealed that Tusk was not exactly up to par with what was expected. His skills were on the level of an average mage, also indicating that his expertise was in decline. Kresimira had no plans to let this stand and got to work writing up a special lesson plan for him. Thankfully she could easily slot him into her Alchemy lessons the others were busy with at the moment.

"I would have used my new technique, but I felt the forest wouldn't have appreciated it" Dragoslava stated. "And Blood had to deal with being a wolf."

Tusk groaned. "Why do I get the distinct impression that would have been dangerous?"

"Only as dangerous as we needed" Dragoslava replied with a dismissive glee.

"I see..." Kresimira was not pleased with Dragoslava's devil may care attitude. "So were you two able to glean any new knowledge, despite the ruckus?" she asked.

Dragoslava gave a thumbs up. "Oh absolutely. Blood went out and hit the Tree People's books like crazy."

"Intriguing. What did you find, Blood-Wraith?"

"Well, a mix of unique transmutations and 7-step process manuscripts. I guess water and wind transmutations are a bit rare compared to earth and fire" He replied, shuffling through some of his notes.

Tusk jumped in, having a bit of insight on the topic. "I can vouch. Air and water are unique and mostly niche. The one I use the most out of the two is wind, primarily water into ice. Vapor into water has also been helpful. The issue is that I often find earth and fire to be more reliable."

Kresimira began writing on the chalkboard. "An example of an interesting air transmutation I know of is wind gusts. Using your Alchemy, you can alter conditions such as temperature and atmospheric pressure to create a pressure gradient. Creating the correct gradient will allow you to control the wind. Now obviously The Unlight does not have definitive weather patterns, but that is irrelevant for a transmutation. Any questions?" The students were impressed, taking a second to absorb the information.

"I believe my dad once created a tornado to fend off invaders, but it happened before I was born," Tusk stated.

Kresimira looked quite impressed. "My my, the conditions for such a feat would have to be quite extreme. Regardless, I feel someone such as Sigmund could pull that off. You most likely could too, Tusk. All you need to do is refine your techniques and..."

Dragoslava chuckled. "Hehe, maybe we should use that on Corentin..." Both sisters laughed.

"My goodness, surely I don't constitute that strong of a response..." a man's voice rebuked.

Kresimira felt her eye twitch as she turned to face her unwelcome visitor. "What part of you're not allowed in this tower do you not understand?"

Corentin playfully threw up his hands. "It's been so long though and I've changed since then... Plus the king is my uncle."

"You've changed? Explain the ravagers then, a recent mishap I might add."

"Okay, a few miscalculations here and there, I'll admit. I assure you that I fully intended for them to defend the city while the others are off on the great hunt. Bloody Chaos Wasps..."

Kresimira sighed. "Alright, Corentin, what do you want?"

"I merely wished to give you this..." He held out a beautiful, metal rose. Its pink petals glistened in the light. This naturally caught everyone's attention.