How I Destroyed the Main Questline at my new job

Chapter 10 - Stormcasters (2)

As I was about to give my answer, I felt faint as a surge of magick filled the entirety of the castle!

Suffocating! It felt like I went from breathing fresh air, to being plunged 30 feet underwater without gills! I hurriedly put three of my most powerful barriers on me, each enchanted to fully refine any energy it's struck with and cycle it back into the spell formation!

When I was sealed tightly inside my barriers I felt only a bit better, the amount of magick filling the castle only continued to increase.

I brought up the mental image of my room at the inn, throwing away all other fears I tried to use [Teleport] but there was too much magical interference. I tried over and over but the most I was doing was shimmering in an out at my same location.

I turned to look at Steward Ronaldo but his face was pale and aghast! As I motioned to say something a powerful and oppressive scent of sulfur attacked my nostrils!

*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*

Thunder claps filled the sky above the castle! If I hadn't known any better I would have thought the castle was being bombed from all sides!

"Oh no! The mistress is about to rampage! I have to go stop her before it's too late!"

Right after the Stewards remarks he was like a wisp of smoke and dashed out into the corridor. Just moments later the piercing scream of a women could be hard throughout all corners of the castle!

"Have I walked into a battlefield??"

Seeing that the walls were shaking and the sounds of lightning striking could be heard I refused to be here alone, I quickly chased after the Steward he should at least be trying to move his charges to safety first, right?

Catching a glimpse of the wisp turning a corner I used all my might to follow behind him. Unfortunately I completely forgot I Just upgraded all of my stats so I clumsily ran into a wall.

Thankful my barriers only shook a little bit, I quickly adjusted my speed and sprinted off in pursuit!

I thought we would have been moving further away from the overwhelming magick energy but the more I followed the closer we got.

Seeing Steward Ronaldo stop to open the doors of a room I was just about to approach when as soon as the doors opened he was struck by a bolt of lighting as thick as my waste!!

Steward Ronaldo was by far no small man, at 6'2" broad shoulders with a widest back, he gave the impression of an unmoving deeply rooted tree.

But even still with that single bolt of lightning he was thrown out of the room and struck the wall hard enough to leave an imprint!

"What in the hell!!?

The storm is raging inside the castle?? How has the roof not caved in yet??"

The excess energy from the bolt filled the hallway, the barriers around me shook violently! Even after refining the energy and using it to reinforce itself the outermost barrier instantly shattered!

The second layer lasted much longer but swiftly cracks started to spread I knew that if I didn't make my move soon all my shields would erode away and i would be lucky if any part of my body was left intact after being shredded by the storm energy around me!

I knew there was no use fighting this magick pressure with my own, it would be like pouring a lake into an ocean. Would it even make a splash?

Focusing on my new ability [Essentia] I felt for all the energies around me, cupping my hands together I focused my magick there and used it as a kind of net drawing in all the rampant magick close by.