I wasn't giggling to myself like a child, regardless of what Ddraig would say. I was rely appreciating my amazing new sword.
Mirage.
I repeated the na several tis in my head as I swung the sword about. The afterimage that blurred every ti it cut through the air just made it all the more beautiful.
My instinct was telling that this sword would be able to fully handle the might of my Magic. The addition of the Eye of Magus....well, I would even put it on par with my old jeweled sword. Maybe slightly different in application, but to compare them side by side, I don't think mine would lose out.
Truthfully, I felt more whole than I had since my mories had surfaced. The feeling that I'm no longer 'constrained'.
I had to stop myself from thoroughly testing this thing here and now, I was getting so 'looks' as I swung it around near the blacksmith area.
One of the things I did in the imdiate tifra was sort of program my Calculations into my sword. The Eye of Magus was many things, so which I had yet to still decipher, but it was more than capable of acting as a sort of magical 'computer' to process what I needed and help along my Magic. Perhaps its nature as a higher dinsional object had led to its ability of synchronize with those aspects of the Kaleidoscope.
Not just that, the sword itself was powered to an impressive level with the inclusion of the Eye in the hilt. There was also the side benefit of being able to draw in magical energy faster than I could with my old jeweled sword, though further testing was required.
It really felt good to complete this thing after working towards it for about a bit now.
A thought did cross my mind, I really need to brush up on my swordsmanship. Since I'll probably be using my sword as an actual sword.....it would be better to perhaps find a teacher sowhere.
Now though...I'm kinda at a loss on what to do.
Well...there's always that one place that the Archmage told about. I wouldn't mind picking up another ridiculously powerful object. I did find a map of where the ruins were when I was bored the other day.....and I really wanted to get so practice in with this thing.
With a shrug, I slashed open infront of as the imdiate air distorted and a vibrant display of colors ford a portal.
I'm back baby.
***
As I reaffird my spot on the world-line and reentered the normal flow of the world, the view ca forward and the cold air once more hit my face.
"ROOOOARR"
A familiar sound vibrated infront of as I apparently appeared right into the nests of a few trolls.
Well....I did want so test subjects.
I was curious about the combat applications of my weapon. I pulled on the kaleidoscope, and I felt a weird sensation vibrate from the Eye, I had felt it previously, but I was in no position to test it. Here though, it looks like these trolls were volunteering, how considerate.
They were dozens of feet away and I swung Mirage with a slow overhead slash.
The space infront of distorted....no that isn't quite right. The space was fine, it didn't shatter nor break in any way. It's more like.....what did they call this in the east....sword phantom? Attaching your intent on your blade and releasing it in a slash to extend the range. I was sort of doing sothing like that.....but with magical energy apparently.
I think the Eye was doing it sohow.
Oh, I see now. I think the Eye can't 'exist' in multiple realities simultaneously when all connected, therefore when I attempt to use sothing like the Dinsional Refraction Phenonon, there is a sort of physical reaction where the magical energy generated Is amplified and then kind of 'solidified' onto the sword. To pull on magical energy from multiple realities, my sword has to simultaneously exist within those realities at the sa ti, I don't just open a portal and let my sword drink its fill. That would require too much ti.
My sword acts as a 'nexus' bridging and overlapping between how many worlds I wish to pull from and to gather the required amount without harming the native dinsions. It was one of the reasons I need a 'foci' to perform this feat, while I could technically do so without my sword, my body would expload pretty quickly. Even using this thod, It can be very straining on my body. The amount my previous self had to pull on to push back the moon was a good indicator of this, his body never recovered even though he's practically immortal.
The Eye essentially 'sees' itself even though only one exists, and thus tries to pull on its own magical energy creating this effect.
Basically, I can cheat and use this to my advantage. There is no true harm done, just sothing I need to take into consideration for the future.
I'm reminded of that one Heroic Spirit that used a Sword Technique to mimic Magic. And here I am using Magic to mimic a sword technique.
Needless to say, the Troll was bisected with ease.
There were two more and I was suddenly filled with inspiration. That Heroic Spirit, he used the dinsional Refraction Phenonon to attack three tis in a single breath. I have true access to the Kaleidoscope....couldn't I figure out sothing similar? Granted I don't have the confidence to claim his skills with a sword, but I would dare anyone to say my Magic doesn't reach the standard.
I ntally began to run so calculations in my head as another Troll roared and charged towards with its lanky body.
I relaxed my own body, taking Mirage with two hands and going into a loose stance.
When it got close enough I simply moved to stab it through the chest and as its clawed-hands swung down, my sword pieced its heart but I was also behind it, stabbing it through the back.
I felt a pulling sensation and a sudden stifling feeling as I walked a few feet away from the now-dead troll. It wasn't exactly painful, but not sothing pleasant to feel either, perhaps I'm just not used to the sensation.
I was in two places at once as I both stabbed the troll from the front and back. Neither were '' yet both of them were true until my own 'presence' was reaffird and realigned unto the world.
What a strange feeling, is this how that Heroic Spirit felt when he uses his technique? It seed like a success on the surface, my body was a little stiff, though nothing beyond that, but I think I just need to train it more.
I waved my sword casually to the side, cutting the head off the last troll as it got close. The power behind the accumulated energy was impressive even after seeing it once more.
What should I call this technique?
I suppose I should pay homage to my inspiration, what did that guy call his own attack --- Tsuba Gaeshi, The Swallow Reversal. If I rember correctly, he made a cage of three sword strikes whereas I attack twice, once from the front and once from the back.....
I'll call it Swallow Returns to pay homage.
Well, if I'm playing off the the I may as well all my 'flying slash' in the sa way as well. One slash – one bird? I should be able to actualize more with further training.
I looked towards a nearby cliff. "Two Birds" I said as I swung forward, and two more magical sword phantoms flew off and cleaved a chunk out of the rock. Overlaying multiple swings using the Kaleidoscope, I could perform this technique multiple tis to truly copy those eastern sword skills that were lost to ti.
Well, I was never good at naming things but this should do for now.
It still took a bit of concentration to pull these moves off, maybe attaching a trigger word and calling out their nas would help. I could certainly hypnotize myself to streamline the whole thing. Arias existed for a reason, a trigger phrase often helped one focus even without resorting to hypnotizing on yourself. Especially when belief was such a crucial elent in any spellcasting.
I should put all that on hold for the mont, I don't want to get sidetracked, gods know I do easily.
Now where's that entrance....
***
Fuck, this place was confusing, I must have run around for twenty minutes trying to find the entrance. These big stone doors were surprisingly difficult to find.
Oh, how cute, it's magically locked.
I put my hand on the door that didn't have any key. "Boop."
With a thought I appeared on the other side, only having to cast a Structural Grasp to see how far the stone door extended so I could know the distance I had to teleport from.
As I took a few steps inside the large chamber, it began to rumble and shake. There were large bones in the area that were lifted up off the ground, all shooting towards the center of the area as they combined into a large, familiar shape.
"Is that a fucking skeleton dragon?" I couldn't help but blurt out.
It was....decently large and a bit intimidating. Except, it was a skeleton. If it were a zombie, I may be a bit more alard, but it was literally just bones that were reanimated and forced into the figure of a dragon.
I drew Dawnbreaker from my ring and with Telekinesis guiding it, I threw the blade at the undead. Easily piercing through the necromantic magics holding the thing together as a burst of white-light flared up and exploded outwards.
I pulled the sword back to , looking at it. "How was that, I just slayed a dragon, your man is amazing, right?" I spoke to the sword.
There was no response, clearly, she was too awestruck at my mighty figure.
On a side note, free dragon bones! These are mine now.
"Wo yz wah dii vul junaar?"
I stopped looking around as I felt sothing shudder around . It sounded like soone just spoke.... projecting their voice from far away. Hell, the magical energy in the surroundings were completely drained just from the pressure.
It says a lot that I couldn't understand whatever language was spoken, even though I can technically speak any language due to my devil heritage. It sounded sowhat similar to those shouts the Draugr used on , was this thing speaking in dragon...was there a dragon here?
Such a thought did give pause, but at the sa ti I dismissed the idea. The Archmage had apparently been here before, I doubt he wouldn't have warned of a dragon.
Though he did say there were so extraordinary foes here.... I best be on my guard.
"Nivahriin muz fen siiv nid aaz het."
Again, the voice sounded out and the magical energy in the air stirred, in fact, it felt like it tried to drain MY mana.
No.
I felt the origin of the voice and used it as a reference and sliced open a portal.
I opened my eyes to find myself in a new chamber. There was a strange magical phenonon in here. It looked like two ghosts were channeling a spell to keep an undead mage in stasis.
Weird.
I took a closer look at the undead mage, it was holding sothing that made my hair stand up on my arms. That was definitely not a normal staff, it even had similar markings as the Eye of Magnus.....is this the Staff of Magnus or sothing?
If soone else were here, they would probably have to release the undead if they wanted to claim the staff...well unlucky for them.
A re stasis spell? Pfft, I could get around this in my diapers. I withdrew Mirage and sliced through the little bubble, cutting off the zombie's hand holding the staff and pulling it out, all without disturbing the quaint little spell.
So much power I felt swell up inside . If the Eye channeled infinite magical energy, this staff was one big amplifier. No wonder the Archmage said these would complent one another. Though a normal person would probably burn themselves inside and out trying to use them in tandem. I, myself, had to be careful until I could test these further.
Better stash this away for now in my ring.
Now that I think about it....why didn't he want to co get it for himself?
I didn't really think he was planning anything nefarious, my instincts told he was being sincere in all our dealings, and I usually trusted my gut on such things.
Well, I guess I won't find out unless I asked him.
Nothing else I need here. I just tossed the little zombie hand to the side and teleported away.
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