Chapter 1170: Backlash
Downstairs, the Innkeeper greeted them with a warm smile. “Demon Lord, Young Miss, it is good to see you again. Would you like drinks? Perhaps an evening meal?”
Karl nodded. “The servants just brought up a meal, but both, I think. Something light to eat, anyhow. Then we need you to find us a young, as in still growing, but not before puberty, Wrath Demon or Orc. One with ambition and skills.”
“And then we will need to borrow you as well. Just for a few minutes. It will help us with our work here.” Dana added.
The Innkeeper was from a Magic Demon species, so he should be suitable for most mage type classes.
“I know just the one for your task. Let me send a runner.”
The Demon motioned for the server to bring them drinks, and then joined Dana and Karl at the table.
“What can I help you with? Questions about the continent?”
Dana nodded. “Those as well. But first, I want to know what happens when you read this book.”
She handed him the book of [Magic Missile Volley], an improved version of Magic Missile she had gained with her new class. It was no harder to write, and logically, it should be better for awakening a class, as it wasn’t a basic spell that classically trained mages might know.
The demon opened the book, and then a pulse of black mist emerged from his body, and it was knocked out of his hands. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
Cara leapt out of her space and onto the table to examine the strange phenomenon.
She hadn’t even detected the magic on him before he tried to use the book.
That was new.
And new was interesting.
[Tell him to do it again. Nullify isn’t finding anything.] Cara demanded.
“Are you alright? If you are, we would like for you to try again.” Karl requested.
The demon was breathing heavily, but he nodded. “Just a moment, that was unexpectedly painful.”
Karl focused on Remi’s skills and created a Healing Totem on the table. The magical item would cleanse, purify and heal. Perfect for unknown negative effects from an unidentified spell.
The Innkeeper took a slow sip of wine, and then placed the cup well away from himself as he reached for the book again.
This time, when the black mist pulsed, Cara hit it with [Nullify] at the Mythic Rank, and a ringing noise, like a hammer hitting a gong, echoed through the room, along with a flash of blackness that darkened the entire room, even to Karl’s senses.
But Cara wasn’t giving up on Nullifying the effect, and the darkness quickly faded.
She nodded and tapped the book, which the Demon picked up and carefully opened.
It vanished in his hands, and the Innkeeper’s eyes went vacant for a moment.
When they opened, they glowed blue with power, and his feathers seemed to crackle with magic. Karl smiled in victory, then inspected the man with the System Interface.
{Name} Tantala
{Rank} Commander
{Class} Spellweaver
Then the letters seemed to jumble, before fading from sight along with the demon’s newly gained nameplate.
“So, it’s not impossible, it’s being forcibly suppressed.” Dana muttered.
[And the spell isn’t on him. It’s just here, everywhere. See if he can use his skills.] Cara requested.
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