7.18 - Doubling Down with Infusion
“He just gets a little confused when he’s scared,” Sarisa said, patting Rowan on the shoulder.
It was more like Rowan had an existential crisis for almost no reason. But Theo had nodded at Sarisa’s words, putting her brother’s mind at ease when he was assured everything would be just fine. There were some seriously big implications from this kind of potion-craft, and the alchemist was eager to see what would work. But when he went through the portal at the town’s square, he realized how inaccessible Xol’sa would be today. The man seemed to get busier by the day.
Theo then tried to approach Zarali, who was even busier trying to keep all the space elves alive. Apparently, the shock of having their souls reforged after being infused with void energy was almost too much. It took everything the healers had to keep them going. But at least they could now take the task in shifts, giving each the occasional break.
But this left the alchemist with no other option. Despite his most sincere objections, he had to turn to books. Which meant he had to read through pages of nonsense to find the information he wanted. With a sigh, he left the crypt—infirmary—under the temple and headed for the lab. There he dug through the endless storage crates which seemed to multiply by the day to find a book he had been given by Xol’sa.
“This brings back some memories,” Theo muttered, cracking it open. Thanks to his enhanced memory, he could still remember Axpashi. The language used by most mages in the world was a direct link to the magical world. When spoken in the right order, with intent, and the correct class these words could produce spells. One could also form these words as magical arrays in their soul, producing similar effects.
With the idea of combining a random magical property with an essence that worked with suffuse, Theo flipped through the book and found a few basic mage spells to test. He might have learned Axpashi, but he had spent almost no time understanding how the underlying magical theory worked.
“Should be easy enough… Right?” Theo asked, scratching his head as he leaned over the book in his lab.
Salire edged over, poking her head around him as he looked over the book. She cleared her throat. “Don’t do that in the lab.”
“Do what?”