Chapter 170 - 171
Just before he arrived at the city’s western gate, he veered right and sprinted southward, the basic stability spell allowing him to navigate through the bumpy, barren earth that had long since been cleared of its harvests near the end of the previous season.
Alistar no longer needed to rely on ice magic to surmount the walls, a change that had taken place several months back. These days he simply enhanced his leg strength with swordsman’s aura and leapt upward at a run, catching himself atop the lower ledges of the parapets and pulling himself up with the tips of his fingers. Afterwards he would drop down on the other side and land at a roll, always leaving a fresh energy imprint at a random spot along the walls before hurrying off into the forest with sure-footed steps.
He arrived at the cave a short while later, wasting no time in entering its hidden confines and summoning a ball of illuminating fire.
"Who’s there?" came the usual, hardly coherent rambles. "Come to take my—"
Alistar strode over to where the man lay atop the thick bedroll he’d brought for him a long while back, touching an index finger to the centre of his haggard forehead and casting the basic mind cleansing spell that he now had perfect control over.
"I said, who are—what’s this?" Patting his body down, his withered face lifted in surprise as he realized that he wasn’t entirely emaciated. "I’ve...I’ve been eating? You, are you the one that has been feeding me?"
Next, Alistar activated the memory preservation spell, which returned the knowledge of all of their former interactions to the man, who sat up with no small amount of effort and fumbled around for one of the many glass bottles of water that Alistar had kept well-stocked since they had struck up their agreement.
"How long has it been since your last visit? Did you update the memory preservation last time?"
"Only five days. And I did."