Spell Weaver [Book 2 Complete]

The flickering lantern light in the briefing room clashed with Alex’s modern idea of a briefing room. He’d normally see a harsh glow over those gathered, but instead, the warm light made the area feel somehow less serious despite the maps that were spread across the conference table and the high-level officials that were present. Alex sat in his chair, shifting constantly to find a more comfortable position. His eyes were fixed on the current speaker, Major Coleman, as the officer gestured to the pinned images of dense forest terrain.

“-anticipated resistance based on number of hostiles counted,” the major continued. “Their movement patterns suggest that work on the ritual is required to continue around the clock. As Mr. Moore has pointed out, this is likely to prepare the ritual to accept mana for activation.”

Alex nodded at appropriate intervals and chimed in when was necessary, but they were largely past his contribution and into airspace logistics and ground team movements. His eyes remained focused, but only half of his mind processed the military jargon. For one of the rare times, Alex’s primary consciousness was focused inward, on Maelis’s voice and illusory images that were projected in his vision to highlight key learning points.

[Parallel Mind] was running constantly, and after his recent title gain and increase in stats, plus his Rank Advancement three days before, he felt like he had more than enough mental stats to split between two minds.

He thought briefly back to where he’d started, with just sixes in his mental stats and a paltry three points in his Willpower. Now, even without being able to utilize all of his Willpower and with his stats split between two minds, he was still almost four times that base number.