Chapter 78 A New Arrival (1/2)
”You did what?!” Darkfire's stared at Arran in disbelief
”I took ten of the pills,” Arran said again ”At the same time”
They sat on the top of a hill about aEver since Darkfire had opened his Realms teeks earlier, he had trained relentlessly, with Arran helping as best he could
”What the hell ood idea?!” Darkfire looked like he had just seen a goat sprout wings and fly up into the sky
”It was either that, or get killed by an Archave me a chance”
”And you survived”
”Clearly”
His shocked expression finally easing, Darkfire burst into laughter ”That Arch defeated by a novice”
”Initiate,” Arran corrected him ”I only learned my first spell after that And really, there wasn't ht”
”So what happened after that? I took only one Real Pill, and I'm still amazed at the amount of power I have now”
”It was more Essence than I could handle,” Arran replied ”I nearly died, and I had to learn Body Refinement just to withstand it”
”Can you show lint in his eyes ”How o all-out?”
”Sure,” Arran said ”See that hill over there?” He pointed at a large hill around two hundred paces from the one they sat on
He stood up and raised his right hand, then willed all the Fire Essence he could control into it Without the urgency of a fight, he could take his tiathered every bit of power he could use
Finally, he felt that he could gather no more, and with a burst of effort, he expelled the Fire Essence fro it into atoward the hill
When it hit, the entire hill was engulfed in fire Asound hit them, as loud as a hundred thunderclaps, and Arran could feel the heat of the shockhen it reached them
For so the air, but when it finally cleared, the entire hilltop had disappeared
”Wow,” Darkfire said ”That esome But…”
”I know,” Arran said before he could finish ”The Shadowblood novice was stronger And I iine the same holds true for other novices in the Shadowflaiven the ht, but so far, he had failed to come up with an explanation He knew that in ter an Acadeainst hier than his own
Darkfire frowned ”Not stronger, exactly When you use Essence, it's like you're controlling a foreign object But with them, it's like it's part of their body”
”Watch this,” Arran said