11-05-2013, 04:58 PM
The three coughs were furthered muffled by the spell crafted by the Ascendancy. Alric did trust the man. He swore an oath to serve in his armed forces and the need for trusting your leader was all but beaten into him during his stint in his training. The agent that shot at him seemed to have that very lesson ingrained in him as well. His lack of hesitation was a credit to him, although Alric had difficulty complimenting a man that shot at him.
The agent’s aim was true; all three rounds fired in a tight but high grouping at center mass. The bullets themselves hung seemingly in mid-air, but Alric could see the woven spell that captured them a few inches from his flesh. He reached out to the now still rounds and met the woven spell with his fingers. It shocked him. Though in hindsight, it probably shouldn’t have. This wasn’t some mystical thing, but something that could be felt with human sensations.
It wasn’t hard to push through the spell and retrieve the rounds. He rolled them around in his palm listening to the soft clinking of the metal bound off one another. So that’s how he would’ve defended himself. Alric would make sure to commit the spell to heart. He was sure as the day was long that he would soon be put to a similar tests.
His breath and pulse evened out as he looked to his leader, and now teacher, awaiting whatever else the man had in store for him. He prayed that it was enough for now. He wasn’t sure just how much longer he could endure the struggle of keeping his divinity under his control. “Thank you for the lesson, Excellency.
“ He waited, patiently, for his leader to make the next move.
The agent’s aim was true; all three rounds fired in a tight but high grouping at center mass. The bullets themselves hung seemingly in mid-air, but Alric could see the woven spell that captured them a few inches from his flesh. He reached out to the now still rounds and met the woven spell with his fingers. It shocked him. Though in hindsight, it probably shouldn’t have. This wasn’t some mystical thing, but something that could be felt with human sensations.
It wasn’t hard to push through the spell and retrieve the rounds. He rolled them around in his palm listening to the soft clinking of the metal bound off one another. So that’s how he would’ve defended himself. Alric would make sure to commit the spell to heart. He was sure as the day was long that he would soon be put to a similar tests.
His breath and pulse evened out as he looked to his leader, and now teacher, awaiting whatever else the man had in store for him. He prayed that it was enough for now. He wasn’t sure just how much longer he could endure the struggle of keeping his divinity under his control. “Thank you for the lesson, Excellency.
“ He waited, patiently, for his leader to make the next move.