Page 67 of Dark Reckoning
“The fact that you're still pushing for us to save him is what I find suspect,” I said, tossing Xirsi's sanctimonious ass an annoyed look. I then turned back to Kakashi, because he was speaking my language. “We need to get this shit underway. Hell, I know three supernals we can use right now. My only question is, will this spell kill them?”
Kakashi shook his head. 'It doesn't require a sacrifice on their part. However, it will drain them of their essence. They will need time to recover... perhaps a few days.”
“Will they still be supernals after that?” Kyla asked.
“Yes. They will not be changed, only drained for the time being. We will all be worse for wear after it's done. We should create a potion for us to take so that we can regain our strength. Because I'm sure he will feel the level of power in the atmosphere once we create the weapon. We'll need to do the locator spell next and once we have his location, teleport to him and fight,” Kakashi said.
“How do we fight him?” I asked.
“With the weapon. We will have to create defenses for ourselves that will give us time for me to activate the weapon,” Kakashi said.
“Is there any way to activate the weapon here, then just pop in and evaporate his ass?” I asked.
“That would be ideal, but unfortunately, I have to draw on El-Kazir’s lifeforce in order to charge the weapon so I can kill him,” Kakashi said. “That means I have to be there. Not only that, I will have to borrow the power from every Council member to use it.”
“Man, fuck this Dark God,” I grumbled, the son of a bitch. I saw Adrian nod and knew he mirrored my sentiments exactly.
“So, we don't have to physically fight him?” Maryanne asked.
“Not necessarily. We'll have to fight and we may have to fight him physically. But we're mages, our greatest power doesn't lie in our fist,” Kakashi said.
“Okay, so we do this spell, then the locator spell... find his ass, then activate the weapon to kill him. That's the plan?” I asked.
“Ideally. Like I said, there will be extreme resistance on his part,” Kakashi said.
I scoffed. “Is that your way of telling us we're about to be in for the fight of our lives?”
“Exactly,” he replied.
“Then we need to get to it. Every second he's alive, the world spirals into chaos. I can hear everyone screaming in terror. The world knows that this is no hoax,” Xirsi said.
“You can hear like that?” Adrian asked.
“A spell I cast upon myself in order to monitor what is happening around the world, yes,” Xirsi said.
“Wow, I mean, that's pretty cool,” Adrian said, and I could tell he was impressed. I guessed my baby didn't have anything like that for him in our book. At least, not yet.
“Speaking of protecting ourselves during the battle. I have a spell,” Maryanne said. “But I'm sure some of you dark mages will hate it. It requires you to drink in the blessing of the Goddess of Purity, Nerek. Her magic will protect us from dark powers. It will most likely burn like hell going down as it purifies your bodies.”
“Pain I can take... will it nullify our magic? That's what I want to know?” I asked. My bones broke and organs shifted whenever I transformed. I wasn't afraid of pain.
“No, your magic will be intact,” she replied. “All of the light mages will have to cast the spell with me. It takes the power of four.”
“I wonder would you have been able to have that spell if Adrian and I hadn't joined?” I asked.
“Probably not. I believe I'm only able to use it because of Adrian. The fact that he's linked to your dark magic allows the gateway for this light magic to be able to protect you,” Maryanne said.
“Well, I'll be damned.” I said, mainly to myself.
“Well, you are a dark mage,” Xirsi quipped.
“And your judgmental, petty ass will be right there with me,” I shot back.
“Focus,” Kakashi said.
I refrained from saying anything else, but I did glare at Aldéric, who was chuckling.
“All right, I love it when a plan comes together,” Adrian said, using the famous quote.
