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She shook off her reverie and continued up the tower, finding herself on the highest floor the staircase reached. She paused and frowned at the wall. Silver bricks were set into the wall, forming the pattern of a staircase without the presence of one. Was there some trick to it? She could see a closed off chamber higher up, but it was easily thirty or forty feet higher up. She briefly considered trying to run up the walls with Merco Aers, but she had a feeling this was beyond the spell combination, at least at the level she could cast it at.
She turned her search to the top floor instead. Nothing jumped out at her from the shelves or cabinets, but one of the blue robed skeletons caught her eyes. The arm of the body was stretched out, reaching under a cabinet. Mel knelt, careful not to touch the body itself, and peered under the cabinet, finding the treasure the corpse had sought.
A glittering marble, flickering with light in the dark under the cabinet. She withdrew it carefully, a spell crystal? Brilliant light flickered and flashed inside, seeming to focus on one side at first, then jumping to the other in a burst. Second tier magic at least, she’d have to have Babs take a look. She straightened up with a sigh, that seemed to be everything of interest she’d seen on this pass, time for the hard labor part.
<span class="mu-s">Acquired Spell Crystal (T2)</span>
The next few hours passed simply, dragging skeletons out into the sun and tossing them into a growing heap. Then another trip through the tower, pulling the least damaged books into her satchel. Her legs ached and her arms burned, but at least it was done. Unfortunately anything else that might be hidden in the place was probably tucked away under or on one of the bird cultists, and under the watch of the owl. She was either going to have to kill the owl, or find blue robes somehow. Maybe there was still something at the battlefield? She could always scavenge several pieces and sew them together somehow? Maybe there was some sort of repair spell…
She took a moment to consider her options. There were probably still a few treasures left on the battlefield, along with a fair number of books from both factions. There was that curious balcony in the bird tower, and the pair of errands Babs had asked of her. And of course she had a fresh load of books to sort, new spells to study. And the skeletons locking her into this section of the spellwild of course.