>>6163502>>6162652“I hate it but I know eventually they will find out I am tanking hits and still standing after getting dragged into mage fights.”
“It would only take one alert mage to spot something odd and decide to investigate out of curiosity.”
“And the other mage factions are active too?”
“Yup, already sending scout teams looking for vulnerabilities and with the rune knights getting audited they will ramp up their efforts with less school patrols before they return to duty.”
“And there is no other way to avoid this?”
“Outskirts or wait and see.”
“Fuck. Give me the polymorph spells and I will see what I can do here..”
“Also you survived mages so you need to train with your new caps and mana levels. Did you think of what you want to focus on?”
“Probably pour more training into my physical combat techniques and mobility as that really saved my ass on two separate occasions.”
“Well let's go to HQ then so you can get a memory upload fast as you need every bit of power for the mage fights.”
Walking between alleyways and sprinting across streets as the party rushes from cover to cover constantly keeping watch to the sky and streets. William feeling the eyes of random people glancing at him before fading away behind covered windows, locked doors, and the occasional speeding car. Eyes constantly scanning the horizon as his body vibrates with untapped mana just waiting for guidance and channeling to a better form. As a single question bubbles up in his mind about his power and Astra.
“Hey Rose, is it normal to get so much power so fast from surviving mages?”
“Very much normal as the pressure and threat of having pieces of yourself stolen by Astra is very motivating. Plus with a ban on regeneration spells to ensure they know the cost of causing collateral damage and either to fight fast and get out or keep the fights small and local.”
“So the mage wars is pumping everyone up higher?”
“Yup at the cost of losing out on manpower to avoid getting killed again by other factions also we are here.”
Rose gestures to the resistance HQ as she brings William inside as she passes by multiple agents as they treat their wounds and cut out rotten flesh clinging to their limbs.
“So what kind of polymorph identity do you want? High Ring demon, polymorph into an Animus cat boy, or hmm warlock?”
“Warlocks are real?”
“Yes, usually I would not recommend this but with our time running out with a warlock status you can fake being a Revelation, Coven, or Rune Knight mage. Mostly with the danger of dealing with the fae that will fuck with you and dealing with Astra being a lot more suspicious.”
Temporary mage identity
-Demon pick(Convert current levels to wizard levels)
-Animus pick(Convert current levels to druid levels)
-Fae pick(Redistribute current levels to fighter, rogue, or warlock levels)
-write in
William identity
-Assign levels to Fighter 7, gloom stalker 3, rogue 3 (assassin)?
-other
