Gaia's Champion Ch. 35 - Teaser (Patreon)

“Holy… DAMN!!!!! I’ve… dropped a few years from my face! There’s even less grays in my hair now too!!” Valerie gushed, excited at her new looks and musculature.

“That’s probably a side effect of Gaia’s healing magic. It is life giving magic, so it giving a dose of youth is probably what happens when it is used to heal,” Luke surmised as he ran through what happened with Eva in his head.

“No doubt! So, would it be all right if we asked for your help in creating the spellforge?” Sheena asked, putting the question to all the new arrivals.

“You would like our help… in creating a new spellforge?? Right here?? Right now?!?” Valerie yelped, more than a little excited by the prospect.

“Not right now, but yes, we are asking for your help in building such a magical construct. With more differing types of magic being used in its construction, will not only amplify the power of each item crafted, it will also give us more room to play with, when imbuing certain properties into the items we make,” Xaera stated.

“Where did you read that?” Aaliyah asked, curious about the idea.

“I read it in the book of the Artificier. Or at least, I thought that’s what it said,” Xaera admitted.

“Show me the page, please!” Aaliyah begged. Xaera smiled and went over to the book, and as gently as she could, opened it and turned to the relative page. Aaliyah looked it over and read it twice to be sure of the translation.

“She’s right! I mean, the person doing the enchantments for the specific magical type has to be present, but Xaera is correct! Any item crafted with such diverse magical sources will be open to receive enchantments from the magical source in question!” Aaliyah breathed.

“Sweet! Does that cover all the types of magic that are available out there? I mean, aside from Dark Magic of course,” Jason wondered, excited at the prospect of wielding more than one type of magic.

“Well, they are powerful forms of magic, make no mistake, but there are many different types of magic out there. What we have here is a good start on making a spellforge capable of many forms of magic!” Aaliyah told the man.

“She’s right. I mean, this sort of magic that I have, while it is witch magic, still retains some of the dragon’s essence to it,” Dominique stated.

“Hold up!! Are you saying that you can use dragon magic?!?” Luke gushed, excited at the prospect of dragon magic being real.

“To an extent, I can, but not the pure form of it. If any dragons were still left, I might be able to learn it, if I was powerful enough,” Dominique told him.

“Even with magic, there are limitations to what a witch can do,” Valerie told the man. “But that doesn’t mean that we can’t create our own wonders!”

“Very much so! In a few more days, we should have all the necessary materials we need to begin with the spellforge’s construction. After it’s done, then we can start crafting some magical items to help give us the edge we need,” Jason said as he smiled at the idea of having real magical items.

“Um… Aaliyah? I can call you Aaliyah, right?” Luke asked.

“Of course, Luke! What is it?” she replied.

“To forge these items to be imbued with magic, does one need to be able to channel magic in order to craft them?” he asked.

“I believe so, but let me double check to be sure,” Aaliyah replied as she thumbed through a few pages, rereading some of the things she had glossed over. Her eyes widened for a moment as a look of shock flitted across her face.

“Is that… good news?” Luke asked, looking a bit concerned.

“I… suppose it all depends on your point of view! According to this, the spellsmith, the one crafting things at the spellforge, does not need his ort her own magic to craft these things!” Aaliyah replied as she looked up from the book.