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Chapter 298: One-Tap

"Mana Void." Michael casts and Jernil attempts to block it with a duel cast Ward, but the spell just bypasses his defences completely and causes blue light to explode from the Nord, encompassing not only him but Sorkas as well.

*ChraaaaAAAK!*

"AAARGH!"

"AAAAHHHGH!"

The distinct shouts ring out as people shield their eyes from the sudden light show. It ends quickly enough, however, leaving both Jernil and Sorkas' bodies on the ground unmoving.

...

A moment of quiet passes when people realise that the duel had ended, a few Mages versed in Restoration magic rush over to see the damage the Nords had taken. No one knew what spell had been used, so some were just checking on the bodies to soothe their curiosity over its effects, more than just healing the two Nord douche-bags.

Indeed, they were both lucky that Jernil hadn't wasted that much Magicka, otherwise they'd have both been instantly killed by the spell. For now, they were just left with most of their Magicka sucked out of their bodies in a manner not too dissimilar to what Tiffania and Charlotte had experienced.

They were both pale-faced and running a fever, but with the number of Restoration users around here, they'd probably survive... Probably. Michael inwardly smirks at the results and glances over to Nirya, "Good enough?"

She slowly nods, "I-it seems so... I thank you for your help, Michael..." she catches herself and straightens her posture, "Rest assured I will leave your friend alone, she will see neither hide nor hair of me!"

Michael nods, "Good, then, I'll see you around, probably." he says and starts walking off towards the Kitchens to finally grab a meal.

"I-uh!" Nirya's voice continues however, "Would you-, do you want to... Have some tea?"

...

Michael is actually surprised to find himself considering the offer... Man, he really did just have a thing for elves didn't he? Regardless, he catches himself before he does something stupid and shakes his head, "Sorry, but I've got other things to do."

"M-maybe another time then?" the High Elf presses, leaving Michael to let out a sigh.

"Nirya, I want nothing to do with you, leave me and my friends alone and we'll get on fine. I may have helped you, but that was less for you and more for myself." he states, causing her expression to quickly change to one of both sadness and anger. She hides it though, forcing herself to nod and walk away.

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The duel between Nirya and Michael versus the Nords quickly made its way through the rumour mill, and soon enough everyone in the College of Winterhold, and even the town of Winterhold had heard about it.

This is probably why Sorkas and Jernil fled the moment they woke up. Either not having the money, refusing to apologize to Nirya, or a combination of both. Either way, Michael didn't think he'd be seeing them again, not unless they planned to ambush him outside of the College, which wouldn't go well for them.

Of course, there wasn't really any consequences for Michael, aside from earning Master Malyn's ire for forcing two of his students to flee, and the Arch-Mage who had Michael show him the spells he'd used in the duel, both Blink and Mana Void.

None of this really impeded Michael's magical education, however, allowing him to learn a couple spells from almost every school after a month or so in the College. Aside from the Candlelight Alteration spell and the Flames Destruction spell, one of the first things he endeavoured to learn was a spell called Equilibrium.

It was a Novice Alteration spell that would exchange health for mana, something that most mages couldn't really do without risking their lives... But for Michael? Who had stupidly powerful regenerative abilities like Shadow Dance? He could spam Equilibrium all day without a single problem.

So long as he stayed out of sight while he cast it, he'd regenerate most health than the spell exchanged, essentially allowing him infinite mana to play around with... There were still a few problems with this however, Equilibrium only exchanged a fixed amount of health, mainly to stop people from dying instantly when first trying it. A good amount of mages weren't the most healthy people, so exchanging more health than it did would be incredibly dangerous.

Of course, this also meant that Michael could only regenerate so much mana per second. He'd have to channel the spell for a minute or two just to gain enough to cast a Laguna Blade, not something he could do mid-battle, along with the fact his Shadow Dance wouldn't be active if seen.

Aside from Equilibrium, he also learned the Fury Illusion spell, and the most basic Healing Restoration spell. Which, while not really useful for Michael, could be used to save someone else's life should the situation require it.

Michael's new training method of constantly casting and draining his magic had a number of effects of course. While it helped him get familiar with this world's particular method of casting magic, crafting Formation with his magic before expelling it, it also acted to constantly strain his magic, steadily increasing it faster than his old methods of training did.

Indeed, even the Book of Heroes displayed his progress, in both stats and new abilities :

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Name : Michael Tahlin

Rank : Hero

Stats :

Strength : 28

Agility : 47.2

Intelligence : 32 > 35

Birthsign : The Mage

Abilities :

[The Mage] : Enables user to learn all magic-based skills 20% faster.

[Gandalfr] : Enables user to utilise any weapon at two ranks above their current proficiency while granting them the knowledge necessary to use them. While wielding a weapon, temporarily gain +100% in all stats.

[Language Comprehension] : Enables user to understand all spoken tongues, and increase the rate of which they learn reading and writing.

[Basic Mana Manipulation] > [Novice Mana Manipulation] : Allows user more control over his magic, spells, and some abilities. Mana efficiency and control of power is increased.

[Pain Tolerence] : Allows user to endure great amounts of pain with little to no negative effects as a result.

[Apprentice basic Swordsmanship(Two handed swords/One handed swords)] : Determines how skilful the user is when handling swords.

[Apprentice basic Dagger techniques(Single edge, curved, straight, double edge.)] : Determines how skilful the user is when handling daggers.

Affinities :

[Lesser Water Affinity], [Fire Affinity], [Lesser Lightning Afffinity], [Lesser Darkness Affinity]

Spirits :

Commoner Tier :

Shadow Shaman : MAX

Slark : Lvl MAX

Riki : Lvl MAX

Hero Tier :

Anti-Mage : MAX

Lina : Lvl 10

Magic :

Tamrielic

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The book allowed Michael to select the new 'Tamrielic' magic subset to see all of the spells he'd learned, this would probably extend to every other magic system he learned.

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Tamrielic magic :

Alteration :

Novice :

Equilibrium

Candlelight

Illusion :

Novice :

Fury

Destruction :

Novice :

Flames

Conjuration :

Novice :

Empty Link

Restoration :

Novice :

Healing

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Chapter 299: Unconventional Date

His magical growth was impressive, something unmatched by his peers who seemed to struggle to increase their base Magicka by the most minuscule amounts. Michael imagined that this was a combination of his cheating training methods, the Mage Standing Stone, and the Book of Heroes which seemed to enable him to keep growing no matter the limit that regular humans should be limited to.

He'd been training for under a year so far, yet his base strength was already reaching Olympic Athlete levels, which definitely isn't natural. The girls were also growing quite quickly, well, not in the physical sense as Charlotte and Tiffania's height seemed to be locked in a permanent timelock, much to the former's chagrin. No, their magical growth was close to matching Michael's own, which wasn't really a surprise considering that they were both geniuses in their own right. Tiffania is a Void Mage and Charlotte is a general genius in all things concerning magic.

It wasn't just Michael who noted the group's strength however, the Arch-Mage and some of the Masters seemed to be able to sense it, somehow. The only reason Michael knew that they knew was that he'd been asked about it. The Arch-Mage and his colleagues were worried that he and the girls were conducting dark rituals to artificially increase their strength, that or using dangerous artifacts.

The matter of their respective races came up as well, no one in the College believed that he, Charlotte, or Tiffania were actually human. It wasn't that bad for Michael due to his relatively average appearance, but for the girls? Tiffania with her incredibly long ears and Charlotte with her strange blue hair and small stature? There were many rumours about them going around.

Some people were even speculating that Charlotte was a part of the long lost Dwemer race. Which was kind of stupid, to be honest. You'd think an institution filled with scholars and students would be more rational, but he supposed people had to have their hobbies.

It wasn't just the Masters of the College who'd noticed his increase in strength either, Anti-Mage and Wei were more than aware of it. Every night he'd visit them, more than often enough making small talk with Wei until his time ran out. With his increasing magical potential though, Anti-Mage had all but forbidden him and Wei from interacting at all, leaving him to just spend his time in their world practising alone.

Disappointing, but not unexpected.

His training with his other Spirits was going alright though, Riki now beginning him on the basics of knife throwing, which was apparently something you need to be proficient in to learn the Ancestral Tahlin Techniques.

This month in the College hadn't only been spent studying however... Michael had finally decided to take the next step in his and Tiffania's relationship... He hadn't dragged her off to bed like he'd considered but instead scheduled a date for the both of them on a sunny(sunnier than usual) day.

Flashback :

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"It's pretty cold, huh?" Michael voices/complains as he and Tiffania slowly make their way down the cliffside, towards the shore which the College of Winterhold overlooked.

"Is it? I didn't notice." Tiffania replies, almost tripping over her feet as she drops onto a rock below her. One might think she was being sarcastic, but Michael knew her well enough to tell that she was being honest.

"With all those robes you're bundled in, you'd probably bounce if you fell..." he chuckles, indeed, she was wearing two sets of robes and furs over the top of it... When he'd said to get dressed for an adventure, he certainly hadn't meant that...

"You be careful Michael, most other girls would be offended." she says with a mock pout after he catches her from a higher than usual drop.

He smiles, "To be fair, you aren't most girls, are you Tiff?"

"What do you mean?"

He shrugs, "I mean, most girls wouldn't have put up with me for this long. I'm surprised Charlotte and Illu have stuck around this long, to be honest." he admits.

"We did promise to stay together... 'Forever' you said, you aren't rethinking it, are you?" she asks almost nose to nose with him.

"Hmm, and if I was?" he jokes as they begin to reach the bottom of the cliff.

"I would cast Erase on you and try again." she states, dead serious, causing Michael to cough on his own saliva in surprise.

"Well, know that I'm as sure as I am when I first made that promise." he says, finally dropping onto the sand of the shore and turning to be ready to catch Tiffania. She jumps without a shred of hesitation, landing in his arms as he twirls her onto her feet.

"Are you going to tell me why we're here yet?" she asks, glancing around at the rather barren shoreline. Most of it was still covered with the remains of what once was Winterhold, bits of rotten wood and large boulders scattered around the place.

A few Horkers were around, Walrus-looking that's that were larger than Earth's native species due to Skyrim's tendency to gigantify regular creatures. They left the duo alone though, preferring fish as their prey.

Michael coughs into his hand with a faint blush on his cheeks, manifesting the Book of Heroes and pulling out a bouquet of flowers for her. Her eyes shimmer with delight as she looks at them, the colours looking similar to the garden she used to tend to outside of her cabin, the cabin that'd been destroyed by angry villagers.

She tentatively takes it into her arms, admiring each unique plant, "H-how did you get these? These don't grow in winter... Or even grow at all in Skyrim!" she exclaims.

Michael smirks, "Well, I managed to 'persuade' Master Tolfdir and Master Collette to create these... They won't be able to bear seeds but, keep them in water and sunlight and cast the occasional heal on them and they'll last a long, long time... Hell, they might even outlive us both." he jokes, letting out a yelp as the girl throws her arms around him.

"I love them!"


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