Heir Of Yggdrasil 54 Quality Of Spells

"What does our ident.i.ty have to do with any of your grievances?"

'Don't you remember the brat you sent to get ahold of a certain tree. He held a blaze artifact that can only be made by one of you. On his mission, he used the artifact to do something very stupid while throwing around his weight as an heir of the muspel clan. Now I've come to settle the debt you owe me.'

"I'm sure we can compensate you for whatever you lost."

'Sure! Bring me a genius that surpa.s.ses all other geniuses before him by a hundred times and let me slaughter him, then the debt will be cleared.'

"You are exaggerating!"

'How long does it take for a tree to develop consciousness?'

"That depends on the tree. Some take a few hundred years others take millennia."

'Indeed. But I just needed three years and the one your brat killed a few hours. Now, compensate me for the amount of talent you wasted!'

"Dammit! Elders, ancestor let's kill him!"

'Völsung, stall the ancestor!'

The muspel elders advanced, gathering momentum. The ancestor unleashed his aura of an early duke magus and prepared to attack too but was mercilessly hit by Völsung's blade. The ancestor quickly gathered a bundle of flames to block the slash and was shot away like a cannonball by the accompanying force behind the slash.

Meanwhile, I was commanding the fight against the elders and the clan head. They were all marquess magi. However, how could they be opponents for twenty wyrms?

In general, a savage beast was slightly stronger than a peak marquess magus. Still, it wouldn't stand much of a chance against a duke magus.

Two elders were immediately burned by the wyrm fire. The other two dodged and were forced to keep evading.

'Point in time, freeze and flow!'

Time was distorted for just a second, barely noticeable. Yet to the magi channeling their spells it might as well have been an hour. Their spells weren't made to withstand temporal interference and backfired. The resulting injury was negligible but the moment of hesitation brought by the shock left them wide open. They failed to evade the next breath attack of the wyrms and perished altogether.

While I had been dealing with the elders and the clan head, Völsung had been fighting the muspel ancestor.

The fight should have quickly ended in a one-sided victory for the ancestor since a magus could easily beat fighters of a higher level. Yet through his initial attack, coupled with his sword that was of high quality, Völsung had brought the ancestor into a difficult situation.

The ancestor didn't have the time to fight back but could only focus on blocking Völsung's attacks.

When I came over the ancestor was already cutting a pretty sorry figure. Fire was an element specialized in attacking, defending was not its forte. With the addition of the wyrms, the ancestor was completely cornered.

"Völsung! Is this the will of the king? The muspel clan has done nothing to deserve this! We have faithfully guarded the northwestern border for centuries."

"My actions are not tied to Sigmund anymore. I have made an oath to serve Eldar and even if it pains me, humanity needs Eldar more than you and your clan!"
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With these words, Völsung drove his sword into the muspel ancestor's chest, ending his life. The ancestor gave Völsung one last incredulous look before he slumped down, held up only by Völsung's weapon. Pulling back his sword, Völsung then began to meticulously clean the blade. He didn't stop before he had removed every last bit of blood and flesh that clung to the cold metal.

'Why did you command your mount to stay out of the battle? Having her with you would have definitely made fighting that geezer much easier.'

"I didn't want her to get wounded. At my level, I can recover from almost any injury if given enough time."

'I respect your decision but remember, a diamond cannot be formed without pressure.'

"What does a diamond have to do with my partner?"

'Nothing. Explaining would take to much time. Let's just return home!'