Chapter 4065

Chapter 4065 – Forging the Path (Part 2)

“This is as good as my Swirling Wind,” Urhen said, sounding half proud and half irritated by her student’s progress.

“And it’ll probably be on par with Ryla’s too—if Zoreth stops whining and actually works on herself,” Baba Yaga added with a nod. “I’m fairly certain that if she manages to turn her troll half into a Traughen half, the elements will cover her entire arm.”

She turned to Zoreth. “Now do me a favor. Conjure any darkness spell you like, but let it flow through your arm before releasing it. Remember this path—core, arm, fingertips.”

The Mother traced a line from Zoreth’s solar plexus down to her nails.

Once again, the Arke obeyed. She felt nothing at first—until the Plague Arrow reached her elbow. There, the stored darkness element transformed into a whirlpool, absorbing and releasing the spell several times per second.

With every cycle, the Plague Arrow’s darkness grew denser, more compressed, until it was almost solid. When the spell reached her palm, Zoreth’s fingertips absorbed ambient darkness and injected it back into the Arrow, further amplifying its power.

“Good gods!”
By the time the Plague Arrow erupted from her palm, it had swelled to the size of a basketball, its destructive force multiplied severalfold.