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Chapter 8, The side effects
"I wonder, just at what cost will this new power come at? It already took Festus's body but I'm sure it will take more eventually" I reflected. I must've been in deep thought since I accidentally dropped the sword that Festus's soul was in.
Riveria came behind me and gave me a hard smack on my back. "Come on now, you took all this effort including the temporary disablement of your left arm to make this sword. You have to treat it with care. See now, it shape is changing." Riveria scolded.
"Yeah! Treat me care— woah! I can control the sword!?" Festus said after somehow floating up off the ground.
"It would seem so. Can you come over here right now Festus?" I responded. This definitely could make a whole new variety of attacks possible, but I'll think of it sometime later in the future.
"Sure!" Festus replied then starting to float over to me. As Festus was floating towards me, I noticed in detail what the sword that I made looked like. I also heard Festus muttering, "This is going to take awhile to get used to" while he struggled to float towards me.
It was a longsword that had a blade made of a shiny Celestial Bronze. It had a small looking Shield in place of where the cross guard should've been with two looking trident prongs now that it took a definite shape on the side of the shield. What I didn't notice earlier is that it hard markings all over the shield and between in the markings were what looked like gemstones. There were five gemstones in total, each with a different color. A red gemstone where the shield and blade connected, two gemstones equally spaced out from each other under the first gemstone and one being the color yellow while the other being brown, another gemstone in the center being directly under the other two gemstones with a clear color, and the last one being on the handle being the color blue. It had something that was wrapped around the handle that looked soft that made it easy to grip the handle. The blade itself had markings that made it look like it had a circuit board on top of it. After Festus quickly practiced moving around in his new body, he came to me and I grabbed the handle with my right hand.
"Hm.." I thought outloud.
"So how does the handle feel?" Riveria asked.
"Soft yet quite durable. Maybe I'll try—" I felt a great pain in my right armand power building up in the sword and it transferring it to my body. Lightning was released from the blade and it struck all around us.
"Gah! This power, it's too much!!". I fell to my knees and dropped the sword.
"What happened Max?" Riveria said after helping me up
My forehead was a little sweaty with exhaustion, and i was panting. I raised my hand to tell that I didn't need help. "Looks like I may have put a little too much power into the sword when I built it on accident."
"Ow... what did you mean "a little"? That was a lot of power!" Festus said floating upright.
"Hm, this reminds me of Jack from the Magnus Chase book series. Grhh that's off topic. What I meant was it seemed I didn't control how much power I put into the blade. I also wanted to test if I could enhance it with some of my mana but I was dangerously low on it" I responded.
Riveria lifted her hand to her chin, like when someone is trying to think of something. "Hm... wait, it that was a low amount of mana then how was that much power released?"
"My mana didn't cause that. The blade was already too powerful for myself to currently wield." I responded, then raising my right arm outwards in front of me.
"Ok, But what are you doing now?" Riveria asked worried that I might yet again do something stupid.
"Don't worry this time. I'm just trying to cast the lightning spell that I did earlier. What was it? charon, no. Maybe cheran?..." I assured her then muttering to myself.
Riveria shook her head and stated, "Don't worry? You kinda make it impossible Max. Also, it's highly unlikely that the spell you casted didn't need a chant. Almost all spells need a type of preparation like chanting done, whether it's in the head or spoken outloud."
"Agreed" muttered Festus.
"Yeah yeah, I think I got it. Ceraun!" I muttered then yelling the spell name. I waited for a huge lightning explosion but then, only a tiny whisp of lightning came out of my hand.
I pulled my hand back and looked at it. "I'm sure that was the spell name, so why didn't it work?" I wondered.
"It's most likely a side effect of the high tier magic you did earlier. It probably locked away or weakened your magic for a temporary time. It also took a lot of mana from you also meaning that you couldn't supply the spell with enough mana to give it a strong form. Don't worry, it should come back later" Riveria suggested, then patting my back.
"I don't think so. The high tier magic I just did must've strained my body and it's recovering. I have a lot of mana" i responded.
"I'll look into it when we are back in the city" Riveria said then gathering her stuff.
"Yeah yeah! But you should be relying on me as your trusty weapon instead of magic!" Festus said jealous and swinging his sword body like a mad man.
"Okay, I'm sorry! But how will I use you? Your simply to powerful right now for me to wield." I stated.
"Don't worry, we'll figure it out I'm sure!" Festus said after calming down
"Maybe this will work." Riveria thought outloud.
I turned around. "What will work?"
"Festus, make sure you don't move." Riveria ordered.
Festus had no time to respond as Riveria started a spell.
"Oh mighty one, from the untouchable land of great power. Seal the great power of this sword so thy can wield it! Petulsi Tryanecto!!" Riveria chanted. A spell circle appeared around Festus. After a few minutes, the "spell" was finished.
"Hm, it feels like the swords power is weaker now. I guess it worked!" Festus said after floating around. Riveria nodded thinking that was the point of the "spell". I was too busy thinking about what happened.
"Petulsi Tryanecto!? But that was the same spell from before! It meant, "Restrictions placed". Wait, it's not just a simple restriction spell! I sense it is a fifteenth restriction spell! A normal spell wouldn't be able to do that! So maybe, no... no way it could exist in another dimention. A Noble Phantasm!?? But that doesn't make sens—" I started to kneel and clutched my head.I was starting to get a headache from all the thinking and confusion.
Riveria walked up and laid one of her hands on my shoulder."I think that is enough thinking about all the possibilities, let's head back to the city now".
"Wait, wut? Never mind, we can talk once we are back in the city" I said. I moved Riveria's hand off my shoulder and stood up. I then walked to nearby shelf's.
Festus came to me as I was looking in shelf's. "What are you doing Max?"
"I'm looking for sheathes. It would be weird to see a floating sword, would it not?" I answered then pulling out a sheathe that matched Festus's length.
"True" Riveria commented in the background.
"If you say so Max" Festus said. I went over and grabbed Festus and slid him into the sword sheathe. I slid the sheathe onto my back.
"So, let's go back." I said. We all headed up the stairs and out to the forest hoping to get back to the city safely. One thing for sure, I need to come up with a name for the new sword.
End of Chapter 8, The side effects
Note, Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed this chapter of Dreams can come true! I'll be linking the drawing of the sword here ( https/docs .google. com /document/d/1cSvBaRAWae9cpAU3ndwyYTQq39VLTcCPE-w2Hert70) you'll have to type it out fully in the hotbar. Don't forget to take out the spaces. I hope you like it! Also, comment down on what the name of my new sword should be! I might pick yours or pick a combination of names or I might just come up with one myself! The theme is, a sword that gives off a holy aura but has a dark, secret side. Next time in the next chapter : Festus was destroyed in a attack by other adventurers that mistook Festus as a monster. In the process of trying to bring Festus back, Max accidentally or intentionally gave Festus a new body that was a sword. Max plans on to rest for the rest of the day so he can be prepared for the next day as Riveria has personally invited Max to join their familia's joint expedition with the Hestia familia. He plans on trying his new sword. Just how much power does it contain?