Family and Goddess 2.166

After Rosewisse defeated the elite ogre, the monster's body fell head-on separate from his head. At the same time, she checked that everything in the training ground made of melted stone and blackened by soot, there were no more enemies. The bars on the sides of the training ground went down and the bars of the caves on the walls went up. That confirmed to her that the challenge was over.

She rested her hands on her knees and began to breathe heavily as she felt the gas-laden air hurt her throat. Then she hears a few footsteps coming in her direction. She looked back and saw Viggo, with flaming hair and a naked torso. Rosewisse smiled at seeing him so serious.

-All right?- asked Viggo.

-All right, this physical weapon is quite new to me- Rosewisse replied, she straightened her back and took off her gold helmet. She held the katana in her right hand and held the helmet under her left arm -it was so much easier when I created my spiritual weapons. Although of course- she lifted the katana and saw the wonderful crystalline looking navy green leaf with many luminous dots inside, as if someone had taken the stars and trapped them inside -you can't compare to the edge of this katana-

Viggo stopped next to her, looked at her and nodded -it's good that you're okay. Let's continue, we still must try this- he said, lifting the golden wand with a flat, rectangular stone inserted into the back.

-That excites me even more- Rosewisse said with a big smile -if it works, we could do more powerful magic and launch it at a higher speed-

Viggo let out a chuckle and said -yes, it also excites me, come on-

Viggo and Rosewisse walked to the left of the training ground, passed through the portal with two huge pillars on the sides and continued to advance along a path that bordered the volcano where Surtr's challenge was.

At times the road seemed perfectly designed, with a flat floor, railings made of solid rock and pillars on the sides. However, they were only small space of ten meters. Then there followed only a path of molten rock blackened by soot.

At the same time, the beginning of the challenge has increased volcanic activity throughout Muspelheim. Lava flowed from the top of the volcanoes fed the lava rivers and causing them to overflow. That in turn increased the heat and gases in the air, making it increasingly difficult to breathe. The sky was a mixture of yellow and orange clouds that was turning red, mixing the gases in the air and sunlight.

Viggo and Rosewisse reached the next portal with the two pillars to the sides. They both went through the portal and found the training ground made of molten rock and blackened by soot. In the center, like the previous challenge, was Surtr's huge sword made of obsidian rock with a handle and gold handguards, nailed to the ground. Only a part of the sword was visible, but only that measured four meters in height.

-Your turn- Rosewisse said with a big smile. She wore the helmet under her left arm while she had kept the katana inside her soul.

Viggo nodded, materialized in his right hand the golden wand with the purple and flat stone inserted into the back -take note of what I do. I will still value the strength of magic, but four eyes are better than two-

-I'll keep that in mind- replied Rosewisse full of emotion -try to raise the wand above your head when you use the Blessing of the Sun magic. That will mark a change in the rhythm and how much it can affect the function of the memory stone and the wand-

-I have it, don't worry- Viggo replied with a smile, turned around and began to walk to Surtr's sword.

At the same time, Rosewisse walked to the edge of the training ground facing the cliff. She stopped three meters in front of the cliff, turned around and looked at Viggo's back and raised her gaze to the red hair. She saw Viggo carrying the golden wand in his right hand and at the same time stared at what Viggo's body looked like. She hadn't paid enough attention to it, but she thought he looked sexy with that musculature. It was not massive, but well defined, broad shoulders and marked muscles. He maintained enough balance to say he was strong, but not to look grotesque as a mass of muscles.

On the other side, Viggo concentrated on the big sword in the center of the training ground, stopped thirty centimeters away and put his hands in the center of the sword, where there was a golden circle with a convex shape that protruded like a small hill. He looked up at the sky and shouted with all his might -Surtr, I challenge you-

The next instant the sword faded, the bars of the portals on the sides of the training ground were raised so that he could not escape. The bars of the three caves ahead came down and beastly roars began to be heard. However, in the midst of those roars, an evil whisper was heard speaking in a strange language. The voice did not come from anywhere, but it was heard in all directions. Suddenly someone let out an evil laugh, and a cloud of dark green smoke swirled ten meters ahead of Viggo. That smoke condensed into a human figure with a ram's skull. Gray skin, slender arms, and a quiet twisted wood. From her back emerged thorns like thick bones that marked all the way of the hunched spine.

-Great, seidr witch- murmured Viggo, pointed his golden wand, channeled mana to the memory stone on the back of the wand and through the wand channeled a fist-sized piece of ice. The piece of ice flew at a high speed and hit the seidr witch on the mask, leaving her groggy. Viggo was going to channel more mana to the memory stone to throw more ice through the wand, but the roars of the caves distracted him, and he saw how draugrs emerged from the caves. Not only the type that used swords and shields, but those who had sturdy bodies and carried battle axes and war hammers.

Viggo concentrated the wand on the groups of draugrs and pointed. Then he discharges an enormous amount of mana to the stone of memory and with the help of the wand was regulating its flow. In this way he launched a constant flow of pieces of ice that violently hit the dragurs. However, the power of the ice was only enough to hit the draugrs, but not to kill him in the sense that they would not move anymore. They were getting back on their feet and their numbers on the practice field grew to alarming levels. To the point that there came a time when there were forty at a time. However, Viggo remained calm, began to retreat, throw magic, and evade. All in one fluid motion.

The seidr witch also joined the draugrs and began to throw spits that on contact with the rock turned into toxic haze. After this attack, she would wrap herself in a pestilent fog and approach Viggo from behind to attack him with her staff. In those moments, Viggo directed mana to his bracelet on his left forearm, activated the shield, blocked, and moved away. So, when he was at a safe distance, he would throw chunks of ice at the ram's skull carried by the seidr witch on her head. If he did it to the body the ice would pass as if the witch's body were intangible. The witch seidr had conditioned her invincibility to only keep the mask and face tangible. One of the many and elaborate rules of seidr magic.

Viggo reached his limit when he realized that there were so many draugrs in the training camp that Rosewisse was also attacked and had to rise in the air. Then he raised the wand in the air and channeled magic to extract the force of the sun's rays around him. A golden glow burst out over his head as if a sacred halo had appeared. Viggo threw himself into a run and pointing his golden wand, began to throw pieces of ice the size of a fist. The magic was terribly enhanced to the point that the ice left a hole in the draugrs in front and pierced two of his companions behind him.

Quickly Viggo began to decrease the number of dragurs in the surroundings and when the witch Seidr wanted to attack him from behind with her staff. Viggo turned, unfolded his shield, deflected the attack with the staff, and aimed almost point-blank at the ram's skull on the witch's head. The piece of ice formed on the tip of the wand and flew with all its power, penetrating the skull and opening a huge hole in the witch's head. She let out a cry of agony and fell to the ground turned into a small mound of ashes. The only thing left was the ram's skull with a huge hole between the two horns.

Viggo killed the last draugrs and the bars on the sides of the training ground went down. The bars of the caves in front were raised and cut off the dragurs that were still inside. At the same time, Surtr's big sword stuck in the ground of molten rock blackened by soot reappeared in the center of the training ground.

Viggo was breathing heavily, but there was a big smile on his lips watching the workings of the wand and memory stone.

Rosewisse gently descended helped by her beautiful wings covered by the bulky armor of the Valkyries and stopped beside him -it can be considered a decent result- she said pompously. Viggo al stared with a big smile, hugged her and she also hugged him as she let out a giggle full of enthusiasm.

-That's incredible- said Rosewisse, separating a few centimeters from Viggo, but without taking his hands off Viggo's arms -give me the wand, I also want to try it-

-Sure, no problem- said Viggo, he stretched it out and she took it -but I warn you, the difference with the original spell is abysmal. It only reaches its real potency once I occupy the blessing of the sun-

-Yes, I realized- Rosewisse replied in a voice that lost emotion.

-Come on, don't be discouraged. This is just something we did in a pinch. It does not mean that it is definitive. We must go back to Orario and keep working on this-

-Yes, it's true- Rosewisse said with a big smile and regaining her enthusiasm -How was the mana consumption?-

-Low on the ground- Viggo said with a big smile -Did you see all the ice I threw?-

-Yes, there was no end. I thought it would be because you have large reserves of mana-

-Yes, on the one hand, but I tell you: the consumption of mana must have fallen by half. It's a brutal thing-

-Don't you mean, Sexy?-

-Well, that...-

-Come on, say it, it was sexy, did it feel great to throw all that magic or not?-

-Well, well, I admit, it was very sexy, it was amazing. I always saw magic as something difficult to master, but with this-

-Yes, with this it is within our reach. However...-

-Yes- Viggo nodded with a serious and strict expression -that also makes this a weapon that can be turned against us. We must find a way to make it impossible for others to occupy this. It's too dangerous...-

-Yes- Rosewisse nodded, Viggo's father had already warned them. In the Orario itself, being a magician was a profession that required many years of study and training. What they were doing was taking something complicated and making it trivial. To the point that anyone, with a minimum of mana, could throw magic. Of course, there were many conditions to meet, such as knowing how to make memory stones and wands to support the stones, but it was something that a good craftsman in collaboration with a magician, could achieve.