Aetherios System [Slow Build OP MC, Isekai LitRPG/Cultivation] Chapter 129: Book 2: Chapter 43: Re-Supplies

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Book 2: Chapter 43: Re-Supplies Book 2: Chapter 43: Re-Supplies The courier arrived sometime between dawn and breakfast, a gap of time where most people were too exhausted to greet the day and too hungry to return to sleep. He wore the pale blue trim of the royal delivery corps and had the thousand-yard stare of a man who had seen far too many officers and far too few latrines. “I have delivery for... the Worldstriders?” he announced with all the enthusiasm of a wet paper towel. Alex took one look at the stack of chiseled wooden crates, scroll tubes, and wax-sealed satchels and immediately knew something was wrong. “…We don’t usually get mail,” he muttered. “Or friends,” Holly added brightly, peeking over his shoulder. “Or food that doesn’t come in lumps,” Garret helpfully chimed in, popping something grey and vaguely meat-adjacent into his mouth with a wince. But the courier, dutiful and slightly dead inside, simply unfurled a parchment and began reading names aloud. “Gifts to the worldstriders an behalf of the Nobles Houses of Terraxum, the Holy Church of her Lady in Light, and the MetalWorkers Merchant Guild Consortium.” He said in with a affeck that made monotone sound damn right cheery. The First Package: Spell Scrolls from House Caerwyn. Elegant, tightly bound parchment edged in gold-inked glyphs. A note was affixed, in the cool, formal script of Lady Thessalia herself: “To the Worldstriders: Consider these formation schematics and spell scrolls a further investment in your survival — and thus, our continued alliance. — T. Caerwyn” Devon unrolled one scroll and let out a low whistle. “Adept Level Spell, [Razor Rain]. We could blueprint an entire skirmish strategy with this. Henry, catch.” Alex raised an eyebrow at the burly man who looked down at the scroll in his hand. “Then start studying.” Henry gave him a mock salute with the scroll. “Yes, sir.” That was the only Adept Tier scroll in the bunch, but there were plenty others that the team divvied up among themselves. Alex picked himself out something that he was sorely lacking and desperately needed, a ranged attack option. Spell: Wind Lance Type: Transmitter Element: Air Rank: Beginner Effect: Forms a condensed lance of piercing air to fire at your enemies. Sturdiness, piercing power and speed of projectiles are determined by spell rank, your intelligence stat, and Core Rank. “When you can get over or around an obstacle, just make a hole.” As the knowledge of the spell entered his mind, he immediately understood the aether pattern to cast it, as well as the basic power he could utilize from it. He cast the spell just to see it in action, his azure energy forming into a long three foot construct almost the shape of a spear. The edges rippled and undulated in a way that told Alex it wasn’t entirely stable, like losing the Air element portion affected it in some way. He dismissed the attack and recast it, changing the intent of the spell slightly as he did so. The newly formed spear of aether energy ended up being shorter, perhaps a little over two feet, but it was more condensed then the last, and for more stable. With a flick of his hand, he launched it out at the training dummy that was set up in the field. The projectile pierced through its wooden body, embedding itself nearly a foot and a half into the pretend-enemy. Then the aether lost cohesion and exploded, blasting away fragments of wood and leaving the dummy with a ten inch wide hole at its center. “ Oh yes, that’s going to burst so many fleshsacks. Very good. How many can you cast?” Obby formed his illusionary body and flitted about in the air between him and the dummy. His lanky-limbed formed seemed to crawl through the space in a way only eldritch abominations could. I can cast it maybe ten to twelve times before I’d start exhausting the energy in my body. But that’s if I only cast this new spell, excluding all the others. Chains, Shield, and Flare are still going to be essential in my close combat fighting.