The blacksmith gave me more for the items.

  The swords went up to two hundred each, while the dagger jumped to three hundred. The axe jumped up to a thousand. I was quite proud of my enchanting skills.

  I bought a new shield for five hundred and traded the ore for four copper rings. With my new supplies in hand and plenty of extra money, I headed back to the room.

  Mei was waiting for me. Her spell book on her lap and had she was on the page for the cleanse spell.

  “Do you know how to do a reactionary spell?” Mei asked

  “What’s that?” I had read up on enchanting, but I hadn’t done much research on the spells themselves.

  “It’s where the rune is transferred without the seal around it. The spell will trigger the first time it is able to be used.” She explained. "The reaction spell isn’t as potent, but it will be used automatically, which can be more useful.”

  I instantly saw how that could be useful. I dropped the rings on the bed. "I can put the cleanse spell on these.”

  Mei nodded and passed me her book.

  I transferred the cleanse spell. As well as the paralysis spell. Once I was done, I started transferring the runes over to the rings.

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  I realized how much harder it was within a few seconds. Without the circle around it, the rune twisted on the ring. I had to time my strokes just right to add little pieces onto the rune. It took a lot longer, but I finished it.

  I turned around to show Mei, but she was asleep. I wondered if she had gone the entire time without resting.

  I turned back to the book. None of my other runes had recharged yet, so I flipped to the paralysis page. I touched the pen to the outer circle, but I lifted it up. A triggered spell was more potent, but all I wanted was a blade that could paralyze. I moved the pen to the rune. I wasn’t going to make this a triggered affect.

  The paralysis rune was more complicated than the cleanse rune, but not as complicated as the Hail Storm one. It wasn’t long before I learned the rhythm of the runes movements on the blade. Once I had that down, it was easy to finish copying it over.

  I held up my sword and watched as the rune spread out over the blade. A faint yellow cover the blade and buzzed with power. I resisted the urge to swing it. I didn’t want the buzzing to wake up Mei.

  The Cleanse rune wasn’t charged back yet, so I took out my map to check on Michael. He was on his way back to Mount Terra. Judging by how far away he was I could tell that I had at least an hour left before he arrived.

  I left the room and sat at the bar. I wondered if my plan would work. I hoped that my brother had seen the raid and would join up. I checked the board to see if anyone had shown any interest. There were a few comments about rushing to our deaths, but nothing positive. It looked like it would just be the four of us.

  I waiting at the bar until Michael came in. He handed me the page the spell was on, paid the inn keeper, and headed for the other room.

  I felt the rings in my pocket. I had another spell, now I could enchant another item. I was curious to see if the rings could hold two enchantments.

  I cast a glance at the doors to the rooms. They had done enough, now it was my turn.

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