Inheritor Of Magic: The Magi King



In front of the twins stood a giant of a Demon, nearly 220cm tall and more heavily muscled than the average black bear. He had a rather friendly-looking face if you ignored the scars and the pronged horns that looked transplanted from some sort of elk, and he was wearing a simple green robe.

The sense of power radiating off him was definitely demonic, on the high end of Rank Two, and he had a sled full of goods under a cloth behind him.

"You must be the one known as the Snow Demon. I was alerted to someone speaking my name, and that brought me here." The Demon greeted him.

"Yes, that is me. My name is Wolfe, but the human armies call me the Snow Demon." 

"My name is Davos, or so they tell me. I survived the loss of my Witch, and now I wander the mountains, keeping the peace between the monster clans and the lost ones." The Demon explained.

"Davos, as in Morgan Davos? I received a memory crystal that mentioned the name, so that would explain why your detection spell was triggered." Wolfe offered.

"That might have been me. It might not have. But for sure, my name is Davos. I heard good things about you from the lost ones, so I came with goods to trade." 

"Wonderful. What have you brought, and what would you like in exchange? We have items that I made and things that the Witches made. All of them are good, but I don't know what magic you can use to make your own items." Wolfe explained.

Davos sighed. "As a summoned Demon and a beastkin Demon, which isn't inherently magical on its own, I can only use Unholy Magic. It somewhat limits my skills, even more than the loss of memory that comes with being summoned. I have come across many spells in my time, and I can't make any of them work."

Wolfe smiled at the annoyed Demon. "In that case, you're in luck. I've gotten the Inheritance, so I have a fairly decent repertoire of spells that I haven't gotten around to learning yet. If you need anything we don't have here, I will try to get it for you."

Davos nodded, then took the cover off his sled to reveal that it was full of mana cores from monsters, as well as crystals, bones, teeth and a variety of extremely rare herbs.

Wolfe could tell by the way that the Witches were looking at it that everything there was a treasure to their spell casting, so he prepared himself to make a large payment to get it.

"What would you like in return?" Wolfe asked.

"I want ten lightning bows of at least Rank Three strength that make their own arrows, an inscribed Gravity Barrier defensive array, ten armour amulets with a minimum of three combined elements and two hundred high-quality healing potions."

Going by the witches' reaction, that was a fair price for what they were getting, so Wolfe extended his hand in agreement. 

"I will have to modify the bows that we have premade and create the barrier, but the rest we have available already."

They had bows in the house by the river, but not ones that strong.

You would have to be able to use magic to use them, though, so they wouldn't be for the mutant villages that Davos called the lost ones. If he knew where there was a Demon village filled with escaped former Familiars or feral Demons born after the war, it would be a great benefit to their expanding power base.

That was too much to ask of a stranger. One's home village was often a well-kept secret in the name of safety. Even their practice of meeting people at the edge of the Fae Forest was the same thing. Instead, he would invite the man to return in the future to get the things his people needed.

Wolfe headed inside and quickly modified the bows, which now gave off an aura of danger in the immediate vicinity, and then stacked them on top of two crates of healing potions. 

That just left the defensive barrier, which he headed to the river to find a rock for.

A large flat rock was perfect for creating arrays. You could put them face down anywhere, and they wouldn't attract attention. So, for a defensive array, it would make them nearly impossible to find by accident.

"How big of a radius do you need on this array? It's part of the spell and not easily changed. Or I could make it as a set of poles to create a mobile barrier." Wolfe asked.

"One hundred metres is more than enough. No matter what went wrong, we should be able to get within that size of a space if we are under attack." Davos shrugged.

"Alright. Here is your order. If you need anything at all, feel free to come back to trade. We intend to start expanding our influence to offer help to all the villages in the area, and not just in the immediate surroundings of the Forest, so we're always willing to take new trading partners." Wolfe informed him as he loaded the gear onto the Demon's sled.

"I will keep it in mind. We have been fairly quiet except for the monsters this last decade. But I hear that south of you, the attacks are really bad, and the humans are fighting as well." Davos agreed.

"Yes, it was a big problem last winter. We're hoping that it isn't one this year, but we're planning to prepare for the worst and begin allying the villages into one nation that can defend itself."

Davos smiled and shook his head. "You might need another Rank or two to manage that. Unifying nations is work only fit for Saints, but I wish you luck. If there are problems in my people's territory, I will come to you with an offer. 

If you want to send your people through the mountains to the northwest, past the Myrrh border, tell them to ask for me when they're confronted. We won't attack your people if you don't attack ours."

The two of them shook hands, and then the older Demon paused.

"This is a gift from me to you. A spell that I developed myself in my attempts to unlock a new affinity." Davos told him with a wink.

The inscription formed between their hands, and a massive flood of knowledge filled Wolfe's mind from the memory crystal in his pocket.

"It saves a lot of time, learning this way. I will see you again soon, Snow Demon."