Book 2 Ch 59: Leaving

Michael jerked awake. He was breathing heavily and dripping with sweat as he looked around. The others were still asleep and their fire had burnt out, but the sun was starting to rise. Michael wasn’t sure of when he’d gotten back to camp, or even if he’d ever left in the first place, but he could tell that everything he’d seen and felt had been real.

He took a few moments to steady himself and think through what he’d seen. There was something tearing at this world, something that wanted in. In his vision the place where the large shield first appeared was where the wound in the barrier was the worst, that had to be Old Hume. It had rifts regularly even before the problem had begun to grow worse. That assumed he was the large shield of course, though he wasn’t sure who the staff and crown were. The staff could be Ollie, though it wasn’t impossible that it was some other mage. The crown on the other hand was likely the king of Old Hume since that’s where the wound was worst. Again though, he couldn’t be entirely certain of that.

Michael sat up and dug through his pack to find his handmirror. He could tell something had changed significantly in him and he needed to look.

Titles:

Michael Mann

The Restored

The Wound Man

Seer

Champion of the Gods

Deeds:

Bridge Holder

Revenge Denier

Run Conqueror

Resilient Competitor

Fort Healer

Righteous Defender

Castle Taker

Baron Breaker

Rift Sealer

Warrior Mender

Blessings:

Cleansing Healing

Pain Transfer

Smite

Bless

Eyes of Love

Eyes of Judgement

Michael had a moment of panic when he saw that his list had shrunk, then he relaxed a bit as he focused on Champion of the Gods.

Champion of the Gods

Grants:

Minor Strength

Middling Durability

Middling Protection

Minor Recovery

Minor Concentration

Very Minor Reaction

Very Minor Magicka

Blessing- Eyes of Love

Blessing- Eyes of Judgement

All feats and actions are in devotion to the gods and can strengthen this title

These actions can still reward other Titles and Deeds

Michael’s eyes widened. While the benefits of strengthening the titles granted to him by the gods had been worth it, losing out on the possibility of other titles and deeds had been unfortunate. It seemed that now no matter what he did his actions would go to whichever god would appreciate them most and on top of that he would be able to gain Titles and Deeds.

Michael had felt something changing within him when Estaid had embraced him. She’d seemed to be made of Titles and Deeds, and Michael wasn’t certain, but he felt that she likely had more to do with them than the other gods. She had to have been the one who had made the changes he now saw on his list. That was on top of his new blessing Eyes of Judgement. Michael assumed that ability was the same as the one he’d seen Meera utilize nearly two years ago when she’d helped to clear Marcus of murder. Michael didn’t feel comfortable testing it on his friends, as it felt like an intense invasion of privacy, but it would definitely be useful when he went to Old Hume. Between that and the Eyes of Love, he’d have a much greater ability to know who to trust and who everyone was connected to. They might not help him to crack skulls in the name of the gods, but there were plenty of other uses he could see.

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He noticed that his Godseeker title had also been replaced with Seer. He focused on it.