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Sword-wielding, armoured cursebreakers akin to warlocks are a thing of the past, they said. Advanced arcane defensive techniques, while being a mandatory course, was just a precaution, they said. It is not like you would battle actual spell-hurling criminals or the like, they said.
Nox never saw himself as a warlock, not even close, and indeed, his profession was considered among the boring ones among the arcane spectrum. The age of spectacular curses was long gone for the most part, and in fact he was quite happy to spend most of his time in the guildhouse, investigating files, constructing intrigate counterspells, or mixing concoctions.
Still, there were exceptions. ARID, short for Arcane Incident & Distress, was one of such exceptions, and while local police-forces had their own squad of spellcasters to deal with such things, sometimes a cursebreaker was needed for a proper ARID-Response-Group.
It was Nox turn for the next couple of days to be on standby for such cases, and he was okay with that. It is a rare thing to happen, the police has their own specialists, they said.
Then his smartphone rang in the most violent way it was able to, the bright red ARID-Sign illuminating his bedroom on this very early morning.
A police-raid on "Seven Sigils"-vault had taken a rather unexpected turn, the criminal talismonger-gang had their most valuable assets secured with a rather exquisite set of curses. Two police-officers were already injured, and while the penthouse the gang had obtained was secured, access to the vault proved to be too much for the spellcasters of the police.
The entrance itself was already a major obstacle by itself, an immaterial, invisible portal placed outside the penthouse, in fact, it was placed beyond the ledge of the open terrace. Anyone without the knowledge on how to find and access it would simply drop down the roof of the skyscraper, and even for the ones that did have access it proved to be a Leap-of-Faith moment.
Nox was not particular confident when it came to great heights, only as confident as he was in his Featherfall-Spell, which he repeated in his mind several times on his way to the site.
And there he stood now, his paws clawing into the ledge of the terrace, only the both spectacular and frightening view of the city beyond and below him.
Casting small, gentle counterspells into the open space in front of him to slowly dismantle the protective curse guarding the portal, he felt his pelt moving awkwardly in the steadily charging electric field around him.
He had barely time left to prepare before the blinding flash and deafening thunder startled everyone around, the lightning crashing into his ad-hoc shield, providing a more proper target to discharge than his own body. Not falling of the ledge, requiring the use of his Featherfall-spell was an additional challenge, yet his hands remained risen in case the curse was able to sense that he was still a threat to be eliminated with another thunderbolt....
Another spectacular stream-sketch by
alishka , showcasing Nox outside his comfort-zone, but still somehow managing to counteract the lightning-bolt hurled at him. There is an alternative version, showcasing him without the effects here
Character by me.
Category Artwork (Digital) / All
Species Vulpine (Other)
Size 1280 x 983px
File Size 1.18 MB
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