Despite his reservations, it seemed that Oberon’s attempts to pull heat from the Aqua Sphere above his hand were somewhat successful. He could feel heat enter his fingertips, then his palm, and as the water touched his skin it felt cooler than it had when he first pulled it from the stream; while not exactly at the point of freezing he should be able to lower the temperature of the water below zero if he continued with this method.

The only concern was where the heat was going to go.

However, in addition to losing heat it seemed that the Aqua Sphere was also changing shape along with his efforts. Was this a result of him ‘pulling’ the heat from the water, the shape of the orb distending with the force of his efforts, or was this another case of a spell wanting to take the form it was most comfortable without his input? If he thought of ‘ice’ what shape immediately came to mind? The answer was probably an icicle, a long spear of frozen water not too dissimilar to the elongated shape the Aqua Sphere was taking now.

If he used Mana Shape to alter the Aqua Sphere into a longer, pointed form before attempting this again would he find it easier?

The Sprite was pulled from his thoughts by a sudden shout. The Aqua Sphere, or oval at this point, fell apart as his concentration was broken and Oberon turned to see the approaching form of Digbie closely pursued by a large rat. Torrent called to him from the side and asked him to distract it before she faded into the background as her scales changed colour; she was probably going to try something similar to what she had done during the fight against the Slime earlier, using his distraction to get close to the rat before diving in and attacking with everything she had.

Oberon took to the air and flew towards the Rodent of Unusual Size, idly wondering at what point he had become the one taking aggro from enemies when he was supposed to be the healer, before firing off a Mana Slice towards its face. If he was lucky the attack would cost the creature an eye, but if he wasn’t it would hopefully still gain its attention; regardless, as he got closer to the rat he angled his flight and began to ascend.

Once he felt he was far enough above the creature that even with a leap it couldn’t reach him, but not so high that it couldn’t see him, he stopped and began to hover. Reaching up he put his fingers in his mouth and whistled as loudly as he could, just in case slicing its face open was too subtle, to get the rats attention. With this done he took a moment to use Monster and Magic Analysis on the creature, then used Magic Analysis again to learn of any weaknesses it might have; it’s large size meant it might be a little resistant to bludgeoning attacks, while the fact that it actually had blood and vital organs meant slicing and piercing would be more effective than against the Slime.

Until he knew for sure what elements would be most effective he would just have to wait and see.

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Used "Mana Slice I" on ROUS
Flew above ROUS and whistled to gain it's attention
Used "Monster Analysis II" on ROUS
Used "Magic Analysis IV" on ROUS
Used "Magic Analysis IV" on ROUS again
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