"You'd better quit moving like that or we're all gonna die," Elias replied, blood leaking through his voice. "You've waited two years, I'm sure you can wait a few more hours. You can't rush this curse removal stuff. You wrote that yourself."

Elias continued muttering in the same position he had started in. Over the next few hours, the colors shifted to light blue, light pink, and light purple, then back to pearly white before shutting off completely. Elias fell over to his side.

"I think your curses are gone now," He said.

"What's a magic tier?" Elias stared blankly at the sorcerer for a moment before shoving all his wizardly materials back into his satchel and lifting up his staff. He began strolling down the stairs. "If ya didn't get your magic back, I guess you're gonna have to start at stage one." He called back up the stairwell before stepping out the door and continuing his adventure.

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