Forged Destiny [Book 9: Ch. 7]

"No. It's Purify Object. It's…" I wanted to say an enchantment, but now knowing what I did of my Skills, I knew better. "It's a spell. It's a spell that purifies `demonic taint` from an object and imbues it with protection from said taint."

"Could that be used on a weapon to wound Salem?"

"I don't think so." I'd thought of it – of course I had – but that Skill wasn't like a Rune. Maybe if I was literally swinging a sword at her head, I could think to use it, but I couldn't cast it on all the spears I was making and expect it to last. "It's temporary. I think the protection lasts a little after the fact, but if I was going to use it on her, I'd need to know something was definitely going to hit her. Or that she was definitely going to hit something."

"If I created a shield and she attacked it, then?"

"Then yeah, I think I could make the shield hold up to anything she throws at it. But she could just walk around it." I didn't want to undersell what the Skill could do, but I didn't want to oversell it either. "And I've tried it on Grimm. It doesn't make swords cut through them any harder. I don't think it'll make armour any stronger, either."

"But immune, perhaps, to Salem's magic?"

"Emphasis on the perhaps." I watched him smile.

—Forged Destiny [Book 9: Ch. 7]