560. Lightning Rod

"Gil, when you fire that new prototype darkness arrow, what will it do?" Walker was looking at the completely black arrow. It had a few rune carvings that drew in the darkness elemental arrow. However, it looked like it had been carved from a single piece of burned wood which made him wonder. 

"This is made from rot log. Apparently, it is a tree that grows in the swamp. It will grow really fast and large then die and absorb poisons and such as it decays slowly. One of the elves asked a dark mage to help him carve it. It always is absorbing darkness mana so when I fire it, it will release what is built up inside. I can use it again if it isn't damaged but it takes time to naturally absorb more mana."