After being pestered for several days, Eilistraee could no longer gain any further inspiration from Solam, so she chose to hide away in some corner and figure things out on her own. At last, she stopped bothering Solam. Solam, too, could finally calm down and take stock of what he had gained and lost during this period.
After so many days of recuperation, Solam's weakened state had finally ended, and his strength was rapidly recovering. At the same time, his Elemental Shaman class, which had been sealed upon entering the Abyss, was finally unsealed. Its level remained at 18.
As for Solam's Arcane Knight level, it had finally reached the legendary tier: level 21. Before entering the Abyss, Solam's Arcane Knight class had only been level 18. He had never expected that after wandering around the Abyss once, he would actually gain three levels in a row.
But Solam was not surprised. After all, in the Abyss, he had not only fully awakened the Silver Fire he had obtained from Mystra, but had also experienced firsthand the power of what could be called a top-tier spellcaster of the multiverse.
There was no Weave in the Abyss. When demons cast spells, they directly drew upon violent, chaotic primal magical energy. This method had both advantages and disadvantages. Its advantage was naturally that it was no longer limited by spell slots. As long as one had enough mental strength, one could cast however one pleased. Moreover, its casting methods differed greatly from those of Faerûn—one could practically call it an entirely different system. At the same time, directly using chaotic primal magical energy made spells vastly more powerful, sometimes even powerful enough to become uncontrollable.
In Faerûn, every magic apprentice's first lesson involved their instructors repeatedly warning them never, ever to try