Aleric reached out a hand without looking, and the zombie put his staff in. Then, Aleric touched the sword's blade with the staff's skull and channeled Dark magic through it.
As soon as the first spark hit the blade, the clashing energies began sizzling and burning. Their force pushed the staff aside until Aleric's energy was released only into the air.
"Ah! That thing is slippery, master!" Spine Staff exclaimed.
"I know. Maybe like that..."
Aleric tried to press on the blessed sword with the Spine Staff's handle, but even that was ineffective. The point of contact between two artifacts was too small, and to push any energy into the metal, Aleric had to use too much effort and mana.
It was like trying to mix oil and water!
"This just doesn't work... Fine, then let's be more direct!"
With these words, Aleric passed the staff back to the zombie.
Then he grabbed the blessed sword's handle and channeled his Dark energy into the blade directly!
