Battle Cleric: Eternal War Series Part 1 by Nick S. Thomas

Battle Cleric: Eternal War Series Part 1 by Nick S. Thomas

Author:Nick S. Thomas [Thomas, Nick S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Swordworks
Published: 2020-03-24T22:00:00+00:00


Chapter Three

The first shot from Zephyr’s sniper rifle rang out and struck one of the Snappers in the head, taking it clean off. Its body tumbled back over the edge it had been climbing over, and fell down into the canyon below. Malik lifted his pistol and took aim at a Snapper as it pounced onto a Ward, and he collapsed onto his back under the weight as the creature lifted its claws to lash down on him. Malik fired, and the heavy calibre shot punched through the creature’s chest, ripping a vicious exit wound in its back. Yet the beast still kept up its attack, and he was forced to fire again, blowing another hole in its torso. It collapsed down over the Ward, pinning him to the deck.

Malik fired two more shots into another before reaching the stricken Ward. He grabbed hold of the enemy body and tossed it out towards the horde as they climbed over the edge of the landing zone. The body struck two of them and hurled them over the edge to their deaths. He looked down at the Ward who was gasping for air from almost being crushed, but he gave no assistance or sympathy.

“Get up, dreg,” he growled, using a common derisory label for his kind.

To the Troopers, the Wards were nothing more than common soldiers, weak and soft in both body and mind compared to the power of the Sanctum Troopers. He recognised this one. It was Sergeant Adler, who looked as terrified of the Trooper as he did the Snappers, and he had every right to be. The memory of the Cleric’s treatment of his fellow Ward was still raw and at the forefront of his thoughts. He did not hate the Cleric for what he did, for the Wards worshipped the Troopers, and especially the Clerics who led them. He was not angry, only fearful of meeting the same fate as Sergeant Voight, if he too disappointed the veteran Cleric. He scrambled to his feet even though he could barely catch a breath. He snatched up his rifle and opened fire, as to not anger or disappoint the Cleric further.

The other two Troopers opened fire with their rifles, with a slow methodical automatic fire. Many of the Snappers were ripped apart by the gunfire, but yet more came.

“We can’t stay here, Cleric!” yelled a Ward officer. Malik had no idea who he was, and he didn’t much care to find out. He turned to the officer angrily.

“Quiet!” He didn’t appreciate a Ward telling him what they should be doing, but before the word finished coming out of his mouth, a Snapper leapt onto the officer. It bit down his neck, almost severing his head. It dangled by a thin strip of flesh as his body collapsed to the deck with blood gushing from the wound. The Cleric took quick aim and blew the brains out of the officer’s killer. Support fire from Adler killed one beside him, and the guns continued to rage as he turned to the nearest Ward drop ship.



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