Bondsfungi (The Weirkey Chronicles Book 5) by Sarah Lin

Author:Sarah Lin [Lin, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-07-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

At first Issak thought he had died, then he was plowing dirt with his face. He pushed himself up, ready for an attack, but saw no one. That was when he realized that it was much worse than he'd thought.

The earth wasn't a natural red, it was covered in blue and purple filth. When he looked up, even the sky had changed to a sickening purple, emanating from a terrible violet sun. For a second he went back to his theory that he had died and gone to some underworld, like some of the tribes believed, then he pulled himself together.

His back hurt and his spear was still covered in the blood of an opponent. His back wouldn't hurt in the afterlife. More likely he had fallen into one of the other worlds that some claimed existed in the city. Those stories had always struck him as even less credible than tales of the afterlife, and he'd always thought that the strange people he saw occasionally probably just came from some far-off island. But now he definitely felt like he was in another world.

"Ho!" Issak called out to the surrounding space, without any response. No one within sight, and no sign of the battle. He chose a random direction and set off, beating his spear against the ground.

He'd landed in a relatively flat area, but there were blue and green plants everywhere. A terrible monster appeared without warning from behind one of them and Issak cried out in anger before thrust his spear at its head. To his surprise, it glanced off some sort of natural armor and instead dug into the beast's body.

It must have been a sublime beast, because it didn't die immediately, but it wasn't close to the equal of a third stage warrior. As it gnashed blade-like jaws at him, he hefted the beast into the air and smashed it into the ground, then blew it apart with a rush of cantae. No real challenge, but if there were more of those things, he would need to move cautiously.

Some time later, after killing several more of the beasts, he spotted another human. Not anyone he knew, a man from one of the other tribes. Just a first stage warrior, unfortunately, but better than one of the city dwellers.

"Ho!" The other soulcrafter waved and approached him. "What is this place?"

"We've been thrown to another world," Issak said. "Everyone else must have been as well."

"Is something wrong with the air? It feels..." The man cut off, panting for breath.

At first Issak assumed that the man was simply weak and out of breath, but when he filled his own chest with air, it did feel wrong. Not like poison, but wrong. Issak snorted loudly and drew his cantae out of his soulhome, resisting whatever the effect was.

"Get used to the air." Issak grabbed the man by the back of his shirt and pulled him upright. "This is a savage world, without a city dweller in sight. Without their farms and walls, they'll be helpless.

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