Circuit World by Daniel Pierce

Author:Daniel Pierce [Pierce, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-02T22:00:00+00:00

9

Horan was at Edmund’s as expected. I was beginning to believe that that was where I could find the old Stable Master any time that I needed him. He permitted me to use Sleeper without argument, but took a moment to urge me to bring him along, warning me that the fields of the Evermeadows and the surrounding areas were not always as inviting as they seemed. I was reminded of both my bout with the Mangler upon my arrival and the fight with the pack of six-legged wolves when I first met the man. They had been easy enough, though I did not know how I would fare against that same pack of wolves if it were just me and my two swords. His warning gave me pause, but in the end I decided to stick with my original plan and go it alone—at least for a time.

I thanked him again for lending me Sleeper and assured him that I would return the horse safely, knowing there was no way I could be certain to make good on that promise. He knew this of course, and waved the notion away, saying, “Whatever happens happens. I hope you find what you’re looking for and that ole’ Sleeper serves you as well as he has me in our short time together.”

Before I turned to leave, he drew a folded piece of worn canvas from his pocket and said, “Take this. It’ll help you find your way back and possibly even help you get to where you’re going.”

Curious, I took the rugged canvas and opened it up to find a map of the area inked on its inner folds. “Thanks, Horan. This’ll be unbelievably helpful.”

He returned my wide-eyed appreciation with a knowing smile, and said, “That’s not just any map, friend. It’s a magical map. See there?” He laid a finger on the page. “Right now it only shows you Cul’Maryn, but once you pass through any of these exits”—he paused to point to where the four city gates were represented in more or less each cardinal direction—“it will zoom out, in a sense, and show you a wider view of Tel’Maryn. Once you come to a new place within this Zone, it will zoom in to show you the finer details of that place. Now—and this is important—it only shows you areas you have explored, at least mostly. All unexplored areas will either be blank or have no more than a name written over them if they are well-known. Some of these unexplored places will have pictures representing their bigger landmarks. For example, if you were to travel to my home Zone of Unungr, you would immediately see the Temple of Stone filled in on the map of the area, even though you have yet to go there. But that does not mean you would be able to zoom in on the Temple of Stone until you travel to it. Understand?”

I nodded my head. “Yeah, I get it. I’ve seen similar

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