Cleric Quintet 02 - In Sylvan Shadows by Salvatore R.A

Author:Salvatore, R.A. [Salvatore, R.A.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-08-31T17:37:23+00:00

Tiennek stopped his thrashing and shouting and stalked

about slowly, easing the Men roof out of his way. "I am not a weakling fighter of civilized lands," he said calmly. "I am Kura-winther!"

He sensed a bit of movement, a shift in the fallen tent

roof, off to the side, and he took one small step that way.

He raised one hand up high so that the roof would not sag,

and bent as low as he could.

He saw Danica's legs, under the low skins a few feet

away. The game was over, Tiennek decided, knowing that

he was needed in the battle outside.

"I know your tricks!" he cried, and he heaved at the roof and charged Danica's way, sword leading. Tiennek grinned

with the knowledge that his long reach would give the

woman no opportunity to parry or counter.

What confident Tiennek didn't know was that Danica had

grabbed the broken bottom half of the center pole, a crude

spear that was longer than his sword.

Tiennek's eyes widened in disbelief as he impaled him-

self on Danica's set weapon.

"Some of my tricks, perhaps," the woman said icily,

showing no remorse for the man's demise. She drove the

pole deeper and twisted it about.

Elbereth's sword fell from Tiennek's outstretched arm;

the net in his other hand hung loosely. He dropped to his

knees, and Danica released her grip.

The spear propped Tiennek up, supported him in that

kneeling position, and the tent roof descended over him, a

fitting death shroud.

Danica didn't hesitate. Poor Elbereth, sitting blindly in

the back of the collapsed tent, would simply have to wait.

The young woman got her bearings and crawled and

scrambled her way into the open air.

The dawn's light was full now, early morning. Orogs and

orcs were scattering and howling in chaos, with the excep-

tion of one group putting up a fair fight against the

Bouldershoulder brothers, now standing back-to-back atop

the felled ogre. Cadderly was off to the other side, still be-

ing pulled along by the orc.

Danica ran after her love, then skidded to a stop as the

wizard appeared suddenly beside the tent Tiennek had

used. Dorigen made several gestures, held something

Danica could not discern in one outstretched hand, and ut-

tered a triggering incantation.

Danica's instincts sent her diving between two trees just

as the wizard's lightning bolt went off. The blast split one of the small trees and rebounded into the other, scorching it

just above the sprawled woman's head. Danica was up and

running in an instant, but soon, too, came Dorigen's sec-

ond spell.

Sticky filaments filled the air, descending all around Dani-

ca and catching hold of the trees, the shrubs, anything at

all, to form a thick web. Danica scrambled every which

way, used her speed and agility to stay one step ahead of

the forming trap.

Then she was clear of the tangle, though a bit to the side

of her original course, and Dorigen was not so far away.

She heard a flap of wings, but saw nothing. Suddenly, Dru-

zil became visible right in her path, and the imp's barbed

tail shot at her shoulder.

The wound was minor, just a scratch, but the sudden tin-

gling numbness and the burn in Danica's arm told her that

the imp had indeed poisoned her.

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