Cultivating Chaos 2 by William D. Arand

Author:William D. Arand [Arand, William D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, VeilVerse
Publisher: William D. Arand
Published: 2020-05-06T23:00:00+00:00

Twenty

Ash stood at the edge of the overlap, gazing off into the interior of it.

White grass, dead trees, and dry shrubs.

Not even a breeze. Everything is dead. Long dead.

“I do believe that’s what I said it would be,” Locke murmured.

Grunting at that, Ash folded his arms in front of himself. It wasn’t that he had doubted Locke. Especially after having seen what happened to the grass he had pushed through to the other side.

But at the same time, he didn’t completely trust Locke. He distinctly felt like there was something worse going on here. Or that Locke hadn’t explained everything.

Although when the scouts he’d sent into the overlap came back an hour or two ago, he’d gotten reports of exactly that.

The veil was devoid of all life in all types. There was nothing left of anything living in any way. The very grass broke apart as you walked through it. Only the fact that there was no wind had prevented the grass from simply blowing away.

Turning around, Ash looked at those in his personal camp space. He’d wanted to be as close to the overlap as possible so he could watch it.

The camp formed out from around him and stretched back the way they’d come.

“I do not think this is a place worth investigating any further,” said Jia simply from where she sat on a barrel. “I almost feel as if we are better off going no further.”

“Well, I don’t think our illustrious Realm Lord’s master would care. He’s said nothing to us, nor even left his tent,” Mei said and then laughed. She was standing to one side with Tala. The latter having started hanging around the former since they camped. “In fact, it seems to me that he’s as willing to leave as we are. If not perhaps more so.”

“I don’t like that,” Yue countered, shaking her head. “Shouldn’t he be pushing for us to just get in there? I don’t like that he’s acting outside of what we expect.”

Ash nodded his head a bit at that.

Yue was right, the man wasn’t acting within what the logical direction would be given the man’s position. They’d all been rushed to get here, only for the Realm Lord’s master to more or less take his hands off the whole thing.

“It’s a betrayal,” Tala said with conviction. “Someone from the Inner Sect bribed them. By staying where we are, we’re doing what they want.”

“That’s… possible,” Moira said, her wings sliding out from her back as she stood up from the entrance to Ash’s tent. “I can double backward and see if I can spot anything.”

“That’d be a good thing to do,” Na agreed. She was seated with Chunhua and Rou. The three of them tended to be together when possible. “Master Sheng, what do you think?”

Letting out a slow breath, Ash thought hard on the subject at hand.

“If Gen thought this could be a trap, he likely sent someone to watch over us. Right?” Ash asked, looking around.

“If he could, he would,” agreed Jia.

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