Daemon Gates Trilogy 01 [Day of the Daemon] by warhammer

Author:warhammer
Language: es
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 2011-05-22T22:00:00+00:00

Alaric had just reached the tunnel, having paused to help Fastred to his feet after the heavier man had tripped over a rock, when they were thrown forward by the impact behind them. Dietz helped Fastred back to his feet and they all stared back at the jumble of rocks blocking the exit, and completely filling the underground chamber.

'Is everyone all right?' Alaric asked, glancing around. Amazingly enough he and his friends had escaped with only bruises and battered bones.

'It collapsed the entire chamber,' Kleiber commented in what sounded almost like awe. Alaric nodded.

'The blast split the ceiling,' he explained, remembering what old Professor Haedilick had taught them about geology and fault lines. 'There was already a crack there and so the blast could reach much further into the rock and widen that gap.' He glanced back. 'I expect it's completely filled in.' He smiled. 'The statue is demolished, just more rubble mixed with the rest. The orcs won't be able to get back down here, either, I'm sure their passage must be choked up as well.'

Dietz stepped up to the exit and ran his hands over the rocks, as if checking to see if any could be pulled loose. They were wedged tight, though in some places he could stick his hand into the gap between two fragments. 'Glouste!' he called hoarsely, choking on the rock dust that had billowed out of the chamber. 'Glouste!'

'I'm sorry,' Fastred told him, stepping up and clasping his shoulder. 'I fear the clever little thing made the ultimate sacrifice.'

Dietz started to snarl a reply, and then stopped, his shoulders sagging. 'She knew,' he said softly, glancing up towards the spot where he had last seen her. 'She didn't want to do it. I made her do it.'

'She gave her life to destroy that monstrosity,' Kleiber pointed out, sheathing his blade and accepting his pistol back from Alaric. 'Many men have not shown such bravery or such devotion.'

Dietz only nodded and turned away.

It took several more minutes to gather themselves, but they were finally ready to depart. Dietz glanced back one last time at the cavern entrance.

'Goodbye, Glouste,' he said. He paused, sighed, and turned to go - and then turned back again.

'Glouste?'

'She's gone, Dietz,' Alaric told him gently, tugging at his arm, but Dietz pulled away.

'No, I'm sure I just heard something. Glouste?' He stepped back to the entrance, head cocked to one side. 'Answer me?'

The others followed him, loath to leave him alone, and it was Adelrich who nodded after a moment. 'I hear it too,' he assured Dietz. 'It's just a squeak, but it sounds like her.'

'It is her!' Dietz insisted, scrambling at the rocks. 'Glouste, where are you?' The others joined in, shoving and tugging at the rocks, trying to find a way back in. Finally Adelrich managed to shove a smaller rock aside and Kleiber tugged out the rock behind it, creating a space large enough to see through to the chamber.

Alaric had been right. The blast had collapsed the ceiling, filling the entire chamber with rock.

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