Dominion by Travis Bagwell

Author:Travis Bagwell [Bagwell, Travis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 37 - Desiccated

Nearly an hour later, Jason found himself below the keep once again. He had eventually succumbed to his troops’ insistence that he drink a healing potion. It didn’t take long for the elixir to repair his ruined skin and shift his ankle back into place with an unsettling crunch. His throat still felt raw, but otherwise, there was little evidence that he had nearly burned alive while trying to save Cecil. Looking back on the experience, he wasn’t certain he would have been able to endure the pain if not for his training and his dark mana, the energy numbing him to the sensation.

When he managed to calm down, he had also been able to take stock of the situation. His hastily-summoned minions had rescued nearly two dozen students, force-feeding them potions and allowing them to escape the flaming building despite their injuries. More than one zombie had used its own decayed body as a shield, accepting the flames to save the Kin.

In total, nearly twenty Kin were either dead or missing and many more were injured. There had been no sign of Thorn or his men, and it wasn’t clear whether they had been in the building during the blast or had planted some sort of bomb earlier in the day. No additional information was forthcoming from Cecil. The engineer had lapsed into a coma – a testament to how close he had come to dying. Jason had left the Kin with orders to keep feeding him health potions every few hours. Cecil’s work was not finished, and he would not let the Dark One claim him yet.

As Jason entered the second challenge room, his gaze took in the shadows that hovered on the other end of the room, the lone sapphire torch barely pushing back at the soupy darkness. Even now, anger still simmered in his veins as he thought about the attack. They needed to beat this challenge. Only a little over a week remained in-game until Thorn’s deadline. This translated to roughly three days in the real world. Their time was almost up. More than that, Jason was hungry for a rematch. It was time someone taught that bastard a lesson.

His thoughts were interrupted as a flash of multi-colored light tore open the air, and Riley appeared beside him. She looked around in confusion for a moment before her gaze trained on Jason. “Hey, how are…” she began, hesitating as she saw the look on his face.

Without another word, Riley moved forward, wrapping her arms around him. The gesture was comforting and helped to mute his anger and worry. “What happened?” she murmured.

Jason recounted the story, starting with the factory that he and Eliza had built in The Grove and the message he had received from Cecil. By the time he’d finished, a similar expression of rage and horror lingered on Riley’s face.

“Damn,” the fury muttered. “This is too much. What is this Thorn thinking? Is he really any better than the gods?

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