Dragonia_Revenge of the Dragons by Craig A. Price Jr

Author:Craig A. Price Jr. [Price, Craig A. Jr.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Claymore Publishing
Published: 2018-08-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Zaviana and Lilianya led all the warriors into the mountains. They were careful to scout ahead to make sure they wouldn’t run into the empire. Zaviana had a good memory, but they were going a different way into Saefron, and she relied on Lilianya’s guidance for directions.

The crates slowed them down significantly. Devarius had been smart enough to not make the crates too long, making a single man able to carry one, but with over thirty crates of wyvern oil, it was a slow process. Especially since the oil was so fragile that if a single vial was dropped and its contents spilled, it could be catastrophic for everyone.

After hours of relentless traveling, they arrived on the eastern side of Saefron. They were still a ways out, since they had to travel far through the mountains to the east to avoid the empire gathered on the southern border of the city. They still had to reach the northern side of Saefron.

Lilianya had them stop to take a break. Zaviana checked on all the men, including the valuable crates. Before she could finish her inspection, clanging metal echoed in the distance. A raiding party of over a hundred empire warriors charged them. Zaviana unsheathed her sword. The warriors with them drew their weapons, though they weren’t as prepared to battle, and many were fatigued. Women who weren’t warriors ran to the center to the protection of the warriors. Zaviana’s blade met a warrior’s. He slammed his sword to her left, then right before pulling back and slamming an overhead strike. Zaviana spun out of the way, grabbed a dagger from her belt, and threw it into the attacker’s neck. The man collapsed to the ground.

Another man approached; he wielded a spiked ball mace instead of a sword. His attacks were harder to fight against. Her sword rolled over the spherical weapon several times. Even though the length of his weapon was shorter, its bluntness made it a much stronger weapon than her sword. When he slammed the mace toward her, and she intercepted it with her sword, vibrations tore through her entire body, causing her to stagger and drop to the ground. The man pounced on top of her, slamming his weapon down. She rolled out of the way, but the tip of one of the spikes tore into her armor and scratched along her right shoulder. Zaviana stood, fell backward slightly, then felt her shoulder. Blood smeared across her hand. She gritted her teeth.

Looking to her left and right, she noticed no more warriors were there to fight her, so she paused and channeled the energy around her. She focused it to the warrior, whose eyes widened in fear as flames spiraled at him. He shrieked. Zaviana stepped forward, stabbing her sword through his chest.

She took a step back and looked at the scene before her. Several of the men and women warriors with her had fallen, but so had many of the empire soldiers. They outnumbered the empire three to one, but several of their company weren’t warriors.

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