Druid Master by M.D. Massey

Author:M.D. Massey [Massey, M.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Modern Digital Publishing
Published: 2020-12-21T16:00:00+00:00

I could barely see the sword’s edge, as there was just enough frost along the blade to make it visible in the low, sodium-like light of Hideie’s apartment. But it was enough. As the blade flashed down diagonally, I stepped in with an overhead block that deflected the sword while bringing me inside to grappling range.

Staying on the outside in a sword fight where you can barely see the opponent’s weapon was suicide, which was why I got close enough to grab whoever was attacking me. If I knew where the blade was, then I knew where the attacker’s hands were, which meant I could disarm them. As I stepped in I body-checked the attacker, noting that they were shorter and much slighter in build than me. This was definitely not Hideie.

I let go of Dyrnwyn with my left hand, freeing it to wrap my arm around those of the assailant. At this range they couldn’t cut me, not unless I allowed them to step back, which was exactly what I didn’t plan to do. Once I had them locked into a clumsy but effective double armlock, I punched them in the face—or at least where I thought their face might be—three times, using Dyrnwyn’s hilt as a fist load.

Punching someone with a longsword in your hand is a lot harder than it sounds, as the weight of the blade throws off your punch considerably. However, the weight also lends a lot of force to your strikes, so if you can manage it, the attack can be brutal. I was using my Fomorian strength to amplify the strikes, so it was no surprise when I felt the crunch of cartilage and the wet warmth of blood under my knuckles.

My opponent cursed in Japanese, and in a voice I recognized—Mei’s voice. Mei was a jorōgumo, a deadly breed of yōkai who could shift forms from that of a beautiful young woman to a giant spider. Knowing who my attacker was afforded me the freedom to kill her, as Mei was a thoroughly evil being.

I readied Mogh’s Scythe, fully intending to cut her in half at close range, but a thought niggled at the back of my mind that stayed my attack. Strangely, Dyrnwyn didn’t light up when we clashed blades. The sword was enchanted to burst into white-hot fire when in the presence of evil, yet it had no such reaction to Mei.

My hesitation cost me precious milliseconds that I should not have spared. One moment I held on to a petite but invisible female, and the next I was being pinned to the floor by the forelegs of a spider that was the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. That giant spider had Mei’s face where its mouth would normally be, a feature so grotesque that it turned my stomach.

The porcelain skin she possessed in her human form was now discolored into sick purplish and yellow hues and dotted with fine hair that matched that found on her body and legs. Her jaw was split to accommodate a set of large mandibles ending in black fangs that dripped venom.

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