Elementis 1: The Heir to the Stone by Jonathan Wedge

Author:Jonathan Wedge
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-05-07T17:00:00+00:00

Chapter XIII

Fear

Not far from the outer walls of Mercron, in a part of the forest where all life had been removed, Valo's light pushed its first rays into the morning sky. The Zohr stood high upon a cylindrical tower of metal that rose up as tall as the trees. A tower constructed in an unnatural clearing where the forest had once flourished with birds and beasts that slept and ate from the wild trees of Andawan. Now all that existed below was a dark field of woodchip, dirt and mud. The Zohr peered down from his vantage point, his eyes glimmered with satisfaction as his fantoms collected on the soils below, moving in a mass exodus from the caves of their dingy dorms hidden in the underground barracks beneath Mercron.

Uncountable numbers of soldiers lined up, row after row. An odd array of forms and sizes, from tall and wide, to the multiple limbed beasts of some that bore no resemblance to the movements of a walking man. But of all of the differences in race and creed hidden beneath the armour of the fantoms' red-fronted helmets and the plated metal uniforms as dark as their souls, all of them shared one thought—to kill the cythereans.

Mutus and Calyx appeared behind a door as it spiralled open. They walked across to stand beside the Zohr at the edge of the platform. Calyx looked down beneath his feet. His eyes trembled at the sight. He felt the coldness of his bones chilling the fleshy remnants in his skin. He gazed up at the Zohr. The Maven stared down at him, his sagging face giving a satanic smile at the hidden terror beneath Calyx's silver eyes. The Zohr looked back out over his army, they stood as stiff as a field of black orchids on a windless day. They waited for words of war.

"Today our enemy will suffer as we have suffered for a thousand years," the Zohr projected, as his voice reached out to every corner of the gathering.

The darkness thundered to life. Fists flew into the air, blasters were raised, roaring and riotous pushing ensued in comradery with the fantoms by their sides. The Zohr held out a clawed hand and the silence returned.

"Our enemy will be perished for their crimes!" the Zohr cried, animated and full of hate, stirring the roars of his soldiers. His vigour grew, shouting with all of his greatness, speaking evil as much with his eyes as he did with his tongue. "The sound of death will be heard across Enterra one last time. Destroy everything!"

The fantoms' cries cut through Calyx's body like a million poisonous needles jabbing through his eardrums. He was frozen to the spot. The words which the Zohr so eloquently spoke were a blur to Calyx, his mind numbed with the sights and sounds of the fantom army. This was it, he thought; the battle for the power was here.

The Zohr calmed from his passionate speech, finishing with a softer touch. "Go—have fun

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