End of an Era by John Gold

Author:John Gold [Gold, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, addtokindle
Goodreads: 40213779
Publisher: Litworld Ltd.
Published: 2018-06-25T23:00:00+00:00

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Leon’s cult was flourishing. The Golden Hand and his priests had flooded the starting locations in all the dwarf cities, the monopoly they enjoyed on building temples enabling them to create a powerful source of prana. But to get the cities and their people to bend the knee to the new god, they had to complete mountains of quests and provide divine aid to the dwarves. The larger the city and the higher the level of the people in it, the bigger the quests had to be.

The war with the undead was ongoing around the world, and it was harder and harder to keep propaganda going out to the cities. But the dwarves were an enormous source of prana that Leon was able to wrest away from the old gods, both weakening them and strengthening himself.

Just then, a dwarf ambassador arrived. Leon frowned.

“Valdin?! The dwarves used to send somebody else. Has a change been made?”

“Greetings, Leon. I’m not here as an emissary of the dwarves. My master would like to speak with you.”

For a couple of seconds, Leon didn’t know who the master was. Who would somebody as highly placed as Valdin, a member of the royal family, call master? The dwarves always sent members of the royal family. There was no risk, and they didn’t mind losing them anyway.

But then, the dwarf let out such a strong aura of death that the flowers wilted, the wine went bitter, and the smell of rot filled the air. Somehow, he was with the undead.

“Hello, little god! Do I need to tell you my name, or have you guessed?”

A god and the undead.

“Talamei! How did you dare get in here? And in the body of that dwarf!”

Using his magic vision, Leon realized that it was an avatar of Talamei standing before him. The amulet on the emissary’s neck was releasing the dark aura, meaning that it was how Talamei had entered the dwarf’s body.

“Ah, you guessed.” The dwarf laughed horribly. “I have many followers all around the world, and I could kill you all if I wanted to. But that’s no fun.”

“Why are you here?”

“I’m looking for someone, somebody who dared wound me and escape. He’s a boy, young and gifted in the forbidden magic arts. I found out that you were the one who ordered him to kill my undead in the mountains. So, that means you know the boy…Sagie.” An evil grin twisted the dwarf’s rotting face. The avatar was practically glowing with anticipation.

“Are you talking about the girl with the golden hair?”

“It was a boy, I’m sure. Where is he?”

Leon was stunned, realizing who he’d been talking with.

“I don’t know. I wanted to get him, too, though neither he nor his friend cared about us. They both got away.”

“A young and stupid god,” the avatar said, shaking his head. “I’m not asking what you want. If he doesn’t show up where we fought in the next month, I will destroy one of your castles. That will continue to happen until you find him for me.

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