Epic by Alexander Strijewski

Author:Alexander Strijewski [Strijewski, Alexander]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-04T22:00:00+00:00

Seeing the tower from the outside gave him some idea of how much a climb this would be. How high was the tower as it seemed to soar above the rest of the world? A mile maybe, two miles? Who knew. But what Nym did know what that these stairs were endless. Nevertheless he kept climbing and climbing and climbing. His body could die of over exertion later.

He had expected to find people somewhere within this structure which is why he had his emitter at the ready, but so far the only thing he had found were gossamer and the dried bones of those who had passed on long ago. He had never seen a dead body before, much less a skeleton. It would have been a chilling sight had he not been so deeply intent on his mission.

Finally his leg gave out and he twisted his ankle on unseen debris. He sat for moment holding it, he was out of breath. How much more did he have to go, he couldn’t take much more of this. He looked up. There was dim light passing through broken steps up above. He tried to listen to the people that would be there, but all he heard was quiet hum of zephyrs that had lost their way and ambled up through the remains of the tower. But there was something up there. Reinvigorated, he forced himself up and pushed his way up to the source of the light. The spiraling staircase finally ended in a doorway.

The doorway may once have been a regal entranceway, cast in fine golden filigree and mahogany wood, but what stood before him now were the shambles of two dry rotted and disfigured wooden boards. Several skeletons lay near and Nym made his way around them and to the doors. He held up his emitter with the scrambling pulse.

The two creaking doors gave way and tumbled down the stairs. Careful not to fall himself, he peered inside. A massive chamber stretched out before him. The light was coming in from huge windows that lined the walls, some of which had lost their glass, the remaining torn tapestries fluttering in the gusting wind as if trying to break free. The vast rolling expanse of the countryside and the scintillating city below lay beyond the windows. The view was truly awe inspiring, Nym gazed. He felt a peace he had never before felt in his life. He didn’t know that man could ever build anything to this scale. The moments passed as he just stood there.

Wait! He had to focus. He wasn’t here to sight see. With grim determination, he scanned through the interior. Again no people! No one was here at all, just more decaying corpses of men and women long since passed, only their dry bones remained. But machinery was everywhere. He stood there peacefully. It was so intricate and grand in size, Nym didn’t know where to begin. He thought maybe it was better to not touch any of it, it may be a bit above his level of understanding or he could hurt himself.

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