Fall of a Lost Sun_The Prequel novella to the Lost Sun World by Riley Morrison

Author:Riley Morrison [Morrison, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: streampunk, steampunk fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Publisher: Riley Morrison
Published: 2018-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

As they were gathering to leave the Dead City, Etrian held up his hand. "Wait, I thought I heard someone speaking."

They silently drew their weapons, as Erinie reached into one of her bags to prepare one of her alchemical concoctions. The companions listened for several minutes. Arden was about to put his sword away when he heard a distant sound.

It had indeed sounded like a voice. But who could it be? Was there someone still living here?

Using hand signals, he ushered the two warriors to flank him and Liana and Erinie to get behind them. He cautiously led them toward the voice, sword ready, nerves on edge.

Several minutes later, he called a stop, for they hadn’t heard anything for some time. They waited for nearly ten minutes in silence, before hearing the voice again. "We go left," Wryrnic mouthed, leading them down another passage. Arden was certain they’d walked it a few days earlier, but they defiantly hadn't heard a voice.

Some of the doors couldn’t be opened so they’d passed them by and tried others. Could someone have been living behind one and not heard them outside hammering on their door? Why had they not spoken up or warned them to go away? Who was the voice speaking to now?

They arrived at where they thought the voice had spoken from and listened. They didn’t have to wait long. The stranger began speaking in a deep monotone voice in a language Arden hadn't heard before. He glanced at the others, but they seemed as perplexed as he did. Even Erinie seemed without words.

The voice said something again.

"How about we try knocking?" The librarian whispered.

"I don't like that idea," Liana said. “Who knows what’s in there.”

They all looked to Arden to make the final decision. Taking a deep breath, he said, "I never saw or felt anything like this in my visiondream." He raised his eyebrows to Liana.

She shook her head. “Me either.”

"But I see no reason not knock and see if they answer. If this is one of the inhabitants who calls this place home, perhaps they can tell us what the artifact is and how we can use it."

Etrian studied the door. "Or they could try to kill us."

Arden tightened his grip on his sword. "We are all seasoned warriors in our own way. If they try to attack us, we come at them from three sides and finish them quickly.” He inclined his head toward Erinie. “Prepare something just in case."

She nodded and brought forth a vial of brown liquid. When they were ready, Wrynric went over and knocked on the door with his mailed hand. "Hello, who are you?" The old warrior asked, leaning close to listen.

There came no reply.

He knocked again and repeated the same question but still no one answered. "What do we do now?" Liana asked.

Arden picked up a piece of broken concrete and bashed on the door with it. "Open up, we need to speak to you."

Nothing. Frowning, he put his ear to it.

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