Garden Mage by Tim Niederriter

Author:Tim Niederriter [Niederriter, Tim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mental Cellar Publications
Published: 2018-09-17T23:00:00+00:00

Black feathers floated in the air within the broken gate and over the street. Santh twirled a dagger as black as the feathers in one hand. He smirked.

"Where's Brosk?" Edmath shouted at Santh.

"Where he was. He'll be busy for a while," said the assassin. "I left him with a few of our associates."

Hyreki nodded to Ursar.

"Take your revenge on Benisar. We won't let anyone stop you."

The Dawkun snarled and jumped from the gatehouse. He sailed through the air, eye flaring then turning black and opaque. Edmath cast a shield of wood between him and Zuria and the murderous gaze. Splintering sounds filled the air as Edmath drove roots into the stones around them, hoping it would hold the structure steady.

A thunderous crunch came from above, followed by snapping sounds. The shield collapsed inward. Edmath darted out of the way, but Zuria sprayed venom at the place where Ursar crashed through the shattered shield.

He caught the blast full in the face and clawed at his eyes. A scream of fury erupted from his lungs and filled the air. Edmath grabbed Zuria's arm and pulled her out of the wreckage of his dying plant structure. They ended up face to face with a man wielding a dagger in one hand, shirtless with a cloak around his shoulders. He lunged at them and caught Edmath beneath one eye in a blur of steel.

The blade emerged red. Edmath staggered, then fell. Before the man with the knife and his fellow mercenary behind Edmath could close in and finish them, Zuria cried out a vocal sign, rare among Saales. Massive serpentine coils exploded into being around her and Edmath, hurling the mercenaries back.

The woman with the grass hat drew a blowgun from her bamboo cane. A dart whistled over the coils of giant snake surrounding them as Zuria helped Edmath to his feet.

"It was a near miss. You're lucky you don't look like your father in law," said Zuria.

Edmath cursed and pressed a finger to the deep cut. It hurt like a beast, but nothing compared to his other battles with Dawkun had gone. Then again, this was far from over.

He struck the air as the snake began to deflate around them, gradually losing the magic Zuria had invested to create it so suddenly.

"Do you have a plan?" he asked her.

"Leaving everything to me, brother?"

"Not at all. Good hit on Kiet."

"Not good enough. He's still alive."

"We can't kill early and hope to win," he said. "There are too many."

"Neutralize as many as we can. Then get your stethian," said Zuria.

"Easier said than done, but possible," said Edmath. "Or we could avoid the ground fighters altogether. Follow me."

He drew in what magic he could reach to the dregs, then grew a branch at an angle, racing toward where Hyreki perched atop the gatehouse. He and Zuria raced up the broad limb, reaching the high point then, leaping at the enemy mage.

She must be a Saale, judging by the way she wielded the stethian. A traitor with such skill did not bode well for their situation.

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