Glory to the Brave (Ascend Online Book 4) by Luke Chmilenko

Author:Luke Chmilenko [Chmilenko, Luke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aetherworld Productions Inc.
Published: 2020-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 41

“…it did it again six more times over the next two hours, but not on any sort of consistent schedule that I could see. Sometimes they happened right after another, other times it was nearly an hour before I saw it again,” I explained, glancing between Aryana and the group around me as I spoke, still feeling relieved to finally have my feet back on solid ground.

We’d all managed to regroup back in our original meeting spot after following through on our various tasks throughout Khudazal and had begun the process of catching one another up on our experiences. Given my discovery, however, and its rather strange nature, it had quickly moved to dominate the conversation, Aryana and her entourage reacting to it with a fair bit of surprise.

And, of course, worry.

“But despite that,” I continued, glancing around the circle as I spoke, “I didn’t notice it really do anything to the various wards and magical signatures throughout the city itself beyond cause a brief ripple every time it flared up. The one thing I noticed is that whatever the flash is, it’s strongest the closest to the citadel itself and fades the farther out it goes. Enough so that the magical auras on the city’s edge weren’t even affected.”

“That’s all…so strange,” Aryana replied as I finished speaking, the resistance leader having been listening with rapt attention since I broached the topic. “In all my time here, none of us have noticed anything like what you’ve just said, nor did our spellcasters report any odd feelings within the city. I can think of several of them alone that would have been responsible for managing some of the wards that you saw within the city, and they’ve never noticed a thing.”

“Then maybe it’s an after effect of something Irovian in the keep like Lyr said?” Constantine suggested. “His earlier theory about it being something they might have used against the Nafarr ages ago sounds plausible. And we all know firsthand that their magical artifacts and technology have an uncanny tendency to somehow survive the centuries since their fall and find ways to inconvenience us.”

“Assuming what it is doing is inconveniencing anything at all,” Halcyon pointed out, his attention shifting over towards Aryana. “I don’t suppose any of your people have seen anything interesting in the citadel there regarding its old owners? I wouldn’t think that the orcs would usually be the type to fiddle with anything that they might have found, but with what you’ve told us about them so far…”

“I am afraid I don’t know,” the resistance leader replied, shaking her head at the mage’s question. “The citadel has been a place most strictly off-limits to all slaves and even most orcs unless specifically summoned since I arrived. The few slaves who are summoned to serve there are never seen leaving it alive again.”

Aryana paused as a thoughtful expression crossed her face. “Actually, now that think of it, they aren’t even seen leaving dead. Any slaves that we’ve seen pass beyond the citadel’s walls have simply vanished afterward.

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