Hammer Out A Future (Cart-Dragger Saga Book 1) by Wong Billy

Author:Wong, Billy [Wong, Billy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-11-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

The group passed by the pond which led to the underground lake where they'd found Leviathan. Battling her would have been an important memory to Cart-Dragger anyway, but the fact she'd saved Jen doing so made her treasure it even more. She hoped she would never forget Jen's optimistic face upon her arrival. Even against a being people thought a near god during the war, her friend had trusted her to protect her. But she also felt anger boiling up at herself again, for not living up to that trust.

They hadn't even made it to nightfall before Allen asked, "You guys notice that? Sounds behind us."

"Yeah, it's been obvious for a while." Cart-Dragger sighed. "Somebody's following us."

Lars looked back. "Think it might be another late would-be joiner like Ruth here?"

"No. If it was, I'd imagine they would have made themselves known by now."

"Shouldn't we call them out?" Scott asked. "Even if we know there is someone following, it would be dangerous to let them attack us at night or otherwise at their leisure."

"I wanted to wait a little longer to see what they would do. But since you want to be so careful Mister Engineer, fine, let's call them out and see how they react. We know you're there, stalkers! Declare yourselves if you have the guts!"

"But we don't even know if they mean harm yet," Ruth said.

She shrugged. "It's not like I insulted them strongly."

Cluttered footsteps were heard as over a dozen armed men emerged from the roadside brush. "We were getting tired of keeping up with your pace anyway!" a heavyset man wearing plate with a greatsword on his back gasped, putting hands on his knees. "Emperor Maximilian will reward us handsomely once we bring back your head."

"Well, Allen, it looks like you're not the only one who enjoys beating injured girls."

Lars protested, "Hey, that's not fair."

Scott bit his nails nervously. "This means there might already be imperial sympathizers inside the city..."

"And why would there not be?" the heavyset warrior asked. "Glory to Lord Maximilian and the Red Empire."

Ruth spread her arms to indicate the landscape around them, in which nature struggled to survive. "Why would you do this, can you not see the cost of the empire's ambitions? Do you want the world totally destroyed?" In response, Allen nodded slightly.

"The mistakes of the past will not be repeated. With the Four Virtues no longer in control, we will remake the empire the way it should have been."

"And yet you're already killing people and taking things by force again," Cart-Dragger said. She tried to stand up from the wagon, but then the pain hit and she fell back.

"Look at how hurt she is, this will be easy. Get them!" the enemy leader said.

Scott touched her shoulder before drawing his longsword. "Stay down, Willow. We'll handle this."

The imperial sympathizers rushed as a sloppy pack. Lars, Allen and Ruth met them. Scott was right behind, cutting down the first man who attacked Ruth from the side. "Helping me because I'm a woman?" she asked as she battered at another foe's shield with her mace.

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