Heath Pfaff - [Chaos Awakens 01] by Servant of Steel (epub)

Author:Servant of Steel (epub)
Format: epub
Published: 2013-05-21T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Power Overwhelming

The tunnel system running beneath the spire was quite profound, but Tibsenth led the way easily. Xandrith guessed that was probably because it was the mage's home, an entire network of secret tunnels all to himself. It was hard to believe that an entire spire of mages could live directly on top of such a large complex and not even know of its existence. Xan lifted the mirror the mage had given him up before his eyes and focused on his own reflection. Xan's image shifted and faded and was replaced by an intricate map of black lines etched onto a metallic background. Little bits of colored light moved along the pathways of the map. Most of those blips looked like little black-gray smoke smudges, but three of them were dull blue. Two of those blue points moved together on a converging path with the third point that was stationary, somewhere ahead on the map.

"The paths won't take you all the way." Tibsenth said quietly. "I can get you close, but you'll have to make the rest of the way on your own. I'll wait by the exit until you return to let you back in, and then I'll do my best to see you and your friend safely out of the city. Make sure no one follows you back here. Use the mirror. It'll let you know where they are and where your friend is. So long as she remains blue in the mirror, then she hasn't been turned into one of them, and don't break my mirror! I can't make another one."

Xandrith nodded his reply, his mind was already churning over the task ahead. Tibsenth's mirror was a magical device that allowed the wielder to track the presence of living things within the vicinity of the Spire. It was originally designed for the keeper of the secret library so that he could avoid opening a secret corridor while others were around, but Tibsenth had discovered that it also showed the presence of the infested mechanna and it had become a valuable tool in his struggle to remain alive and undetected. He'd entrusted it to Xan for as long as he needed it to recover Kassa.

"Remember, they don't move during the day unless you get close enough to set off their automated attack response. Without alignment with Sentinel, they are mostly just hunks of semi-living garbage. As they get closer to unlocking the gate that will change, but moving during the day is your best bet for now. Keep your distance. In and out, Xandrith. I need you alive." The mage added as they approached what appeared to be a blank wall in the tunnel they'd been walking down. "Is the way clear?"

Xandrith looked down at the map. There were a great many of the dark blotches in the area, but none of them were moving and none of them appeared to be within visual range of the passage they were in. Troubling, however, were the five blotches hanging motionlessly in the room surrounding the feint blue dot that represented Kassa.

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