Historia Online by Rae Nantes

Historia Online by Rae Nantes

Author:Rae Nantes [Nantes, Rae]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-30T22:00:00+00:00


3:10

Rika sat at the apex of the pyramid, looking far across the city and the distant stretches of desert.

The skies had since opened up to reveal its morning blue, and the cultists had just finally arrived for their visit.

She waved her only arm at them, unsure if they could see her from so far below, but they waved back with smiles. Perhaps it was good that she was so far, seeing as she was still soaked in sweat from burning her wounds closed. It would take the rest of the day for her body to regenerate, and she was in no hurry to get into another fight. Instead, she spent the past few hours looking at her spells and worrying over things she shouldn't be worrying about.

Like why John didn't just capture her. Maybe he knew that Rika was one of them, the dreamers, who simply could never be contained, imprisoned, or even killed. Maybe he was too busy, maybe he wanted to spare Ediha the trauma. Maybe—

A portal cracked open beside her.

Garrock landed his feet on the ledge, trying to swim his balance back to keep from falling. Rika only stared as he finally found his stance. "Oh? There was a fight here, yes?"

"...Yes."

He tilted his head, and with his wide eyes, he looked like an owl. "Did you win?"

"No."

He sent her an exaggerated frown that mimicked the one painted on his face. She ignored it. "I bring good tidings - yes, yes. You will have a second chance to win, a second chance borne by the agreement of Mondego and the sultan."

"Agreement."

He clapped his hands once and grinned. "Templar Magi will provide them with Belgrade, a coveted territory, yes." His eyes were widening as he spoke. "In return, the sultan will provide Mondego the island of Rhodes. The home of your divine enemy."

"When?"

"Three months."

She groaned. Two months felt like it would take forever, and there was no telling what would become of Ediha during that time. Still, she thought Mondego had at least been marginally helpful. Perhaps she could've thanked him.

"Sulky, sulky," Garrock frowned. He started to climb back down the pyramid.

"Wait," she said.

He paused.

"Tell Mondego that I'm going on ahead."

"And what, pray tell, will this fair lady do?"

"I have my own business to attend to," she said. "Just as Mondego has his. I'll meet him again before the Ottomans move."

He looked back down at the cultists. "France," he said without looking. "We will meet again there."

Rika's portal cracked open. "France."

She stepped through and fell into a desert.

Mondego was too slow for her. Ediha was gone. John was controlling him, bending his will, tainting his development. She was too weak to save him. John was too powerful. The gulf between them seemed to stretch far beyond the horizon.

She stepped through another and fell onto a coast. Waves crashed.

Why couldn't she just quit? Why couldn't she just kill Mondego for herself and be done with it? She could return to solo play, forget about Stef and Nick's bitching, and do the things she enjoyed again.



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