Immersion Online: The Herald by Evan Klein

Author:Evan Klein [Klein, Evan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21: Hunted by Black Dragons

We took Tinsie’s suggestion and soared up the side of the mountain. Or to be more precise, our spirits coasted along the jagged terrain of The Spitrotz – but in The Glooms. It was a weird sensation to be able to see both worlds at the same time.

“Wouldn’t it be faster to just cut through the mountain?” Gwen projected this thought to Tinsie and I.

“It might be or it might not be,” my deputy responded. “Even though you can go right through it like it isn’t there, the game mechanics see it differently. The effects of the potion will wear off much sooner if you travel through a mountain or solid earth. There are ways to mitigate the effects, but that mostly comes with practice. For now now now, just follow my essence. I will take you the best route so you can stay hidden as long as possible.”

We followed my deputy’s life force through The Glooms. Looking through the veil separating the real world and The Spitrotz, I could make out spikey peaks and bubbling magma.

“O boy,” Tinsie said, her thoughts joining mine. “The dragons are here.”

I sent my will out into the prime world again; hundreds of majestic black dragons blotted out the sun. They split apart and then began to circle us.

“We cannot see you,” one of the black dragons said, his voice like charcoal – dry and raspy. “No matter. Our pets have keen eyes that can see into the other world – the one where you hide like rats. Our minions will pull you from The Glooms and then we will feast on you.”

Then every single dragon shot forth a long torrent of flames – like hundreds of flamethrowers. The fire was blinding – though I had no eyes. The flames passed through my form in a dazzling array of yellows and blues.

“Hell of a light show,” Havervill said.

“What are those things on their backs?” Gwen asked Tinsie when the pyrotechnics faded and we could once again make out the gliding presence of the black dragons.

“Oh no,” Tinsie uttered. “Those are fire imps on their backs. We may have some trouble trouble trouble coming our way.”

“Why is that?” I asked.

“Have you ever seen that movie starring the flying monkeys who are trying to protect the misunderstood green witch?” Havervill asked.

“What are you going on about?” I asked. Then I saw it.

“Incoming!” Havervill shouted. Then hundreds of two feet long creatures with crimson-colored hides leapt uncaringly from the backs of the dragons. They fell a few feet before the air held them aloft by their wings. They soared unerringly towards us.

“Oh no!” Tinsie screamed. “Follow me before the imps phase into The Glooms and we are all goners. I don’t think they can follow us through the rocks. And the dragons are too big to follow us into the mountains. At least, I’m fairly sure they can’t fit in the tunnels and passageways beneath The Spitrotz.”

My deputy began to descend downward and then pass into the stone and into the heart of the mountain.

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