Legacy of the Fallen (Ascend Online Book 2) by Luke Chmilenko

Author:Luke Chmilenko
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Ætherworld Productions
Published: 2018-01-08T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

“Finally!” Drace’s voice boomed through the cramped hallway as the door beside me began to grind to one side, our hunch having clearly paid off.

It had been less than a minute since the door had closed behind me and closed the nine of us in the hallway, but the duration had been more than long enough for us to begin to worry and for claustrophobia to set in. Shoving his way forward, Drace didn’t wait for the door to finish opening before shoving his bulk through it, bumping me hard in the process and eliciting yet another angry yowl from Amaranth as the half-giant stepped free of his tail. Following close on his heels, everyone in the group moved to follow the man, the gasps of relief and rushed footsteps echoing loud enough to drown out the sound of the grinding door.

“Phew!” Constantine exclaimed as he moved by, the last to push past me as I maintained my position in front of the panel. “I was starting to think that we were going to be stuck in here!”

“You and me both,” Sierra muttered. “I like you guys, but I like my personal space a bit more. If you know what I mean.”

“Keep on your toes, everyone!” I heard Lazarus call out from somewhere at the front of the group. “We don’t know what’s ahead of us, and that door opening wasn’t exactly quiet.”

Everyone’s voice immediately died out at the half-giant’s warning, and a quiet stillness filled the air as everyone turned their attention forward, listening to see if there was anything ahead of us. Caught at the back of the party, I couldn’t make out where the passage ahead of us led, both because of everyone blocking my way and because my attention was still focused on the panel.

Is this other crystal going to light up? I thought while watching it carefully, waiting for any sign of magic in the crystal to appear.

With our earlier theory having been proven true, I could only assume that one of the crystals on Freya’s side had activated itself once we had sealed ourselves into our hallway, and that one of our crystals would become active soon after the second door had opened. Which would then, in turn, allow me to return the favor and unlock the second door for the other group.

Was this intended as some sort of a security feature to keep people from getting deeper into the ruin? Or did something break when this place collapsed? The thought filtered through my mind as a spark of magic finally bloomed in the second crystal set into the panel. Without any hesitation, I reached out to touch it, feeling a similar sensation of warmth shoot up my hand as the crystal activated itself and a faint rumbling echoed through the wall behind me, coming directly from where I knew the other hallway to be.

“It worked,” I whispered, looking back towards the rest of the party as the rumbling noise came to a

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