Lyndon Hardy - Magics 02 by Secret of the Sixth Magic

Author:Secret of the Sixth Magic [Magic, Secret of the Sixth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-02-15T16:11:32.037000+00:00

Jemidon looked into Delia’s eyes and then back around the entombing rock. “That is a spirit I must admire,” he said. “There are few who could keep their minds intact when faced with such as this.”

Delia rubbed his hand on her shoulder. “And when I was summoned above and saw it was you, I felt the first real hope since I was confined.”

Jemidon smiled. “It has been an eventful quest,” he said. “Let me tell you what I have learned while we were apart.”

Quickly he related all that had happened. To his sur-272

prise, he found that mentioning Augusta made him feel awkward. With a wave of his hand, he passed on to talk in more depth about meeting Melizar and the discovery of the two metalaws.

Somehow as the words came out, the driving force of his quest seemed to be more for Delia and less because of his hunger for the robe. But she listened quietly and did not contradict. With an intense concentration, she absorbed everything that he said.

“And now that you have rejected Melizar,” she whispered when he was done, “how can you hope to achieve what you truly seek?”

Jemidon shook his head to calm the rattle of conflicting thoughts. He had wanted the mastery of a craft above all else. And yet, when faced with the choice, he could not submit to the one with the power to guide him to his goal. A few months ago, such an act would have been unthinkable. The quest for the robe was everything; his entire life had been bound up in it. But now there were other goals, other values that tugged on which way he should goJemidon sighed. He should have followed his original instincts all along. There was no doubt Melizar must be stopped. The cold one admitted that no less than complete control of everything was his plan. The universe, he had called it—this world and all the others in the sky. And if he succeeded, the oppressions of Kenton and the other nobles would be nothing compared with what could transpire. As Jemidon had first decided in Pluton, he must aid the forces opposing the changer of the laws.

“We must escape and convince the masters the world over,1‘ Jemidon said at last.

“Convince them to exercise the remaining laws to their fullest extent. Melizar has to be prevented from changing any more.”

“I agree. Melizar must be thwarted,” Delia said, “but that is not the answer to my question.”

Jemidon frowned. He clutched the coin about his neck. What was it he truly sought? Saving a world from the domination of one such as Melizar was far more impor273

tant, to be sure. But still, if not a master, what could he possibJy—

Suddenly a flicker of light near the ceiling broke Jem-idon oul of his reverie. He watched one of the small imps appear through the solid rock and the rockbubbler in the center of the cluster rise to meet it.

“Curse the binding,” it grumbled as it rose. “With any normal master, my decisions would be my own while he slumbered.

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