Mage Emergence by Christopher George

Author:Christopher George [George, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-14T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

A cloud of dust and ash washed over me as the bullets buzzed past my head like mosquitos. With a grunt I pushed myself forward, feeling the tell-tale pinpricks of discomfort that indicated that I’d been hit. I shrugged it off as I pushed forward. Loud explosions rocketed behind me as my last position turned into a large crater.

It didn’t take me long to see the cause of the attack: a large tank rolled into view. A painful concussion of force and blinding light took me and I was propelled backwards as the tank’s next shot hit me squarely in the chest. The impact sent me sprawling and I hit the building behind me with the force of a tank blast. My body slammed through the concrete wall as if it were made of polystyrene, sending chunks of metal and shrapnel flying in all directions. It only took me several seconds to recover as I used my powers to right myself and send the tank sprawling. A burst of equally concussive force burst from my fingers directed it cascading down the road like a paper cup caught in the wind.

A shiver of excitement crept over me; there was something here, something that was a danger. I could feel it with senses honed from years of battle. It wasn’t the tank - that barely even registered as a threat to me. My premonition served me well as I leapt out of the way seconds before the façade of the building was brought smashing down. I didn’t see who had done it, but I had felt the rise of their power and I caught a glimpse of a Mana thread from above. I looked upwards into the cityscape of buildings surrounding me. They were nothing more than empty husks now – the lives that once gave them meaning were long gone and I could already see signs of nature beginning to reclaim what was hers. It was subtle: a crack of broken concrete with a small sprout of grass growing through it. The grass seemed out of place in this concrete wasteland - the colour was all wrong against the grey of this war-torn world. The vibrancy of it hurt my eyes. I gritted my fists as I thought about lashing out; I could destroy that blade of grass just as easily as I had destroyed the tank, but I knew that in the end it didn’t matter, another would simply rise in its place. No matter how I struggled I would not be able to overcome this basic rule of nature. I was foolish to even try.

I saw my enemy at once, in the reflection in the glass of the building in front of me. I could see them silhouetted in shadow as they leapt from the building above me and onto the one in front. They were powerful, but I wasn’t afraid. After all, it didn’t matter if I fell either, another would rise to take my place. I

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