Night Guild 1 by DB King

Author:DB King [King, DB]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-08-15T16:00:00+00:00

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Ronan was very grateful for the gift of the garden, and more often than not in the evenings from then on he would find his way there, either with Diana or without her. Sometimes, they would walk there together in silence. Other times, they would chat over the subjects they had been practicing throughout the day, like stabilizing the stealth field and using darkness to their advantage, techniques for walking silently over rough ground, or the different places to hit a target to drop them silently.

The strange gardeners—and there were many of them—blended into the background after a while. There seemed to be an endless stream of them, and they never spoke, took breaks, used any tools, or wore work gloves. At first Ronan gave some effort to trying to work out what they were about, but after a time—as if they had all had the gift of stealth magic—he stopped noticing them, accepting that they were part of the world, like him, and let them be.

Time passed in training, and the days began to shorten. The Bones practiced stealth techniques until they were confident they could sneak up on each other reliably every time, but that was not all they did. One day out of every ten they spent in physical training, and the Bones were expected to dedicate time each morning to their training, without instruction, to keep themselves in shape.

Everyone kept to the routine, more or less. Most of them—Ronan included—found it intolerable, after so much training, to begin their day without physical exertion. The only one who did not participate in these sessions was Eric, who remained aloof. He must have been keeping himself in training in his own way, however, since he showed no signs of weakening.

In fact, of all the Bones, Eric was probably the strongest of them all. On the days when they did group training, his stamina and raw power were impressive. Diana was by far the best at stealth, and Tyrel did best when it came to the knife fighting drills that they still regularly practiced.

Ronan’s best skill was situational awareness and being prepared for any threats. Though Diana was the stealthiest in the group, Ronan was the only one that she could not reliably sneak up on. Also, he was the only one who never got hit by the stinging spheres, the strange, self-propelling projectiles that still attacked the Bones at unexpected moments.

He kept it quiet because he was not sure if Janus would approve, but Ronan felt particularly proud that he’d managed to trap one of the stinging spheres one day when no one had been looking. At the end of day, as he was leaving the courtyard at the back of the group, a sphere had darted toward him. Without anyone noticing, Ronan had snatched the sphere out of the air and held it in place under his robe. Once up in his room, he shoved it into a big, glass jar and screwed the lid down tight.

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