Nothing but bones 2: The chaos rifts by J. Carrarn

Author:J. Carrarn [Carrarn, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: The Wasteland Publishing
Published: 2021-04-15T22:00:00+00:00

Meanwhile

Enthrill lay sprawled over one of the chairs in the hall of patterns, following Drys with his green eyes as the other paced up and down the room. A host of tall stone and bone tablets filled the room, each inscribed with a pattern.

"Why are you so nervous? We haven't seen a single rift or any Kaots in days!" he asked in a deep booming voice belying his thin green torso. Enthrill's arms, which were much thicker than his upper body, hung from the sides of the chair. He was slowly tapping the ground with his massive knuckles.

"I know, but something feels off."

"Are you still worried about those missing mana-orbs? If you want, I can head out and harvest some more."

"No, and no. The loss isn't the problem. The problem is the fact that somebody managed to sneak inside and take them without anybody noticing."

"Sig could have done that easily."

Drys frowned at this, his sharp grey face growing even more angular. "Or someone with similar powers… I've locked that pattern away for a long time, and with good reason. Sig is the only one I gave it to, and the only other one who would be able to inscribe it is Solus."

Footsteps echoed up from a winding bone staircase in the middle of the room, and Drys swirled around. A group of three thin zombies, each carrying a book, ran into the room.

"Three Librarians…" Entrhil whispered in awe.

"You've evolved! Wonderful!" Drys beamed as he stepped forward eagerly. The thin, lithe zombies held out their books. Taking one, he removed a page, stowing it inside his bone chest plate.

"Alright, divide the rest of the pages between the guard towers," Drys ordered.

He turned to Enthrill, who was staring at him with a curious look.

"Follow them, and send out some fast scouts to the outposts on the hills between us and the other cities. Make sure that every outpost has at least one."

He hadn't even finished when Enthrill got up from the chair and made to follow the Libra zombies. Before descending the stairs, Enthrill turned back to face Drys.

"I thought you had lost the Libra pattern after the battle of Skulltown?"

"I did, but that AI, Domain, taught me some new tricks. Soon, there will be many new patterns available in the hall."

"I don't trust that thing… something about it is... off," Enthrill said as he turned and ambled awkwardly down the stairs. His knuckles dragged behind him on the ground, thudding every time they fell down a step.

Drys walked over to an empty bone tablet, as tall as him and twice as wide. Picking up a wyrm tooth, he stood staring at the tablet for a while, deep in thought.

"Neither do I…" he said finally, before starting to draw lines in quick, fluid succession.

—

A blue-glowing skeleton rushed along a narrow path. The glow from within its plated rib cage illuminated the darkness around it. To its left lay a vast, dense forest of bone, while on its right was a large, deep ravine.

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