Quest for the Sundered Crown (The Sundered Crown Saga Book 3) by Matthew Olney

Author:Matthew Olney [Olney, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Firebound Books
Published: 2017-08-03T22:00:00+00:00

15.

Sunguard

Ferran pressed himself into the shadow cast by a nearby doorway as he spotted a small group of Vigilantes stalking through the streets. Shortly after emerging from the tunnels, Ferran had kept to the side streets as he followed the archbishop. He watched from the darkness and waited for the group of armed people to pass. If they got their hands on a Nightblade, there would be no mercy. Anger filled him. The vigilantes had captured and murdered many innocent men, women and children. The pyres burned day and night.

Some of the condemned had been wielders just trying to live normal law-abiding lives, but most had been the victims of vendettas. Ferran had seen with his own eyes how the people of the realm often turned on one another when egged on by the Niveren Cult.

He frowned as he watched the group stop outside one of the small houses that lined the roadside. They hammered on the door, demanding to be given entry. The door did not open. The biggest of the vigilantes took a step back, before kicking the door off its hinges with a loud crash that echoed in the chill night air. The other vigilantes swarmed inside, and soon Ferran heard screams. A woman stood outside the house, a cruel smirk on her face.

A mother and her small son were dragged from home by the vigilantes. At seeing the woman stood nearby, the mother started yelling.

“You … why would you do this? Are you so jealous that you would condemn my son and me to die at the hands of these bastards?”

Her shouts were silenced as the big vigilante punched her in the mouth. She staggered backwards, but was roughly shoved forward by the rest of the group. The boy struggled in vain and cried out for his mother.

At watching the scene unfolding before him, Ferran closed his eyes. His mind drifting back to years gone by where he had been in the same position as the petrified child. His hands knotted into fists. He would not allow some religious fanatics to harm the innocent. His mind made up, he stepped out of the shadows and strode over to the vigilantes.

The biggest of them looked up in surprise at the rapidly approaching black-clad figure. Before he could give a warning, Ferran had summoned his tourmaline blade into life. He swung the blade, removing the man’s head from his shoulders. The woman with the cruel grin was now screaming as she now feared for herself. Not caring that she was unarmed, Ferran spun on his heel and cut the woman in two. Cries and shouted warnings came from behind him as the other vigilantes drew their weapons. A scrawny looking zealot charged at Ferran, a club in hand. With a casual grace, he stepped to the side and brought his blade downwards to cleave the man’s arms off. For a second, the man gawped at his severed limbs. Before he could scream, Ferran plunged his sword into the man’s chest and sent him toppling to the ground.

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