Sevenfold Sword: Tower by Jonathan Moeller

Author:Jonathan Moeller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-02T16:00:00+00:00

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Ridmark slashed down another koballat, its strange black blood sliding from Oathshield’s blade.

As he did, Oathshield shivered in his hands, its white flame burning hotter, and he felt the soulblade’s wrath in the presence of dark magic.

Fresh alarm went through him. The koballats were deadly fighters and created through dark sorcery, but they were not actually creatures infused with dark magic, not the way urvaalgs or urdhracosi were. The Chanter’s booming song was a thing of dark magic, but it was diffused. Oathshield had reacted to it, but not in the way it did when confronting creatures like urvaalgs or ursaars.

That meant there were creatures of dark magic nearby. Had the Confessor landed? No, the dragon still circled overhead, breathing lances of fire in Hektor Pendragon’s direction. Had another dark elf joined the fray? Selene or Third would have sounded a warning.

Then the dark flicker caught his eye.

A half-dozen urhaalgars raced on all fours through the struggling koballats and hoplites, converging on King Hektor. The creatures were usually stealthy and cautious, but now they appeared gripped in uncontrollable rage, converging on King Hektor…

No, not on Hektor. On Calliande.

The Confessor's plan flashed through Ridmark’s mind in an instant.

Both the massive koballat attack and even the dragons themselves had been only a diversion. The real thrust was the urhaalgars. Enraged beyond control by the Chanter’s song, they would throw themselves at Calliande while her full attention was on the dragons’ fire. The venomous spines coating their limbs would pierce her flesh and kill her. Or they would distract her, and while her attention was on her defense, the Confessor would kill her and Hektor with a blast of dragon fire.

Ridmark cut down another koballat and sprinted for his wife.

“King Hektor!” he roared. “The urhaalgars!”

Hektor turned and blinked at him, and then Ridmark leaped in front of Calliande as the urhaalgars converged, her full attention on the dragons circling overhead.

Oathshield blazed in Ridmark’s hand, and he slashed, calling on the soulblade’s fury to lend him strength. The sword’s blade bit through the skinny neck of the urhaalgar, and the creature’s glaring head rolled away as its spindly body collapsed. A second urhaalgar lunged at Calliande, and Ridmark swung his left arm. Aegisikon slammed into the urhaalgar, knocking the creature back, and Ridmark plunged Oathshield into its chest. A third changed direction and lunged at him, and Ridmark stepped into the attack, letting the venomous claws scrape off the dark elven armor covering his torso. Despite its small size, the urhaalgar was hideously strong, and the impact knocked Ridmark back a step. He hammered the side of his shield into the urhaalgar’s head and the creature stumbled. Before it could recover, Ridmark drove Oathshield into its heart.

He stepped back and lifted his shield, watching the remaining three urhaalgars. The creatures snarled and hissed, preparing to spring on him as Calliande deflected another blast of dragon fire.

Hektor gestured with the Sword of Fire.

There was a snarling sound, and all three urhaalgars burst into raging flames.

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