Space Knight 4 by Michael-Scott Earle

Author:Michael-Scott Earle [Earle, Michael-Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MSE Publishing, LLC.
Published: 2018-06-05T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

I gathered my teleportation ability in the center of my stomach and relished the feeling of it bathing my body. The energy crackled as it raced through my veins like a flash flood, and I concentrated on the few meters separating the heedless officers from the prowling slayers. I exhaled slowly as I took my falchion in hand and willed myself to the spot.

I appeared behind the captain, and his mouth dropped when he spun around.

“Nick? What the--”

He stopped speaking and leaped backward as the slayers dropped from the gangway. I moved in front of the two officers as the pair of assassins blinked in and out of existence with their Shroud runes. I couldn’t detect where they were coming from, but I took the chance of lifting my falchion above my right shoulder. The blade struck the enemy’s dagger, and a cascade of sparks exploded when the two weapons struck. Both slayers could no longer keep their Shroud runes active, and their magical cloaks disintegrated away like brittle sand.

The first slayer rolled along the ground and sprung to his feet while the other enemy came at me in a flurry of attacks empowered by Speed and Agility runes. I could barely see the thrusts, and it took all of my concentration to dodge the glowing daggers.

I looked over my opponent’s shoulder and saw Captain Cross and Commander Reynolds engage the other slayer in a fight. Neither officer possessed any weapons to fight with or Runetech to protect their bodies. Even unarmed, they would prove difficult quarries for the slayer, so I focused my attention on the enemy in front of me.

I ducked beneath an overhead swing and tried to sweep the legs out from under the assassin. He leaped above my kick and then slammed the pommel of his dagger downward. I leaned back a second before the metal would have cracked my skull and then triggered my helmet so my head wasn’t vulnerable anymore. He came at me again in a flash of motion, and I focused all my efforts on not getting hit.

“Now is not the time,” the other slayer said in a distinctly feminine voice as she retreated backward.

The slayer in front of me made the mistake of losing his attention for a second, and I snatched the opportunity to strike. I ran my falchion through his abdomen, and the arcane power surrounding the blade peeled his armor like hydrofluoric acid. The man groaned as I wrenched the sword from his guts.

“He was weak,” the female slayer said as she retreated. “The next will be stronger.”

I sprinted toward the surviving slayer as the captain and the commander closed in on her. The officers were unarmed, so they probably couldn’t take her down, but I wouldn’t let her get away. Rage filled my body, and a quick activation of my speed sequence sent me hurtling toward the last assassin.

I heard a feminine burst of laughter as I neared the enemy, and her exoskeleton armor burst with light.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.