Terrors of the Forest by Mark Cheverton

Author:Mark Cheverton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
Published: 2017-02-21T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

EYES IN THE TREES

“What are those fools doing? They aren’t following my trail,” Entity303 said from atop a gigantic tree.

He watched as the tall skinny villager moved to the north, surrounded by a pack of wolves, the stocky NPC at his side. The last of his pursuers emerged from the stone tower, the two redheads firing arrows through the opening in the wall until it was sealed up. Entity303 did a quick count and found one of them missing.

“Ha ha ha,” the user chuckled. “It seems the Lich King took care of one of your friends for me.”

“What do you mean?” Weaver asked from the forest floor. He was tied to the trunk of a rainbow oak tree, a bottle of poison balanced precariously on the shaft of an arrow embedded in the bark. If he struggled, the bottle would surely fall on him.

“You are certainly dense, villager.” Entity303 shifted his position in the top of the gigantic tree to get a better view. “There seems to be one less person in their company. Either someone really liked it in the Lich Tower and decided to stay, or the skeletons and other monsters destroyed one of them for me … perfect.”

He gazed down at his pursuers. Gameknight999 stood out amongst the other villagers, his dual swords and shining diamond armor marking him as their leader. With a word from the skinny NPC, the wolves moved outward, their white fur standing out against the lush green grass that covered the ground of the firefly forest. They formed a perimeter around the villagers, likely acting as an outer guard. Once the wolves were in position, Entity303 heard one of the animals howl. The entire group then started to move northward; the opposite direction from the Snow Queen’s fortress.

Entity303 glanced over his shoulder. The edge of the glacier was easily visible through the haze and he knew Gameknight999 and the others could see it as well. But why weren’t they heading toward it?

“Maybe the Lich King double crossed me,” the user said to himself.

“What did you say?”

“Be quiet and let me think!” he snapped.

Why are they heading north? There’s nothing there but swamp and more swamp, Entity303 thought. What is Gameknight999 up to?

“I wanted to see the Snow Queen destroy some of your friends, but it seems that’s not going to happen,” the user said, clenching his fists in frustration.

Moving to the edge of the tree limb, he glanced down at the ladder he’d placed on the side of the tree, then smirked and jumped off the impossibly high tree branch. Leaning forward, he opened his Elytra wings and glided gracefully through the air, banking in huge curving arcs as he reveled in the wonderful feeling of flight. Carefully, he glided around a tall canopy tree, its limbs reaching out over the neighboring trees as if trying to shelter them from the absent sun. A few rainbow oaks with their color-shifting leaves looked like miniature multihued kaleidoscopes between the soaring plants and seemed even smaller compared to the gigantic tree he’d been in.

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