The Chimera Jar: The Aegis of Merlin Book 3 by James E. Wisher

Author:James E. Wisher [Wisher, James E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945763106
Publisher: Sand Hill Publishing
Published: 2017-06-25T18:30:00+00:00

The moment Terra saw the black blob that served as the creature’s head she knew what Mercia had done. “Lin, I know how to kill it.”

He glanced at her, the relief in his expression palpable. “Don’t keep me in suspense.”

“You need to blow away the flesh and expose the Faceless One inside so I can sear it away.”

Lin grimaced then nodded before returning his full attention to the quickly recovering undead. He raised his pistol and took aim.

“Flames of destruction hear my call.” Terra opened a path to the realm of fire. Maintaining it would tire her more quickly, but she wouldn’t have to keep chanting the primary phrase each time she wanted to cast her spell, only the words of shaping would be necessary.

Lin fired and the enchanted bullet blew the undead’s arm off, revealing the skinny black twig that served the Faceless One.

“Fire Arrow!” She thrust her hand forward and a yard-long bolt of blue flame shot out, incinerating the arm before it withdrew back into the body.

The Faceless One let out a moan. She doubted the thing felt pain, but to have a portion of its essence burned away must have had some effect.

It charged again, this time at her. As Lin said, it was fast, but the damage had slowed it by half a step and she managed to dodge a clubbing blow from its remaining arm.

It stopped to regroup and the moment it did Lin fired again, this time blowing off its right leg below the knee.

“Fire Arrow!” Another section of the monster was burned away.

It bounced in place and flailed with its remaining arm. Lin raised his pistol again, but she lowered it. It couldn’t move or attack them now. Terra could finish it herself and save a few of Lin’s precious bullets.

Terra raised her hands and sighted through them, centering the bouncing undead. “Flames of deepest earth consume all things in your path. Flames of creation and flames of destruction rise and devour, Volcanic Core!”

The ground shook and a pillar of glowing white flames blasted up through the hobbling monster. Everything was burned away. Flesh, bone, and darkness were all consumed by the pure white flames.

When nothing remained but her own magic in the pyre she lowered her hands and ended the spell. Sweat plastered her hair to her face and she stumbled when she tried to take a step. Lin caught her and eased her to the ground.

“Thanks.”

He nodded and sat beside her. “That was impressive. How come you didn’t use that spell to start with?”

Terra blew out a sigh. She was right on the edge of backlash. If that spell hadn’t ended it they would have been fully screwed. “It’s too slow to hit a moving target and I can only cast it once before I need to take a long rest.”

“Well, since there’s nothing trying to kill us at the moment I’d say you’ve earned that rest.” Lin gave her a pat on the back.

“Thanks, but I’m worried about Clair. It seems like she should have caught up to us by now.

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