The Last Sanctifier: An Epic Fantasy Adventure by David Musk

Author:David Musk [Musk, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

Swift as a shadow, Relyn leapt between the inner courtyard’s rooftops. Palm trees thrashed around her, and the clouds drifted by overhead. Raindrops rolled down the slick clay tiles, but her steps were sure and true.

She took off with a running start and jumped from the barracks to the stables. This was the widest building in the courtyard, and it gave her a clear view of the wall.

Thane, Zoron, and Ember fought against three more Ethermancers to her right. Ethermancers didn’t worry her, though. Thane knew how to play that game. She was more worried about attacks from the shadows. Sanctifiers like her husband were undoubtedly powerful, but it only took one arrow to bring him down.

Boots clattered below as a trio of gunners charged up the staircase. Guns? Really? What happened to Trelidor’s principles? Then again, nothing should have surprised her after those exploding corpses.

Relyn reached into her quiver, running her fingers over the fletching. Six arrows left, plus one special one. She grabbed the first by its shaft and nocked it in her bow.

The gunners charged up the stairs. Relyn aimed for a spot two paces ahead of the first man and unleashed the arrow. Without looking to see where it landed, she nocked another and released it a pace ahead of the second man.

Both arrows took the soldiers in their necks between their armor and helmets.

As expected, the third man turned his rifle on her. He looked right at Relyn, but he wouldn’t see her. Clad in black from head to heel, she was just another shadow in the night.

Relyn sidestepped as she nocked a third arrow. The man fired his weapon, and his bullet shattered the roof tile where she’d been standing.

Her arrow took him between the eyes a heartbeat later.

People always said modern firearms were better than arrows, but she’d never understood their reasoning.

Bullets can pierce armor, they said. But that only mattered if you couldn’t aim.

Firearms require less training, they said. But that only mattered if you wanted to equip an angry mob.

Meanwhile, arrows were swift and quiet. You could reuse them, and you could reload in a fraction of the time. No cumbersome powder horns or little lead balls to deal with. And if a bow malfunctioned, it was probably your own fault. Unlike firearms with all their moving parts which could fail for any mysterious reason.

For all that, she liked how Thane carried a pistol. It made him seem like a rebel who didn’t play by the rules. And unlike Trelidor, he didn’t pretend to be self-righteous about it.

Relyn scanned the horizon of jagged rooftops in the night. The rain had finally subsided, and she avoided looking directly at the fires.

Two Palavans emerged on the roof of the nearby barracks. They both aimed their rifles toward Thane, and that just wouldn’t do.

The two figures were lined up perfectly—one standing directly between Relyn and the other. She reached into her quiver and pulled out Silencer.

No one had ever named an arrow before, but she wasn’t about to let the Raiders have all the fun.

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