The New World by Matt Myklusch

Author:Matt Myklusch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2021-08-03T00:00:00+00:00

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The children in each group sized each other up and paired off, choosing their opponents. Allegra morphed her hands into large, shiny silver hammers. Skerren adopted an intimidating stance, scraping his swords together. Janelle responded by spinning the Staff of Sorcero out to its full length, preparing to strike.

Leanora held out her hand to Joey. “Can I have my firestone back please?”

“What are we doing here?” Joey said. “Let’s take it down a notch. Not everything has to be a fight, remember, Lea?”

“Joey. The firestone,” Leanora insisted.

Joey sighed. Asking Leanora not to fight was like asking a fish not to swim. He placed the stone in her palm. She gripped it tight and wrapped the string around her hand like a boxer taping up her fists. A second later, her right hand smoldered with fiery red-orange energy. She was ready to throw down.

Shazad pulled his transfiguration cape off his shoulders and shook it out like a matador ready to face a charging bull. He was less eager to fight than Leanora, but Joey knew if push came to shove, he’d be there to back her up. With that cape, Shazad had the power to turn anyone who came at him into a slug, a snail, or worse.

Across from them, Jack Blank stood with his hands at his sides. “This doesn’t have to happen. I don’t want to fight you guys.”

“You really don’t,” Leanora said. “We have you outnumbered. Just walk away.”

Joey was relieved Leanora didn’t feel the need to add the words “while you still can” to make her point, but he still didn’t like the direction things were going. It was true the Order of the Majestic had Jack and his friends outnumbered four to three, but that slight edge was no guarantee of victory. While fighting outside of Camelot and the Imaginary Vortex, Joey had learned that the battleground itself was sometimes the difference between winning and losing. As Joey watched, Jack Blank turned off the sonic disruptor on his wrist, which would make the Gravens return. It was obvious Jack had learned that lesson too.

“You only have us outnumbered if we play nice,” Jack said as the moaning, zombielike earth monsters rose up, surrounding Joey and his friends. The Gravens inched forward, reaching out with grubby paws. Jack slid the disruptor’s volume back up as the creatures moved in, causing them to crumble into pieces once more. “I’d still rather settle this with a conversation.”

“You want to talk? Fine, let’s talk,” Joey said. “But not here. Not with these things creeping all over us.” He pulled the wand out of his sleeve. “Sky high.”

There was a flash of light, and suddenly everyone was suspended in midair, high above the trees of Gravenmurk Glen. Once again, a view of the massive crystal mountain dominated the horizon, and the diverse metropolis Joey now knew as Empire City was visible far in the distance. It was a spectacular sight, but even better was the look on Jack’s, Skerren’s, and Allegra’s faces.

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