The Revenge of the Elves by Gary Alan Wassner

Author:Gary Alan Wassner
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fantasy, epic, Fiction
Publisher: E-Reads
Published: 2007-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-five

Sitting high in the tree, concealed by branches and thick foliage from sight. He had a clear view of the plains of Sedahar. He had made this journey each and every morning since the last gathering of the Chosen, fourteen days in total. For most of the day he remained there, in his roost high above the ground, observing what transpired outside the walls of Colton’s domain. Observing and cringing.

During the past two weeks, he’d watched the terrible changes. What had been barren and desolate at first now teemed with activity. The castle itself remained shrouded in mist and hidden from his view. But, the grounds surrounding it were covered with hordes of living things, frenetically rushing from one spot to the next. From his vantage point, they looked like an army of ants, though they were far more venomous than that.

The speed at which they multiplied surprised and saddened him. Shocked him in fact. They didn’t arrive from other territories. Nor did they drop from the skies or arrive in wagons, or reach the castle by boat or on horseback. Instead, they poured forth from the main gates of Sedahar. It happened each day at noon, when the massive bell inside the castle began to chime. When the ringing ceased, the colossal doors slammed shut and the beasts that just emerged joined the others swarming about the windswept grounds. Without any obvious guidance, they entered the ranks and began working, as mindlessly as they first made their appearance.

By this day, thousands upon thousands of these creatures mingled and meandered about. They carried spears whose tips glinted even in the sparse sunlight of the region, and they made nary a sound. No skirmishes broke out among them and no training was provided. No leaders emerged to organize them or direct them. Yet they increased in number, until they spilled out over the sides of the valley that funneled into the main entryway of the forsaken city.

Abominations, he thought as he watched. Unnatural Monsters, nothing more. What power he has. He manipulates nature. He twists it.

At first, he began counting their growing numbers. But after days of witnessing how quickly they multiplied, he believed there was no point. Dismayed, he watched as Colton amassed his living weapons and set them free upon the surface of the world.

Where will he strike, he wondered. Tamarand, as Edmond suspects? Will Robyn remain in Parth if it is? Will he let his father and his homeland die? Does he want the Chosen away from the heir so that he can attack Parth, or so he can destroy Robyn?

What little of the sun that had been visible through the cloying haze disappeared a while ago. The parched earth provided no sustenance to anything that may have lived there in years past. Nothing spoke to him here. Nothing responded to his touch. The land was dead.

Liam descended from the tree. Each day that he watched he grew more and more disheartened. Even the silence disturbed him now.

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