The Accidental Archmage - Book Five: Loki's Gambit by Edmund A.M. Batara

Author:Edmund A.M. Batara [Batara, Edmund A.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-14T22:00:00+00:00

Freyr spake:

41. "By the mouth of the river | the wolf remains

Till the gods to destruction go;

Thou too shalt soon, | if thy tongue is not stilled,

Be fettered, thou forger of ill."

Loki spake:

42. "The daughter of Gymir | with gold didst thou buy,

And sold thy sword to boot;

But when Muspell's sons | through Myrkwood ride,

Thou shalt weaponless wait, poor wretch."

Chapter Nineteen

Dwarven Rumble

The conversation was unexpectedly interrupted by a sudden blackness. It was not mere darkness; it was total oblivion. Tyler couldn’t even see an inch away from his face.

“They’re here. But this is but a minor incursion,” the mage heard his companion explain, just as he regained his eyesight due to the entity’s intervention. “Marking their arrival with the natural darkness enshrouding their reality makes it easier for them to move in this dimension.”

“Uh, thanks.” But Tyler was intently looking down on the field below as he offered his gratitude for getting his sight back.

The lighting was dimmer than usual, reminding him that the intense darkness still engulfed the cave, that only the magic of his companion granted him sight. A large collection of dark clouds was rising from the small lake, barely fitting into the opening of the natural feature. Flashes of an unnatural black light surrounded the pulsing mass which looked as if they were forcibly morphed together to provide the maximum number the egress could accommodate.

Halfway out of the maelstrom of dark energy, the bizarre mass gave out a dark, wide, and circular beam arching toward the roof of the cavern. Then pieces started peeling off the cloudy mass. The murky clumps jumped to solid ground, growing tentacular extensions all over their bodies as they leaped. As the eldritch cloud sprouted its offspring, whatever matter it lost was immediately replaced.

Fucking non-stop cotton candy.

Tyler suddenly saw some of the rocks move and roll forward, heading to the small monstrosities now on solid ground. Wherever they landed, the earth and rocks beneath them turned black. Upon reaching the new arrivals, the rocks uncoiled to reveal tall and solid humanoid forms. Their arms were shaped like weapons, though most preferred large hammer-like extensions on both appendages. Some adopted a hammer-and-shield arrangement.

“Golems?” uttered the mage as he ventured a guess.

“Not really. They’re energy beings, one of the oldest lifeforms on Adar. Unlike golems–a specialty of your mages—the outer stone shell is merely meant to protect them from magical and physical strikes. Their opponents would like nothing more than to enlarge the opening provided by that dark lake. To do that, they need to increase its size, an attempt which would not go unchallenged.”

“Should I go help them?” asked Tyler, worried, as he noticed more and more of the repulsive creatures joining the fray.

“Don’t worry yourself about it, mage. It’s a minor matter. The invading creatures are but juveniles.”

Juveniles? They’re huge! I can clearly see them from way up here!

The creatures were tearing apart the stone defenders but suffering casualties themselves. He observed that the stone warriors focused their attacks on something inside the attackers.

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