Through Fire by Parker Jaysen

Author:Parker Jaysen
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00

A handful of the new demons are waiting along the road towards the falls.

They seem half-hearted, rushing the road but backing off when Daisy snorts. I climb into the roof viewport to try to get an idea of their armor.

There are garish, spiny ridges running along their backs and tails in pinks and greens. It’s impossible to say whether they serve a function or are ornamental. Even the spikes on their foreheads look decorative – pink and purple and sparkly. They’re a child’s idea of a fairy dinosaur.

Well, you can’t judge a demon by its spikes. We all know that.

Not only are they half-hearted, they seem particularly stupid. One tries to take a bite out of Paulus and screams in what sounds like agony, and they all disappear for hours, as though Paulus and Daisy and the carriage are all the same type of armored creature.

Eventually they come back and perch sullenly on the cliffs ahead of the falls.

“Fluffy, aren’t they?” Vick says. But she’s not fooled, either.

She hands the binoculars back to me, and I try to get a count. Possibly ten now. Maybe they have to overwhelm in numbers, which is why they’re hanging back instead of attacking again.

“How many blocks do you think it would take to get them all?”

“Supposing they’re horse-sized, and they come in formation? Probably six at a time. So a couple of fast blocks could take out this set.”

It’s worrying. We don’t know if brute force will actually kill them. If bolts don’t, it’s hard to know what will.

Bolts kill anything.

Blocking can send them over a cliff and keep them away from us, though.

Vick stiffens and her face goes slack for a moment. It reminds me of – no, Alice.

This is why guild members getting together is a bad idea. I’m so distracted by her.

“Two dragons,” she says in that faraway voice. “But they’re just circling.”

So for now we’re in a wait-and-see mode. We keep trundling towards the falls; there’s a ledge we can shelter under, probably enough to let us both sleep at the same time.

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