Time Jumpers (Five Kingdoms Book 5) by Brandon Mull

Author:Brandon Mull [Mull, Brandon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2018-03-13T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

18

SERPENT

Do we go?” Cole asked.

“And confront the Perennial Serpent?” Violet asked in horror.

“He can handle it, right?” Twitch asked.

“Kendo Rattan lived to tell Lorenzo he would be here today,” Mira said.

“What if he lived because we helped him?” Cole asked.

“No way to know,” Violet said.

“Might be good practice,” Jace said. “We have worse than a snake in our future.”

“Does that mean we have to jump into every fight between now and then?” Twitch asked. “If we don’t go, Kendo must have survived without us.”

“We don’t have time to debate,” Jace said.

“He’s keeping the wayport open,” Violet said.

“We need his help,” Cole said. “Shouldn’t we help him?”

Jace held out his golden strand. “Charge me up.”

Cole touched the small rope and infused it with power.

“Nobody has to follow me,” Jace said as he lunged through the wayport.

Staring at the shimmering disturbance, Cole drew his Jumping Sword and pushed power into it. He could still feel his connection to the golden rope.

“We’re going?” Twitch asked.

“I am,” Cole said.

Violet and Twitch held out their hands, and Cole connected to their powers. Suddenly Twitch had grasshopper legs. Mira presented her Jumping Sword, and Cole quickly powered it up. Then he entered the wayport.

He stepped out onto a gentle, grassy slope. Higher up, the slope leveled off, and a wooden palisade enclosed a village. Low fences divided the surrounding fields into sections. At least a dozen cows were running in different directions—away from a giant snake.

Fangs bared, hood spread, a silver-and-white cobra reared up three or four times higher than the man and woman before it. The enormous serpent had a head the size of an anvil and a body as thick as a tree. Cole recognized Kendo as the man. Dressed as a Wayminder, the stocky woman looked well into her autumn years. A long scarf bundled her gray hair.

Jace landed to one side of the serpent, cushioning the impact with the rope. Cole had seen Jace use the rope to propel himself into battle many times. Despite the fearsome appearance of the serpent, Jace had not hesitated.

Pointing his Jumping Sword, Cole aimed for a spot in the field between Kendo and Jace and cried, “Away!” He sprang over the rippling pasture, stumbling as he landed, grass swishing against his shins.

Wielding his rope like a whip, Jace lashed the serpent in the face once, twice, three times. Seeming more annoyed than injured, the snake swiveled to face the new threat.

Mira landed beside Cole. Violet stepped through a wayport on his other side, followed by Twitch. Cole kept feeding all of them power, and his sword as well.

Jace lassoed the huge cobra’s mouth shut. The enormous serpent thrashed its head from side to side, then swept Jace’s legs out from under him with its tail. Jace lost hold of the rope, and it fell away from the serpent’s snout.

Coils writhing into a new position, the Perennial Serpent wheeled and struck at the Grand Shapers. Kendo raised both hands, and the strike slowed almost to stillness. Slender fangs gleaming, the cobra inched forward.

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