Wizard of Elements by Calista Lambrechts

Author:Calista Lambrechts [Lambrechts, Calista]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Spirit Press
Published: 2014-11-21T00:00:00+00:00

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I made my way down all those dozens of stairs built at the trunk of the gargantuan tree and entered the main hall.

I froze in my tracks and scanned the area. Almost every single dwarf in Mantra sat at the tables that stretched out across the large hall. They seemed to quite enjoy themselves. A lute was playing a melody somewhere and all the dwarves joyfully sang their songs, swinging their beer-filled mugs around in the air. They laughed and ate some fresh meat on their plates.

Beer shot through the air as they swung their mugs. I had to duck for an oncoming tsunami of flying beer. The dwarves ecstatically drank and went on like crazy. My eye caught sight of Borin sitting next to the dwarven king. They both sat at the end where another table horisontally connected with the other vertical ones. There was another seat open next to the waist-high king himself.

The whole crowd immediately fell silent the moment they spotted me. The sound of beer sloshing subsided and not a single word was spoken. Even the lute musician was too curious to keep on playing. All the dwarves focused their eyes on me.

One of the dwarves accidentally dropped his mug, hitting another dwarf sitting next to him on the head the way down. The victim of the falling mug was knocked out and fell out of his chair, but no one paid any attention to him.

Out of the shell-shocked crowd someone shouted out, “Tha’ is the ugliest giant mah eyes have ever seen!” I wanted to reply with, “Me? Try looking in a mirror!” but decided it would be safer to stay quiet.

There was a wide diversity of weapons mounted to the walls. I wasn’t so keen on taking any risks…

“Ah, if it isn’t the annoyin’ human!” the king greeted blissfully. There was only one person who could’ve given him the idea of naming me that...

“Please, take a seat!” He gestured to the seat next to him. I nervously looked around and started walking towards the seat from the side of the room. If I knew that there was going to be a party, I never even would’ve bothered to show up in the first place. I alertly looked around for any signs of his pet panther nearby, but there was no trace of him.

Good.

I gently sat down and watched as the dwarves continued their little gathering and merrymaking with an explosion of noise.

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