Charmed by Michael-Scott Earle

Author:Michael-Scott Earle [Earle, Michael-Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Michael-Scott Earle
Published: 2021-08-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The undead creature didn’t even seem to feel the deep gash I’d made in his stomach. Instead, he roared in my face so wide that his jaw dislocated. Dagger-shaped teeth lined the inside of his mouth, but I was so close to him that I saw what looked like a second set of dagger teeth at the back of his throat. The ghoul’s dark red flesh hung in tatters from his frame like old meat, and based on the broadness of his shoulders, I guessed he was a good half a foot taller than me.

Well. Shit.

The ghoul grabbed the blade of my weapon with one hand and slammed his face into mine before I had time to react. His skull rammed into my nose, and I heard it crack as it started to gush a fountain of blood, but I instantly hit myself with a Minor Heal.

I tried to wrench my broadsword out of his grip, but this asshole was incredibly strong. I was basically superhero-level strong in Ohlavar so I wasn’t used to being surprised by someone else’s strength, but this ghoul wasn’t like anything I had ever seen in fantasy games before, and I wondered what a crazy high level ghoul was doing in a cemetery in the middle of the city.

I kept one hand on the hilt of my sword and then dropped into a crouch before he could face-slam me again. I had just enough room between me and the low cemetery wall to curve into a low spinning kick, so I dropped my sword for two seconds and shifted my weight onto my left hand to give myself enough power. Then I swept my legs underneath my attacker just as he lunged for me again.

It knocked him off his feet, and he toppled backward against the stone cemetery wall. My broadsword flew out of his hands deeper into the cemetery, and I debated if I should tackle this asshole now or get my sword back first. Since this ghoul had already shown he was unusually strong, I decided it was smarter to grab my weapon in case he had another ghoul friend somewhere else in the cemetery who might use it against me.

I leaped over the wall and snatched up my blade again. By the time I spun around to face the ghoul, the creature was already back on his feet, and it looked like I hadn’t injured him at all. This was definitely not the standard, run-of-the-mill ghoul, and I wondered if this was true for all ghouls in Ohlavar or only this one.

Maybe this creature was just amped up from a fresh kill, but then I remembered the hellspawn Bolverk had warned me about. Was this one of the night creatures he had warned would come after me? And if so, then how the fuck had Mindlocked Bolverk known what would happen?

I pushed aside the thought when the ghoul leaped over the wall and galloped toward me on all fours like some terrifying nightmare zombie dog.

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