Desert Tears: A Progression Fantasy (The Last Sage Book 3) by Ujwal Vujjini

Author:Ujwal Vujjini [Vujjini, Ujwal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

A Quest for the Divine Bolt

Echoes resounded, and the lights danced, as the darkness seemed to fester. They had not made very far down the steps, having just passed one loop with not an end in sight. While having traversed large steps many times before, these proved to be much more daunting, for they were deeper. Tumbmar wondered to himself how he had crossed these on that particular night. He wished there were smaller steps in the middle, not much different from the small throne atop the large one in Viprutaram.

Lights lit one by one as they proceeded downward. They were inset into the walls, and their glow was much more potent than anything a torch could produce. And looking into them directly would have been strong enough to blind a person.

After much time was spent in their descent, and their eyes had fully adjusted to the dark, they could see a little smudge toward the ground, where it looked as if the steps ended. At once did all the remaining lights alight at once. They hurried down, but Tumbmar could feel his heart ache; the pain that had vanished sometime ago came back in full force as if to crush him then and there. Yet he persisted, and as like many other times, he bore the pain and grit his teeth.

When they had reached the bottom, Tumbmar gasped for breath. He noticed that the skeletons had disappeared. Looking above, the darkness seemed to have lifted. They could see the very top of the steps high above them; a speck of light in the center of their eyes.

In the center of the floor, there stood seven stone structures hewn in an unusual manner. They had a very odd mix of angular and sharp edges, and upon their surface, there was inset writing in the unknown script and various holes of which they assumed something was to be placed inside.

Vrikah then moved away from the group and beckoned them to follow. On the far side of the space, there was a large arched entrance with even more stairs leading down. The darkness that sat above them seemed to have moved down here, and Tumbmar and Ileyah quivered in sight of it. It seemed as if it were following them, but ever being one step beyond. Having already spent some time scouring and finding nothing related to a bolt, they continued down further.

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The passage felt narrow, though indeed was large. On account of the darkness that covered much in sight did their vision and touch feel tight and constrained. The light upon the walls did little to relieve them, and their pace had slowed considerably. The large steps seemed to stretch, as if they were made just to torture them. So deep were each of the risers, that they had to fall a great distance to reach the step below. Tumbmar, Ileyah, Naktham, and Yurmatrtha helped the others by using air to soften their fall, and while successful, it proved exceptionally difficult to descend Vrikah and Hvesykih.

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