Dungeon Master by Eric Vall

Author:Eric Vall [Vall, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-08T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The massive floating deity waved his hand, and suddenly lava began to rise through the jagged cracks in the ground just as it had when he had appeared. This time, though, the lava began to stretch straight up into the air. The fiery liquid gathered together and began to mold itself into a solid form, much as it had done to create the god’s form earlier. As the orange fluid dripped away, it revealed the shape of an enormous hourglass. Instead of sand, the contents of the timepiece were lava, and it bubbled and gurgled within its translucent container.

“I’ll start you off with something easy,” the nasal sounding god said to us. “Just a simple riddle. You’ll have exactly three minutes to try and solve it.” He gestured to the hourglass that hovered beside him.

“Understood.” I nodded.

“Fantastic,” the colossal being said excitedly. “Let’s begin… I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?” The god shot us a smug grin as the hourglass began to turn itself over. “And… your time starts now!” The giant god pointed at us. He cradled his uppermost chin in his hand and bit his lip as he observed us eagerly, it was as though he were watching some sort of performance.

I immediately know what the answer was, but I kept my face emotionless as I turned toward the beautiful women. I would jump in and offer a hint if they needed it, but I knew my minions were smart enough to figure this one out on their own.

“Okay, everyone, think,” Annalíse said quickly to the rest of us. “What sorts of places don’t have houses, trees, or fish?”

“Could it be the sun or the stars?” Carmedy proposed.

“No, that doesn’t fit.” Annalíse shook her head.

“Perhaps the heavens,” Morrigan suggested.

“No, that doesn’t make sense either.” The freckled woman furrowed her brow as she mused. “The answers to riddles are usually far simpler than one would expect. So let’s try to keep that in mind.”

Annalíse was right, and the solution was indeed very simple, but I decided to wait for a bit before offering a hint.

“Most likely some of this information is meant to throw us off,” Annalíse continued.

“I agree,” I said as I hid my smile. The swordswoman was getting closer to discovering the answer. I hadn’t expected such analytical thinking from someone so impulsive. I was impressed.

“Rana, what do you think?” Annalíse said to the fox woman who had started to pace back and forth.

“Shh, I’m trying to think,” Rana hissed.

“Well, come over here, we need to talk this out as a group.” Annalíse motioned for Rana to rejoin us.

“That’s going to waste time,” the red-headed woman said as she continued to walk pace up and down the cracked floor. “All that back and forth over what the answer could be, it’s only going to slow things down. It’ll be easier for me if I try to figure it out on my own.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.