(eng) Paul Kidd - Spirit Hunters 03 by Tails High

Author:Tails High [High, Tails]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

A terrified figure dressed in black ran wildly through the upper hills. He crashed through underbrush, almost blind in the deep shadows of the forest. The man’s breath was ragged with exhaustion as he fled uphill and dove amongst the tangled trees. Tripping and stumbling in the dark, desperately clutching a burden against his heart, he found the edge of a great wide hilltop covered in an ocean of grass.

The ninja wiped at his eyes, hand trembling. A flat packet muffled in layer after layer of silken cloth was clutched against his chest, gripped in clawed, rigid fingers. Trying to control his breath, he searched the criss-cross of shadow and stark moonlight behind him, watching for the slightest sign of movement on the hill.

There was nothing. He was safe. The ninja clung against a tree, blinking – still trying to sort his nightmares from the shadows.

Slowly – horribly – a glistening shape rose out of the darkness at his side. The ninja turned, staring numbly as a nightmare unhurriedly towered overhead.

The creature was a slice of absolute insanity. Human in shape – half again as tall as a man – it was massively broad across the shoulders. Rippling, knotted muscles gleamed wet and raw, as though somehow flayed free of skin.

The head had a single huge eye and a mouth crammed with jagged teeth. Another massive maw ran vertically down the monster’s stomach, jutting with interlacing fangs. Its arms ended in long, piercing spears of bone that glistened horribly in the moonlight. The creature flexed, hissing softly, then moved one great step towards the staring ninja.

The man flung himself backwards, hurtling a throwing blade at the monster’s eye. The giant creature laughed and swatted the knife aside with one long bone claw, and slowly began stalking down its prey. The ninja hurtled another blade and then another, growing wilder with panic. He stumbled backwards, then turned and fled, racing away from the monster and staggering uphill.

The monster chuckled and came relentlessly on his trail, never hurrying – never breaking stride. It effortlessly strode up the hill. The ninja plunged through a copse of trees, losing sight of the monster behind him. He skipped sideways for a few steps, looking desperately about for landmarks. At the sight of a shattered tree he felt a desperate surge of hope. Running wildly onwards, he was giddy with relief as he saw another ninja step out from behind the tree. He waved and the first ninja ran to him. Both flung themselves down into cover in the grass.

The first ninja half rose from cover, watching the nearby hill. He flicked a swift glance at the other man.

“Brother – I have the sacred mirror!”

The second ninja split apart. Skin and clothing shredded as a vast wet, red form burst into being. The monster plunged two bone spears clean through the ninja and in a single careless move simply ripped the man apart.

The first monster strode almost idly up the hill to join its companion. They both kicked aside the horrifying ruin of the dead ninja.

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