God of Magic 7 by Logan Jacobs

Author:Logan Jacobs [Jacobs, Logan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-13T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

The barks followed us the rest of the day, and an uneasiness settled over our group as we pushed onwards. The road was little more than a trail now, just wide enough for one person. The plant growth was dense, and though the locals kept the path clear, we still had to stop periodically and chop at a fast-growing vine or jumbo-sized frond that had started to invade the route.

Lena only got lost twice. The first time, she spotted a rare orchid high in tree and wandered off the path while the rest of us tried to clear a fallen log. By the time anyone noticed she wasn’t around, there was no sign of her new path. Lavinia had released a string of curse words as she tried to find the elf’s footprints in the dense growth, and I finally sent Merlin into the high treetops to look around.

When Merlin finally located Lena, she was about a quarter of the way up an ancient kapok tree and arguing with a spider monkey about who had claim to the orchid. Lavinia had to threaten her with an arrow in her rump before Lena finally gave up and returned to the path.

The second time Lena disappeared, we’d stopped to let a jaguar slip by. The massive cat had watched us for a moment before it melted back into the jungle. Merlin was so impressed that he jumped from my shoulders and practiced his jaguar look.

Lavinia let out yet another long string of curse words a moment later and threw her hands up in frustration.

“Where the hell is she now?” Lavinia demanded.

“She’s not very good at staying on the path,” Cat observed as he peered into the treetops. “Did she see another orchid or something?”

“Lena,” Lavinia called out. “Get your ass back here now or we’ll leave you behind.”

There was a rustling noise from a thicket of palms followed by a solid thump.

“I’m trying,” Lena’s voice called back. “Um, I’m sort of stuck though.”

“I refuse to help,” Lavinia muttered as she glared at the rest of us.

“Lena, dear, what seems to be the problem?” Yvaine asked.

“Something’s wrapped around my ankles,” Lena replied, “and it’s slithering up my leg.”

“I’ll go,” Dehn volunteered as he swung his mace. “I haven’t hit anything in a while.”

“Maruk, go with him and make sure he doesn’t hit Lena as well,” I said as the halfling plowed off in the direction of Lena’s voice.

“May I suggest that we buy a leash for our alchemist,” Maruk sighed as he followed after Dehn. “At least for use in these less civilized locations.”

A moment later we heard Dehn’s battle cry, Lena’s muffled ‘oh’ and the sound of a heavy object coming down hard on something thick and meaty. The three Shadow Foxes returned to the path soon afterwards. Dehn proudly held up the smashed head of a large snake for all to see.

“Just a regular snake,” Dehn explained, “but it was still pretty big. Had a nice grip on the elf.”

“I

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