Immortal Family by Bruce Sentar

Author:Bruce Sentar [Sentar, Bruce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2022-05-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

I kicked a rock at the edge of the canyon. “Well, this makes things difficult.”

We’d have to fly to cross the canyon, and the area was open enough that we would likely be spotted by the Bishou. We’d already killed hundreds of assassins at this point, and it was making me anxious that the Bishou had more forces than I’d anticipated. The last thing I wanted was to send up a ‘I’m right here’ flare by flying over the canyon.

“Maybe we could climb down and back up at night?” Jonny offered.

But before we could argue more, Steve grabbed us both by the shoulder and pulled us down to a crouch.

“What?” Jonny hissed.

Steve scooted forward and nodded down the canyon. “Assassin.”

It took me a moment, but then I didn’t see it. I heard something else. “That’s too rhythmic to be natural. There’s people down there.”

Steve nodded and pointed to the left and about halfway down the canyon.

There was a curve in the canyon that could hide a cave, and not far from it, a Bishou had crawled into a crevice, waiting like a spider for its prey.

“Let’s walk this side of the canyon and see if we can’t get a better look at what’s happening down there.” I rose from my crouch and faded back into the jungle. “Good catch, Steve.”

He nodded and then mimed shooting an arrow at the hiding Bishou.

“You think you can hit him across the canyon?”

Steve’s grin was answer enough.

“Okay, let’s get in position first.”

Darting through the jungle, I kept the bend in the canyon in view. The canyon pinched perfectly to hide the cave from either side unless you were looking for it. The cave had a sharp, square entrance. Either it was entirely man made or they had squared off an existing pocket in the canyon.

“At least the assassin isn’t too strong.” The Bishou near the entrance was a fourth rank cultivator.

Steve shrugged, tearing up a leaf and scattering the bits into the wind. He watched them flutter, using it to calibrate his aim as he pulled out a bow made of bone and knocked a normal arrow.

“Wait, no spells?” I asked, surprised.

Steve shook his head. “It would alarm them too early.”

He sighted down his bow and then lifted his arm carefully into the air before drawing back swiftly and loosing the arrow.

From the other side of the canyon, we all waited quietly as the arrow punched through the air as fast as any spell. It arched over the canyon and sank down right into the hiding Bishou’s head.

The assassin dropped lifelessly from his hiding place with an arrow sticking out of the top of his head.

“Well, that might have alerted any other scouts they have on the other side,” Jonny pointed out.

“The ones on this side are dead from our trek here, and the other side wouldn’t have a great line of sight,” I countered.

But it didn’t solve our immediate problem of the canyon itself. Investigating the cave would be as difficult and risky as crossing it.

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