Lion's Quest #05 - Legendary by Michael-Scott Earle

Author:Michael-Scott Earle [Earle, Michael-Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Michael-Scott Earle
Published: 2021-09-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

“Shit!” I shouted and then immediately started to tread water. “Bolverk!”

The tattooed gnome’s electric-blue mohawk popped above the surface of the lake for half a second before he was dragged back down. The water thrashed all around the spot where he disappeared, but I couldn’t see a fucking thing in the dark water.

“Ember!” I shouted as I grasped my short sword and pulled it free of its sheath.

The sword blade flared like the sun beneath the water, and Lady Feeyaz cried out somewhere behind me. She filled the air above us with violet balls of fire to help us see, but I knew she wouldn’t be able to get any closer as long as my sword was glowing so brightly.

As soon as my blade started to glow underneath the water, I caught another glimpse of Bolverk’s electric-blue hair. I kicked toward him at the same time I cast Lucky Streak on the berserker gnome, and then a second later, I saw his attacker.

The creature almost looked human, except for the fish-like tail and the mouth full of razor-sharp teeth. It opened wide like a piranha to chomp down on Bolverk’s leg, but Lucky Streak protected the tattooed gnome, and the humanoid piranha lashed out with its claw-like hands instead of its teeth.

My friends and I were all ringed in a circle around Bolverk and the creature now, but the beast’s body was so tangled up with my friend’s torso that we couldn’t risk attacking. The chance of injuring or even killing Bolverk was way too high, and we had no advantages in the dark waters.

“Lady Feeyaz, get to shore!” I shouted, since she would be able to help us more the further away from my light she got. “Cesnie, you’re with her!”

Neither woman argued with me. They both started kicking toward the next closest island, and that left only Moryana, Cornalic, and me in the lake around Bolverk. The water churned around the two opponents so much that it became fizzy and difficult to see through in spite of my Ember light, but I couldn’t think of any way to help the tattooed gnome except to cast one Guardian of Fortune after another on him.

A few seconds after they had been thrashing together, the cloudy water turned red with blood, and I realized it didn’t matter what I did.

I just had to do something.

“Stay back!” I warned Moryana and Cornalic so I wouldn’t risk accidentally striking them, too.

Then, with my Short Sword of the Stone King still glowing in my hand, I flipped myself around and kicked until I disappeared beneath the surface of the water.

I opened my eyes to the darkness of the lake, but my blade gave off enough light that I didn’t run into anything in front of me. When my eye sockets started to sting with dirt or blood, I wasn’t sure which, I blinked away the pain and kicked forward to where the worst of the blood was coming from.

I couldn’t see Bolverk, but

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