Ranger's Magic 2 by DB King

Ranger's Magic 2 by DB King

Author:DB King [King, DB]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-10-26T16:00:00+00:00


Chapter 12

Everyone sat silent for a moment, stunned by this revelation. The Sundering portal, a gaping hole in the very fabric of reality, had been torn open by the devastating power of the Sundering three hundred years ago. Parlax the mage had sacrificed himself, absorbing a great portion of the power that was released in that terrible, awesome blast, but even with that mitigation the impact had been enormous and the portal had opened.

For a hundred years, it had remained open, and from it had come not only monsters of unimaginable horror, but also a stream of energy that changed the very nature of reality. The energy affected plants, animals, and trees, turning them into monstrous versions of themselves. And most horribly, it caused the dead to rise, as mindless, ravenous monsters that bore no resemblance to who they had been in life.

A century had passed, during which time the humans, the elves, and the other peoples of the northern world had fought a desperate battle for survival. After a hundred years, the portal had closed again, and the effects had faded from the world. The elves did not know what had caused the portal to close, but the humans had a tale that it had been a mighty human warrior that had caused it, a hero they had no name for, who had fought his way single handed to the portal and used his own grasp of magic to close it forever.

Whatever the truth of this, the idea that it might have been deliberately re-opened by a mage from the Black Spire was terrifying to everyone sitting around the commander’s table that evening. To Harald, who had actually lived through those days, the idea of a return to the chaos of the century after the Sundering was almost more than he could bear.

To Akhen, who had earnestly studied magical history, theory, and practice for years beyond count, the idea that anyone should do such a thing in the quest for power was repugnant. He hated the use of magic simply as a tool to gain power, and anger flowed through him at the idea, particularly now he had heard the story of the Black Spire, who they were, and what they were capable of.

For Bren and Sena, the news meant less than to those who knew more about the history of magic, and of the world. The humans did not fully understand what was meant by the Sundering portal, but they understood that anything which gained more power for the Black Spire was one step closer to their doom, and the doom of the kingdom and land that they loved and called home.

Lana and Ralnor looked at each other. For Lana, the news felt like an inevitability, and she realized in that moment that she had suspected something like this. All Akhen’s hints and evasions over the last while, Ralnor’s visions, and the strange signs of magic they had all seen…somehow, she had felt that it would lead to



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