Reckoning by TurtleMe

Author:TurtleMe [TurtleMe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Published: 2022-05-07T04:00:00+00:00

This centipede was easily the size of a centipede and a half of the one we killed. His body had turned a rusty red color, now only slightly translucent. Each jaw was long and wide like a man's and serrated like a bone saw.

He froze. His head lowered a few feet. The jaws snapped.

Then he shot forward at a speed that should have been impossible for something his size. I dodged back as the jaws closed right in front of me, then rolled forward and grabbed the front leg. With a sharp twist, the leg broke free from the body, but the giant millipede was moving again, each leg slamming down, the body bucking and curling, every inch of it moving.

I could see Regis running around the rear end, biting and snapping at everything he could. From the other direction, the black fire was hitting the shell hard like ballista arrows, but the flames left only dark burn marks. The entire exoskeleton was covered with a thick layer of aether, which drove away even the fire from the soul.

Imbuing the severed leg with aether, I tried to shove it up into the millipede's belly, but another leg hit my shoulder and the blow slipped out of the aether-coated chitin.

Throwing the severed appendix to the ground, I conjured an aether blade and sliced the nearest leg. My blade cut and then broke. Cursing, I wished for more power in the aethereal dagger, focusing on its shape, forcing it to expand and grow bigger. The dagger swelled to the approximate size and shape of a shovel, then broke.

Caera braced herself when the millipede turned its attention to her. He let out a hissing scream and started toward her.

Summoning as much aether as I could quickly, I punched straight up. The chitinous underbelly cracked and the millipede's body shuddered, legs scraping the crystal-covered earth. I punched again and again, creating a series of broken craters along his lower body, but it wasn't enough to slow him down or regain his attention.

The silver shards of Caera's artifact whirled quickly in front of her, no longer firing projectiles. Instead, a steady beam of soul fire connected them, forming a thin barrier in front of her. As I prepared to grab the millipede's legs in a last-ditch effort to contain it, a third satellite broke free of the clamp, then another, and they joined the others.

The thin barrier bloomed into a wall of black fire an instant before the centipede struck it. Caera's eyes sharpened as she leaned forward, concentrating on keeping the defensive barrier in place. The impact shook the burrow, and the millipede's body doubled over like a derailed train as the front stopped suddenly, but the rear continued to spin forward.

The jaws opened, trying to close the edges of the soul's fire shield. Purple-black sparks flew wherever the aether-coated centipede touched the dark flames, scorching everything they landed on. The black light reflected off the sweat that clung to Caera's face, highlighting her features.

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