The Dark Path_A Gamelit Lit RPG Series by C. Wintertide

Author:C. Wintertide [Wintertide, C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Many Realms Publishing Company
Published: 2019-01-28T22:00:00+00:00

15

DRAIN

As his father’s voice drifted away, the sense of greater intelligence left the dragon’s eyes. It blinked and shook its head as if to clear it. That sensation of pressure Luke had experienced since his father had begun to speak to him was gone as well. He felt almost empty without it. He, too, swayed a little dazedly. But he snapped back to himself more quickly than the dragon. A feeling of gratefulness that he wouldn’t be fighting the dragon with his father looking at him filled him. He would simply be fighting a beast, not a man.

He quickly searched for Alicia and Mack. But he couldn’t see them. They were blocked from sight by the dragon’s bulk. Cassie had climbed up onto the path on the far side of the cavern and had her Bow of the Huntress out, and an arrow nocked. He reached down for his gloves and pulled them on.

“Christopher, I need you to cast Shield now, and then get out of range,” Luke whispered.

“O-okay. Are you--are you all right?” Christopher asked as golden light cascaded over him.

“I’m fine,” he lied. The hunger sharpened him.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Christopher moving reluctantly away. Luke drew out the blade. The ring of steel filled his ears and drowned out everything else. His father was right. The sword wasn’t separate from him. He was the sword. The sword was him. He had to feed.

The dragon’s gaze was sharp now too. And focused on him. Its throat began to glow. Luke grinned wildly. The dragon’s head was right there. And though that meant he was close to that terrible mouth and its fire, he was also close to its most vulnerable part: its eyes.

Breaking down bigger, stronger enemies was the way to go. Just as he’d done against Renard. He would do that now. With all his strength, he stabbed Dragon’s Claw into the right yellow-gold orb. The eye exploded in a gush of thick fluid that coursed down its scaly cheek.

The dragon let out a deafening cry. It shook the cavern. Luke lost his footing and pitched forward, and fell to the cavern floor, striking his right hip and shoulder. His Shield smashed into golden shards. Dragon’s Claw went flying from his hand, and landed on the ground about five feet from him. The dragon continued to scream as it shook its head in agony. A red 200 rose up from its body, and its health bar dropped accordingly.

Luke pushed himself upright. If only he had been up on the path, he might have been able to poke out the blasted dragon’s other eye out, but no. He was down on the ground, and in danger of being stomped on.

The dragon drunkenly weaved about. Its back left leg nearly smashed him. Luke rolled out of the way. He scooped up Dragon’s Claw, before dashing out of its range. The dragon turned, still making low angry noises, towards him. One look at its face--it was glaring at him out of its one remaining eye--told Luke that he needed to end this battle soon.

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