The Dwarf Kingdoms (The Hidden Realm) by A. Giannetti

Author:A. Giannetti [Giannetti, A.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2014-02-25T05:00:00+00:00

THE AMBUSH

Eonis’s driver, who was deathly afraid of spiders, immediately vacated his seat at the sight of the fearsome apparition standing on Ascilius’s head, leaving the ponies drawing the wagon to guide themselves. Eonis, however, was made of sterner stuff. With a fierce war cry, he raised his staff and brought it down squarely on Ascilius’s crown, the steel shod end of the stave ringing loudly against Ascilius’s helmet. As Ascilius fell onto his hands and knees from the force of the blow, Elerian had his illusory spider scuttle onto the middle of Ascilius’s broad back.

“What! Still not dead?” shouted Eonis. With the vigor of a Dwarf half his age, he leaped off his wagon which had already come to a stop, for the well-trained ponies pulling it had ceased to move when they felt the reins slacken against their halter bits. Raising his staff, he rained down blows on poor Ascilius’s back in an attempt to slay his illusory enemy, but Elerian had his apparition leap nimbly from side to side so that it seemed to avoid every stroke of the king’s staff. His wits still addled by the first blow, Ascilius finally escaped by crawling under the bed of the wagon.

Laughing so hard that he could hardly control his illusion, Elerian had his magical spider leap from Ascilius’s back and scuttle past the king. Guiding it with his right hand, Elerian caused the illusion to spring onto the right shoulder of one of two identical young Dwarves who had run up to aid the king. The Dwarf’s companion immediately swung a meaty fist at the spider. At the last moment, Elerian made his illusion to leap to the ground, and unable to stop the impetus of his blow, the Dwarf’s fist smacked heavily against the jaw of his companion who staggered back. Recovering himself, he gave a cry of rage and leaped upon his attacker, bearing him down to the ground. Forgetting all about the spider, the two Dwarves rolled about on the shoulder of the road, shouting threats and pummeling each other vigorously. Delighted with the mischief that he had caused thus far, Elerian had his spider leap onto their struggling forms. With a horrified cry, Eonis rushed forward.

“I will save you boys,” he cried as he swung lustily at the false spider with his polished staff. At the unexpected and violent attack on their persons, the combatants immediately left off fighting each other. Desperate cries of, “Ow! Ouch! Stop father!” rose up into the air, interspersed with the thump of Eonis’s staff.

With tears of laughter running down his face, Elerian finally had his illusion scurry off into the forest. Immediately, Eonis raised his staff high into the air in triumph at the retreat of his illusory enemy, and all up and down the line of wagons cheers rang out from the Dwarves who had climbed down from their seats to watch their king battle Elerian’s spider, for once the first wagon had ceased to move, the entire train had come to a stop.

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