The Time Wielder (The Indomitable Ella Larisse, Book 1) by Elon Vidal

Author:Elon Vidal [Vidal, Elon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Light Age Media
Published: 2021-02-04T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN - APEX PREDATOR

The traction and grip provided by the gloves they wore and Nerka’s combat hardened instincts proved to be the difference between life and death. She lunged for Ella’s arm and held on. “Hold on Ella.”

The pain startled Ella and she opened her eyes and saw that she hung some thirty feet above the ground. Around the forest, silence grew, spreading outwards to the point where the gishan refused to cross. Ella tightened her hand around Nerka’s, who groaned as she pulled Ella to safety. She let go as Ella finally pulled herself on to the branch she initially tried to land on and laid still as she caught her breath.

“We are here. Come in Base.” Ella heard Nerka speak into her commlink. She told them Ella’s predicament and confirmed she was okay.

“Confirmed, are you both cleared for stage two?"

“Yes. We are in the inner forest. It's still dark with light only reaching the upper canopy. The gishan have fallen back. I think they are afraid of going any deeper."

“They don’t mix well with maven,” Lente suggested.

“We are not in maven territory yet. At least I don’t think so.”

“No. You are not," Athos confirmed. “Rest and move carefully.”

“Copy.” The voices from base ceased.

In the peace that followed the pursuit, Ella looked down, they were still thirty feet above the forest floor. Here the bog had ended and only the hard ground remained.

Both worn out from their escape, they leaned on the trunk of their tree. Ella looked at her companion. Nerka had taken a water tablet. A thin sliver, much like a fingernail, was enough to hydrate them like a gallon of water would. She looked up at Ella.

“Want one?”

Though her kindness startled Ella, she nodded and Nerka tossed the canister at her. “Thank you, Nerka.”

“All good.” Nerka replied. “My magic kinda wore me out. Bursts of Durga on this scale take their toll, like an equivalent exchange.”

“I’ll have to get stronger then.”

“I did notice you are a conduit for so much energy, Ella. The magic of the north is a little bit different from ours, but they all follow the same principles.”

“You’ve been to the north?” Ella asked. The northern hemisphere Higrites and southern Egrites were separated by the equatorial jungle that encircled the globe without pause. While the two hemispherical societies harbored no inherent animosity, the impenetrable jungle belt between them had presented a natural barrier in the early days of evolution.

That division resulted in a diverging evolutionary path that compounded over time. The northerners were lighter-skinned and shorter compared to the southerners. Anthropologists ascribed reason for this factor to the binary stars that hit the planet with significantly more light and heat in the south. By the current generation, the southerners were taller and leaner, while the northerners were shorter and stouter. There was more technology developed in the north, compared to an abundance of agriculture that originated from the south.

Other than these few superficial differences and dietary preferences, the Higrites and Egrites lived similar lives, in peace and mutual prosperity.

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