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CHAPTER 32 Cleansing with Blood and Bone
The low, guttural growls echoed loudly across the pitch-black stone hall.Dozens of glowing green eyes descended rapidly from the dark ceiling and the high walls. The mutant ghouls crawled headfirst down the ancient stone pillars, moving with a terrifying, unnatural speed that completely defied gravity. They were entirely hairless, their pale, decaying skin stretched tightly over emaciated ribs. They had no eyes, just empty, rotting sockets above wide mouths filled with rows of jagged, yellow teeth."Back against the wall!" Faried yelled, his voice slicing sharply through the terrifying shrieks of the starving pack. "Do not let them surround us in the open! Henry, block the main doorway! Form a natural chokepoint!"Henry did not hesitate. The giant youth completely ignored the excruciating, tearing pain in his shattered ribs. He stepped heavily into the narrow stone archway of the main entrance, raising his demonic, gray left arm like a massive shield."Get behind me, Ivan!" Henry roa
CHAPTER 31 The God-Forsaken Fortress
The heavy iron wheels of the slaver wagon finally stopped turning.The massive, mutated rhino-bear beast let out a pathetic, rattling gasp. The creature's thick knees buckled, and the giant animal collapsed face-first into the freezing volcanic ash, completely dead from sheer exhaustion.Faried dropped the thick leather reins. The rational youth sat in the driver's seat, completely ignoring the dead beast. He wiped the freezing rain and toxic sulfur dust from his pale face, looking up through the thick, swirling gray mist of the eastern mountains."Get out of the wagon," Faried called out, his voice hoarse and dry. "We have to walk the rest of the way. The beast is dead."The back doors of the iron carriage swung open with a loud creak.Ivan dragged himself out first, leaning heavily on a wooden spear shaft he had salvaged from the battlefield to replace his broken crutch. The crippled youth shivered violently as his boots hit the dark, jagged volcanic rock. The air up here was incred
CHAPTER 30 The Foundation of the Dead
Faried pulled the thick leather reins hard to the left.The massive, mutated rhino-bear snorted aggressively, protesting the suddenchange in direction. The heavy beast dug its thick claws into the freezing mudand slowly turned its massive body toward the dark, jagged peaks of the easternmountain range. The giant wooden wheels of the supply wagon groaned loudly asthey left the soft mud of the main road, crunching violently over sharp, jaggedrocks.Inside the dry cabin, Ivan gripped the wooden crates tightly just to keephimself from bouncing across the floorboards."Building a kingdom, Roy?" Ivan asked, laughing a dry, hacking laugh that echoedover the rattling of the wagon. "I am permanently missing a leg. Henry ismissing half his ribcage. Faried is missing a human soul. And your right armlooks like a burst sausage. We are not exactly prime construction material."Roy Jecoriah sat perfectly still in the swaying shadows. The glowing crimsonrings in his eyes had dimmed to a fai
CHAPTER 29 The Giant's Moral Compass
The pristine white crystal cracked violently in Roy Jecoriah's pale hand. The elegant, arrogant Elven voice on the other end barely had time to register the absolute threat before Roy completely crushed the magical artifact. The blinding holy light died instantly in the damp air, leaving only a handful of useless white dust slipping through Roy's cold fingers. "Drive," Roy commanded, his glowing crimson eyes locking onto Faried. Faried did not need to be told twice. The rational youth snapped the thick leather reins aggressively. The giant, mutated rhino-bear beast snorted loudly, leaning its massive weight forward. The heavy wooden wheels of the supply wagon groaned against the mud, and the iron carriage slowly rolled forward, plunging deep into the dark, freezing fog of the southern route. Inside the dry, enclosed cabin of the wagon, the atmosphere was incredibly heavy. A single green magical lantern swayed from the wooden ceiling, casting long, eerie shadows across the stacked
CHAPTER 28 The Moral Dilemma
The freezing rain poured relentlessly over the muddy road, washing the thick black blood from Roy Jecoriah's bare feet. Roy stood perfectly still, his pale left hand resting gently against the massive, rusted iron padlock that secured the main slaver cage. Inside the dark, rolling prison, hundreds of starving, beaten human beings held their breath. Their hollow, desperate eyes were completely locked onto the young Tyrant. "Do not do it, Roy!" Faried screamed from the mud just a few yards away. Faried was still using his entire body weight to pin Ivan to the ground, but his rational eyes were glaring fiercely at Roy. Faried ignored the burning pain in his torn leg, desperately trying to force his cold logic through the heavy, emotional tension. "Look at the math, Roy!" Faried yelled, his voice cracking over the sound of the storm. "We have one medical chest. We have two crates of dried meat. We have exactly enough clean water to keep four people alive for two weeks. If you open tha
CHAPTER 27 The Caravan of the Damned
Faried left Roy standing in the freezing rain. The rational youth grabbed the back of Ivan's dirty tunic, physically dragging the crippled boy away from the pleading voices of the chained slaves. "Keep your eyes forward, Ivan," Faried ordered sharply, pulling him toward the massive, iron-reinforced supply wagon parked at the very front of the convoy. "Do not look at them. Do not listen to them. We have a dying giant bleeding out in the mud, and he is our only priority right now."Ivan limped heavily on his wooden crutch, but he could not stop looking over his shoulder. The hundreds of human prisoners locked inside the rolling iron cages were a horrific sight. They were completely stripped of their dignity, their bodies covered in dark purple bruises and deep, infected whip marks. They were packed together so tightly that the sick and the dying simply laid on top of one another. The stench of human waste and rotting flesh coming from the cages was almost worse than the dead mutant de
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