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Grim Reaper congealed beside the sinful scene and wafted like a dark mist toward the body of the innocent victim. It raised the dreaded scythe and swept its blade downward. Once that serrated metal touched Brian's skin it would . . .
Albino crashed into the Grim Reaper and the ground split beneath him, forming a rift a dozen feet deep. His claws slipped through the wispy being as it tried to elude him. But his mind netted it with invisible bands that forced it to take physical form. Grasping the dark being, he missiled it into the mountainside. An avalanche buried the villain under tons of rock and dirt, but not before its hands and head reverted to smoky vapor.
Hestor and Clavius scrambled away from him. He snarled and pinned their legs to the ground with his claws. The warriors screamed and cried for mercy as their blood painted his claws.
He released them but as Hestor struggled to his feet, Albino turned him about so that he could look into his eyes. "What you have sown by this treachery you shall now reap!" He raked his razor claws down Hestor's front and dropped the man's limp body.
Dragging himself away from Albino, Clavius trembled. His fingers dug into the ground and he sobbed. "Dark spirits, why have you not come to my rescue?"
"Truly you have fallen from the heights of glory to the depths of darkness." Albino roared, drew back his long neck, opened his powerful jaws and snared the man. Grinding his teeth together, he broke Clavius in half. The warrior's soul faded into darkness.
Albino wheeled on Letrias, blood and guts leaking between his teeth as he parted his lips. He grasped a nearby boulder and crushed it in his scaled hand. As the fragments of stone rained on the ground, flames roiled in his half-open mouth.
Eyes wide with fear, Letrias spread forth his hands. Energy sizzled along his palms and his lips trembled. "You are not all-powerful, Albino. Hermenuedis is more than a match for you . . . and he has taught me how to wield"—his eyes radiated the bluish light amassing between his fists—"to wield mighty power !"
The energy shot from his hands, bolts as thick as his wrists sped toward Albino's chest. But they passed through his body as if he wasn't really there; as if he were only composed of air.
Storm clouds gathered. The sunlight faded.
"I will waste no more breath on you," Albino said. He drew back his head and threw a steady stream of yellow fire at Letrias.
But Letrias was spared incineration.
The clouds spiraled toward the ground and a giant winged man dropped to the dirt, crouching between Letrias and Albino. Then it loomed above the traitor and held out a black orb that absorbed the flames and grew in size until it became the size of a large boulder.
Albino's flames burned white-hot and a portion of sandy ground beside the Art'en wizard turned to glass.
"Be gone, cursed artifact!" Albino let another roar issue from his mouth as he stretched out his claws. He clenched his fist and the wizard's orb burst into a billion fragments.
"Hermenuedis," he rumbled "you have carried your wickedness to its final day!"
"No, Albino, thisss day isss mine!" The wizard screeched.
Suddenly, Valorian dove from the heavens. A ray of sunlight penetrated the clouds and glinted off the dragon's black scales.
Albino found himself roaring with delight; now two of his vilest enemies were within his reach. Long had he awaited this day.
Valorian folded his wings to his sides, forming himself into a living arrow. He shot toward Albino. But he passed through the white scaled body as if it weren't there.
Hooking the creature with his claws, Albino flung him down the slope. The black dragon's body furrowed another rift in the hard earth.
* * *
All six of his daughters had listened with rapt attention as he recounted the treachery enacted that day. Now he sighed and said, "The rest of the tale does not merit telling. And it is not a wound I want to open."
The sisters exchanged horrified glances. Rose'el and
Albino crashed into the Grim Reaper and the ground split beneath him, forming a rift a dozen feet deep. His claws slipped through the wispy being as it tried to elude him. But his mind netted it with invisible bands that forced it to take physical form. Grasping the dark being, he missiled it into the mountainside. An avalanche buried the villain under tons of rock and dirt, but not before its hands and head reverted to smoky vapor.
Hestor and Clavius scrambled away from him. He snarled and pinned their legs to the ground with his claws. The warriors screamed and cried for mercy as their blood painted his claws.
He released them but as Hestor struggled to his feet, Albino turned him about so that he could look into his eyes. "What you have sown by this treachery you shall now reap!" He raked his razor claws down Hestor's front and dropped the man's limp body.
Dragging himself away from Albino, Clavius trembled. His fingers dug into the ground and he sobbed. "Dark spirits, why have you not come to my rescue?"
"Truly you have fallen from the heights of glory to the depths of darkness." Albino roared, drew back his long neck, opened his powerful jaws and snared the man. Grinding his teeth together, he broke Clavius in half. The warrior's soul faded into darkness.
Albino wheeled on Letrias, blood and guts leaking between his teeth as he parted his lips. He grasped a nearby boulder and crushed it in his scaled hand. As the fragments of stone rained on the ground, flames roiled in his half-open mouth.
Eyes wide with fear, Letrias spread forth his hands. Energy sizzled along his palms and his lips trembled. "You are not all-powerful, Albino. Hermenuedis is more than a match for you . . . and he has taught me how to wield"—his eyes radiated the bluish light amassing between his fists—"to wield mighty power !"
The energy shot from his hands, bolts as thick as his wrists sped toward Albino's chest. But they passed through his body as if he wasn't really there; as if he were only composed of air.
Storm clouds gathered. The sunlight faded.
"I will waste no more breath on you," Albino said. He drew back his head and threw a steady stream of yellow fire at Letrias.
But Letrias was spared incineration.
The clouds spiraled toward the ground and a giant winged man dropped to the dirt, crouching between Letrias and Albino. Then it loomed above the traitor and held out a black orb that absorbed the flames and grew in size until it became the size of a large boulder.
Albino's flames burned white-hot and a portion of sandy ground beside the Art'en wizard turned to glass.
"Be gone, cursed artifact!" Albino let another roar issue from his mouth as he stretched out his claws. He clenched his fist and the wizard's orb burst into a billion fragments.
"Hermenuedis," he rumbled "you have carried your wickedness to its final day!"
"No, Albino, thisss day isss mine!" The wizard screeched.
Suddenly, Valorian dove from the heavens. A ray of sunlight penetrated the clouds and glinted off the dragon's black scales.
Albino found himself roaring with delight; now two of his vilest enemies were within his reach. Long had he awaited this day.
Valorian folded his wings to his sides, forming himself into a living arrow. He shot toward Albino. But he passed through the white scaled body as if it weren't there.
Hooking the creature with his claws, Albino flung him down the slope. The black dragon's body furrowed another rift in the hard earth.
* * *
All six of his daughters had listened with rapt attention as he recounted the treachery enacted that day. Now he sighed and said, "The rest of the tale does not merit telling. And it is not a wound I want to open."
The sisters exchanged horrified glances. Rose'el and
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