1. Across Eternity: Book 5 - Chapter 5


    Date: 5/30/2024, Categories: Fantasy Author: Sage_of_the_Forlorn_Path

    ... galloping in her centaur form. They crossed three streets and arrived at the scene, where a squad of soldiers were battling against a fiend. The hairy behemoth swung a log as a club, knocking the men through the air. Shannon drew her grandfather’s bow and an arrow as soon as she saw him. The tip had been lathered in the poison she helped Noah create, the fruit of her labor, and with perfect aim, it struck the fiend in the center of the chest. Such a wound wasn’t even a hindrance to the beast, but as the toxins entered his bloodstream, the mighty warrior began to seize up, and with equal ease and elegance, Valia finished him off. They continued on like that through the city, with every victory raising Shannon’s confidence and each arrow easier to shoot than the one before.
    
    Back at the bar, Noah had just spotted one man talking to another in a corner and flashed him the mark of the Pack. They both left the bar, and Noah followed them. When they split up, Noah chose the one who revealed his tattoo. Once he stepped into an alley, Noah made his move, first filling the air with his mana to smother all noise. He then snuck up on the man, wrapped a rope around his neck, and kicked the back of his leg to bring him down to his knees. Noah pulled hard on the rope, making the man fight for every breath, but gave him just enough leeway to dig his fingers underneath and open up enough room to answer questions.
    
    “You try to transform, you try anything I don’t like, and I’ll make ...
    ... this infinitely more painful for you. Who was that man you were talking to the bar?”
    
    “Argh! Eat shit!” the man growled, struggling for air.
    
    Noah responded by boxing his ear, rupturing his eardrum, and making him shout in pain.
    
    “If you had a parasite, that wouldn’t have hurt as much. Tell me who he was.”
    
    “Fuck you!”
    
    This time, Noah robbed him of one of his eyes. “No one is going to save you. No one is going to end this but me. The only freedom you have right now is to decide how much pain I will inflict on you.” Noah forced him onto his stomach and smashed his face against the ground until a puddle of blood formed. “Tell me who he was!”
    
    “Tolk! His name is Tolk!”
    
    “Is he above you or below you in the Pack?” The man didn’t immediately respond, so Noah jerked hard on the rope.
    
    “Below! He doesn’t even have his mark yet!”
    
    “And who is above you?”
    
    The man used what little breath he had to try and scream for help, hoping someone would hear and save him. He was aptly punished.
    
    “Brusin, he recruited me. He manages a dozen other men!”
    
    “And where do I find him?”
    
    “He runs a tannery to the west of here! There is a squirrel on the sign!”
    
    “Does he have a parasite?”
    
    “No!”
    
    “And who is above him?”
    
    “I don’t know! I can’t use a parasite, so they don’t tell me much!”
    
    “Then you’re no longer useful to me.”
    
    “Please, no! I have a son! He’s only—”
    
    Noah ended the man’s life and disposed of the body. He moved on to the tannery and found Brusin, a ...
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