David Bishop and the Mystic of Creation T.C. Crawford (icecream ebook reader txt) 📖

enough for Bloodvayne to have gone through such great lengths to capture him and bring him back to Brineport.

“Don’t look so morbid, boy” snarled Bloodvayne as David approached the caravan, “It’s going to be a few days before we get you to Eldergate. No harm will come to you until then, you have my word.” he said.

As soon as David was chained to the back of Bloodvayne’s cart, they started off through the city walking at a much faster pace than David would have liked.  He was having a difficult time keeping up with the cart pulling him along at the other end of his chains.

As they made their way through the heart of the city, David could see the large pyramid shaped building fall away in the distance behind them, along with the sturdier built buildings that surrounded it.

The road before them was surrounded by poorly constructed homes that more resembled huts and shacks than proper houses. Despite their materials still mostly being the same kind of stone, they were built in a much more careless fashion, and their roofs were covered by sticks and dried reeds covered in mud or clay rather than the more sturdy and durable stone roofs in the city’s central district.

It was apparent to him that the wealth in the city flocked around the central building that housed the Wolf Guard and those loyal to them, whereas the rest of the city was living mostly in poverty. There were a few areas that seemed to be a little better off than others, but these were clearly the specialists who were selling a skilled labor of some kind such as ceramic pottery, specialty tailored clothes, and the likes. They were few and far between, however, which meant that the wealth was too.

Soon they came to a point in the road that was being blocked by what looked like a merchant and his mule pulling a cart of goods. The mule was stubbornly sitting in the middle of the road, blocking the way with his cart, while the merchant was screaming at the animal apparently trying to get it to move out of the way.

When the Wolf Guard approached, the man’s eyes grew wide with fear and he tried to shove the un-budging mule off the road, but much to his discomfort, the mule refused to move.

“What’s the hold up? Get that animal off the street!” yelled Bloodvayne, annoyed that his trip was already being delayed so soon after their departure.

Suddenly, dozens of men and women came rushing from the buildings from all directions, some from the tops of the structures, some from within, and some from the surrounding allies. As they rushed inward, the back of the covered wagon was flung away, revealing even more armed men as they quickly jumped from the back of the cart and into the fray.

They all carried weapons of some kind, swords, axes, pitchforks, hammers, and they were screaming loudly as they charged towards the procession of Wolves, immediately attacking them and the Guild members with extreme ferocity.

The Wolf Guard, surprised by the sudden attack, lost a few soldiers from the initial onslaught, but quickly regrouped and began fighting back against the attackers in a coordinated fashion.

Distracted by the sudden ambush, David’s two guards forgot their guard duty and took up their weapons, jumping into the action.

David tried to run, but his chains were securely fastened to the back of a cart that was filled with supplies for the trip north.

He pulled with all of his might, but the chains wouldn’t budge.

Suddenly, two of the warriors came rushing towards David with their weapons raised.

David threw up his hands to prepare for the attack, only to hear a loud metallic ring and the sound of the chains dropping to the ground. He could feel the weight of the chains drop from the bands around his arms.

He opened his eyes and saw the two warriors standing before him, urging him to follow them before rushing into the alleyway and away from the skirmish. David, startled but recognizing a chance when he has one, saw that his chains had been cut and bolted after the two men.

He ran with all of his might, eager more than ever to get away from the scene of the fighting and, more importantly, Bloodvayne.

He cut corners after the two men who were still rushing through the narrow corridors between the rundown shacks. They clearly knew where they were going and weren’t wasting any time getting there.

Exhausted, he pushed on, afraid of losing sight of the two men until finally they disappeared down an alley to his right just before what seemed to be a dead end.

When he turned into the alley, the men were there waiting for him. One of them grabbed David while the other pulled a cloth bag over his head. He tried to resist, but in the struggle, he fell and hit his head against something hard before everything went black.

Chapter XXVI

Erin and Tyrius had been riding through the wilderness nearly nonstop since they had left the outskirts of the Forest of Immortals, stopping only when necessary to rest the horses to prevent them from becoming too exhausted and keeling over, and to take short rests for themselves so they could continue on their search for David.

It had been a long journey, but they finally reached the crest of one of the hills just outside the great desert city of Brineport. They could see the sprawling port in the distance with dozens of white sails moving up and down the river, and the winding dusty road leading up to the main entrance of the city.

The city was built mostly of sandstone and clay bricks, being located in the hot, dry climate of the Southern Lowlands. The only reprieve from the constant heat was the long winding river that snaked down the Draconian Mountains from the north and into the South Sea a few hundred miles to the south. It