The Story of Evil: Volume I - Heroes of the Siege (32 page)
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Authors: Tony Johnson
There were about fifteen horses left. All were individually tied to one long, half burned, half collapsed wooden fence. They were nervously jumping around, trying to pull free, as they had probably been for the past few hours. All were too spooked or too injured to be ridden.
Kari was sad to see them in such distress.
The poor animals haven’t been able to escape the sight of their charred friends lying near them.
At the same time that Ty, Kari, and Steve reached the stables, monsters began pouring in from every exit of the plaza. The three heroes all let out a sigh of defeat.
“We’re surrounded,” Ty said.
“By three hundred,” Steve estimated. It was an optimistic guess. They were really surrounded by more than five hundred monsters. The number grew every second as more and more showed up. Dozens of dragons, gryphons, and phoenixes hovered in the air. Hundreds of archers took positions on the top of every building surrounding the plaza. The rest of the monsters were on the ground. Many were mounted on horses.
All of the exits were blocked: the four roads that led into the large plaza, as well as the two narrow alleys. Extra monsters formed a shoulder to shoulder line around the buildings in the plaza, so the Human, Elf, and halfling could not sprint and break through a locked door and escape out the building’s rear. The colors of every element could be seen around them.
The three heroes all came to the same conclusion.
There is no way out.
Steve had Brightflame, but had discarded his shield because of the damage it had taken from arrows and the fact that it slowed him down when sprinting. Ty and Kari both drew their weapons as well, although Kari had nothing to shoot out of her bow. Ty felt half unarmed with only one of his two swords.
The monsters were staring with no emotion at the three Celestial civilians. Steve, just like Ty, would rather go out fighting and die honorably than just give up be killed.
“What are you waiting for?” he yelled at them all.
He got his answer when the Shadow Prince came down into the center of the plaza, riding the green phoenix that had just attacked them and almost killed Kari. He leaped off it and stood in the center of the monsters in the middle of the plaza. Prince Silas’s sword turned blue and into the element he possessed, ice. He was ready to fight.
Every evil thing the prince had done ran through Steve’s mind when he saw the betrayer.
If it wasn’t for this man, Celestial would not have fallen into the hands of monsters today. Clyx, Thatcher, the Supreme Commander, King Zoran, and thousands of civilians would not be dead.
Steve started smiling. They may have been surrounded by monsters, but there was nothing standing between him and the Shadow Prince. Steve looked down at Brightflame and then to Prince Silas. All these archers could poke his body full of arrows. These monsters could burn, freeze, paralyze, or poison him. He was an open target that could quickly and easily be disintegrated.
But Steve knew none of those attacks would be fast enough to kill him before he charged forward and plunged Brightflame through the small heart of the Shadow Prince.
The Story of Evil will be continued in...
THE
STORY OF EVIL
Volume II
Tony Johnson
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Acknowledgements
Thank you to my editor, Jennifer S. Burrows, JSB Writing, LLC.
Thank you to my cover artist through crowdspring.com, Patrick Kerkhof.
More than anyone, thank you to God. Thank you for sending your son to die for me and take the penalty of my sins. Thank you for allowing me to realize that you are the true purpose and meaning of life. Help me to honor you by trying my best to obey your commands and make the right choices.
This world is growing darker every day. Help me to shine with your light, that through me, people may see the beacon of hope they have in your son, Jesus Christ (John 8:12).
Thank you for making me the person that I am and blessing me with the creative mind I used to write this story and the ones to follow. None of this would be possible without you.
For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (heaven). – Romans 3:23
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. – John 3:16
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born again.” – John 3:3
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart God raised him from the dead, you will be born again. – Romans 10:9
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