Hello all,
This excerpt is from the chapter I am currently working on. It is chapter five of the third draft. Here we have a motely crew fighting a tree giant, which is called a "tront" in my 'verse. The wider context is full of spoilers.
Incidentally, I corrected one spelling error and one grammatical error while composing this excerpt. Please keep in mind that it hasn't seen a proof-reader yet.
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The last excerpt I posted was from chapter 20 and it was the second draft. You can find it here.
The next one is actually earlier in the story, the first chapter to be precise.
To learn more about the Journey to Chaos series, you can visit Tvtropes at http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/JourneyToChaos.
The Journey to Chaos series is available for purchase at Amazon: http://amzn.to/10NsG2i
Brian Wilkerson is a independent novelist, freelance book reviewer, and writing advice blogger. He studied at the University of Minnesota and came away with bachelor degrees in English Literature and History (Classical Mediterranean Period concentration).
This excerpt is from the chapter I am currently working on. It is chapter five of the third draft. Here we have a motely crew fighting a tree giant, which is called a "tront" in my 'verse. The wider context is full of spoilers.
Incidentally, I corrected one spelling error and one grammatical error while composing this excerpt. Please keep in mind that it hasn't seen a proof-reader yet.
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The
ground shook. It shook again, and then a third time. It was foot falls. From
within a ravine, a tront appeared. It walked on two sequioa legs whose branches intertwined to form a
torso and chest before further branching out to form arms and fingers. Its head
was a pair of glowing eyes within a leafy canopy on top of its chest. Even Nayr
had to crane his neck back to see them.
"These things are slow! We can
outrun it."
"Big Brother's Love: Mode
Change: Better Safe Than Sorry."
The bow in Annala's hands shimered.
A secondary set of runes appeared next to the ruined primary set. At its creator's command, it transformed into
a different style. Then it displayed a holographic list of options. The ability
to fire lethal arrows was gone; all of them debilitated enemies from a distance. Annala looked them over,
choose one and said, "You are not older than me." Then she fired.
As she expected, the arrow did not
damage the tree giant. Instead, it released a cloud of darkness big enough to smother its
leafy head. While it stumbled, the party ran in the other direction. A wall of
thorns stopped them dead. Looking back, Annala saw a trio of slyphs hovering above
the tront, blowing away the last of the darkness around it.
"Hey Lawful Pirate! I'll hit
him high if you hit him low."
Hasina angled her staff and cast a
simple earth spell. Amplified by her great spirit, a super barrage of pepples
assaulted the slyph trio. It stunned long enough for Tolv to
banished them with fairy dust. This cleared a path for Nayr and Tiza to charge
the tront. Annala fired another arrow over their heads.
It exploded into more darkness. The
tront staggered as Tiza dashed to its right leg. Her elven sword ignited as she
swung it. _____________________________________________
The last excerpt I posted was from chapter 20 and it was the second draft. You can find it here.
The next one is actually earlier in the story, the first chapter to be precise.
To learn more about the Journey to Chaos series, you can visit Tvtropes at http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/JourneyToChaos.
The Journey to Chaos series is available for purchase at Amazon: http://amzn.to/10NsG2i
Brian Wilkerson is a independent novelist, freelance book reviewer, and writing advice blogger. He studied at the University of Minnesota and came away with bachelor degrees in English Literature and History (Classical Mediterranean Period concentration).
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