Sinister Seraphim of Mine (Overworld Chronicles Book 8) Read Online Free
Author: John Corwin
ran down the hallway. She took a left. We ran through a kitchen filled with industrial stainless steel appliances and out a side door. Something with a huge head and a mouth full of razor teeth lunged from a bush. Hair bristled like porcupine quills from its scalp. It stood about four feet tall, but looked stocky enough to stop a speeding truck.
Elyssa flipped backwards. I threw up a shield of Murk as the humanoid I now recognized as one of the trolls Jeremiah used to guard his residence roared and bit at the ultraviolet barrier.
"We come in peace!" I shouted.
It seemed to realize it couldn't punch through the barrier and backed off. It made a god-awful whimpering sound I thought meant I'd hurt it. Bushes and trees rustled as more of the short creatures appeared.
"Oh no," Elyssa whispered. Her blades sang as they came free of their sheaths. "I don't think these will hurt them much."
"No, but this will," I said, drawing upon Brilliance and forming twin swords in my hands while dropping the shield.
The trolls looked at each other, their thick, gnarled hands tightening into fists. I counted about nine of the stubby buggers. Judging from the quick reaction of the first troll, I knew they were a lot faster than they looked.
"Justin, I just thought of something," Elyssa said.
A plume of Brilliance blew a hole through the roof of the house. Chunks of adobe shingles and wood rained down on the driveway. Windows shattered, and the ground shook.
"What is it?" I said, wondering if it might be a better idea to run back inside and help Jeremiah fight Daelissa instead of taking on trolls.
"If Jeremiah is really Moses, that would mean he's a good guy right?"
I shrugged. "Are we talking about the guy from the Old Testament, or the man who brainwashed my sister and tried to kill me?"
"Both? I guess?" Elyssa still looked as shocked as I felt from finding out the man I used to think was my grandfather was actually one of the original biblical ass-kickers himself.
"Since he's trying to kill Daelissa right now, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and go with good." Personally, I still bore a lot of anger toward the man, but now was not the time to air those grievances.
"Agreed." She assumed a defensive stance next to me. "He has some kind of friendly relationship with leyworms, too."
I nodded. I'd seen the man pet one of the leviathan dragons like a dog once.
"Would you characterize the leyworms as good or bad?"
The leyworms, aka earth dragons, had been mostly friendly to us. They were reviving husked angels and letting us take care of them. "I'll go with good." The trolls began to advance. "What's your point?"
She nodded at the hairy creatures. "Maybe the trolls aren't bad either."
I would have shot her a shocked look if the trolls hadn't been so close. "Since when are trolls good? Don't they like eating poor billy goats who only want to cross bridges?"
"You wanted allies against Daelissa right?" Elyssa feinted at a troll who'd come too close for comfort. The creature jumped back, growling. "Maybe the trolls could be allies if we don't kill them."
The entire front end of the house exploded in a burst of brilliant light. Jeremiah flew backwards in a spray of debris, an azure shield sparking around him. He whirled his staff and his backward momentum stopped. With a graceful twist, he landed on his feet, shouted a word I didn't understand, and planted his staff in the ground. The air formed a mirror in front of him just in time to intercept another beam of brilliant white. It reflected the destructive energy back at the mansion and sheared off a section of the garage.
Neat trick! I had to incorporate that into my shields.
Thankfully, the trolls seemed just as distracted with the battle as I was. "We're with Jeremiah," I said to them.
One troll with three nubby horns on its temples and forehead narrowed its huge black eyes in suspicion.
"We're with Moses," I said. I dissipated my energy swords and showed them my
Elyssa flipped backwards. I threw up a shield of Murk as the humanoid I now recognized as one of the trolls Jeremiah used to guard his residence roared and bit at the ultraviolet barrier.
"We come in peace!" I shouted.
It seemed to realize it couldn't punch through the barrier and backed off. It made a god-awful whimpering sound I thought meant I'd hurt it. Bushes and trees rustled as more of the short creatures appeared.
"Oh no," Elyssa whispered. Her blades sang as they came free of their sheaths. "I don't think these will hurt them much."
"No, but this will," I said, drawing upon Brilliance and forming twin swords in my hands while dropping the shield.
The trolls looked at each other, their thick, gnarled hands tightening into fists. I counted about nine of the stubby buggers. Judging from the quick reaction of the first troll, I knew they were a lot faster than they looked.
"Justin, I just thought of something," Elyssa said.
A plume of Brilliance blew a hole through the roof of the house. Chunks of adobe shingles and wood rained down on the driveway. Windows shattered, and the ground shook.
"What is it?" I said, wondering if it might be a better idea to run back inside and help Jeremiah fight Daelissa instead of taking on trolls.
"If Jeremiah is really Moses, that would mean he's a good guy right?"
I shrugged. "Are we talking about the guy from the Old Testament, or the man who brainwashed my sister and tried to kill me?"
"Both? I guess?" Elyssa still looked as shocked as I felt from finding out the man I used to think was my grandfather was actually one of the original biblical ass-kickers himself.
"Since he's trying to kill Daelissa right now, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and go with good." Personally, I still bore a lot of anger toward the man, but now was not the time to air those grievances.
"Agreed." She assumed a defensive stance next to me. "He has some kind of friendly relationship with leyworms, too."
I nodded. I'd seen the man pet one of the leviathan dragons like a dog once.
"Would you characterize the leyworms as good or bad?"
The leyworms, aka earth dragons, had been mostly friendly to us. They were reviving husked angels and letting us take care of them. "I'll go with good." The trolls began to advance. "What's your point?"
She nodded at the hairy creatures. "Maybe the trolls aren't bad either."
I would have shot her a shocked look if the trolls hadn't been so close. "Since when are trolls good? Don't they like eating poor billy goats who only want to cross bridges?"
"You wanted allies against Daelissa right?" Elyssa feinted at a troll who'd come too close for comfort. The creature jumped back, growling. "Maybe the trolls could be allies if we don't kill them."
The entire front end of the house exploded in a burst of brilliant light. Jeremiah flew backwards in a spray of debris, an azure shield sparking around him. He whirled his staff and his backward momentum stopped. With a graceful twist, he landed on his feet, shouted a word I didn't understand, and planted his staff in the ground. The air formed a mirror in front of him just in time to intercept another beam of brilliant white. It reflected the destructive energy back at the mansion and sheared off a section of the garage.
Neat trick! I had to incorporate that into my shields.
Thankfully, the trolls seemed just as distracted with the battle as I was. "We're with Jeremiah," I said to them.
One troll with three nubby horns on its temples and forehead narrowed its huge black eyes in suspicion.
"We're with Moses," I said. I dissipated my energy swords and showed them my
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