The vipers eye
Chapter 1: the worg
The last few rays of light shone across the ocean. After the war, the land looked a lot brighter. But even though the demons are gone, their memory burnt itself into the land. Now the land was cursed with an unholy aura. But threats are still plentiful. As you may remember from the last book, Seph and Fallenheart saved the land, but in the shadows horrors still lurk.
They have returned the death bleeder gem to its pedestal, but this book has a completely different storyline, featuring an unknown race, a demon with blades for hands, and a demonic that was blind, yet powerful. This epic tale will unfold soon enough…
Seph stared at the glowing ribbons of light that stretched from the sun to the earth, which lit up the land. Seph sat upon the lush green grass, around him was the fishing village where Seph had lived ever since he was born, behind the village is the silver pine forest, with large trees that are older than time itself created a wall of nature around him.
Seph was sitting on the sandy beach. Crabs walked along the rocks that scattered the beach, shells and pieces of algae also scattered the beach. Seph stared in the crystal clear
water. The multicolored reef shone in the last rays of sunlight. Seph was about to get up when a hand grabbed his shoulder. "Seph" a voice said softly behind him. Seph jumped, startled. It was Destiny.
Destiny had long blond hair, with unusually violet eyes. She was wearing a long black dress. "Yeah," Seph answered her. "I heard rumors of the forest beside us being haunted." Destiny sat down beside Seph on the sand. Seph didn't answer her until they finished watching the vast array of orange and red vanish and the world get dark. "Haunted?" asked Seph in the darkness, "yes Seph, haunted" Destiny answered.
"By what?" asked Seph, "what do you think?" Destiny snapped. The only sounds where
the rustling of foxes hunting in the bushes. Then Seph heard something way off in the woods that made his blood run cold- a voice. A gray face appeared behind the bushes.
Its eyes and mouth where empty black pits. "Seph" whispered the wraith. The wraith stood
up, revealing a gray, decayed cloak. Seph noticed the ghost had no legs or arms, so it hovered about.
A silver mist wrapped the beach and village. "Destiny," Seph said, turning around. Destiny was gone, and so was the village. The phantom said "Seph," the ghost whispered.
The apparition roared, the dove toward Seph. Seph flung his arms out, to defend himself.
The ghost's white hair flowed like a mop in the wind.
Two gray arms shot out from where the ghost arms should be and grasped Seph's throat. Seph's life flashed before his eyes. Seph felt his life slowly drift away. In seconds the struggles would be over. The ghost softened its grip then cast her hands away. "Seph, king , kill the haunt of the woods" the ghost said, then the haze and phantom vanished.
"Seph," a voice softly called from behind a wood house. Seph crawled over and stared in horror who had called him. It was Fallenheart. He wasn't wearing his black wolf skins, mask, or hood. Fallenheart's tanned face was twisted in horror, and his long brown hair coiled around a steel grate behind the house. In front of Fallenheart was a large creature that looked like a wolf, but with black fur, and the size of a bear, loomed in front of Fallenheart.
"Worg," Fallenheart said, pointing to the beast breathing on him. Seph noticed a crossbow standing on the side of the house. Seph reached for it. "Seph; don't, worg's are endangered remember?" said Fallenheart. "Oh, yeah, thats right." Seph said. Seph's entire body froze. The ghost was coming out of the bushes. The ghost shot out its gray arms and pulled the worg into the woods.
"Seph, what was that?" asked Fallenheart, even more horrified from the ghost, "you don't want to know," answered Seph, his black hair flowing in the wind, which was now very strong. "Did that worg bite you?" asked Seph, "yes," answered Fallenheart. "Lets get inside, it is getting windy," said Seph, "good idea," Fallenheart said back.
The houses interior had a large steel fireplace with red flames flickering. A large mat made from dried coral spread out along the house. Seph got a cleric to heal Fallenheart's wounds. Seph went outside, it was now extremely windy. "It is so peaceful..." mumbled Seph. No sooner had he spoken when the spirit hovered out of the woods.
"You again?" Seph said, the ghost floated towards him. But Seph didn't run, in fact he walked right into the spirit, he felt as though he couldn't run from the ghost. The ghost reached out towards him- and vanished. Seph shook his head. Seph walked towards the beach.
The next morning Seph found himself asleep on the beach. The water gently lapped upon the shell- encrusted beach. Seph opened his eyes to discover a gray colored hermit crab staring back at him. Seph reached out to help himself get up when he grabbed something scaly.
Seph stared at what he grabbed. It was a huge dragon! The dragons scales were an odd array of blue, pink, and white. It's head was covered in spikes that looked like icicles. The dragon had long white wing that gave a glorious shine that nearly blinded Seph. All body parts of the dragons shimmered like the wings in the sun.
But it was Seph's dragon, Seph had raised the dragon ever since it was an egg. But back then the dragon ate small animals like mice, now it eats animals as large as elk! Seph said to his dragon; "morning,". The dragon stretched out its huge limbs and said back "good morning". Seph nodded then the dragon flew away.
He stood up and started towards the clear water. In the distance was the Meduse, a fabled reef with fabulous creatures such as rare water dragons. It looked like a coral reef with immense jagged stones as towers. Seph stepped into the warm water. Before he knew it, he was waded into the water.
Seph looked down and noticed things he never noticed before. Things like eels and crabs. But just then an immense blue shape slithered through the water. Seph stared in awe as the waves rippled and a large creature appeared. The creature was long, like an eel, but about as long as the largest eternity tree!
The creature had a purple underside and a blue back. Long red spines completed the look, except for its face. The creatures face had eight red eyes. Its ears were spiked and large. Fangs as thin and sharp as needles filled its mouth. The monster had six red fins; a water dragon.
The dragon peered closely at Seph. Seph also peered closely at the dragon. Then Seph remembered what it was, it was the water dragon that helped him reach dry land. The water dragon stared at him for a while then it said "greetings". Seph nodded at the dragon then watched it sink lower and lower in the water until it was no longer visible.
Seph waded deeper in the water until he could no longer see the shoreline. Seph started back towards the shoreline when he seen an orange glow in the distance. But it was very big. Then Seph noticed large white figures standing beside the houses. Seph swam faster until he was at the shoreline. Then Seph noticed the white figures didn't look human. The figures were clad completely in white. Some had white capes and robes. The ones in white armor had white spikes protruding from their shoulder plates.
They all had white helmets and hoods. Seph ducked and started creeping towards the white clad creatures. Seph crawled around the creatures. He could hear their heavy breathing behind their white masks. Seph crawled towards the armory which was made from stone. Seph reached through the open doorway and grabbed something that felt like a sword handle.
Seph pulled it away and noticed it was his sword. His sword had two curved blades instead of one like a normal sword. The blades were made from glass and the handle: gold. Seph opened the doorway and crawled in. He noticed a silver crossbow on the wall. He picked it up then attached in to the strap of the back of he shirt. Seph stood up then turned around- in front of him were two white clad figures!