“Ease off, youngster,” Ajax called. “Yer burnin’ em up before they reach the ground.”
He was right. Either I was standing directly on a force line, or my anger had intensified my energies. Whatever the reason, I found myself with an incredible amount of power at my disposal.
“Sorry, Ajax,” I shouted, and diverted a portion of my mind away from the ignition point.
“Tanda!” I called. “Run back and get Gleep!”
“Right, Skeeve,” came the reply.
I had a hunch my pet might come in handy before this brawl was done.
The front row of the army’s formation was beginning to advance to the rhythmic pounding of drums. I ignored them.
“Brockhurst!”
“Here, boss!” the Imp responded, stepping to my side.
“Have you spotted the commander yet?”
“Not yet,” came the bitter reply. “He’s probably buried back in the middle of the formation somewhere.”
“Well, climb a tree or something and see if you can pinpoint him,” I ordered.
“Right, boss! When I see him, do you want me to go after him?”
“No!” I replied grimly. “Report back to me. I want to handle him myself.”
The front line was still advancing. I decided I’d better do something about it. With a sweep of my mind, I set fire to the meadow in front of the line’s center. The blocks confronted by this barrier ground to a halt while the right and left wings continued their forward movement.
“Gleep!” came a familiar voice accompanied by an even more familiar blast of bad breath. “We’re back!” Tanda announced unnecessarily. I ignored them and studied the situation. Plumes of white smoke rising from behind the Empire’s formation indicated that Ajax was almost finished with his task. Soon, the army would find itself cut off from any retreat. It was time to start thinking about our attack. The first thing I needed was more information.
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