Capítulo 139: Your Proper Place

DESI

We shot to Earth like comets falling from the sky. I landed beside Michael, throwing a hand out to the dry, packed ground to stop myself from landing on my face. I watched as a thousand gold and silver comets plunged to Earth or circled the sky above us. I saw more lights falling all around - and not all of them the Gardians and Valkyries we had brought with us.

Fireballs of red and orange plummeted earthward, materializing into men the size of Heimdall with skin that glowed like red hot embers. Fire burned in their hair and beards. They marched toward us, swinging flaming hammers in each of their fists as they approached.

I took a step backward, suddenly unsure if I could survive this fight, if I could do enough to save the Gardians and Valkyries I stood with. On my left, a flash of white-blue caught my eye as flashes of blue and black fell to the earth, materializing into elves that shifted and moved like living ice.

“We’re all going to die,” I thought.