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A chat was connected to the topic, an old one, text, and I, having called the virtual keyboard, climbed up there ...... the clock showed noon, when I was again able to regain control over myself and, by an effort of will, closed the chat tab. That's trashy, rubbish fun! And how time eats up.- Alien war, direct connection.And then he rolled to the side, missing a wide, fan-shaped swing of the sword! The sword is crappy, with rust and crevices, and the tetanus shot is probably not known in this world yet. Who is it?Jumping to my feet, I put the fettered end of the staff under a new blow, and only now could I see my opponent. It turned out to be a middle-aged man in familiar leather clothes - a kind of uniform of low-ranking soldiers. An abyss yawned on the left, a slushy path was on the right, and in the background a brutal granite building reigned behind the enemy. Presumably a Toltec temple.Mekon was in order, he did not allow himself to be wounded, and the attacker, whoever he w
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Like a conveyor - a false swing, a block shield, an armpit poke, a swing, a block ...Poke... The blade rebounded with a clang.Surprised, slave? - An outwardly unremarkable officer with strange stripes on his shoulder grinned maliciously. “You cost me too many people, so I won’t kill you. I'll just mess up a little.He threw a typical sword, which I have already seen dozens of today, to the side and slowly pulled a thin needle of a sword-sword from his belt, threw off his jacket, slightly sprung his legs ... And I realized what was about to happen. This is exactly what Karem did as he prepared to teach me a lesson."Now it will hurt." - I thought with doom, and just in case I took a stronger shield.The officer became a blurry whirlwind, moving so fast that the eye could barely keep up with his movements. During the time that I was thinking, he made a heel of injections, fortunately, fell on the shield and only one slightly scratched his shoulder.Watch your feet, Karem said. For mus
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It dawned on me suddenly why this whole fight seemed so strange to me. Firstly, the eyes of both servants of the so far unknown church did not burn with the characteristic color inherent in the paladin in the service - this would be noticeable even through the visor - and secondly, magic has not yet been used against me, which, as it were, does not exist - no binding chains, no glaciation, nothing.But the fall cannot be on its own, this is not a samurai for you, who will not go to the ronins the end of the world. Pal has to serve someone. So both of my opponents… serve Haang! Of course!Another point - but Mekon already noticed this. So, now is not the time.- What, mediocre guards, - I rumbled for some reason in Ware's bass, - but did you prepare the last pedestals for yourself? So you are nobody, without your god you are not capable of anything! And all the same, mark the legends!So, this is how I got them through. Even in their current slowdown state, their movements seemed to be
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- This is some nonsense. I complained out loud. — I understand everything, virtual worlds, dreams and all that. But this is no longer in any gate climbs.The sofa creaked behind me, and the sleepy Rose got up and came up to me.- What happened? she asked softly.- Yes, this Spider ... - I waved my hand. - It would take a long time to explain this.- That is OK. You will understand everything, I believe in you.The girl hugged me. She was warm, soft and smelled like her famous flower namesake - a little tart, a little sweet - and the figure that was felt through the pastel-blue nightgown beckoned so that it became obvious: in the course of the service, we would definitely not go to the Palace for children. We'll handle it ourselves.- Go tales. she called. - You are always ... On this chair of yours.“Let’s go…” I grumbled, calming down.Everything is fine, fine... And then I was pierced by an icy lightning!"What the hell?! Is Rose at my house? In her pajamas? Okay, that can be explai
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- I see. Thanks. I sighed.- You come in, if that. The Guardian responded kindly. You know you're always welcome here.“Of course, buddy. I nodded. - Of course.And, without any hesitation, clicked on the download. Yes, the risk of running into another backache through a bunch of obstacles always remains, and it is not in the least illusory, but it seems that you will have to act from the inside.- Daily! - Immediately, Froze's bass rumbled just above the ear. - Don't sleep!- No way! - I reported. - There were no incidents during the service!I see that you are not sleeping. Fros winked. - No more desire to skip theoretical classes?- Yes sir! I barked, faithfully devouring the face of the authorities with my eyes. - Or rather, not at all. I wanted to say…— At ease, cadet. You can go.“But…” I looked around in confusion. But what about the post? A person should always stand at the post, the charter orders!- You will lock the premises of the company with a key, hand over the key to
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The mighty figure of a giant familiar to me, who, it seemed, was not able to take any adversity, staggered, Antey leaned his paw on the ring of the breakdown installation. It shook him hard - I remember that even with a breakdown it didn’t blind him and couldn’t put him out of action, but here - look ...Fei froze, her mouth open, and obviously not understanding what to do. Early, early, she was promoted up the ranks - she is a good technician and an excellent shooter, but in terms of service, she is up to the same Froze as to the moon. The medic himself, showing enviable composure in full measure with his call sign, immediately leaned over to the intercom and dropped a few words there.- Don't sleep, Fei! - This is for us.Antey was already supported from both sides by Thoth and Stein, and almost a couple of seconds later, a powerful power door without internal handles swung open, and two young men with a stretcher flew into the knot.- Hey, more tender, fanatics! - Antaeus was indig
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Suddenly, the door behind Thoth barely perceptibly opened, and he, without looking, reached back and slammed it back with force. Everyone flinched at the sharp sound, tensed up.“Well, they hung their noses, boys and girls,” the giant laughed good-naturedly. “I came even though I was under fire. So, they can be successfully dealt with. Even win.- That's good. Faye muttered. - Interrogate at least one, or at least examine the corpse. But if they all have a spatial lasso ...“Fortunately, Uncle Antey was a prisoner of the Conquista for too long to understand the advantages of its technologies. - Frowning, the big man, he reached into his breast pocket and got out an ugly spiked ball, something like a plum - with the same longitudinal groove along the long meridian. I even took a few things with me, just in case.- Yes, you go. Fay gasped.- This is, - And this is Fros.— Argon. I snapped, and everyone was staring in my direction again.Yes, the boy will still have to be interrogated. F
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Askolta, or as my new people called it, Askorta, has not changed since my last visit. This is always the case with medieval cities, they can stand for millennia, only growing a little by the periphery - and that’s not a fact if it suddenly turns out that the enemy is strong and able to quickly get close to the walls. In this case, the city, once rebuilt, freezes in eternal stone for many millennia. And I don’t know if there are any enemies near the port city, climbing to the sea along a slope that abruptly breaks off at the very water, but here everything was as I remembered - they removed a few dented guards, took away the corpses, replaced the gate that the avatar knocked out Warcraft and continued to live on.There was something new in the air, though. A sort of anxious expectation of some kind of change. Perhaps the city will be wiped off the face of the earth and rebuilt like Moscow, perhaps the world will see the second coming of the old bloody gods. But the guardsmen at the gat