Chapter 29: Doomblade Hardswing
"How many years?" Irwin whispered, staring at Ambraz in dumb disbelief. He recalled the things Ambraz had told them about the world-shattering, which seemed like ages ago now.
"Hard to say. We haven't seen portals all over, so more than two. But with three together? Less than ten," Ambraz said, landing on Irwin's shoulder.
All of Irwin's own troubles suddenly seemed tiny as he imagined the entire world exploding. They needed to do something! Warn the sorcerers? The nobles?
"Is there a way to find out how many years we have?" Greldo asked, interrupting his panicky thoughts. Coal was nuzzling his friend's leg, letting out a soft, worried whine.
"Not that I know… There's one way to figure out if there are over five years remaining," Ambraz said. "If we don't find any uncommon portals close together."
Everyone was quietly staring at the portals, then Daubutim grunted. "We need to hurry to my father and warn him," he said, glaring at the portals. Irwin could see his desire to go into the portal and close them, war with his father's teachings.
"You need to go into these," Ambraz said, suddenly fluttering forward. "They have only just spawned and should be as weak as common portals can be. But if we leave them, they will start resonating and send out surges. You don't want all those monsters here, right?"
Irwin blinked as he looked at the Anvil, as it licked its lips quickly. He just wants to consume cards. Not that he could blame the Anvil. He hadn't had anything to eat in… a very long time. Not that he seemed to really need it.
"How weak are we talking?" Greldo asked, looking at his card with a frown. "Because I can't enter those, and that means it's just Irwin and Daubutim."
"Well, they should be easier or just as easy as the training portal you were in," Ambraz said.
"That wasn't easy," Irwin snapped as he shook his head. "If those Imps hadn't died by just touching them with my flame…"
"Well, there aren't that many different types of freshly opened common portals," Ambraz said. "The chances of there being fire imp portals are one in four for each portal. Well… unless…”