Mythran's Master Of All

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(Author's Note: I'm going away for 5 days starting tonight (Sept 18-22) so no new updates until at least a day after that. I know... I know... I've been spoiling you with writing a new chapter every day for over a week now, but I won't have internet access (or even something to write on) the whole time and I literally can't post new updates. We're going to have to wait to see what happens next. Myself included.)

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It was about noon when they approached the mountain pass. Ren looked at it, and it was a harrowing path to follow. Dark jagged rocks pointed out everywhere and it didn't look safe to cross at all. He looked at Aimus with doubt in his eyes.

Aimus laughed. “It looks that way on purpose. It keeps people who don't really want to go from passing through.”

Ren thought about it. That would be a good deterrent. If people believed it to be impassable, it actually was. Ren looked back at it with this realization in mind and it seemed to be a less daunting task. He grinned. He'd guessed right.

Aimus stopped the cart and they got out to take a rest. There wasn't any spots to do so on the path, so it had to be done here and once again after they'd crossed it. They fed and watered the horse and stretched their legs. Aimus took out a loaf of bread and tossed it to Ren. Ren caught it and broke a small piece off and tossed it back. Aimus had intended to give Ren the whole loaf, but was shocked when he'd only taken a small piece and gave it back. Ren took out his water skin and drank some of it to wash the bread down.

Aimus ate the rest of the loaf and took out a piece of jerky he'd brought from home. He motioned to Ren and Ren nodded. He caught it just as easily as he did the loaf of bread and put it in his mouth to chew. By the feel of the jerky, he'd be chewing on it for a while. Aimus took a piece for himself and told Ren to get on the cart. Ren did so and Aimus got on as well. He took the reins and got the horse moving at a slow pace. Even though Aimus knew the mountain pass was passable, it didn't mean that it wasn't dangerous.

They got about halfway through the mountain pass when Ren felt a familiar pull on his right. His arm had brushed one of the rocks and he knew something was there.

“Stop the cart, please.” Ren asked Aimus.

Aimus did. “What is it? There's no animals about. Did you see something?”

“No, I just felt something on the rock face we just passed. Hold on a second. I'll be right back.” Ren said and got off the cart.

“Don't go near the cliff's edge. It's a long way down from here.” Aimus said.

Ren nodded. He went back up the path and felt along the rock. He felt the pulse again, but something was off. He activated Enchanting Eyes and a 4 foot section of the rock glowed. It was an enchantment! He activated Read Rune and Decipher, and looked at the glyph that appeared. It took a few minutes, but he saw light, earth, wind, arcane and protection. Once he saw all of them, and how they mixed into the glyph, he put his hand on it and absorbed it.

The rock face crumbled and he stepped out of the way. It looked like the face was only about an inch thick because there wasn't much rock from it's collapse. Ren turned to Aimus standing next to the cart.

“If this is what I think it is, get ready to run.” Ren said and went into the small opening.

Ren walked for only a minute and saw only a flat wall. Teepo wasn't scared since he'd been underground his whole life and just rode Ren's shoulder in silence. Ren activated Read Rune again and saw the same glyph on the wall. He touched it and absorbed it. The wall face collapsed and behind it was another chunk of that strange glowing gem like ore that he'd found a while ago when mining. He took out his mining pick and had the ore out of the wall in seconds. He grabbed it, dropped it into his inventory with the other one and ran for his life. He knew what was coming. Teepo chittered in delight. He liked it when his master ran.