Chapter 269: Claiming a Fortress
Max took a few seconds to recover as Fowl and Cordellia dealt with the pack of three that rushed them upon exiting the water.
Hundreds of fish were floating upside down, their silver bodies turned orange in the glowing light of fires.
“You are an idiot!” Tanila shouted at Max. “Tom told you not to cast lightning in the water! That could kill you.”
“I am fine. Numb but fine. It’s already wearing off and I can feel my magic starting to work right again,” Max replied. “My choice was to let them get eaten alive or save them.”
She gave him an angry glare before turning to face the others.
Tanila was right and he knew it. The power he had put into that spell had gone out for over a hundred yards and while it killed hundreds outright, it had stunned probably another three hundred past the kill zone. His mind had hurt and the pain inside him was different than a typical spell. It was as if his own magic had damaged something inside and even with Regeneration it was taking a moment for whatever backlash had happened to dissipate.
“I guess we need to storm the fortress?” Fowl asked as he pointed at the twenty-five foot tall doors they had dislodged from the stone walls.
“It would appear so,” Cordellia replied as she pointed at the sea raiders that were exiting from the new opening.
“Let’s get to it then,” Max said as he pulled out his weapon, ready to see what lay beyond.