Eventually Myrrdin became strong enough and in tune enough with the living embodiment of Vaul to call up through the roots to the great oak tree in which Vaul had encased itself. Communing with the Green Jewel brought both their spirits no end of hope and joy.

  Vaul’s grown form finally became large enough to answer Myrrdin’s deepest prayers, and the tree ripped up its roots. Myrrdin was dragged through a hundred yards of dripping black earth. Much of his skin was abraded away, but he knew his flesh would be replaced by fresh-grown bark in time. When he finally broke free to be blinded by the faint light of the stars overhead, he knew joy in his heart and forgot his hundred small hurts.

  What he didn’t forget were his enemies. The elves lived in a thousand mushrooms all around the tree. They were trod upon as they slept and driven face-down into the earth. Their writhing bodies were stamped out like insects. Crushed so thoroughly by the great weight of the massive walking oak, each victim was unrecognizable when the thirteen-legged monster tottered after the next fleeing form.

  Inside the bole of the monster, Myrrdin crouched. Blood and sweat ran into his eyes. They stung, but he did not close them. His staring orbs bulged from his face and leered with wild joy. His skinny fingers squeezed in excitement until they bled, leaving stains upon the rough bark of his perch.

  He laughed and howled as he ran down his seventieth elf. He had been counting the kills carefully, with new joy blossoming in his heart as he crushed each one down. Alas, he soon could not find any more, the rest having fled into the glooming Great Erm and hidden themselves.

  Myrrdin turned Vaul away from the elf town and tottered into the trees that stood as big as mountains all around. He had plans. He had a very long list of people that needed visiting. But first, he would have to consolidate his power. The forest itself would serve as his army, with trees following him in their thousands. He would make them all walk, and he would give them the vengeance they’d waited an eternity to experience.

  End of Death Magic

  From Author: Thanks Reader! You have finished the Haven Series as it stands. If you enjoyed the books and possibly want to see more, please write a review of your favorite.

  -BVL

  Books by B. V. Larson

  HAVEN SERIES

  Amber Magic

  Sky Magic

  Shadow Magic

  Dragon Magic

  Blood Magic

  Death Magic

  HYBOREAN DRAGONS SERIES

  To Dream with the Dragons

  The Dragon-Child

  Of Shadows and Dragons

  The Swords of Corium

  The Sorcerer’s Bane

  The Dragon Wicked

  OTHER BOOKS

  Swarm

  Extinction

  Mech

  Mech 2

  Shifting

  Velocity

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  B. V. Larson, Death Magic (Haven Series #6)

 

 

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