The Anvil (36 page)

He
knew
this
was
something
Alex
had
put
together
and
the
vampires
had
been
created
by
Alex
because
he
had
seen
some
of
the
fallen
vampires
turn
to
stone
,
but
he
still
felt
a
need
to
rescue
her
because
it
was
his
fault
anyone
else
had
been
there
.
He
landed
just
outside
the
cave
he
saw
the
vampires
go
into
.
He
closed
his
eyes
and
created
a
large
army
of
wooden
winged
men
.
He
gave
them
weapons
of
stone
mostly
some
he
gave
bows
and
arrows
too
.

He
took
flight
again
and
led
his
army
into
the
cave
and
smashed
into
one
of
the
guards
,
killing
it
because
of
the
momentum
behind
the
hit
.
He
landed
and
kept
running
.
He
followed
the
long
cave
as
it
descended
deep
into
the
mountain
,
fighting
as
he
went
.

The
vampires
had
put
torches
in
the
walls
so
they
could
see
.
He
fought
his
way
into
a
room
and
saw
Bryn
on
the
ground
with
two
vampires
guarding
her
.
Tom
quickly
destroyed
them
and
shook
Bryn
.

He
heard
fighting
just
outside
the
room
so
he
picked
her
up
and
ran
out
.
His
army
was
struggling
to
push
the
vampires
back
.
Each
side
losing
many
warriors
.
He
knew
they
were
made
of
dirt
and
stone
so
he
closed
his
eyes
and
made
many
of
the
vampires
explode
,
most
the
enemy
force
was
still
alive
,
but
he
had
destroyed
many
of
them
.

He
ran
through
the
path
he
created
and
soon
was
behind
his
line
.
His
army
followed
him
as
they
escaped
the
vampires
'
lair
.
Bryn
started
waking
as
they
flew
back
to
the
fort
.
The
warriors
he
created
were
fighting
the
enemies
that
were
still
chasing
them
.

When
they
landed
Bryn
was
awake
“
What
happened
?
All
I
remember
is
dozens
of
vampires
attacking
then
nothing
.”
she
asked
.
Tom
told
her
what
had
happened
since
the
attack
.

Suddenly
Alex
appeared
at
the
gate
and
Tom
motioned
to
let
him
in
.
Alex
walked
in
and
sat
on
a
chair
next
to
the
fire
. “
I
was
surprised
you
went
after
the
vampires
so
quickly
,
even
if
they
took
Bryn
.
Well
,
it
just
gets
harder
from
here
.
I
just
came
to
warn
you
and
teach
you
a
new
spell
.”
Alex
said
,
Tom
'
s
and
Bryn
'
s
eyes
widened
. “
Harder
!?
How
can
it
get
harder
?”
Tom
asked
.
Alex
smiled
evilly
“
It
can
,
trust
me
,
it
can
get
much
harder
and
it
will
.”
Alex
answered
,
Alex
taught
Tom
the
spell
and
walked
out
the
gate
.
The
spell
helped
him
control
metal
so
he
could
make
better
weapons
.

Tom
quickly
created
a
new
axe
,
knife
and
shield
for
himself
and
made
some
new
arrows
,
a
knife
and
short
sword
for
Bryn
.
They
each
went
to
their
huts
to
rest
for
the
upcoming
challenges
.
In
the
morning
Tom
made
some
metal
weapons
for
the
flying
warriors
and
put
wings
on
the
ones
without
.
As
Tom
walked
to
the
middle
of
the
fort
for
lunch
he
heard
a
strange
sound
and
looked
around
.

A
guard
suddenly
yelled
and
pointed
,
seconds
before
a
large
stone
smashed
into
the
walls
.
He
ran
up
stairs
to
one
of
the
towers
.
Another
stone
smashed
into
the
walls
as
Tom
got
to
the
top
.
He
saw
a
group
of
bandits
big
enough
to
attack
a
large
town
,
or
a
fort
.
They
had
archers
,
infantry
,
cavalry
and
siege
weapons
.
A
catapult
sent
a
large
rock
flying
at
the
fort
and
Tom
blasted
it
apart
.

A
different
rock
hit
the
gate
and
it
gave
way
.
The
bandits
surged
forward
and
Tom
'
s
archers
,
led
by
Bryn
,
fired
.
Tom
glided
down
to
the
ground
where
his
warriors
stood
waiting
.
Tom
block
the
entrance
with
rocks
and
he
and
his
warriors
flew
out
of
the
fort
.
Tom
destroyed
the
walkway
across
the
moat
and
dove
down
at
the
enemy
.