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Chapters (50)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. - ONE -
  4. - TWO -
  5. - THREE -
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  7. - FIVE -
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  10. - EIGHT -
  11. - NINE -
  12. - TEN -
  13. - ELEVEN -
  14. - TWELVE -
  15. - THIRTEEN -
  16. - FOURTEEN -
  17. - FIFTEEN -
  18. - SIXTEEN -
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  20. - EIGHTEEN -
  21. - NINETEEN -
  22. - TWENTY -
  23. - TWENTY-ONE -
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  27. - TWENTY-FIVE -
  28. - TWENTY-SIX -
  29. - TWENTY-SEVEN -
  30. - TWENTY-EIGHT -
  31. - TWENTY-NINE -
  32. - THIRTY -
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  49. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  50. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

After the itchy magic filled him once more, he hid the book, then teleported back to the cavern below the old school. There was the glowing portal, just as he’d left it, and he stepped inside, then got down on his knees to confirm there weren’t any cracks or fissures in the rock, somewhere he could aim the hammer. Unfortunately, just like before, the stone looked completely solid.

He still had no idea how that was possible. Could the monsters have some sort of magic that restored whatever they tunneled through? Or maybe worse, was there something else down there with them that could ? Maybe the red-eyed things from his dream?

It didn’t matter. His father was in there somewhere, which meant Fort was going in too.

He leaned forward, careful not to accidentally tap Earthshatterer against his own body at all. He assumed the earthquake spell only worked on, well, earth, but it wasn’t something he was willing to bet his legs on.

Now just inches away, he pinched the tiny hammer between two of his fingers, then brought it slowly down toward the rock, sweat dripping down his forehead from the tension. Suddenly the weight of the rock above him seemed to be stifling, and he couldn’t figure out how it hadn’t fallen yet.

No. Don’t think about it. Concentrate on how it’s going to open the portal for you.

“Please, Earthshatterer,” he whispered to the hammer, trying not to roll his eyes at the name. “Just split this rock below me, that’s all you have to do. Don’t go all crazy on me, okay? If I get buried here, you do too.”

With that, Fort closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then gently tapped the hammer against the rock below him.

With a sound like an explosion, the rock vaporized into dust, sending Fort tumbling into the darkness below.

- TWENTY-SIX -

FORT SCREAMED IN SURPRISE AS he fell into an enormous open cavern from such a height that he could barely see the ground as it rushed up toward him. Right before he hit, he was able to concentrate enough to cast a teleportation spell and opened an entrance and an exit right next to each other, just above the ground.

He dropped through one circle and shot in the opposite direction from the other, his momentum sending him high into the air, up toward the glowing portal leading back home. As he neared it, he began to slow again, until he reached the pinnacle of his flight, and started to fall once more.

Quickly, he canceled the two teleportation circles, then cast the spell again, this time creating one below him, and the other standing vertically on the ground.