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Back The Last Dragon
Chapters (50)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. - ONE -
  4. - TWO -
  5. - THREE -
  6. - FOUR -
  7. - FIVE -
  8. - SIX -
  9. - SEVEN -
  10. - EIGHT -
  11. - NINE -
  12. - TEN -
  13. - ELEVEN -
  14. - TWELVE -
  15. - THIRTEEN -
  16. - FOURTEEN -
  17. - FIFTEEN -
  18. - SIXTEEN -
  19. - SEVENTEEN -
  20. - EIGHTEEN -
  21. - NINETEEN -
  22. - TWENTY -
  23. - TWENTY-ONE -
  24. - TWENTY-TWO -
  25. - TWENTY-THREE -
  26. - TWENTY-FOUR -
  27. - TWENTY-FIVE -
  28. - TWENTY-SIX -
  29. - TWENTY-SEVEN -
  30. - TWENTY-EIGHT -
  31. - TWENTY-NINE -
  32. - THIRTY -
  33. - THIRTY-ONE -
  34. - THIRTY-TWO -
  35. - THIRTY-THREE -
  36. - THIRTY-FOUR -
  37. - THIRTY-FIVE -
  38. - THIRTY-SIX -
  39. - THIRTY-SEVEN -
  40. - THIRTY-EIGHT -
  41. - THIRTY-NINE -
  42. - FORTY -
  43. - FORTY-ONE -
  44. - FORTY-TWO -
  45. - FORTY-THREE -
  46. - FORTY-FOUR -
  47. - FORTY-FIVE -
  48. - FORTY-SIX -
  49. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  50. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

He needed some kind of safe place to stop for a moment, because he couldn’t keep teleporting around like this. The ground was out, at least if he didn’t want to be trampled. Trying to land as far on the other side of the cavern as he could see, he emerged from a teleportation circle to find a red glow coming from a narrow ledge, still hundreds of feet away.

Whatever was there, it looked like it was at least out of the monsters’ reach, which meant he could catch his breath, if nothing else. Fort started to cast another teleportation spell, only to get swept out of the air by a giant hand slamming into him, massive claws curling over his form and yanking him back down toward the ground.

The hit knocked Fort for a loop, but he managed to clear his head just in time to look down into the open jaws and oversized teeth of one of the creatures. Frantically, Fort tried to grab ahold of one of the fingers, but it was too huge, and the monster shook its hand, dislodging Fort instantly.

He tumbled down into its mouth, spinning wildly as he fell. He tried opening a teleportation circle right above the tongue, but his now-dizzy aim was completely off, and the circle ended up around the creature’s nose.

Instead, he landed on its slimy tongue and slid toward the throat, catching wind of a smell weirdly like fireworks bubbling up from its stomach. The creature reared back to swallow, sending Fort flying down its throat.

He screamed and quickly opened a circle below him, emerging back out in the cavern, still falling, but at least not heading for stomach acid. Another creature lunged for him, and Fort disappeared into a circle, then shot up from the ground again, only to slam into a third monster’s leg. He frantically tried to catch himself but failed, and fell backward right into the same circle, popping out just as the first creature’s hand passed, landing on the back of it.

The creature immediately felt his weight and shook its hand, sending Fort flying off upside down, straight at one of the walls. He winced and created a circle on the wall, leading to a spot directly below the ledge on the other side, hoping his momentum would carry him up. He came rocketing out of the second circle and into the air once more, only to just miss the edge of the ledge before falling back to the ground.

With a grunt, he opened a circle directly below him leading to the ceiling above the ledge, just as a new creature rose up, its open mouth coming straight at him. It closed its jaws around the circle right as Fort hit it, but he emerged safely out of the ceiling above the ledge… if still falling much too fast.