Chapter 54
Ciaran braced his hands on the console for balance and calculated how long he would last in a hand-to-hand fight with Hoyt. Not long at all, he thought. He had to weaken Hoyt somehow. He made a move as if he was charging toward the king Sciphil sword on the wall. As he predicted, Hoyt gave him a hard kick and beat him to the sword.
Hoyt grabbed the sword. As it had done to Ciaran before, the sword drew a large amount of energy from Hoyt and sent him staggering to the floor. Ciaran grabbed his daggers from the console, flew toward Hoyt, and stabbed forward.
Hoyt howled in pain and kicked Ciaran away. Ciaran knew too well that he couldn’t kill Hoyt with mere daggers. He was beyond the realm of a human being. A physical weapon wouldn’t do much damage at all, but he wanted to wea
