From behind me rose the cackle of a sardonic laugh from the lips of Vamont. I half turned and faced the long-haired, large-nosed creature and said nothing.
“How touching. You do not slay the man who has brought you here to your doom. Like a Judas goat leading his kind to s*******r. Truly you surprise me, Apostate. If it had been I who was betrayed, I would have killed him instantly.”
I said nothing. Gripping sword I waited for the first attack. No wizardry display of power would erupt until Alvis Fairhands had moved some distance away from this clearing. His Null Stone powers were strong enough to diffuse the powers of five wizards combined. Until distance separated him from us no magic would be created. But that did not mean some form of attack would not be hurled toward me. Five skille
