![]() Another performer was perched on every fourth or fifth step. Veins of lava running down the wurm-carved walls shed a dull-red light across all I could see. ![]() We were descending the five hundred steps of the Demon's Vestibule toward Rix Maadi. The skeleton laughed again and said, "Well, at least you're entertaining me." Teyo glared at the skeleton and grumbled, "It's not working." The skeleton whispered, "You've got us all wrong, Mistress. Teyo looked at the ground and grumbled, "It's working." It laughed a hoarse airless laugh, and Teyo shivered. The skull ricocheted off his shield and struck the skeleton in the face. Without warning, the skeleton flung one of these small burning skulls at Teyo, who barely managed to throw up a circular shield of white light to block it from hitting him in the eye. It juggled flaming cat skulls pulled from a small furnace smoldering within its own rib cage. The fourth juggler was an undead skeleton, bones reinforced with wrought iron, including four wrought-iron horns mimicking those of its master, Rakdos the Defiler. The second juggler juggled eight human skulls. The first juggler, wearing studded red leathers and ribbons that ended in sharp metal fishhooks, impressively juggled six flaming torches. 'Cuz when all this, you know, easy stuff has been gotten out of the way, there was still the dragon. And if they saw it, then I'd have to see it, too. Teyo and Mistress Kaya-and maybe even Master Zarek-would see me break. I barely even take notice of myself, right? I mean, what's the point of wallowing in all that weepiness or whatever?īut this time there'd be witnesses. But when I do get sad or kinda broken, it's okay, 'cuz no one sees it. I'm a pretty resilient Rat, you know? Mostly, I have to be. That kinda thing doesn't happen to me very often. But without Hekara there in the where that she should be, I was afraid I'd just. I dreaded going down there, into Rix Maadi. With Boros, Izzet, Simic, Orzhov, Selesnya, Gruul, and Golgari already secured, that just left Rakdos. And Master Lazav of Dimir had promised he'd participate, too. Master Zarek had told us Miss Lavinia would represent Azorius. ![]() Then there was our mission: Operation Desperation. That was Mister Beleren's mission with Mister Teferi, Miss Ballard, and Miss Reid. The assassination of Miss Raven-Hair, Liliana Vess. There's still work to do."įour missions accomplished. Mistress Kaya said, "We're not going anywhere." Swallowing hard, I said, "Then you're all free to go, to planeswalk. I asked Teyo what was wrong, and he said something had changed. My companions all stopped dead in their tracks. That was three of Mister Beleren's first six missions accomplished. Now, it was clear that Mister Fayden, Mister Karn, Miss Samut, and the Demon-Man Ob Nixilis had successfully shut down the Planar Bridge, as well. And Master Zarek had shut down the Beacon. We already knew Mister Jura and Mister Goldmane and Miss Huatli and others were doing their best-now with the Golgari's help-to rescue as many Ravnicans as possible. ![]() Moreover, from a hilltop we could see Tenth District Plaza, and the portal was no longer there. We encountered none, which seemed a good sign. So in the end, we had to surface and brave whatever Spark-harvesting creepies might be about. But the old direct passages between the Golgari and Rakdos guildhalls had been closed since Jarad vod Savo, a former Golgari guildmaster, was first killed in Rix Maadi by a Rakdos blood witch. Teyo, Mistress Kaya, Master Zarek, Queen Vraska, and I took Golgari tunnels as far as we could take them. Parents, please note this story contains content that may be unsuitable for younger readers. If you are currently reading War of the Spark: Ravnica by Greg Weisman and wish to avoid spoilers, the following chapters of the novel overlap with this story: Chapters 43-49. Want to know what led up to War of the Spark? Sign up to receive 20 free prequel stories from Django Wexler through the Del Rey mailing list!
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