Elemental Summoner 1 by D. Levesque (best beach reads of all time TXT) 📕

turns around and looks at me with a perplexed look on its face, and without warning, it explodes. I duck to face away from what I am sure is going to be tons of gore flying at me. Not feeling anything, I look up and see there is a wall of Fire in front of me— and then the wall drops.

I look at the spot where the Fire Rat had been, and I say, “The Fire Rat says, kaboom.”

Chapter Twenty-Eight

“Thanks, Bridget,” I cry out to where I believe she and Leeha are in the forest.

“You’re welcome,” Bridget says from behind me, and I jump almost a foot in the air.

I turn around swiftly and Bridget is there in her Elf form. “How the fuck!” I exclaim in surprise. “Weren’t you just over there with Leeha?”

“Yes, but I am your Elemental. Your protection is my priority,” she says with a grin, laughing at my surprise.

I am finding out new things practically every hour about Bridget. I wonder what else she can do?

“Too bad there is nothing left to pick from it,” Leeha says, running up to us as she avoids the gory mess that was the Fire Rat. “ Its teeth are worth a lot because they are immune to any form of fire or heat.”

“So, what? An armor set made of Fire Rat teeth?” I snicker at her.

“No,” she says, laughing. “They’re used by alchemists to crush down and use in fire-resistant potions.”

“Wait, you can buy potions here?” I ask her in astonishment.

“Of course,” Leeha says with a frown, but then she smiles. “Right, I forget you know little about this world.”

“Are there potions to increase your power or heal, or such?” I ask Leeha with excitement in my voice. My God, do they have potions like they do in games where you can increase your power, stamina, and health?

“No, it’s mostly resistance potions. As for healing potions? Healing has been lost. Until you, that is.”

“Damn, it would have been nice to have potions to use,” I say with a sad sigh.

“Well, unless you have the gold, you won’t be using them,” she says with a laugh. “Those teeth,” Leeha points to the gory spot behind her, “would have fetched about ten gold each.”

“Ten gold!” I exclaim in amazement. Fucking hell, maybe we should go get some? I mean, wow, ten gold per tooth?

Leeha must see my calculating look as she says, “No, we are not going to the Lake of Ruins. Honestly, we need to talk to my dad. Those things are not supposed to be out here. Something must be going on to make them leave their hunting grounds.”

“You think it’s something bad?” I ask her.

“Yes, and that worries me. There are more than Fire Rats there. There are other monsters that we cannot take on like we did the Fire Rat,” she says worriedly, looking back the way the Fire Rat had come.

“What is in that direction other than this Lake of Ruins?” I ask her.

“There is a small settlement I was taking you to,” Leeha says with a sigh. “I hope the inhabitants are all right.”

“Elf settlement?”

“No, Rabinis.”

“Oh?” I say, perking up at that.

“Let’s go back and talk to my dad,” Leeha says worriedly, looking behind her once more.

I nod to her and say, “Lead the way.”

“Wait, can you call up Air again?” Bridget asks me pleadingly.

“You just want to float instead of run!” I tell her with a chuckle.

“Of course!” she says with a giggle.

“Fine. Air.”

I take another sip of the coffee that Leeha had given me. It’s a cold coffee they brewed, and my God, it’s better than any of the coffee shops I have frequented on my world.

“You are sure?” Maxil asks us.

We are all sitting outside the tent, and others have gathered around. There are still some hostile stares directed my way, but at least no arrows are pointing at me.

“Yes. It was alone, thank the Gods,” Leeha tells her father. “Otherwise, I am not sure we would have been able to kill it.”

“I think we would have,” Bridget says proudly from next to me. “Alex is very smart with ideas.”

Leeha looks at her and smiles, probably at her enthusiasm at my unproven ability. “Yes, but this was only one Fire Rat. We got lucky. If we had fought an Earth Boar or even a Water Snake, it would have been a different outcome.”

What the hell? Are these monsters Elemental based? So that Horned Rabbit we fought was just a normal monster? And the Fire Rat was what? Man, this world is becoming more and more odd. Then again, there’s fucking magic here. How odder can you get?

Maxil looks thoughtful as he looks over at Lahana and says, “We need to get this news to the Elders.”

She glances at him worriedly. “We can’t leave the Homestead, Maxil. We are their protection.”

“I know, but we have people who can go, who have been in the fight and can convey the news to them,” Maxil says, pointing to Leeha, Bridget, and myself.

“It’s a rough journey. It’s at least a week’s travel.”

“I know, but the Lake of Ruin is over a week from here. What made that Fire Rat come so far from its home? We need to let them know. Something else is going on. Something must have pushed it out. And if something is pushing a Fire Rat out, what else will it push out that may reach our Homestead?”

Lahana looks at her husband with worry. Finally, she nods and says, “Very well.”

Maxil turns back to us, and as he speaks I can hear some concern in his voice. “We need you to go see the Elders. We need them to send someone to find out what is going on,” he says.

“Very well, Father, you can count on us,” Leeha proclaims.

“Where are we going?” I ask, curious as to where this adventure is about to take us.

“We are heading towards the mountains on the other side of the City of