Sins Loom: The Unwilling Weaver

Meanwhile, a row of beds on wheels lined themselves up outside the teleportation hub in Sloth City. Colour was non-existent here. Even the overpowering blue of the teleporter was quickly drained away until only shades of grey were left.

Sleeping bodies floated through the exit and landed on the beds, which carted themselves away.

Zara and Ed were sleeping peacefully on the floor, having fallen into a little pile when they came through to the city. They were picked up out of the air and placed onto a bed together before being taken deeper into the city.

They didn’t travel far before the bed pulled into a building called ‘The one day inn’. Finding an empty room, the bed slotted itself against the wall and stopped moving.

All while this was happening, Ed and Zara continued to sleep peacefully, undisturbed by the movement.

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Zara’s steed, Calamity, was a monstrous horse as black as the night with blood red eyes and razor sharp teeth. Glinting scales were scattered across her body. She was larger than the other horses and had to be kept in a separate stable from the rest of the horses due to her violent temperament.

The general carefully approached the stable, finding it in ruins. The horse was pacing back and forth, a fierce fire in its eyes. It kicked back aggressively, shattering one of the wooden boards of the stable with ease

The general gulped, sweat pouring down his pale face. “Easy girl. I’m here to bring you to your master.”

The horse’s head snapped to face him, staring at him with a predatory gaze. It stuck its head over the stable gate, reaching for the general.

“I’m just going to open this for you. Don’t mind me.” He stretched his hand out and reached for the gate’s latch, only to get bitten by the horse. “Fucking shit!” He jumped back, toppling to the ground embarrassingly as he tried to shake the pain away.

He winced in pain as blood seeped out of the bite mark on his hand. The horse snorted, clearly taunting him as it opened the gate itself. It trotted over and stomped on his injured hand before walking over to nuzzle up to Zara.

Zara put her helmet on, her long hair flowing out of the gap between the helmet and her chestpiece.

“It’s time to have some fun girl. You’ll get your fill today.” Zara hopped atop the saddle and raced out of the encampment, leaving her army behind. She ignored any obstacles in the way on her path to the castle, choosing to either chop it down with her axe or to let Calamity charge right through it.

Reaching the bottom of the hill that the castle sat on, she reined in her horse for a moment to observe the castle.

There were still signs of the previous battle remaining on the hillside, however most of the bodies had already been cleared.

“Looks like we’ll have to find you something fresh today.” Zara said, patting Calamity on the neck.

The torches on the walls lit up one by one as a horn was blown, waking everyone up.

Took them long enough. She heard shouting from beyond the castle walls as everyone prepared themselves for battle.

Racing up the hill, she made a beeline for the front gate. Her axe hung low, trailing along the ground and kicking up dirt and rocks. A massive boulder formed in front of the axe as it glowed with a blackish gold light. She swung the axe up, launching the boulder at the gate. A massive hole was left in the centre of the gate as the glow faded away and she rested the axe on her shoulder.

Calamity leapt through the hole and landed on top of a stunned guard, crushing them under her weight.

Zara swung the axe around, cleaving the guards in two before they could even properly get in formation.

Arrows rained down on her armour, not even leaving a scratch. So she ignored them. A dark glow formed around her axe once more as she slashed forward at a charging group of people. A magical slash flew through the air, cutting them down before they could even get close to her.

She leapt off her horse, sending a tremor through the earth when she landed. The ground cracked, as a long fissure formed leading up to the entrance of the castle proper.

Guards lost their footing, and were sent tumbling down into the ravine, never to be seen again.

Calamity charged through the guards, biting, kicking, and stomping each of them to death. She feasted on their bodies, sending blood everywhere. More arrows clattered against her scales, annoying her and causing her to stop her feast.

She looked up at the guards atop the walls, as a fire formed in her stomach. She held back the fire, allowing it to build up to the point where she could barely contain it. Fire spilled out between her teeth before she decided to release it.

The fire swept forward, melting the walls and incinerating everyone atop them.

Meanwhile, Zara continued to slice through the guards with her axe. Nothing could leave a dent in her armour.

A lucky guard dodged under her axe and stabbed at her with his sword.

Zara slid to the side, clearing a distance of several metres as she raised her foot. Stomping down, a chunk of the ground shot into the air. She slammed the side of her axe into it, sending it flying into the guard that tried to stab her and detaching the entirety of his body from his feet.

Calamity turned around to find that there was no one left to fight on the ground, as Zara had already cleared out everyone.

“Enjoy yourself Calamity. Just don’t eat too much.” Zara said, watching as Calamity already began to scarf down corpse after corpse. “Fine. Just leave those who can’t fight alive.” I’ve got to rule over somebody after all. Now where is that pesky wizard?