55 Playing dead works (2/2)

With a heaven shattering sound and a Earth rumbling shake the world came to an end.

Or at least that is how it felt to Raigar as he collapsed, his legs shaking at the extreme stress that followed the impact of the globular magma and the heavy land of the island. With both hands on his head and his feet tucked in, Raigar assumed the fetal position, heat waves bellowed from behind him singing his clothes and choking him with the smell of rotting flesh and brimstone.

His eardrums seemed to have shattered, because, for what felt like an eon, he could not hear anything, before suddenly the world zoomed back into sharp perspective, the wails of the dying and the groaning of the burning trees sounded jarringly, forcing him to once again stand, shivering he began making his way forward hobbling with a dull limp.

As he looked around him, he could not help but quirk his lips,

'About about in reel and rout,

the deathfires danced at night

the water like a witches oils

burnt green and blue and white…' he mouthed, unable to stop himself from quoting the words of a famous chronicler as he looked at his surroundings. The water of the sea gleamed eerily as he hobbled on before at last he seemed to have arrived at the end of the island, and what seemed to be the end of his stamina as well.

With a huge splash and a defeated groan he had fallen into the water, falling unconscious almost immediately, within minutes the water pushed him back to the surface, his chest barely moved, but if one paid close attention one would still be able to see the dull movement of his chest as he laboriously but tenaciously breathed, dreaming and hoping that he would escape this hellhole, playing on repeat the last moments of his mentor.

Slowly he floated on, reaching the outer sea quickly, magically it seemed that the men on the ships did not notice him, though in actuality it was quite evident from the state of his body and the massive amount of bodies that streamed across the sea. They had confused him for a dead man!

Alas, if only he had waited for a few more minutes on the shore of the island, he might have had the chance to escape along with a young girl named Robin….