The Magic Shield

By Rose Berryl

Imagine... One morning you wake up in the Great World, a few years after a terrible magical battle has taken place between the young wizard Esklaroth and the Queen of Darkness, Melena. Although most cities were destroyed and the land was devastated, over time the different societies have somehow managed to reorganize. Still, they are battered by merciless wars, betrayals and epidemics, any one of which could deal a final blow to the five kingdoms of the Great World. Our story begins in Belnigera, the capital of Lythuste, where King Victor X has convened his council of knights. Advised by a deity that an imminent threat will force the Great World to sink into darkness, there is but little time to defeat the demonic plots of the two most formidable enemies of the Great World, failing which all life will disappear in a spectacular magical blaze.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BadPress
• Release date: Jul 14, 2016
• ISBN: 9781507144053

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The Magic Shield

(Episode 1)

by Rose Berryl

translated by E. S. Dempsey

© CKR Publishing, 2016

Cover illustration: Delphine Splingard, 2016

ISBN: 978-2-924664-00-1

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I dedicate this series to those who have preserved their inner child.

Rose Berryl

Cartography of the Great World

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The Great World

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Pitherygand

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Lythuste

There are dark stories that we try to hide, burying them deep in our memory while we try to resume an almost normal life, away from darkness and deceit. But what if these memories are always there, coming to haunt our sweetest dreams?

Many years have passed since the sorcerer Esklaroth confronted Queen Melena. Nevertheless, a morbid and dark atmosphere continues to hang over the Great World. The old quarrels are resurfacing and gaining strength, while hope is slowly dying in the hearts of the righteous.

Our story begins on Lythuste where Mylvera, a guardian in service to the Order of the White Crown, makes her rounds in dark underground galleries teeming with life beneath Belnigera,[1] the capital of the realm.

— I’ll give you three seconds to get out of here. After that I’ll prevent you from doing harm once and for all! she ordered, her bow strung in readiness to fight.

— Why do you always get in my way, Mylvera?

— Why do you still test my limits when it comes to enforcing the law? You have trespassed the boundaries of the kingdom. You’ll pay the price, either by my hand or the king’s.

She inspected her surroundings carefully, taking advantage of the light from some magical torches hanging on the ancient walls. Stealthily the young woman approached the entrance to a long