Dragons of Asgard 3 by Logan Jacobs (first ebook reader txt) 📗

he flashed a set of hideous yellow teeth as he snarled and ran toward me.

Three, two… darkness hit, and I immediately swung my blade in a wide arc. I couldn’t tell exactly how fast the frost giants were moving, but once my blade made contact with one of them, I’d be able to tell their general whereabouts.

I didn’t hit anything on the right side, but my blade slammed into something on the left, and from the consistency of what I hit, and the loud scream that came right after, I knew I’d made contact with one of the giants versus their weapons.

I pushed my blade further to the left to keep the man at bay, but I knew the guy on the right had to be coming up soon, so I lifted my leg--

Blar lit up the room again, and as I suspected, the second frost giant had just made it over to me.

I thrust my foot out and made contact with the man’s stomach so he flew backward, but only a few feet. I was a skilled fighter, but frost giants were notoriously huge and strong, and he had much better control on the ice than I did.

His lip twitched, and he let out a war cry as the room went dark once more. My blade was still inside the other male, but I knew if I yanked it back, I’d no longer be able to tell where he was at.

Instead, I held my blade steady but stepped to the left so the giant was in front of me, and I could use him as a shield.

A blast of light filled the room, but it wasn’t Blar’s blue fire. This fire was bright yellow, and it came from behind me.

I glanced back to see Svass up near the ceiling, and the little female released a constant stream of fire as she flew toward me. Eira was a few paces behind her, but I saw the redhead running toward me as well, and I couldn’t help the grin that came over my face.

I’d seen Svass practicing with her fire, and I knew she could hold a flame longer than any of the other dragons. That was her special skill, and right at this moment, it was the exact skill I needed.

“Rath!” Eira shouted, and the hair on the back of my neck stood up.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a dagger headed toward my neck, but I leaned back and grabbed the giant’s hand. My sword was still in his side, so I yanked it out as I pulled on his wrist to flip him over my head.

He landed on his back with a loud thud as Eira ran by me and jumped in the air to land a fierce kick to the other frost giant’s face.

I turned to help her, but then Blar landed on my shoulder and released a fire blast at the opponent on the ground.

The giant wasn’t giving up easily, even with a massive gash in his side, and he flipped the dagger in his hand and threw it at my head.

I was quick, though, and I leaned to the right and used my sword to smack the dagger out of the air.

“Fucker,” I growled, and I used both hands to thrust my blade down at the floor of the ice cave.

The sonofabitch rolled out of the way, though, and he was up on his knees in a flash.

He didn’t have a weapon, but he was determined to come after me all the same.

I gripped my sword hard, took a wide stance, and waited. The ice was slick under my feet, especially with the blood that had splattered everywhere and the heat of the dragons’ flames as they tried to keep the place lit up enough for Eira and I to see.

The man charged at me, and just a second before he made it to me, Svass’ flame went out.

“Shite,” I cursed, but Blar was already on the job, and the little dragon flew up and released a blue flame a split second after the darkness took over.

The frost giant was right on me, and I swung my blade hard, but he dodged it and reached his arms out to try and grab me by the neck.

Then Svass’ flame mingled with Blar’s, and the room became even brighter.

In my peripheral vision, I noticed the axe the guy had thrown earlier was by my right foot.

I swung again, this time to the right, and as the man leaned back to dodge my swing, I grabbed the axe at my foot.

I pulled the weapon along the ground, and then I swung it up at the man. The blade landed between his legs, and he let out a hoarse scream as he instinctively reached for his private parts.

The axe was one sided, though, so I left it buried in him, stood up, and gave the blunt end a swift kick so it dug even further into his body.

Blood gushed down his legs from where I’d hit one of his main arteries, and he let out another scream as he fell to the ice cave floor. The giant writhed around in the bloody mess for a few seconds before going still.

I quickly glanced over to Eira, and I caught the final blow of the fight.

The redhead waited for her opponent to attack, and the giant leaned down as he attempted to slice her in two from above. Eira stepped to the side, and in the same instant, she turned to face the giant so she could bring her own blade down on his neck.

I expected the man’s head to come clean off, but frost giants had fairly thick skin, so the weapon only dug halfway in, which was enough to sever his spinal cord, but