The Dark Device of the Great Chasm, Chapter 1

Summer, 1277, deep in the rainforest of the Chivit Continent
 
    It wasn’t my best day.
 
    I tore through the curtain of cobwebs like they weren’t even there, then bolted for the doorway. The doors were still open, but the wood I had jammed between them and their doorframe wasn’t going to last long. A pathetic groan echoed through the ante-chamber around me, followed by the staccato sound of wood splintering.
 
    Correction, those wooden braces weren’t going to last another few seconds. I ran f...