67 Union of Races (2/2)
”R-ravel.... She's in their forces?” Tot
Tot asks, a little scared. She was captured by Ravel's guard once in a battle and given to a king as a plaything. She only escaped since the head personally lead a force to get her back. It came with a price though.... The head lost his left arm while a lot of elites died. Why did the head do this? Because Tot, while pissy at times, is a good person and a honourable leader. She is good friends with most of us too, minus Ogen....
”Yes, I have also heard rumors of a new faction in their society under the complete control of a single individual. He controls hordes of spiders and is said to be extremely evil..... Make sure to collect any information you can on this fellow if you can but, be careful. He is most definitely not simple. Especially since any attempts to collect any real information on him has basically failed....” Union Head
”Sounds like a fun guy! I'll make sure to introduce him to my friend 'Mister Fister'.” Ogen
Ummm?.... Okay..... Everyone ignores Ogen's iffy statement as we continue to talk about different strategies and things to watch out for. Eventually a scout runs in and alerts us all. Apparently, Fallen Dwarf scouts have been spotted near Mictiel Fortress. Their main forces are probably not too far behind. I'm probably not needed for that. They are probably going to use 'that' consumable artifact there.....
Originally, it wasn't a consumable. However, it didn't produce much damage making it basically useless. However the Head experimented with it and found a way to overload it to cause an ridiculous amount of damage. Use that with a artifact that helps widen the area of spells and abilities will make it able to blow a chunk out of a map. Ogen and the Head will probably work on that.
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My mission.... Is to capture Ravel. The head originally planned to just have me outright kill her but, after a few suggestions were thrown in he changed his mind. Hopefully this all goes well. Tot is to aid me in infiltrating, thankfully.... Still, I have this idea pop up in my head every now and then. As if we are all just following some sort of script that'll lead to our deaths.... As if our actions are predetermined to result in nothing towards our own desires. Own desires.... Perhaps those are predetermined as well.... I can try to describe this to Tot but, she will just brush it off as ridiculous.
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As I prepare to move out towards to enemy camp I here a scout who is panicking. A city is under attack! Damn! Everyone else is preoccupied with different matters! The head and Ogen are already out towards Mictiel Fortress....
I quickly find Tot who seems to have gotten the same news. She nods and we quickly depart from the capital! We have to make it!
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What we arrived to was a half ruined city with hundreds crying over dead ones while others are working to try and save people. Weird blue flames are burning as people fail to extinguish them. Many have been torn to shreds while others are have been drained into mummies. Then I see something horrid. Walking corpses covered in weird fungal growths. The guards are still fighting them.
Tot immediately charges to kill them. She can take care of them. I run over to the dying to help heal them. That is what I am best at after all.....