Chapter 33: Interrupted Part 1 (1/2)
In the plains between the Darkin mountain range and the Darknar forest. A group stood by eleven carriages along the outskirts of the forest when sudden a figure was sent flying out of the forest in their direction. The body flew against the wind as it aimed at the carriage almost roo accurately. Tyler thought about what spell to use to stop it's rapid approach and was about to move, but before he could do anything someone jumped forward and cast a spell.
”Mist Cyclone!”
Mist like smog started spiraling inwards as it engulfs the body in the air killing it's momentum and bringing it down without any force.
The one who moved was the beast girl Nadine impressing Tyler with her quick reaction time. At this point almost everyone had alighted the carriage aside from the kids who were forced to stay inside since the carriages were reinforced. When the body landed on the ground without turning to a pile of splattered flesh, they were finally able to tell what it was. It was a reptilian humanoid creature that was about 2.8 to 3 ft tall with scaled skin of reddish black and bright yellow eyes.
It had long clawed fingers and a jaw like a crocodile, with legs that were sinewy and digitigrade. Small black horns protruded from it's head, and it had a reptilian tail. The creature was equipped with a shabby looking armor and carried a short sword on it's left hand with a dented round shield on its right arm that had a broken bone protruding from his skin most likely from trying to block a powerful impact. It laid on the ground moaning in pain as everyone.stared.at it, all except a few.
Albert and Azar narrowed their eyes as they stared in the direction the creature had flew from. Another large boulder was hurled in their direction and several other places close to them, which told them that they were not the intended targets but had just gotten in the midst of something troublesome.
Azar leaped.forward and swung his huge blade diagonally like a bat. Sending the large.boulder straight into the ground. They then saw a group of similar creatures of around 40, running around recklessly in their general direction as they occasionally turned around and launched desperate attacks at something. They ran out of the forest with little options and Tyler could almost feel the earth vibrating underneath his feet. Towering creatures that were more than five times the size of these red scaly creatures, were in pursuit as they occasionally caught up and sent another creature flying in their direction, some of which picked up boulders and threw them randomly like idiots.
Nadine caught most of the flying creatures but she could only cast her spell so many times and even when the others tried to help there was still a few that had landed hard on the ground or on top of the carriages, raining down blood and guts. The sight was irritating and Tyler was increasingly getting pissed, Liz and Erin had gotten out of their carriages as well and were now standing next to Tyler as Liz cast a spell that protected them from the bloody splatter. The large creatures soon exited the forest as they continued their chase of the smaller creatures revealing their appearance for all to see.
They were hulking, giant humanoid creatures with dark beige hairless skin, they wore very little clothing save for a anima-skin loin cloth. They had gnarled teeth and tusks, wielding large spiked clubs and poorly made hammers. Although they appeared slow, they had long arms that almost seemed to extend when they swung their weapons at the faster creatures that were trying to flee while launching attacks of their own.
The large monsters may have had lesser movement speed than the smaller ones but their dexterity was surprisingly high as they were able to block most of the attacks while sending one of the red scaled creatures flying almost every few seconds. The red scaled creatures were losing fighters each second and the large monsters were still hurling rocks at them.
”Trolls.” Erin spoked softly but both Tyler and Liz clearly heard her as they now knew what those large monsters were. The smaller monsters were disorganized yet relentless, they tried various tricks and attacks as they desperately tried to flee. There was a single member of the smaller monsters that looked like the leader as it barked orders, trying to take control of the chaotic situation. It had light brown scales that were tinted in a yellow hue and a pair of reptilian wings was attached to it's back, Although one of which appeared broken.
With the sounds of splattering bodies and trolls footsteps making the ground tremble, Tyler wasn't able to hear what these monster were saying but he knew from their use of equipments, these weren't mindless monsters but intelligent creatures with some type of culture or society. The winged scaly creature soon spotted them and an hint of hesitation appeared in it's eyes.
They were not a group that loved mingling with other races but right now they had gotten caught in a messy situation that they couldn't have prepare for so maybe this group were their only lifeline. The winged scaly creature wore fur clothing and carried a staff that had a crystal embedded on it's head. It waved the staff and the ground beneath the troll closing in on it caved in and the troll fell in with aloud cry that came to a sudden halt after reaching the bottom.