Chapter 72: Unknown Assailants (1/2)
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The sky was in a shade of silvery grey and black, contrasting the night sky and silver moonlight that had been blocked by thick clouds which left the eastern parts of the Darknar forest in a state of absolute eerie darkness.
However, Two hulking grey creatures clad in traditional bone armor, lead a large group of similar but slightly shorter creatures and a lot of smaller green creatures riding on the backs of beasts covered in reddish-black fur. And while they move through the forest clumsily and without grace, they were able to move unhindered through the dangerous terrains.
Not only did they all possess Night Vision, but their combined aura was so forceful and overwhelming, that it drove most of the other monsters away. Gray trolls gave of a deathly aura due to their extended or prolonged proximity to the Undead, which made it natural for all living creatures to actively avoid them and even stronger monsters would not attack them unprovoked.
Right now, more than thirty Gray trolls were marching further east and they were all fully clad in bone armor and wielded spiked clubs or bone spears and maces. They were also accompanied by more than sixty goblin riders that had been forcefully drafted from the various goblin tribes in the western parts of the Darknar forest.
The goblin riders rode on red wolves, a smaller bread of the dire wolves that had been tamed by them. They were the size of regular wolves from the earth which matched the size of the goblins as well.
Goblins were generally around 3-4 feet tall and had dark green skin tone with long noses and pointed ears, their faces were usually twisted and ugly. Of course, there were different kinds of goblins with them all having different characteristics and appearances.
There was the Hogboon, they usually resided in mines somewhere in the Dwarven continent. They were dangerous monsters that looked similar to a normal goblin with dirt brown skins and unruly hair. There were also the Hobgoblins who had evolved over the years to look similar to humans and demons but still retain a pale green skin tone. They usually got along well with other races and were more intellectual than other goblins, being able to trade with other races. There was even a settlement of Hobgoblins living as freemen somewhere on the demon content.
Finally, there were the knockers, a weirder breed of goblins, usually only around 2ft tall. Not much else was known about them aside from their vicious nature and hatred of other races. It is believed they usually live underground somewhere in the far south of the demon continent.
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One of the Gray-War trolls that lead this small army, wielded a bone shield and spear, the other, a large bone sword that seemed to have been made from the spinal cord of a large reptilian beast. As they marched forth through the forest, the Gray-War troll with the shield turned its head and grunted in annoyance as it spoke to the other.
”Oi, are you sure this the right way? We've been walking for a while now.”
The second Gray-War troll with the bone sword did not immediately respond, but it instead took out a small bottle from the beast's skin pouch on its waist and held it up high. A single speck of red light was visible inside the bottle within the dark forest.
He shook the bottle a bit and the light stayed attached to the front glass of the bottle. Turning the bottle in another direction would cause the light to move until it was back facing the direction they were headed.
”Yes, the chief's magic weapon should be in this direction. Lord Zerahut said this thing is drawn to the weapon and if we find the weapon we find the one who killed the chief.”
”Didn't lord say to not fight demons, why we bring many scrubs?”
”Shut up, are you stupid, how we supposed to kill whoever could kill the chief without scrubs. Besides, if there are demons we can just sacrifice them and escape.”
”Huh, isn't that bad, their tribes not that strong to begin with, the rest die.”
”Unless you want to die, then you can stay behind and fight a demon. If they don't kill you, lord Zerahut will.”
”Huh, I guess you're right as always Kazko.”
”You're just too much like the others, don't just be a brute Rekaz.”
”Rekaz not a brute.”
The Gray-War troll with the shield Rekaz snorted while scratching its bald head as they maintained their current pace. The one known, as Kazko would occasionally check the bottle to adjust their direction based on the interference of the large trees in the forest.
The snow did nothing to slow down the trolls who had high immunity to the various elements, although that did not mean they could not be harmed by the elements. This was just a natural side effect of their crazy regeneration ability.
Because of this ability, trolls could generally survive and adapt to any harsh environment. They also had a wild variety of evolutions, which would also provide them with different abilities than their other counterparts.
The goblins were all clad in poorly made beast hides cloak, which negated most of the cold. They wielded short blades but had small crossbows on their backs as they rode on their wolf mounds.