22 Chapter 22 (1/2)
The next morning Tylin and Sera were waiting for him as he made his way downstairs.
”I packed you some cooking utensils, clothes, and a blanket. Ah yes, the enchanted staff is with the pack as well so don't forget to take it... Anything else... Sera i'm not forgetting anything am i?” Tylin was seemingly flustered as he turned to Sera.
”No father, that should be everything-”
”Ah! That's right, that's right. Potions!” Tylin exclaimed and ran off to his lab.
”We'll walk you to the gates whenever your ready. There's some bread and salted meat in your pack in case you get hungry on the trip as well.” Sera added with her usual warm smile.
”Thank you Sera.”
Aerwyn sat down and ate some nuts and berries for breakfast before they left to walk to the gates.
”Be careful not to be too rough with the pack i added five healing potions, the same kind i used for your burns. They're wrapped in cloth but they may still break if you're careless. Ah, also i'll be stopping by the ruins every couple of weeks to check up on you. Do your best not to die else you'll make a fine addition to my death knights.”
He was already skin and bones much like the death knights, the only thing he was lacking was the undead part. The thought of becoming one of those shriveled creatures gave Aerwyn even more motivation to become stronger.
”I'll be stopping by with Jeren too. We often scout the forests near the ruins so now we'll have a place to stay when we're nearby. Don't forget to practice what Master Ferlin taught you as well.”
”I can't thank you two enough, i owe you my life.” Aerwyn bowed deeply.
”Nonsense dear boy, this isn't goodbye. I told you once before, you won't be getting rid of me that easily.”
”Yeah! We'll be seeing you often. Just be safe.” Sera added as Tylin patted him on his back.
Aerwyn handed the enchanted staff to Bon and the pack to Velk. Their reactions were vastly different with Bon thanking him nonstop while Velk simply let out a bestial grunt. Aerwyn waved at the pair of elves one last time before exiting the gates.
He still didn't know the forest well enough so he had Rorik and the hobgoblins take the lead. They traveled uneventfully for most of the day, only seeing a few curious creatures who darted away the moment they laid their eyes on the undead horde.
The trip took longer since they were walking at a casual pace and they reached their destination with only a few hours of sunlight left in the day. They came upon the ruins from the south where the battle had taken place days prior and Aerwyn quickly realized he had forgotten something rather important.
The bodies of the dead goblins were left out and seemed to have attracted dozens of dog sized creatures.
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”Shit... Bon what are those?”
”Forgive me master, i do not know their common tongue name but we goblins call them 'tenri'. They travel in large packs and often attack us in the wilds. We discovered their nest nearby but the creatures were too numerous for us to attack.”
”Should we attack them or go around?”
”With this number, masters undead can easily deal with-”
”Kill...” Velk interrupted in a deep bestial voice giving Aerwyn a chill.
”...Alrighty then. Good input Velk, way to come out of your shell. Kill it is.” Aerwyn patted the lumbering hobgoblin on the shoulder as he continued.
”Bon, Rorik, Rin, and Ren stay with me. The rest wait of you wait until they get within twenty meters before attacking. Oh Velk, leave the sack here... Gently! There's potions in there!” Aerwyn yelled at him as he dropped the pack like a ton of bricks.
The loud yell echoed across the field causing dozens of tenri to stop feasting on goblin meat and look in their direction. The silence that followed was deafening as Aerwyn and the creatures stared at each other from across the field. All it took was one tenri to begins its charge for the whole pack to spring into action.
They were unbelievably fast, clearing thirty meters in the blink of the eye. Aerwyn began firing his flame lances as quick as he could but only managed to bring two before they reached the twenty meter mark forcing his undead to attack.
Now that Aerwyn could get a closer look, he could see the tenri had a massive oblong head that was barely smaller than the rest of its body. Their neck was short, almost as if their head connected directly to their torso. They didn't have tails which gave them a very top heavy look and made them seem as though they would be plagued with poor balance.
There was only a small slit on it's glistening black scales where the creatures eyes should be, making the creatures look even more menacing. Their mouths took up more than half the creatures head and was filled with ten centimeter long fangs that hung out openly, not being blocked by any appendage such as lips.
Aerwyn immediately felt three connections get cut as soon as the tenri and his undead clashed. He watched as a tenri opened it's massive jaws before clamping them down on a goblins head bursting it apart. Aerwyn called out for the goblins to fall back and only attack when the tenri were tied down. He didn't want to lose anymore goblins since it appeared to be a bad opponent for their smalls frames. Taking aim, he fired at the creatures but they were much harder to hit now that they had broken into a melee.