6 Magic (1/2)
Chapter
The wooden carriage block train resumed its journey as Fraser slept in a random corner in the carriage.
Fraser only stopped sleeping when the caretakers would give out rations which amount shrank from day to day.
Even if the amount of food shrank every day, the members of the Eagle Brigade didn't lose any of their fat reserve as Richard always made sure that the food the hunting party hunted would get preserved and then stored in the carriage.
Though it wasn't enough for Fraser to continue his knight training it was enough to keep the Eagle Brigade from starving.
It reached a moment where the caretakers just put grass from the wildlands into a pot and cooked it with a few berries and mushrooms they found.
Naturally it wasn't enough for the children in the carriage. So their only option was it to search for food. A group of children almost got beaten to death the caretakers as the children wanted to take away the rations of the caretakers. Which still consisted of a nourishing meat stew and an entire loaf of bread for every caretaker.
Somehow most of the children were able to survive as the caretakers increased the amount of grass in the daily ration. Naturally it didn't made the children fat or chubby but it allowed them to survive.
An entire month passed as the group moved in a steady pace, only stopping for the daily meal and once a week for a longer time period.
As the block of wooden carriages delved deeper into the wildlands wolf could be heard howling, weird and creepy sounds echoed in the small green islands either filled with trees or grass the size of two humans.
Even if the wooden carriage block train never moved into one of those islands and skillfully avoided them most of the children still cried and tried to seek comfort in their own arms or hands.
After the journey into the wildlands reached a month and a few days the first beast stampede attacked the wooden carriage block train.
”Fraser, wake up! Wolfs are attacking and they are the size of bulls! Grab you weapons and then we will try to move into the safety ring!” shouted Richard as he woke Fraser in a not so nice way.
Fraser glanced at Richard before looking around him. He usually slept in order to decrease his daily energy consumption except when they would go hunting or the caretakers would give out free meals.
Everybody from the Eagle Brigade wasn't in the carriage so Fraser assumed that everyone already moved or fled from the dangerous Wolfs.
With a quick motion Fraser grabbed all of his weapons and loaded the crossbow with one bolt while following Richard out of the carriage.
He could see how children stepped outside the carriage only to hide in the center of the makeshift formation created by the wooden carriages.
Between the gap of the carriages Fraser could see the caretakers armored with shields and swords repelling wolfs the size of a bull.
With a quick glance Fraser realized that the children in the formation were safe as long as no wolf would get through however as soon as one wolf breaches the first defense line then it would literally be a bloody massacre with the wolf being the powerful reaper and the children being the small and weakly sacrifice.
There were probably around 200 knight-caretakers holding the first defense line.
However it wasn't safe yet as the amount of wolves clearly surpassed the 200 mark. Especially eye catching was one wolf which was bigger than any other wolf. His size could be compared to a wooden carriage and could easily eat one standing children with one bite.
The Wolfs attacked mostly in small fights which the knight-caretakers easily repelled. Until the big wolf howled the full attack the entire stampeded crashed into the defense line.
And the defense line fell really quickly, Fraser could see three wolves jumping through the carriage gap onto the first few children and started to rip them apart.