15 Smoke and Mirrors (1/2)
The Elite Team made its way through the west side of the village.Along the way,they cleaned up any beast that came their way.With Bhirl and his big ass tower shield at the front there was barely any damage coming through to the healer.However, they were not without problems.
At the beginning, It was really hard for Rahz to get his timing right.Blaire had to stand max distance to land her spells and stay out of Rahz's Axe.She thought that Rahz was playing when they started hunting.For every three swings, Rahz landed one on the beast and it didn't have any momentum.
” Seriously Rahz,how hard is it to hit a slowed down beast ?A one handed, blind cyclops could swing an Axe way better than you.It is not even attacking you”.
”Hey!! is a lot harder than it looks.It is like chasing abouncing ball down the road.It is a lot easier when they are attacking you, that way you get a better feeling of the distance.Also I didn'twant to ruined the pelts, my style is pretty bloody”.
”Well get it together!!! At this rate we will get there in a year.”
After listening to their banter for a while, Bhirl finally stepped in and started to communicate with Rahz about the problems he was having.As it turn out Bhirl was also responsible for their failure as he was not taking into consideration the angles at which Rahz could attack.
In order to limit the damage, Bhirl sometimes deflected the incoming beast to the opposite sidewhere Rahz was positioning making it impossible for Rahz to take a swing without having to worry about hitting his teammates.
Little by little, Rahz and Bhirl started to get their timing right and their clearing speed shot through the roof.Their speed increased to the point that Blaire was getting bored.There was no damage to heal and casting icy winds and weakness on the enemy got tiresome after a while.
After seven hours of hunting they finally made their way to the outskirt of the mine.They decided to set up camp about 500 ft away from the first group of Kobolds and rest for the day.Fortunately for Rahz, Bhirl and Blaire didn't really value the pelts from the beasts.So far,they had all being ruing by him.Missing limbs, belly wounds and half bodies were current occurrences after his swings.
The group set up shop at a fair distance outside of sight of the group of Kobolds in the outskirts of the mountains.The group of Kobolds varied from LVL 4 to LVL 6 and there were 6 of them.most of the Kobolds had the same specs as 4 of them were melee and 2 were range.
It was safe to say that their classes were quite particular on their own.The range Kobolds hurled stones at their attackers, while the melee ones launch strikes with their pickaxes.There was no mystery or difficulty in slaying Kobolds outside the mine but very few Barbarians wanted to go inside the tunnels.Kobolds were highly social creatures, all it took was a wrong step for Rahz and them to piss off more than one group and be overrun by numbers.
Bhirl and Blaire were really surprised at the experience Rahz was showing when surviving in the wild.Rahz knew how to set a cooking pit as well as how to separate the best meat from the beast they had killed before.
Rahz only had a small pouch to store his necessities but he seemed to have everything they need it.His Dad had taught him everything he need it to know about being in the wild and his teammates were benefitting from it.
They chose a good place to rest and started to cook a meal, Rahz had brought salt and was in charged of cooking dinner.He had salted some of the meat from the vanquished creatures in order to cured it and preserved it.When Rahz was ready to cook the chunks of meat, he removedsome of the salt and place the pieces over the fire.
Blaire was quite surprise that Rahz had those cooking skills.During her test, she had 3 days of dry food and water.It was truly a nice surprise.Bhirl on the other hand was not surprise that Rahz had some sort of knowledge about cooking.His Mother was an excellent cook and he was sure that they imparted some knowledge on him.
As they waited patiently, the smell of the food was driving them mad.The fat dripped from the chunks of meat on the fire causing sizzling noises that were music to their ears.They all pledged to be the first to grab a piece and if anybody were to stand on their way they would be destroyed.