"Thump thump thump thump" A series of hollow thuds sounding out as the leather-bound shoes strike the ground swiftly. The sudden act of running out of the crowd caught a few eyes but no one really paid it any mind and just went back to what they were doing mildly curious. It had been almost an hour since then I couldn't help them run or risk leaving a trail. In the dark woods, it's not a big deal as it would be hard to find for most but sadly I am already aware of how brightly my mist shines in the eyes of the undead. That ghost ship taught me that. They seemed to not be killing just to kill but out of pure unreasonable hatred. The hate in their eyes was clear but I didn't understand till later. It was when Alex mentioned how my mist could act as a spark to the rebirth of Addie. It wasn't because I am special in any way or about how strong my mist is but simply because my mist bears an elemental affinity of life. That's why the undead despise it so. It reminds them of what they lost and many bad memories like every enemy they have ever held and their murderer just showing up to spit in their face while banging their wives. Of course, they'd show hatred. Despair. A little fear? Regardless the mist is a no-go. After escaping a good way we eventually heard hoofbeats along the ground and Addie quickly pulled Ellie aside and they hid inside a nearby bush.
As they approached curiosity overwhelmed the poor Ellie and she looked out only to quickly pull her head back after seeing the two riders on horseback rushing by. A large man carrying a humongous ax upon his back and a headless man in sleek black robes with a large bone staff on his back with a glass orb filled with viscous crimson-brown liquids. The musty smell of iron and rotten flesh fills the air as the two passes. I can guess who the headless caster is but the large knight isn't totally unfamiliar for me either. His uncovered face clearly reminding me of the first time I saw the necromancer. He was the one that brought the struggling woman before the necromancer and ripped her clothes off. Seeing him decked out in heavy armor and carrying a large ax I have to wonder if I should have attacked him then... The subtle bloody glow the armor and ax put off makes it very clear it's not anything simple and cheap. Seeing them escape out of view Addie grabs Ellie and pulls her quickly towards another direction. A few minutes of running later the sound of the girl's heavy painting and feet striking the ground is all we heard till there was the sound of a bell that broke through the quiet night from behind us. Quickly pulling Ellie to the side again they hide beneath a tree that had been dug under clearly an uninhabited den. Just as we escape the ringing of the bell passed into the sight large hounds with hollow eyes and bloody mouths come into sight leaving a putrid rotting stench in the air. I know those can't be tracking hounds as no sense of smell could ever work over this stench... I mean seriously it'd be like listening for whispers in a crowd of people yelling with bullhorns. Seeing the hounds rushing by both the girls held their breath and covered their noses. Clearly, these dogs must be going by sound. As they are blind and their noses are deformed and rotting. The sense of smell is a form of sensory response and the undead knew for having very worthless nervous systems and senses. Unless they are a lich or a high-ranked undead with a strong soul which these dogs definitely aren't...
Seeing the dogs have disappeared Addie frowns. "They've clearly filled the forest already and are searching it. Otherwise, we wouldn't run into them randomly without them being able to track us like this. Hiding isn't a good option. Ellie, we need the..." Interrupted she sees my mist slowly spreading around us. Yeah, yeah I am not so dumb as to not already understand the situation. We can't hide in this forest so why not hide the whole forest and find all the enemies while we are at it? Seeing me already releasing my mist Addie's mask sticks out slightly on the lower half either she's smiling or pouting... One of the two. Ha... Gathering all my mist in a clearly twenty or so feet away from us while we hide in the bush I begin to make little trails from the swirling ball of mist that's slowly growing as I add more making sure that even if it's found they won't find us and they won't be able to follow the green light or the mist slowly filling the ball. Seeing me working Addie nods and lays low as I create the mass of mist. A few minutes later a bell sound breaks out as a hound darts by us towards the mist ball in the distance seeing the ball the hound immediately stopped and raised his head like an arrow coming from his chest pointing towards the sky and let out a deep and gravely howl. I guess we are found. No more time to continue to build up the mist slowly. With a thought, the ball becomes a bomb as the mist explodes out of it like a strong wind of air flowing outwards covering a large section of the forest as Addie and Ellie quickly hop up and begin to run away I've already struck a tree loudly in the distance with a cloud claw cutting a branch loose and making a loud bang as it fell. The hound hearing the noise runs off before it can discover the girl my claw already dissipating back into the mist. I'd kill you any other time little hound but fighting now might just make matters worse no time. So began an escape slowly making their way out of the woods the girls managed to evade all the undead while I distracted them eventually reaching the other side of the woods and onto a clear field the girls slow their paces already aware they managed to escape the encirclement they can let the exhaustion take over a little but Addie urged Ellie on pulling her as they kept walking on until they eventually reached a road and I made a cloud path for them and they ran till daybreak with the support of my cloud path on and off. I couldn't eat my mist as that would show the necromancer which way we ran so I left it hanging there wondering to myself how long it'll last.