Finally after we slept very little and I finally gave up and went outside a small noise had me aimming my bow at a figure on the rooftop of the building I had,just left. I put it downward a second later when I registered Dingo's smile and hissy laughter. Less then a few seconds later I flipped upward and seated myself beside him.
Dingo for all his bulking muscular, seven foot tall scaly body and glimming sharp teeth always made me feel safe. Maybe It was because of his care when I was first rescued, or his patience, and care but to me he was becoming a best friend. Granted a silent, grunting and teasing one but it seemed as if he was not looking for anything except to be accepted.
I leaned against his side and slipped into sleep for the first time that night, which was actually turning into a new day. Less then a hour later Dingo reluctantly woke me up and we loaded aboard the carriage for our last part of this trip. Then just a short ride would bring us to the witch hopefully for good news but at least for information.
Strangely after just that solid hour of sleep I was quite renewed and energetic maybe Dingo magic was to give one renewed stamina lol. Being part Dragon he was hard to kill, and basically immune to spells but it made him unable to cast spells outward. He could be injured of coarse mainly by sharp objects and like severe powerful spells that created piercing objects could pierce him.
Our trip was a continuous of the day before with various packs of beast attacking us randomly. Earth and ice worked best here due to the closed forest edging the road. My arrows and Dingo chucking prices of meat out usually stoped they fairly well. The strange meat chunks well I didn't know it but starving things will even eat goblins.
As night fell it felt as if something was off the beast had become scarse and the forest was quiet as well. As we entered the small cluster of huts no lights were lite, no animals barked or moved. All signs of life seemed to be gone. The drivers stopped at the largest hut on the outside of the circular hut pattern.
There was only one way in and one way out, a tall fence surrounded the huts which did provide protection. The driver had told us and old adventurer and his friends lived here and killed beast to support their families. They always had a guard and the fences for entry closed.
The drivers warned us the old man always greated them and lights were always bright and lit around the whole enclosure something was up. Castle warned the drivers to go into battle mode and that's when they struck. The two horses in front were shoot dead by arrows and a large group of men with mask came and surrounded us.
Castle was in the act of jumping down and was hit in the left arm and right leg with arrows before hitting the ground. Cinders shield protected them from the front while Dingo knocked arrows and spear aside. Wendy shot a flare bright into the sky to help our visibility, with its help I started snipping the archers.
Cinder screamed and her shield flickered caused by something she saw that was happening to Castle. Wendy cast a healing spell but Cinder anger made her shoot fire directly into Castles attackers. Dingo somehow managed to block arrows from hitting her unshielded body. I tryed to keep hitting archers but when three arrows appeared in Dingo's back I freaked.
Suddenly the bow whisper grow loud enough to hear it said to attach fire to the arrows and when they hit make them explode. With out thinking I allow myself to believe and drew forth fire and directed it too my bow. Shooting into a clump of archers when it hit I uttered the word explode.
Suddenly the trees and people within them were burning brightly, with out a pause I did the same to the other side. and finally to the clump in front of us. I must have been lucky because arrows suddenly stopped raining down on us. Then I started to help Dingo block and kill the spearmen, a sudden roar came from Castles side.
Cinder had helped by freezeing all the ones to Castles sides so he could shield bash the ones in front. He then stabbed any body parts that he saw and those he trampled over. A number of bloody wounds could be easily seen on Castles uniform only Wendy's magic was keeping him standing.
Without a pause Dingo jumped into battle taking down at least ten men in the process just with his momentum. Within a minute all ten were dead but more charged from the huts nearby these had sword, axes and I even recognized some of them. Then Bronco rushed out slashing at Dingo from the side, before I knew what happened I was flying at Bronco feet outward.
They hit perfectly where I had aimed at on Bronco's face snapping it hard enough to knock him unconscious and to have him drop his ax which was less then a foot from splitting Dingo's head open. Suddenly I felt much stronger. By holding directly in the middle and just wishing for something like a sword suddenly a sharp ridge appeared on both outside edge's.
A foe got a little to close and I twisted the bow to block his strike not only did it block it, but cut through his sword like peanut butter and continued on until it stopped halfway through his shoulder. Blood sprayed across my face and suddenly I was having a flash back to fighting monstrous large spider in a cave.
I was surrounded with nothing but just two daggers in my hands, laughter bubbled outward as I flipped about like a acrobat. Slice, blood spray, head dropping, pieces of spider arms flying. Flip, more slicing, more blood and crazed laughter, demonic looking hands holding daggers throwing spider fiber tips as if they were throwing stars.
Then I guess it was to much the world went dark I fully expected to never awake again.