The Journey was much longer than expected- and across the border. The two continued on anyways as the reward for finding the remnants of a StarFall was massive!
Night time came quickly.
"Cmon! Hurry up!" Jacob urges Samuel, even though he looked exhausted.
"I... Can't..." Samuel responds panting.
Jacob looks back to see Samuel laying on the ground, panting.
"Oh..."
Jacob's ears droop after seeing how tired Samuel was.
"We can stop..." Jacob says apologetically.
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The next morning Jacob is impatiently waiting for Samuel to wake up. Jacob had already eaten his breakfast and had filled his water skin in a nearby stream. As Jacob was sharpening his sword Samuel comes to.
Samuel looks around getting his bearings before getting up.
"Good morning...". He says as he grabs his sack and unpacks some of his food. As he Eats, he gives Jacob's sword a look.
"That must be of elvish origin? Never seen one before."
"I... I'm not sure actually... I've just always had it..." Jacob responds in a uncertain tone.
" either way it's a fine sword."
"Yea"
That is all they said for a while to come as they packed up and continued on to the StarFall.
Many hours later, the duo could smell that the were getting close. It smelled of ash and smoke... and something else that seemed... familiar to Jacob.
As They approach the stench only gets worse. Then they find the trail of destruction. There was shiny things littered all around the trail of destruction. Jacob looks at Samuel. Samuel is looking at the field without hiding the greed in his eyes.
"This is no ordinary StarFall!" Samuel says excitedly. " This is too big to be a regular one!"
Jacob then notices a large boulder a ways away from them, smoking and glowing red in some places. Jacob points and then suggests,
"Lets check that out?"