Kajus ran, he ran fast, the eagle? even faster.
'OH FUCK OH FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK'
The eagle swooped down mounting its claws towards the man running away.
The orc yelling in an unknown tongue.
Kajus in a fit of panic pulled out his sword and swiftly turned around in one smooth movement.
He was met with silence and an empty field and the old black tree as desolate as ever.
In dismay he rummaged his surroundings white his eyes not finding a single trace of the eagle, no sound, no nothing.
His breathing getting heavier and his mind cloudier he in a fit confusion sat down.
He sat down. His line of thinking was that if he wanted to escape he had to
1. Be faster then the eagle which he is not.
2. Locate the enemy which he can not.
3. If he had to be confronted with the eagle and the gray orc he had to be stronger then them which he was not.
'I will sit down I will either die or live I might as well show myself as less of a threat.'
minutes passed
hours passed
The sun was set and Kajus sat 20 meters from the tree still frightened.
A light pierced the darkness of light from the east
Kajus confused stood up, he felt a warmth towards the mysterious light, he started walking towards it, his eyes met with a large white horse creature.
He recognized it and meekly called out "CAPTAIN!"
Besides the horse was Grinda and Geoff they received the running Kajus and asked "why are you here on the borders ? Grinda told us you where gone so we went looking for you"
"I was bored, I am sorry for bothering you, i merely walked one kilometer or two east to ease my boredom, I suddenly got attacked by and eagle and a grey orc but they disappeared and I've been to frightened to move out of my spot since"
"At ease recruit you are at the border between the wasteland and the realm of man no orc will hurt you, see that tree? that tree is where our borders meet." said a soothing voice coming from atop the big white horse.
Kajus felt shock but his sense of relief from meeting with the captain and Geoff has not yet dispersed.
"you mentioned a grey orc?" The captain asked
"yes"
mumbles could be heard from the captain, he didn't sound so pleased from hearing that.
"follow us back to the village and explain in great detail what happened"
-
The party went back to the quiet village and Kajus explained in detail about the events that transpired.
"A gray orc is not something we wanted to hear and to add insult to injury he said that the orcs looked busy in camp they usually only show heavy activity before going to war" A man to the side said to the captain, he was a stocky but short man about 1.68, he had a face of ones favorite uncle who bought big cool gifts for you on your birthday.
"mm" the captain and Geoff murmured simultaneously
"Why is the grey orc bad news?" Kajus inquired
"gray orcs are orcs with magic affinity they are usually as strong as human wizards"
everyone in earshot gulped at once hearing captains words.
"that was probably why he suddenly disappeared from your area as well, it was the work of magic!" Geoff added
"yes probably air magic or maybe light magic" the captain added.
the captain chuckled thinking that they are going to face a huge threat in the upcoming weeks.
"I will notify the noble that has paid us to help establish this town and ask if he could relocate or abandon this mission, we are to few in numbers to be able to face a whole tribe.... or even 1 wizard level threat to be honest" he chuckled.
The captain stormed off and gave out some orders to the guards around him.
Geoff comforted Kajus and asked if he wanted to return home and that his life is no longer guaranteed.
Kajus refused, he felt that he cant be the only one going home that would look incredibly bad.
Grinda stayed as well, Kajus didn't inquire as to why she choose to stay but it was probably of a similar reason he thought.
-
4 days passed and the captain has finally made his return he came to the village and gathered everyone around, he had an ashen face so this cant spell good news Kajus thought.
"The noble refuses to budge our contract and if we decide to leave he will follow with legal action against us for braking the contract. I have asked other clans for help but they wont budge without the coin to draw them in. I brought the rest of the clan here so we can fulfill our mission!"
Everyone had a solemn look in their eyes and mumbles was heard around the crowd.
"If you want to leave there is nobody stopping you! this is my choice and i obviously have faith that we can exterminate their tribe!" the captain said in a solemn and cold voice.
Everyone in the clan respected and trusted the captain no one would object with a choice he has made he was afterall a stalwart they highest realm in the clan, his charisma and strength garnered him look of respect and envy not hate, nobody in this world would not respect the strong.