Even though they're afraid they still nodded and looked determined. I smiled back at them.
"Silver stay at the back and help anyone that needs it. Sam, get on my back, you'll stay with me the rest of you -" I stopped talking immediately and listened. Someone was heading this way.
"Quick Lily, take Sam and the rest of you run as fast as you can, I'll catch up in a bit."
"What's wrong?" Silver gets in a defensive stance.
"At least two people are heading this way. I can fight just help the others leave here now." I push Silver ahead so they can start leaving.
I walk back into the forest and climb up a tree. I take out my knife that I had tied to my waste. I connect with the tree so I can tell where they were.
Four, there are four rogues heading this way. This will be tricky but, possible. I took a deep breath before waiting till the last person ran by.
I jump down and attack from behind, cutting his throat quickly, and ran after the other three. One of them noticed me just as I pounced on him, but it was too late, I had the advantage and stuck my knife straight through his neck.
The other two caught on to me and started running after me.
They're bigger. I'll have to fight them one on one. I run back into the forest and run back up a tree. As soon as one of the rogues was under me I jumped on top of him making sure I had my knife angled at the top of his head. He looked up just as I was landing on him. I twisted the knife and we fell back.
I took too much time and the last rogue attacked before I realized. I was kicked in the ribs. It hurt so bad but I can't give up. I got back up and started running again, this time out of the forest.
I can't run as fast as I like thanks to the hit I got, but I can't give up now.
I sadly look back and see a horse beastman running after me.
'Great, how am I supposed to run away from that.'
He was gaining on me quickly. What to do, what to do?
A shadow flew past me from above and then a loud screech from behind.
'Oh no. Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop.'
Another one, and he flies too. I need to run faster. For some reason, the noise was getting softer, so I took the chance to look back and saw a winged beastman fighting the horse.
'He must be one of the fighters that have been patrolling the area.'
The winged beastman defeated the horse and looked up at me. Our eyes met and for some reason, he felt familiar to me, but I'd never met a winged beastman.
I don't care I need to find the others and get as far away as I can from here.
The winged beastman flew over and landed in front of me making me stop instantly.
"What do you want?"
He changed back into his man form.
"Are you alright?" His voice was gentle as he spoke to me.
"Yes, now what do you want?" I put my knife up and got into an attack stance.
"I'm not here to harm you, I just want to ask you a couple of questions." He put his hands up showing he meant no harm.
"Let me guess, you want to know how I escaped?"
"Yes. Can you give me any information on the inside as well?"
"We're not completely safe yet. The snake king will be coming out of hibernation soon so I have to get the others to safety."
"There are more that escaped?"
"Yes, but only the young ones since they were in the palace with me."
"You can stay with us for the time being. We'll protect you all."
"Sorry, but all we want is to be far from here. I'll be back once I find a safe place to stay. I'll meet you at the edge of those woods, but come alone I don't want to be surrounded by males." I point in the direction I know the others have run off to.
"Okay please come back soon, we could use all the help we can get."
"Okay and beware, the snake king may try to come out as well once his hibernation is over. He'll be in a very bad mood and is very powerful. You're going to need more men in two to three days." I gave him a heads-up. A thought occurred to me.
"What's your name?"
"Ethan."
"Keep an eye out for me, Ethan." I wave once and take off to find my people.