„I might be weak, I might be small and I might be slow. But I am a human, it`s what we are."
Wolves are animals, they are just following instincts. Sure some may be bigger and more aggressive.
But monsters, monsters are different. They hunt. They think. And they want. Want a lot.
Goblins want gold and blood, Mountain golems want quiet spaces everywhere and trolls…
Trolls want to rule everything.
-----------------------At the "Red mustache" guild at the morning ---------------------------------
Drunken adventurers started to wake up.
Very slowly.
Damon , as the main event of the previous evening, was mostly showing off.
Less drinking, meaning he woke up sooner. But nonetheless, with a headache after alcohol.
~ugh, that….was ... a bit much ~ Barely adult Damon pulled himself together.
Even worse , the sun was already high enough to shine him in the eyes.
-Great, I thought you were never getting up – Lisa behind the desk scolded at him.
-Morning….. - He looked at her from the ground.
-Get up. You need to clean up. – She pointed strongly at the mop.
Damon turned his head to it, sighed and very slowly started cleaning the floor.
---------------------------------------A few hours later------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aries backed away from the bush.
-We get out. Slowly. – He showed Elandra with his hands to back away.
- We haven`t even seen them yet. -
-Nevermind, we leave. – She agreed.
Good thing they didn`t see it yet.
Bad thing is that THEY could, and by they , I mean trolls just behind the remains of the trees.
And the only reason why Elandra didn`t see them is that she looked on the ground , looking for tracks
Not above the tress meters away, where the heads were.
And from their perspective, two little clothed monkeys where fleeing their territory
Not what they want. No one leaves their turf alive . No one disobeys the troll king.
-HGAGHA - one of the uglier grey ones raised a fallen tree like a mace and pointed towards the two
-OH shit – Aries looked at them.. Tall, almost as tall as trees above them. greenish- greyish skin.
Ugly faces with short noses. Bald.
~yup. Trolls . we run ~
-ARIES please tell me you have a plan - Elandra hid her arrows and started to run with him.
-PLAN?? THEY ARE ALMOST THREE TIMES OUR SIZE – Aries shouted while running too.
-THAT`S ALL YOU GOT? ….well I guess they ARE HOLY GODDESS THEY ARE CLOSE-
-I CAN SEE THAT –
Well the one other issue is that not only trolls are strong, but with meters of legs more, they are also much faster than a human.
And harder to stop.
-Okey I have ONE PLAN. – Aries barely dodged a falling branch .
-WHAT . –
-Aim at the eyes . – And he pulled out his sword.
-THAT`S THE PLAN?? - Elandra shouted louder than before.
-YES AND DON`T MAKE IT SOUND LIKE YOU HAVE A BETTER ONE – And slashed, or more like
Smashed, a tree next to him.
Tripping it, and making it fall before the trolls.
Stopping them. For a second. After which, they just stomped it down and continued forward.
Elandra pulled one single arrow on out of the quiver.
-If this does nothing. –
-Yea Yea, I`ll be dead anyways. – Aries just slashed and slashed any wood, any ground,
Anything to slow them down.
And once they were…. Relatively far away from them, Elandra took the shot.
Making one single aim, making one quick movement of the arm and one swift attack.
And it hit the right eye of the closest troll .
-AAAAAAAAAAAAARGGGHHHH – It covered the wound and stumbled back onto another one.
So Troll number 2 pushed the 1 away from himself, making way to go further.
And as he did, his foot landed on one of the trees downed by Aries, making him trip and fall.
-HA , told you it would work. – Aries still ran away, but as terrified as happy now.
- I don`t think so. – Elandra replied.