*Disclaimer - this chapter contains gore violence*
At Manor Alana kept her routine, taking care of the wintergarden, cleaning the fallen leaves, healing the soil, watering it.
Alana thoughts were still swirling around the same problem, the uneasy feeling, the white wolf's injury, and the Hobgoblins sudden appearance.
She couldn't make the connection for the 3 things but at same time it could be just it.
She went look for the white wolf's again the nights that passed and she couldn't find them, she only went back because it was freezing.
As she emersed in her thoughts she felt a killing intent approaching, her instinct reacted throwing a dagger at its direction.
"Woo calm down... Miss. " Jakar grabbing the dagger he blocked with his arm armour.
"You still need practice... Even if I didn't blocked it would miss me." He said with mischievous smile.
" Than it was a waste of energy blocking it." She said coldly.
"Ahahhaha, indeed it was first didn't want to make the Miss feel bad, but than I thought would be better if the Miss you get better." Said Jakar handing the dagger back to Alana. " was all out of good intention." He said smiling gently.
Somehow that smiled irritated Alana, it seemed forced.
" I wonder why you are here, are you picking interest for gardening?" She said coldly.
" ahh no, Miss, I am too much of a brute, I would probably brake everything, we would go hungry before I could collect anything from the harvest." He said smiling.
Annoyed Alana asked. " Then why are you here?"
"Miss is so cold. I am trying to understand you, what are your thoughts.."
" I don't think you respect me enough to care what I think. However, I don't mind sharing. If you share your real motives to come here to see me with such a strong intent."
Jakar was little surprise that she noticed at all. "Ahahhaha" he laughed loudly. " Miss you are surprisingly interesting." He grinned. " I was calling you for a while and you didn't reacted and I was testing to see if you would react if I changed my intent, it seems you did." He said with grin in his face
"Until when are you going to keep testing me?" Alana said annoyed, with a straight face.
Jakar that was smiling twisted is face in to a serious deadly eyes. " Until I found out what is your purpose."
Alana felt a shiver down her spine.
"Jakar..." One of the warriors came in huffing."it's here... they been seen coming towards us, we have to move."
"Let's go." He turned back to Alana. "Miss, you might better stay here for safety."
He left without waiting for her reply.
'hmm like I need your permission do anything.' She thought while putting back her dagger leather sleeves.
*
In town everyone who could fight was gathered at the gate mostly the warriors were outside while the trainees where inside on top of the wall.
The weather turned sunddenly colder, the humidity was rising making it foggy, air was starting to smell like blood. The fog was starting to rise thick, the uneasyness was growing in the trainees and they look nervous, some of them was the first time they faced something so dangerous.
Out of the fog they could already see a figure it was a small figure that was walking towards them, they could only see the silhouette from the it, their hearts calm down a little bit the Hobgoblins didn't seem something to worry about they looked small, but they heart started to tremble has they saw the silhouette getting bigger and bigger.
They where bigger than a normal human, even the big Jakar seemed small im comparison.
Rahul was inside on top of the wall, he kept the people safe sending them off the Manor house, just in case one of them manage to break through. He could see the group that arrive seemed to be smaller than they expected, it seemed they either didn't think they were strong enough or they just sent a reckon group.
6 Hobgoblins appeared in front of them, they looked fierce and their killing intent almost palpable.
"So they are really just normal green Hobgoblins, I thought they were the pale, greyish ones that have little bit of fur but these ones seemed to be wearing fur."
" What does that mean?" Asked Lyssann.
"It means they either are here voluntary or forced to be here, but either choice is not favourable to us." He said stepping forward in position to attack. "Everyone whatever happens don't let them through." Jakar rawred and advanced.
They all screamed I went right behind with their weapons.
The trainees couldn't believe what they were seeing, those 6 Hobgoblins, were being cut to pieces easily, they were fighting back but their blows were just not enough against those fierce warriors.
Jakar grabbed one by the arm and broke it while it rawred, Jakar grabbed it's tongue and pull it out, the pain was enormous while the Hobgoblin was on its knee some warrior with the sword cut of its head. It came down rolling, the other Hobgoblins were facing the same fate being cut off, it was almost too easy that some trainees just thought in their hearts that if was so easy they could also easily defeat them.
Meanwhile at manor the others arrived to a surprising scene Alana was with a white wolf's next her and facing her was some Hobgoblins that manage to break through the walls.
Yanos sent the little Thomas at once back into town, to call on Rahul, they fell into a trap, a bigger army was here at big house.
Little Thomas who was already complaining that he wanted to stay to fight with the other trainees, was now very motivated with his new mission to tell everyone of what was happening at the Manor.
"Are you sure it's okay to send him alone?." Asked Eustace.
"He is little but fast, and he fits in small places and know where to hide. He should be fine." Replied Yanos.
"What are about all these people here?" Tobyah interjected carrying the little sister from Thomas.
"Everyone who can't fight please go inside the house." yelled Yanos noticing that he and few more were the only ones who could fight." Malaica, go inside and find Mr. Theodor and Mrs. Clair."
"Yes... But please, go quick help the lady. " Malaica said grabbing the hand some old lady that couldn't walk fast. Before entering the house she look back again to direction of the town, and clenched her heart.
"My lady..." Yanos tried to approach with some of the ones who could fight.
"Don't! Don't come closer!" Alana yelled.