"what a bloody mess" I said wiping off the dark blood off my face as i noticed Nyxara's surprised face amidst the others who were still fighting."he also fights close range!!?" She must have thought before being jumped by several lost.
"We need to retreat!!!" Shadeva yelled on top of her lungs instantly getting our attention, "I agree!!!" kaldareth replied loudly as he adds "everyone you can see the mountains east of here, let's head there and regroup!!!".
Everyone nodded getting the information and began running towards the mountains, cutting down any lost that dared block their path.
while I did kill few lost, it wasn't as easy as the others made it seem. From time to time Shadeva had to rescue me after being jumped by multiple lost.
It became apparent that the crew, except Shadeva, hated my presence, they didn't even flinch when I was jumped. "I wish I could tell them that I didn't give rat ass fuck about them and I was just here for the money and also..." My train of thoughts was interrupted by a singular lost who was gaining on us.
It's speed reminded me of someone, someone that had recently lost his life back on earth, Kelvin kiptum, one of my favourite racers,"don't tell me that's Kelvin!" I said with clear bewilderment in my mind. Seemed like Shadeva who was running beside me noticed him as well as she swung her urumi at him but he dodged enough for it to only graze him.
the wound almost instantly began closing as shadow energy connected to both sides of his wound like threads and closed the open wound.
He continued sprinting at us like he wasn't just grazed, Shadeva noticed his relentless pursuit and swung her urumi multiple times to cut him down but he didn't falter and somehow only got minor injuries, he could heal from.
He slowly began closing the gap between us, "Obsidra make a wall behind us!!!" Shadeva yelled and Obsidra immediately turned, knelt down on one knee and placed her two hands on the earth, her hands glowed slightly with a purple aura as the earth began trembling, a massive wall protruded from the earth, it's surface dark and glittering like crystals and was about maybe 5.2 meters high basically the height of a prison fence.
Even though the wall was high, it wasn't very long just about 25 feet long. Everyone had halted for Obsidra, and soon we resumed running.
It took us about thirty minutes or more to get to the base of the mountain and luckily for us, there was a small cave we could rest in, "let's rest in there" kaldareth spoke the obvious and led the way as we followed suit.
In the cave, while the others settled in, I couldn't help but feel like something was wrong and we shouldn't be here, "are you alright?" Obsidra asked me with genuine care in her eye and her voice as lovely as the sound of harp.
Obsidra was the beauty of the party, even though the others had beautiful faces, she made them pretty at best. Her small slender and curvey figure, matched with a beautiful face, eyes and voice, with the height of about maybe 5'8,5'7, she was a 10 out of 10 like Anna.
She tilted her head side ways waiting for my response which enhanced her beauty,"cute!!!" I yelled in my mind and responded calmly without a hint of the expression I felt inside, "yeah am fine, it's just that this place as a weird feeling to it", "now that you mention it this place does feel weird" she replied looking around the cave.
Morvain had being glaring at me since the beginning of my conversation with Obsidra, and even got worse when kaldareth noticed him glaring at me non-stop. "this guys are really pissing me off, their animosity towards me is uncalled for " I said in thought while glaring back at Morvain and kaldareth.
I sighed, calming myself and focused on Obsidra who was speculating about this cave being hand made, I saw facts in her speculation as I could also see some claw marks on the walls of the cave.
I ended my conversation with Obsidra and sat down on the hard cold ground just by the entrance of the cave, and continued the map.
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Hours go by and the party have had their lunch and were now resting for the journey ahead, I had finished with the map and was now jotting down some information in my book.
'the shadow energy level around here is at the awakened stage at best'.
'apart from the overwhelming amount of losts, we haven't spotted any other creatures'.
'the cave...
I caught something glowing in the dark in the corner of my eye, something was standing in the distance, a figure I couldn't quite depict.
I focused my attention on it, and all I could see were it's glowing yellow eyes, fixated on our location as suddenly more appeared with only their glowing eyes to make out of them.
"Oh shit,The eyes!!!" I screamed in my mind and out loud getting the party's attention, they quickly went for their weapons as the abominations began running towards us full speed.
"We can't fight them, we have to run!!!" I yelled at kaldareth who was in a battle stance,"didn't you listen to what he explained back at the guild, we can't fight it!!!" Shadeva yelled to the others who were still moving sluggishly as she ran out of the cave and went left.
I packed my books and followed quickly and so did the others.
Running in this Rocky terrain made us slow, except Morvain, moving with quick steps and was now in the lead.
It took only a few minutes for the abominations catch up with us and were just a few meters behind, and thankfully I wasn't the one in last place, it was kaldareth, who was now struggling to catch up because he fell a while back and we couldn't wait for him.
I looked back to see the abominations well enough, their bodies covered with dark fog, merging with the dark environment, only their glowing yellow eyes were visible, eyes that seemed like they were floating on air.
"So that's why they are called 'the eyes'" I muttered to myself nodding in realization, suddenly Morvain screamed as he fell into a large and dark hole in our path, Shadeva looked us not knowing what else to do, jumped in after him and so did we, well I was reluctant but I had no other choice.
"Will the eyes stop following us?" Nyxara asked looking up at the entrance, which wasn't really high for kaldareth, who soon dived into the hole, standing straight,hands crossed and landing like a action movie actor.
"There's a way here" Morvain said moving forward and signalling for us to follow.
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We walked for hours in what seemed like a tunnel, but the tunnel still showed no sign of exits, but had smaller holes on the walls. I suspect this tunnel was made by creatures.
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The little strength we had managed to gather back at the cave were now exhausted, everyone looked tired, who wouldn't be.
"Let's rest here" Shadeva said her voice rushed and accompanied with a few short breaths, "yeah we should" kaldareth replied nodding in approval.
We made camp where we stood and while the others brought out something resembling a sleeping bag and slept, I just sat there on high alert, okay maybe I was too scared to sleep.
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About an hour go by sitting in darkness, struggling to stay awake,as suddenly I heard a small rat chirping, mist slowly forming in the direction we came from, temperature slowly dropping.
I was now fully awake, my instinct screaming something was coming, I got up slowly and pick my bag which was beside me "urrhhh... guys I think something is coming" I said taking a few steps back and alerting the party, "nooooo, not again" Shadeva grumbled, her voice filled with frustration and tiredness, kaldareth had quickly held one of his sword when he woke up, and in a while short we were all ready.
The chirping grew louder and closer, "mist rats", it dawned on me, as if confirming my suspicions one of the rats launched out of the mist and jumped straight at kaldareth face, who was standing, front in the formation the party had decided to use due to the narrowness of the tunnel.
Kaldareth cleaved the rat in half with ease as he chuckled "it's just mist rats guys" he said out loud, his voice filled with confidence and relief, "doesn't mean it's better, mist rats move in a terrifying amount, and we are in a narrow tunnel, which might also be their home!!!" I yelled at kaldareth from behind the formation, my voice filled with irritation and anger at his sudden confidence and relief.
Seconds later, the ground began rumbling from their sheer amount, "we should run" I said silently trembling,"No scholar, we've handled mist rats before" kaldareth replied with great valour, I facepalmed my head, "you want to fight rats the size of beavers, in this narrow tunnel!!!, broooo you couldn't be more dumb" I thought to myself as multiple rats launched at him from the mist.
He cuts them in half with his dual sword, but more came, he killed, and another came, he took down, and the action went on and on.
Shadeva occasionally killed any that slipped passed kaldareth, kaldareth's front was filled with rat corpses,"they didn't turn to dust?" I questioned myself in thought as I replied myself almost immediately,"abominations don't fade away".
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Kaldareth looked tired, after all he has been fighting for hours now, the rats still came but slower now. Obsidra took over seeing how tired kaldareth was, now standing in front, she took of her boots and was now standing barefooted, she stood valiantly as she dropped her katana and made two fists, joined them together and waited a few seconds and suddenly opened them widely, the earth shook a bit as dark crystal spikes protruded from the ground, killing multiple rats at once.
Suddenly a loud noise came from the mist, something was killing the rats, something big enough to shake the tunnel, Obsidra took the initiative immediately and made a crystal wall blocking the rats path.
We stood there silently, hearing crys of agony from the other side of the wall, as suddenly it all went silent, no noise, except for our loud beating hearts.
As suddenly, something crashed against the crystal wall and made a crack, everyone slowly retreated as suddenly the crystal wall began melting, slowly displaying the horror on the other side.
"IT'S A FUCKING SPITTING HYDRA!!!!!!!" I yelled in total bewilderment, the hydra filled the exit tunnel without a single gap and was staring down at us like peasants obstructing it's path, thankfully it was missing two head.
We wasted no time in fleeing, everyone ran like their life depended on it, which it did. The hydra chased us furiously, shooting acid at us, "ohhh shit, we might actually be fucked!!!" I yelled running my best.
"Aaaaaaggghhhhh!!!!!!!!" I screamed in extreme agony as a patch of acid landed on my left lag