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It swipes at me, and I duck, swinging my sword to strike one of its legs. And it roars coming at me angrier, and I barely make it out of its reach. I duck and dive, taking it apart slowly, leg by leg, making sure stay out of its acid.
I finally get a good angle when I am atop a small rock, and it is still trying to recover from losing the function of its limbs when I jump and pierce my sword through an eye, and it comes out on the other side. Its yellow acid forms in its mouth and all its limbs fail. I pull my sword and make sure to separate its head from its body. You can never be too careful with these creatures.
I go help the others and we have them all down in no time.
“Where is the young orc?” I ask as we all collect ourselves.
“He secured the karajis,” Faz says.
“Good.”
With the caves found, we bring the karajis, who very gladly eat the borojas.
At dawn, we resume our journey again. A few days later, the mysterious snowy mountains of Soha make themselves known.
it's never been explored much; it is one of the most dangerous places in this realm. Borojas, jubas and the terrifying serpents that dwell in our rivers are nothing compared to the snow beasts.
Before the last migration, when we moved to the mountain, we had lived three days from the mountains, and it was a hostile existence. Too many predators. And we were all fighting for the same food sources.
We were neighbors with the Bono then, only separated by a few mountains and with our wars in between everything, our people decided to find another place. We kept moving South until we found the mountain. It had a few inhabitants and we drove all of them out to make it our home.
We rest again and in three days, we are finally at the border of Ragu. We leave our karajis with enough food to last them two weeks. Hoping it will be enough.
But none of us know how long we will be here.
It is a thick forest and we started making our way. Slow, trying to keep as close to the river as possible.
The slope goes down a little on this side and we can hear the water rushing by. We travel a full day before we see the shallowest part where we can cross to the Jaji forest. The view is magnificent from here.
We stand at the edge of the forest, looking at the open field we must cross to get to the river. That is where the danger is.
We are officially in the dragon’s territory.
“I guess we should take it as a good sign that we haven’t been found so far,” Faz says.
“Maybe they moved deeper to the west. It looks almost barren.” Kaja observes.
But I thought it was too quiet. My heart hadn’t slowed since we crossed, and I doubt it would until I was back home to my family. This was dangerous. Reckless. If one or all of us die here, then I would not only have failed my family, but my soldiers, and all my people too.
“We need to be careful. Let me go first and let’s see if its barren or if we are being herded.” I say.
“We could just all run fast and cross the river,” Kaja suggests.
We all turn to him with glares, and he grins.
“Alright. I will signal when I am at the bank.” I say.
The high hills and steep tops of the land made it evident that this was the land of flying creatures.
“If I get ambushed, run.” I tell them.
None of them answer and I know they won’t do it. With one last prayer offered to the Gods and clutching my sword tighter in my grip, I start the descent.
The rocks crunch beneath my boots and I try to make as little noise as possible. When I make it on flat ground, I hide behind a rock as I prepare to walk to the river. The open field is huge, and it would be easy to see any dragon or wyren if one approaches.
With those last thoughts, I start walking. My heart hammers even harder, the sun beating down hard on me under this armor. My ear ticks when I hear movement. When I turn, a surge of anger comes to me when I see my team reaching the landing.
I want to shout but all I can do is glare. They walk carefully, and just as I turn to make the bank, a shadow passes above me with a large whooshing sound.
