As Tarrga awoke Arlyana was still with him, actually, she had her arm wrapped around his large body, he looked at her and she stood up, as did he.
" we msut press on, whoever sent these damned hounds is going to wonder where his pets are, lets move towards the river, we'll have to cross it anyway. objections?" asked Tarrga, knowing that Arlyana was much more familliar with the forest than he was.
" id say that we should take to the treetops, but im not sure if your up for that, you dont look like one that would be easily supported by the branches, we must stay on the ground.... and beware for the evil of this place...." was her reply.
and so Tarrga gathered his sleeping stuffs and began the trek towards the stream... there was some considerable distance still, as the river was about halfway through the forest. As they proceeded Tarrga began to feel uneasy, but said nothing to his new compaion, little did he know that she felt it too. As the pair continued they walked past an old, crumbling abandon temple, the doors were nonexistant and the walls were made of old stone, now rotting to dust, the roof had caved in hundreds of years ago and there was a large hole in the floor visible from where they were, maybe 10 feet from the entrance. Tarrga thought he saw some creature move inside the building but dismissed it. as they walked past the building Tarrga thought he felt something following them. but every time he turned around there was nothing there.
"something is following us Arlyana, and its not good..." Tarrga whispered quietly.
"i know, i can feel it too, its a Dread Wraith, its was in that temple well before i got here... its possibly the spirit of the Priest that died when the roof came down.... i dont know, but we must get far from the temple, it wont go very far from it..." was her reply, and as they reply was made the Dread Wraith came for them... it targeted Tarrga as the most valuable soul, and attempted to use its vile touch attack, Tarrga slammed his sword through the creatures Incorporeal body, causing some damage, as Tarrga spun to make another attack his sword slashed through the Incorpreal body again. the creature fled from Tarrga and sprung at Arlyana, his viscious touch attack striking, Tarrga brought his sword down onto the creatures Incorpreal skull with critical force sending the tormented soul back where it was supposed to be.
"well ,that was surprisingly easy... are you okay? hey... Arlyana??"
the beasts touch had hit her constitution heavily, and Tarrga would have to carry her for a little bit... he leaned her agaisnt an tree and splashed some water from his waterskin... she awoke. " you alrgiht the Dread Wraith hit you..."
" yes, fool im alright now, good thing it didnt get you.... we must press on."
with that they continued... and Tarrga found out why they needed to press on, not 10 minutes after theyre encounter with the Wraith did 3 Myrmarch Formians surround them... " this was why we needed to hurry?"
"yes, hurry, you msut fight them while i manuver to get a better spot to shoot, they will ignore me.... your chaotic alignment will draw them to you...."
" then lets go " with that Tarrga erupted into a viscious rage, and his sword slashed into formian bodies, the formians struck him only once each with their stingers... then Tarrga slashed them off... as Tarrga was working the formians with violent power, Arlyana was watching from the treetops for any other formians rushing to the aid of the Myrmarchs... a few warriors presented themselves and recieved arrows in their eyes for the efforts... as one myrmarch fell dead, the aid stopped, the queen decided the myrmarchs were lsot causes... and they knew this, they fought with all new vigor, but Tarrgas relentless slashing did not stop until he was covered in formian guts, and the myrmarchs lay in pieces around him, as Tarrga came out of his rage he felt the ground shaking as a gargantuan creature errupoted from the earth beneath him, as Tarrga flew into the trees he flew into another rage, landing on the nightcrawlers back, and he slammed his sword again and again into the beast... Arlyana shot arrows into the beasts maw as it twisted and turned trying to snap and whip Tarrga with its tail... Tarrga used his impecable ride skill to stay on the beast while slashing... slash after slash, hit after hit, Tarrgas blade began to sever the beasts head, helped of course by the beasts snapping and squirming, tree were smashed and the canopy broken exposing the beast to the evening sun, as Tarrga hacked at the creature, something errupted in his throat, he stumbed on the creatures back and a line of acid sprewed from his mouth, 60ft down the creatures back causing it to wither and squirm more, and Tarrga was tossed from its back and launched intop a tree, still holding his sword he scrambled onto the tree and followed Arylanas action of firing arrows into the beast... the creature was finally slain as arrows pierced its eye and maw....
" Tarrga, what in the blood hell was that? you spit ACID at the beast... first your hands and teeth, now your breathing acid like a bloody black dragon... Tarrga???"
Tarrga had passed out from exhaustion from continually entering rages.... he was sleeping like a child in the tree branches....
" we msut press on, whoever sent these damned hounds is going to wonder where his pets are, lets move towards the river, we'll have to cross it anyway. objections?" asked Tarrga, knowing that Arlyana was much more familliar with the forest than he was.
" id say that we should take to the treetops, but im not sure if your up for that, you dont look like one that would be easily supported by the branches, we must stay on the ground.... and beware for the evil of this place...." was her reply.
and so Tarrga gathered his sleeping stuffs and began the trek towards the stream... there was some considerable distance still, as the river was about halfway through the forest. As they proceeded Tarrga began to feel uneasy, but said nothing to his new compaion, little did he know that she felt it too. As the pair continued they walked past an old, crumbling abandon temple, the doors were nonexistant and the walls were made of old stone, now rotting to dust, the roof had caved in hundreds of years ago and there was a large hole in the floor visible from where they were, maybe 10 feet from the entrance. Tarrga thought he saw some creature move inside the building but dismissed it. as they walked past the building Tarrga thought he felt something following them. but every time he turned around there was nothing there.
"something is following us Arlyana, and its not good..." Tarrga whispered quietly.
"i know, i can feel it too, its a Dread Wraith, its was in that temple well before i got here... its possibly the spirit of the Priest that died when the roof came down.... i dont know, but we must get far from the temple, it wont go very far from it..." was her reply, and as they reply was made the Dread Wraith came for them... it targeted Tarrga as the most valuable soul, and attempted to use its vile touch attack, Tarrga slammed his sword through the creatures Incorporeal body, causing some damage, as Tarrga spun to make another attack his sword slashed through the Incorpreal body again. the creature fled from Tarrga and sprung at Arlyana, his viscious touch attack striking, Tarrga brought his sword down onto the creatures Incorpreal skull with critical force sending the tormented soul back where it was supposed to be.
"well ,that was surprisingly easy... are you okay? hey... Arlyana??"
the beasts touch had hit her constitution heavily, and Tarrga would have to carry her for a little bit... he leaned her agaisnt an tree and splashed some water from his waterskin... she awoke. " you alrgiht the Dread Wraith hit you..."
" yes, fool im alright now, good thing it didnt get you.... we must press on."
with that they continued... and Tarrga found out why they needed to press on, not 10 minutes after theyre encounter with the Wraith did 3 Myrmarch Formians surround them... " this was why we needed to hurry?"
"yes, hurry, you msut fight them while i manuver to get a better spot to shoot, they will ignore me.... your chaotic alignment will draw them to you...."
" then lets go " with that Tarrga erupted into a viscious rage, and his sword slashed into formian bodies, the formians struck him only once each with their stingers... then Tarrga slashed them off... as Tarrga was working the formians with violent power, Arlyana was watching from the treetops for any other formians rushing to the aid of the Myrmarchs... a few warriors presented themselves and recieved arrows in their eyes for the efforts... as one myrmarch fell dead, the aid stopped, the queen decided the myrmarchs were lsot causes... and they knew this, they fought with all new vigor, but Tarrgas relentless slashing did not stop until he was covered in formian guts, and the myrmarchs lay in pieces around him, as Tarrga came out of his rage he felt the ground shaking as a gargantuan creature errupoted from the earth beneath him, as Tarrga flew into the trees he flew into another rage, landing on the nightcrawlers back, and he slammed his sword again and again into the beast... Arlyana shot arrows into the beasts maw as it twisted and turned trying to snap and whip Tarrga with its tail... Tarrga used his impecable ride skill to stay on the beast while slashing... slash after slash, hit after hit, Tarrgas blade began to sever the beasts head, helped of course by the beasts snapping and squirming, tree were smashed and the canopy broken exposing the beast to the evening sun, as Tarrga hacked at the creature, something errupted in his throat, he stumbed on the creatures back and a line of acid sprewed from his mouth, 60ft down the creatures back causing it to wither and squirm more, and Tarrga was tossed from its back and launched intop a tree, still holding his sword he scrambled onto the tree and followed Arylanas action of firing arrows into the beast... the creature was finally slain as arrows pierced its eye and maw....
" Tarrga, what in the blood hell was that? you spit ACID at the beast... first your hands and teeth, now your breathing acid like a bloody black dragon... Tarrga???"
Tarrga had passed out from exhaustion from continually entering rages.... he was sleeping like a child in the tree branches....
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