章 42: Wayward Assult

Chapter 42.

01. Reskeme quickly scrambled on his hands and knees towards cover. He lept behind a trunk of a tree and heard a thunk as something sticking into the other side. Reskeme wasn't confident in being able to make it the extra 100 steps to the wall. He checked his weapon case and was relieved he still had his two javelins, it was a shame he had thrown away his naginata. Reskeme peaked from the left side of his hiding spot and was almost impaled by a spear as it struck the ground in front of his face. Reskemes heart was racing, he noticed A shadow that was hiding behind its own stump about 30steps away.

02. Reskeme hid for a moment, he pulled out his longer javelin with the rune and channelled enough mana to make it start glowing. A guard on the wall yelled," Run to the gate we will distract them!" Reskeme didn't move, he had no faith that the guards would be able to kill the scout, had managed to sneak this close and surely would be able to throw more spears. Reskeme had an idea, He pulled off his coat awkwardly, He made sure to not put any of his body above the stump. He pulled out his second javelin and put his coat on the end. Reskeme took in a deep breath, he crouched and began hyping himself up.

03. Reskeme gripped his Rune-covered javelin with his right hand and his coat spear with his left. Reskeme poked his coat out from behind the stump and hoped the Darva couldn't tell the difference with hardly any light. Reskeme heard the loud ripping as a spear passed through his coat, he quickly dropped his coat spear while standing and aimed at the stump where the Darva was standing. He threw his spear the 30 steps and stuck his spear into the stump. Reskeme hid and yelled to the guard" Get ready my magic is going to burn the stump, shoot the damned Darva."

04. He could see his squad and a group of over twenty other archers on the walls from his hiding spot all with bows aiming at the burning stump. Reskeme smiled, He could see the light coming from his fire dancing off the walls. After 5 seconds all 23 archers drew back their bows and with an audible twang, all the archers fired at the same time. The archers didn't wait to see what their arrows hit they all drew another and fired again, each archer fired three times before they stopped shooting. Carley yelled down, "I think it's dead, we hit it a couple of times."

05. Reskeme peaked over his stump, he could see the Darva and green fire consuming a stump, Apparently, it had started running at his hiding spot and was killed only 15 steps away. The monster looked like a porcupine, the thing had arrows through every part of its body. Reskeme pulled the spear from the dirt that had almost impaled him, it would be a good replacement. Reskeme quickly turned and walked over to the path searching for his naginata. Carley yelled at him a few times, but he refused to leave his weapon outside for just anyone to take. Reskeme didn't search long before he found his naginata, the weapon was difficult to find while trying to remain low. He was lucky he could see well in the dark or he might have never found the weapon.

06. Reskeme finally entered the gate to the relief of everyone, Carley walked over angrily and whacked him upside the head. She yelled in his face, "YOU IDIOT!, you could have gotten yourself killed for a damned weapon." Reskeme held his ringing head and sheepishly said," I can't afford another one." Reskeme was confused when the fluffy dog walked over and gave him a painful nip on his hand, as though chastising him as well. Reskeme grumbled to himself, He changed the topic," Well I need to go, I have a letter to deliver to the commander." Reskeme hurriedly walked away from his guards not seeming to notice that he had forgotten his coat outside.

07. The commander was outside and trying to assess what was going on, Reskeme approached him. The commander snapped, "what do you want?" Reskeme offered him a sealed letter and said, "I'm here to deliver a message" The commander looked him up and down, before taking the letter. Reskeme notice the look and glanced down, He cursed himself, in all the excitement he forgot his coat and now looked half-dressed., The commander waved him away and said," come back tomorrow I will have something for you to deliver." Reskeme wasn't looking forward to leaving the fort to get his coat. He decided to wait until morning, his head couldn't handle getting hit anymore after the last one.

08. Reskeme was leaving the commander when he was passed by a soldier that was hurriedly walking towards the commander. He decided it wasn't his problem and quickly left. Reskeme found his horse that was now standing against the far wall looking miserable. Horses were worth their weight in gold, and if this one could be saved the army wouldn't needlessly kill it. Reskeme tried to pull out the spear that was firmly lodged into the rear end of the horse. He was excited he would now have three javelins, and this was another good one. The horse huffed at him and leaned over to take a bite at him.

09. A man in a healers robe approached, He clicked his tongue, And said," don't do that boy the poor horse is already in enough pain." Reskeme sheepish stepped back from the agitated horse. The man was carrying a bucket that had something in it. He walked over to the horse and let the horse drink from the bucket, The horse happily downed the sweet drink. The healer patiently waited a good distance away until the horse slowly began to stumble and sway before falling onto its side. When the horse finally stopped moving the healer walked over and tugged out the spear with a quick motion.

10. Reskeme was expecting the horse to bleed to death, He was surprised when the mage dropped the weapon and touched the horse's wound. A green glow surrounded the wound, Reskeme moved closed and watched the wound through the swirling green mana. He asked," why don't you close the wound?" The healer mage replied," I need to heal inside before the outside, If I heal the outside first there will be dead flesh stuck inside that can cause problems later." Reskeme watched the wound ooze something dark and foul looking for a few seconds before the wound slowly nit itself together.

11. The healer stood and looked only slightly fazed from healing the wound, Reskeme slyly snuck in and took the spear before casually putting it in his case on his back. The mage eyed him for a moment, He turned and left Reskeme standing over his unconscious horse in silence. Reskeme had no idea what to do next, He decided to just let the horse sleep. He pulled his sleeping blanket from his saddle, His tent was stuck under the side of the animal but it wasn't like he could set it up anyways. Reskeme walked around the fortress until he found the camping spot of his guards, Reskeme lay down next to his guards and went to sleep finally able to relax.

12.Reskeme woke up and almost screamed when his familiar face stood only a foot away. The damned thing hissed with laughter and walked casually over before laying casually on the floor. Reskeme was exhausted, he decided to just go back to sleep his demon would do what it wanted to, He blearily drifted off to a fitful sleep. Reskeme finally woke refreshed and ready for the next day, He had a weird dream that he had woken up from. He frantically looked over to where his familiar had been, only to notice the fluffy puppy who was happily looking at him.

13. Reskeme realized he must have just had a bad dream, His familiar was back in Drent after all. He cast his illusions while casually checking his mana gauge, his mana was full which was comforting. He knew his mana would be full, it wasn't the same as seeing it for himself. He waited for his squad to wake up, soo they could all go to the commander at the same time.

14. Reskeme and his guards met in front of the commander's building and knocked on the door. The commander immediately opened the door, It appeared the man was an early riser and therefore wouldn't get annoyed by an impatient Reskeme. Reskeme felt a little cheated, the last time someone hadn't woken up had been a lot of fun. The commander gave Reskeme a grave expression, The commander said," how much can you change your appearance?." Reskeme was taken off guard, he replied," Well I can cast two layers." The commander smiled He said," That means you can change your clothes and the clothes of people with you as well.?" Reskeme hesitated and nodded his head.

15. Carley cut in, "Where are you going with this commander?" The commander sighed, He said, "I got a dire message, our scouts were killed again and we have no one capable of filling the job role besides your squad in the fortress." Carley took a look around at the bustling fortress packed with soldiers, The commander caught her look. The commander gestured to all of the soldiers in the fort He spoke in a condescending tone"These are mostly new recruits, and can't go to the privy without assistance." Carley clearly agreed with the commander's assessment. The Commander said, " you three are going to be our scouts for the up and coming raid on the enemy camp."

16. Carley opened her mouth and angrily said, "But Reskemes a green recruit!" to try and sway the commander, He got in Carley's face and sternly said," that is an order Sergent!, you will continue your duties to protect the young illusionist on the scouting mission." Carley receiving an order angrily saluted. Reskeme was just as unhappy as all the rest of the squad, But soldiers were soldiers and refusing orders was not tolerated. She said," Commander we all need gear suited for scouting, Horses aren't exactly stealthy." She gestured at Reskeme, "He at least needs some armour and a cloak." The commander said," I guessed you would say that, visit the armoury, here is a letter allowing you to get what you need."