Chapter 8: Ch. 8 – Attack on Vilkskar (3)

Darkness was already taking over the sky above, and Huel left the store straight to the smithy, when he entered, the man from before was working, along with the assistant in a forge. It was very hot inside the building.

"Hello!" Jori said so as he entered. And his helper also said "welcome"

"This is Pirath, the one I told you about earlier."

"Hello" Huel said, the two dwarves were talking to him but still completely focused on their work.

"I'll end up finishing faster than expected"

"When?"

"Still tonight, but I'm going to assume that you go to rest now and don't come back until tomorrow, right?"

"No, can you get it ready in 15 minutes?"

'13 and a half minutes now' Huel remembered.

Jori didn't quite understand why, but replied: "Well, if I hurry I can do it, there will be something missing here or there, but it's possible"

"Thank you, if you can do that, I will be very grateful sir"

Huel sat on a stool and watched them work, the pace increased, and the clatter of hammers was somehow soothing.

Some time had passed, but he didn't want to look at the timer that the event had shown, when he thought about doing that, Jori called out to him:

"Here, friend, it's ready, in normal situations I would wait a little longer, but I see you're in a hurry."

"Thanks! I'm a little busy so I have to go, thanks for your work sir"

"Good afternoon Boy!"

And when Huel walked out the door, the following notice appeared:

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[The event will start in 2 minutes.]

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The gate opened, and the sound of horses could be heard, Vahad returned on his gray horse, along with the knights from before.

'He returned? Why?'

Before he could think, Vahad yelled, "Chief of guard, prepare all your defenses." The bald man from before left the barracks without understanding very well, but followed the order and called all the knights who were there.

"You need to prepare for battle"

"What's up?"

"No time to explain, you'll see for yourself."

'He knows about the event?" Huel remembered what the lady told him about the privileges of the system.

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[The event will start in 1 minute]

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The guards took their swords and made a line of defense in front of the gate, while Huel saw the inventory and the new item.

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[Hathar Steel Scythe]

A scythe created by the method of the dwarves of the lands of Men to be used in battle. It features impeccable quality and is the sharpest a blade could be. Some details were left behind by the rush of the finish but it didn't affect the weapon. The material used, Hathar steel, adds a slight slowing effect to those hit.

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The scythe pleased him, it seemed easy to handle, and that effect was interesting. The blade had small blue stones in it, which gleamed like the iron he had seen in the cave before.

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[The event will start]

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The notification hit him by surprise.

Vahad soon said "Get ready to fight, it's about to begin" looked forward and said "Open the gate" two guards opened as told and both he and his knights and the city guard came out.

About 30 seconds passed, with nothing happening, when suddenly small flames appeared from outside the forest. Hundreds of them glowed against the darkness of the night.

Huel went out the gate trying not to be seen. A loud voice spoke, it was Vahad:

"Come on, men! Protect the place against the monsters that disturb your peace" As he raised his sword forward, a glint could be seen from a large red jewel on the hilt. The men behind him did the same with their weapons and broke through the goblin army.

The sound of swords and screams was the only thing that could be heard in the middle of that dark night, some goblins used small daggers, and others shot with bows from afar, almost at the entrance of the forest. Those who used the daggers didn't stand a chance against the cavalry and the men who fought using shields, swords and spears.

Vahad led forward, his sword scorching the monsters' skin as he cut them, and so a great whirlwind of fire and ash was building. In the background, a voice could be heard, speaking phrases that could be understood, unlike the rambling words the other goblins were saying:

"Come on friends, protect the forest from those who threaten it, thieves of our lands"

The great staff that Huel had seen earlier had been raised amidst the creatures, and a light appeared over the goblins, healing their wounds and regaining their strength.

"I, the great shaman of the Forest Goblins, will guide you in the name of the Goblin-Master"

The two giant goblins with their equally giant weapons arrived and engaged in battle, the great axe hit three of the knights at once, sending them flying, and the sword did the same a while later.

Vahad looked at it seeing that it wouldn't be as easy as he'd hoped.

"Men, take this battle with heart and soul!"

He got up from his horse and the knights who served him joined him, the great ax came towards him, but this time his sword stopped him in the middle of the way. The knights started to attack the monster's legs, when the other giant came with his sword towards them, running clumsily, several arrows fell on the giant green being and he stopped for a few seconds.

The shaman was behind all his troops, he was silent and completely still. A shadow crept slowly across the battlefield, walking through the darkness, it was Huel. He was now inside the forest, and it was possible to see the goblin holding the staff from there, surrounded by a few guards. Behind a tree, the scythe cut the neck of one of the beings as if it were paper. Then another, and another.

"Invader!"

"Kill"

"Search"

And as many other nonsense words were spoken, the shaman continued in silence, lightly tapping his staff on the ground several times. When she thought of attacking him, words came out of her mouth:

"Titanic Rain"

Dozens of rocky stones with fire around them rose to the skies, and began to fall one by one, without distinguishing friend or foe. As the scythe approached the mage's neck, a totem appeared, protecting him.

The battlefield erupted into a great gale of flame as all the rocks hit the ground, creating several craters.

"How dare you, filthy human! Attacking the great shaman!"

The goblins gathered around him and joined to attack with their daggers, they were slow and small, his scythe attacked them from afar and he managed to get rid of some easily. But the amount beat him, he took scratches from attacks he couldn't dodge, suddenly the staff showed a flaming sphere that suddenly headed towards him.

His immediate reaction was to defend himself with the scythe, with it in front of him, the fireball hitted, but to his own surprise, Huel was not as badly burned as he had imagined.

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[Part of the damage taken was defended by the veil of souls. Eight souls were used.]

[The Veil of Souls skill has been unlocked]

[Veil of Souls]

[Defends part of the damage taken according to the quantity and quality of souls used.]

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He could feel his skin a little burnt, but he didn't let that get in the way of the chance he'd gotten. The scythe once again approached the enemy's neck, his mouth opened, but this time he just said "Damn human!"

The black aura coming out of the scythe completely covered the shaman's face.

[Soul Reave: Two souls were used.]

The enemy's head fell to the ground, and then the body too.

 

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