Trail

"What!?" I exclaimed, that's impossible, I've definitely seen humans use magic, that Jester woman from the outpost definitely used magic, I'm sure of it! "Seriously, how do you not know this? were you living in a ca- don't look at me like that Vince! You know what I mean" Arthur snarled. "The boy is sheltered, he probably doesn't know much about the outside world" Bradley voiced, the others looked up and down, and nodded I agreement. How rude! I'd give them a piece of my mind if I wasn't so curious.

"Look kid, magic or miracles isn't as simple as you think" Arthur said, "In order to use it, most creatures need to speak the ancient tongue of their progenitors, borrowing their power momentarily, it's up to your progenitor if they feel like giving you access to it!" he continued. Words are power huh, So it's like that light novel I once read, what was the name again? I can't remember! "The Giants have World Breaker, the Reptilians have the sly serpent, the demi humans have the keeper-" "what do humans have?" "no one knows!"

"Humans, as far as anyone can remember don't have one at least don't remember, without one they can't use miracles, and no one has claimed them either!" Sir George spoke, with a saddened look on his face. Humans have to have come from somewhere on this world, "But I've seen humans use magic before! There's definitely a way" "Aye, there is one known way" Bradley said. "A willow!" they all said in unison. "What's that?" I asked.

"They're wondering faes, some even say they're new gods given conscience!" Arthur said, "They're difficult to find and even more difficult to swear fealty to, if a human finds one, they can swear allegiance to it in exchange for power!" he finished. "What do they want in return?" I asked, "no one is sure, each one is different, each one has different requests, but you don't need to worry about that, chances of you finding one is almost zero!" Arthur answered. With that choice out the window I guess I'll focus on improving my ability. I sigh and get ready for dinner.

Barnabas and Pedro finished preparing the meal and we shared tales while we ate. During our supper, I learnt more about their power and how they met, Barnabas and Pedro were sent here for scamming an aristocrat on weapons deal for millions of Dashie, the Camen alliance currency, they've been here for two years. Bradley was here for killing a rampaging great dragon! the beast was a pet of the local captain in his village, he had 1 year left before he was a freeman. Arthur was here for experimenting on himself with medical supplies from his lordship's own camp. And Sir George....

"I made a mistake.... that's all" he said, I didn't push further, when it's time I'm sure he'll open up a bit more. The broth was delicious and the duck... we'll it was chewy I'll say, but still delicious, with a full belly now, I felt sleepy. "I'll take first watch, you guys go ahead and rest" Vince proposed, we all agreed and went to bed.

The dream was... strange to say the least, I was running after a crimson tailed rabbit, before I could catch a young child snatched it away and run off before I could run after them I was awoken by a huge thud! "What the hell is going on!?" I screamed, I look around and then I see it....

"SQUAWK!" A duck.... no this wasn't a duck, this was too wild looking to be a duck, even the monster ducks still resembled a normal duck if you squint real hard! this thing was.... "SQUAWK!" it swung talons at Vince! "Eweahh!?" he screamed in agony, a greenish puss started growing from the wound on his chest, what was that thing? the creatures no.... creature, it was just one thing after all just one thing! I know that but the anatomy keeps messing with my head!

Firstly it was shaped like an egg, a 16m tall egg! it had no feathers on its body, instead it's was raw flesh , I'm talking no skin just molten meat! and the meat had several faces of different creatures shaped on its flesh, some of them groaned in pain, I shuddered thinking about if those things were once separate lifeforms from the monstrous bird or if it was some sort of super mutant, both were equally terrifying!

"Stand behind me!" Sir George ordered me, "Focus on defending yourself and don't allow it touch you! under no circumstances! Do you understand!?" "YES SIR!" Even if he didn't tell me, no way I'm allowing that monstrosity touch me! The creature lunged at us, it tried smooshing us with it's enormous body, we all ducked..... yes, yes, bad pun, but so what! I can't think straight now! I reach for my M-16 but Sir George stopped me "A wasted effort, it aborbs bullets like sponge does to water" He said, Great! Awesome! with no way of fighting it, we all run in different directions, the creature comes after me! "Shit!" I yelled.

I head towards a ruined hall, hopefully it would be to tight for the creature, it seems my guess was- I'm sorry, I was wrong, a small piece of flesh separates from it's body and heads straight for me! I look around and find an door, it says Armoury, hopefully I'll find something good there to protect myself! I head towards the door, "Thank goodness!" it was opened, I enter inside and slam the door behind me! it goes shut with a Click! the creature can't seem to get in.

I sigh a relief, and move forward, it's pitch black and stinks but far better than out there, I try to find a light source when I hear something, "He-" It sounded like a voice, my instincts tell me to avoid the sound but my curiosity gets the better of me, I move towards the sound, I accidentally kick something, it rolls for a moment then stops at a wall, I head towards it and pick up the object, it's a torchlight! I put it on and look around, I wish I hadn't, it's a filth! there's animal bones and entrails everywhere! I look around some more and I see the source of the sound earlier, "Help me" a man moaned, he was half eaten from his left side and 'parts' were hanging everywhere as he stumbled towards me.