Bounty

"It's not that bad, you should see the other guy! hah!" Maxie cried, Rubbing his arm against the bleeding stump, Aye the poor bastard lost his right leg and it wasn't a clean cut either, whatever they used on him, it crushed and splintered the bones to pieces, was it a giant mace? or a massive block? I don't know..... I kept asking him what did this but all he said were "I don't know, I couldn't see the weapon so I couldn't tell you!" An invisible weapon? Had humans created such things since we last faced them centuries prior?

"You know you can cry if you want to son.... there's no shame in it, I'd be weeping like a baby if I were in your situation," Ryker said, he was our head doctor and healer, Maxie frowned at this, "Bah! it's not painful at all, a mere scratch!" Maxie protested, that got everyone laughing, we were worried before but if he had enough energy to protest, I believe he would be fine, Still.....

"Run it back by me, what happened during your chase?" I asked.

"...If my Chief Karl commands, who am I to keep him guessing? Hah!" he hollered, I rolled my eyes at him and sigh.

"...Hmmmm, where will I start? Huh? At the beginning with the chase? Perhaps when I battled the unlucky guards in the royal family crypts! or-"

"Just start already!" Everyone shouted in unison!

".....Bah! you're all no fun! no fun at all- ugh! Be careful with that Ryker! it might not hurt but it's still irritating!" Maxie protested.

"Then stop wasting everyone's time and speak!" Ryker snapped.

".....Very well" Maxie said, clearing his throat, "Once I left you Barker, I tracked the young lord and his guards to a secret passage in their family library, the passage closed as soon as I got there..... so Naturally I smashed my way through it, hah!" he bellowed, I observed his purple knuckles, that must be how he got those.

"The passage way was dark, even with my night vision guiding my way through was a chore, but lucky for me their scent was strong and sweet! Finding the sniveling cowards became child's play after that!"

"I found them in ghastly room full of wretched statues, A crypt I assumed thanks to the strong smell of decay in the air.... the sheepies were backed to a corner, they were shaking so much I thought they'd fall and crumble before I got the first swing! hah!"

"I got on all fours..... ready to pounce! when....." He went all quiet, it seems he was deep in thought, replaying the events in his head.

"What? what happened next?" I demanded.

"Hmmmm? Ah yes, two more humans emerged from the crypts, I was surprised that I did not sense them, they wore hooded cloaks of red fur and light black leathery Armour.... they had masks on them, masks of wolf faces! I was entranced by them.... nearly forgot my prey was within my reach! hah!"

"The newcomers.... I didn't understand the tongue they spoke, it sounded hot and spicy! Lots of passion to it! it didn't seem like the young lord understood them either.... but he understood their gestures and intentions.... he raced over to their side! I lunged after him! his guards tried to block my path but..... well I cut through like piss through paper!"

"After the minor annoyance, I focused back to my prey, one of the newcomers stood in my path now, the other was fleeing with the young lord, I decided to focus on the one in front of me.... he seemed nervous but he stood his ground and took up a fighting stance!"

"I lunged at him! baring my fangs, I went straight for the neck! but before I could sink my teeth in, I was shot back by an invisible force, it slammed right into the wall nearby, I was startled at first.... whatever that thing was.... I knew it came from the newcomer but... it didn't matter one bit! I lunged at him again, this time going low, again it hit me, but this time I could tell it was a physical object instead of a PUSH! I also noticed his stance had changed! he moved slightly but... that was all!"

"He seemed to be a bit confident now, and charged at me instead, he shifted his hands back in a swinging position! he was holding something but I couldn't tell, I decided to keep some distance.... just to be safe, the ground I was standing on shattered to a thousand pieces and all that was left of it was a huge gapping hole!"

"He lunged at me again! I dodged again! we went back and forth, dancing around until he got me right in the leg! Hah!"

"I crumbled to the floor, holding unto the stump where my leg used to be..... he towered over me, glaring... ready to finish me off.... I rose from floor and bit into his skull! I swung his bloody body around until his head separated from it! After that I collapsed to the ground and passed out.... before that though.... I remember him saying something.... even with the severed head!"

"What did he say?" Amari asked.

"He said.... 'Llega el aullido final del lobo' whatever the hell that means...."

"Will he be able to fight again?" I asked Ryker.

".....I'll be able to heal him.... as for fighting best you ask the magicians for that, perhaps they'd conjure up a replacement for his leg," Ryker said.

"Alpha.... what would your wisdom be on the matter?" Elder Michala asked.

"....To much time has passed since their escape.... but we should be able to track them with a Sol chaser, Dorian have the shadow stalkers conjure one for you! Take 3 of your best men and bring those two to me.... alive! I wish to question them!" Amari commanded.

"As you wish my Alpha!" Dorian cried before dissapearing into the crowd.

The rest of the evening went on uneventful, by sunrise we had decided to have our mages make golems of mud and stone for the city, with the sol energy we recovered from the Eye of Mani, it was enough to make hundred of them and leave us with lots to spare..... we decided to move some of our people to the city and officially make it our first outpost!