This is ridiculous. David thought as the corporal was carrying him over his shoulder like he was a dirty, 75Kg towel as they marched through the forest. Either by gods grace or sheer dumb luck, they had managed to escape from the town without being seen by the creatures. From what he knew of this area, they were most likely planning to cut through the Blind Maiden's pass, a path that was created as a result of a volcanic eruption a few decades ago. This pass is most famous for holding the majority of the iron, copper and sulphur mines in the province. As such, the King had ordered the construction of Fort Azazel just a stone's throw from the aforementioned pass. David was brought out from his thoughts by a series of curses muttered by the corporal after he almost tripped on a root. David snickered a little under the gag even as he flet the corporal look at him with an angry glare.

Before he could say anything however, they heard rustle of leaves. Within a split second, everyone was on full alert. The corporal raised his trench gun while the lieutenant raised her assault rifle. The remaining person raised a weapon David had never seen before. What followed was absolute pindrop silence as the entire forest...