After a reasonable amount resting time from the exams and settling with other problems I finally finished the third chapter (wooohooo). Anyway as usual if you have suggestions, complains or comments make a review. I hope you will like the direction everything is going so far.


So the journey for the assassins began. The Darkwood forests were always a very dangerous place for foreigners or inexperienced fighters. The forest posed many dangerous flowers and exotic animals. They were beautiful yet killers who used beauty as a simple distraction. Darkwood also had tribes of mad trolls who were produced in an unsuccessful relocation of a tribe from the farmlands. The trolls were relocated but received a skin change and received chaotic magic that killed even the best mages in the clans. The forest was dark with the enormous trees covering the suns bright rays. The forests were especially dangerous during the warm spring during life was most dynamic. The mating season made the animals more aggressive and far less passive than their regular states. And by coincidence the two assassins ventured into the forests during the middle of the breeding season.

The forests were as lively as ever. Everything was booming with life. Animals sprang everywhere and it's generally a beautiful and amazing scene. Lanaya had never seen the unique and interesting species before so she took a small book and enchanted a stick on the ground so it could leave gray marks. After sketching the newly discovered life forms she moved on. She knew it was dangerous at this time of the year so she readied her impenetrable shield. The shield was so strong it could consume the strongest spell but had its limits like everything else. Soon she heard a faint sound of a stream. She steadied her pace and soon encountered a small stream of water. The area was even more threatening because the local tribes would assemble villages near rivers for farming and developing basic life stock. Hunting was still the primary source of food and provision in the region as well as the tribes killing foreigners as trophies. That thought had forced a small shiver to down Lanaya's spine. She ignored the thought and moved on. Still nothing happened and that made her feel safer but the assassin was still on guard.

The day was nearing to an end and she has become exhausted of the long road. She decided to find a place safe for to sleep at night. She had hunted down a small rabbit earlier for herself.

"The fire will draw too much attention especially in the night when it's so dark. I should definitely find a small cave to ensure full safety."

With that in mind she slowly and quietly walked in the night. After long years of training and knowledge gain from the slain opponents Lanaya was able to see in the dark. Her eyesight could be compared to her daytime vision. After a while she had finally found a small cave that suited her needs as shelter. She set a trap near the entrance to the cave and created an illusionary wall for extra elusiveness. She created a weak campfire but about right to fry the meat. The rabbit was enough and after turning the fire down she decided to rest and regain strength for the upcoming adventure. She fell asleep pretty quickly and rested. She had dreams of her getting closer to the mystery. She had seen strange and unexplainable things in her dream. A strange creature had kept calling her name and leading her closer and closer to the answer. When she was to discover the truth she woke up. It was still late in the night but the suns rays were barely touching the higher mountains in the distance. She noticed the trap had been set off and a creature as large as her or even bigger stood in front. The trap did its job and had confused the foe and it was time for a fight. She instantly sprang up and readied her shield. Her psi blades were up as well and she was ready to fight off the foe. Lanaya finally got fine vision of him. He was a cursed troll whose skin had changed after the relocation. He could posses quite a threat if he had chaotic magic in him. She ran up to him minimizing the distance in seconds and hit him hard in the heart. She troll smirked at her and pushed her away. The wave of fire pushed her hard but did no harm but pushed her deeper into the cave. She got up.

"He was supposed to die after the first strike I have made. He may have been encased in a strong defensive spell that supports him against magic. In that case I will have to create a weapon of my own and deal physical damage to him."

Through the years of training she had learned basic alchemy. With the most basic material she could create almost anything. Her hand came in contact with the wall. Small sparks came from it and slowly she had created a light blade made of rock. The sword was sharp and light. The troll froze in place. He surely didn't expect something like that to happen but was ready to continue the fight in any case. Once again she had minimalized the distance between them and had severed the trolls neck. Blood had sprayed all over the shield that was now visible for everyone. The troll collapsed on the ground and lay at peace. Lanaya thought she was right about her previous thoughts on troll villages. One was close to her hideout and to avoid another encounter she decided to change her hideout. She was still really tired especially after defending herself with such a strong spell and creating a weapon out of nothing. She packed whatever she had leftover and moved out into the dark forest.