Chapter 7
Day 18
It had taken some time for the others to prepare. They had packed large bags with supplies that would last at least two days between the four of them. I felt a little out of place with just my satchel and dagger when I stood next to the four heavily packed and armed men. Maybe it was because Yval knew me a little better than the soldiers in his group but I couldn't quiet place why he would want me to go with them. Or how he was able to get permission for me to go as I now was supposed to report to the doctor in the camp.
It had been only a few hours of walking when we realized that something was wrong. There where no animals, no sounds coming from around us. We could still make out the tower in the distance. Did something happen to the commander this close to the construction site? The others drew their swords as we walked, making the already tense air even more so.
It was strange, like they had always been there but we where unable to see them. Seven people, clad in all black robes appeared out of thin air around the road. Their hands began to glow different colors as they whispered words of power to ready spells. Fear gripped at my heart as my body refused to move. Yval and the others moved more quickly than I would have thought they could, their blades meeting the bodies of the cloaked mages. Each one had caught their attackers off guard and killed them, their blades where colored red when the light shone upon them. The mages had been shocked to have their trapped turn on them but they tried to retaliate. Spells flew around us, the mages' aim being affected by their panic. Yval and the others dodged spells as they could and sunk their blades into the remaining spellcasters. How they had been able to do this and remain calm was beyond me. Maybe it was adrenaline? The possibility of death drove them to try and fight back? Maybe they had trained to fight mages and many other foes when they joined the legion? Many questions racked my mind as I stared at the men in disbelief.
"Darius? Darius!" Yval dropped to his knees and placed a hand on my shoulder. I hadn't even realized that I had dropped to my knees. Had it been out of fear? Dodging magic? I wouldn't know.
"I-I'm alright." I stuttered as I took the hand he offered and brought myself back to my feet. The other three checked the mages' bodies and pulled out a piece of paper from one.
"Yval, we need to head back." Yval just nodded to the man, neither one even reading the paper.
"What's going on?" I asked, very confused. Something wasn't right. How had they reacted so quickly? Had they been expecting the attack? If so then how did they know? So many questions and no answers could be offered.
"Darius. I'll need you to try and forget what you just saw." Yval said rather calmly. He didn't seem like the young soldier that I had been seeing him to be. Rather he looked very stern and his posture was confident. Was this really the same person who had asked me to come here?
"A-alright." I nodded my head and followed slowly as they turned back towards the construction site. What was going on? I tried to remember in the game what something like this might be. The only thing that I could think of was that maybe the Thalmor had something to do with this? Maybe there was more going on than just the commander going missing?
We made it back to the camp by nightfall, I reported to the doctor only to find that there had been no change in the injured. No one had died from their injuries since yesterday and the others seemed to be doing well. I noticed Yval and the other three walk into a large tent on the opposite end of camp, there where two guards clad in what looked to be elven armor from the game. So the Thalmor where involved in all this. Everything happened so fast that day, I couldn't really make sense of it all. How had they reacted so fast? It all seemed so unreal. I came to terms with waking up here but this? I couldn't understand it at all. All I could do was head back to my tent and write about the events that transpired. I might need to reflect back on them. I had originally thought that maybe I could be safe around a group of legion soldiers, but it seems that I may have put myself in even more danger than if I had traveled the roads.
