Chapter 8
Harbin's task ch.2
Harbin left early the next morning. He traveled light, carrying but a few changes of clothes, his battle-axe, and some supplies and his trusty buckler. He thought it best to obey the king, "After all," he thought, "the punishment for disobeying the king was torture, and then one year of hard labor in the quarry!" He passed through the city, it was bustling as knights and nobles entered in tourneys and jousts. He traveled some great distance and was deep in thought (which was very unusual for him to even think at all!). he wrestled with himself once again, the greedy side one, as usual. "What if I could make some money on that weird glowing sphere? It seems to be made of some kind of precious stone, perhaps I could sell it at the nearest town and then I could buy myself a castle, and I wouldn't have to listen to that silly king." He decided better of it and sat down to take out his map. "I am rigggghhht. here! I traveled quite a ways! I'm almost to the front lines! I'm only 10 miles away. Hmmm. the nearest town is Wind Hoak, it'll have to do." So he folded up his map (after folding it wrong numeral times) and headed north. At some point he became hungry. He sat down and drank quite a bit of wine and ate a bit of meat. He became drunk and tripped over his own battle- axe, the fool. He fell 20 feet down and was almost killed but knocked unconscious, if not for his helmet. He sat up and the last thing he saw was millions of crimson eyes staring at him greedily. He awoke to find he was in some kind of a cocoon! He was able to break free because of his great strength.. He retrieved his battle-axe and just then, he heard scurrying. He ducked behind a rock to find it was a giant spider! The spider looked around wondering where his meal was. Harbin was foolish enough to attempt an escape. The spider caught him through one of his eight eyes. They fought and harbin doged to the side and slashed the head off of the spider and in the end, Harbin was victor. Once again, he heard the same scurrying. He ran and ducked behind the same rock. It got louder and louder, and the scurrying sounded as if there were many. Approximately 50 giant spiders came and saw the body of their fallen comrade. They engaged in combat and harbin weaved in and out slashing and ducked when a big spider went over him and he slashed it'' belly. He fought bravely with many scars and cuts to prove it, and at the end Harbin won. He continued down the path that the spiders had come from, hoping that there was a way out. After a day or two of walking, he came across a large cavern glowing with an eerie green light. He could see a large reddish blackish boulder in the middle. Wait a second. that's not a boulder! It's a spider! The spider awoke with its eight ruby eyes filled with Harbin's reflection. It moved out its legs at stretched to max size! It hissed angrily at Harbin. He shrieked in terror, realizing this was the big queen spider!
Harbin left early the next morning. He traveled light, carrying but a few changes of clothes, his battle-axe, and some supplies and his trusty buckler. He thought it best to obey the king, "After all," he thought, "the punishment for disobeying the king was torture, and then one year of hard labor in the quarry!" He passed through the city, it was bustling as knights and nobles entered in tourneys and jousts. He traveled some great distance and was deep in thought (which was very unusual for him to even think at all!). he wrestled with himself once again, the greedy side one, as usual. "What if I could make some money on that weird glowing sphere? It seems to be made of some kind of precious stone, perhaps I could sell it at the nearest town and then I could buy myself a castle, and I wouldn't have to listen to that silly king." He decided better of it and sat down to take out his map. "I am rigggghhht. here! I traveled quite a ways! I'm almost to the front lines! I'm only 10 miles away. Hmmm. the nearest town is Wind Hoak, it'll have to do." So he folded up his map (after folding it wrong numeral times) and headed north. At some point he became hungry. He sat down and drank quite a bit of wine and ate a bit of meat. He became drunk and tripped over his own battle- axe, the fool. He fell 20 feet down and was almost killed but knocked unconscious, if not for his helmet. He sat up and the last thing he saw was millions of crimson eyes staring at him greedily. He awoke to find he was in some kind of a cocoon! He was able to break free because of his great strength.. He retrieved his battle-axe and just then, he heard scurrying. He ducked behind a rock to find it was a giant spider! The spider looked around wondering where his meal was. Harbin was foolish enough to attempt an escape. The spider caught him through one of his eight eyes. They fought and harbin doged to the side and slashed the head off of the spider and in the end, Harbin was victor. Once again, he heard the same scurrying. He ran and ducked behind the same rock. It got louder and louder, and the scurrying sounded as if there were many. Approximately 50 giant spiders came and saw the body of their fallen comrade. They engaged in combat and harbin weaved in and out slashing and ducked when a big spider went over him and he slashed it'' belly. He fought bravely with many scars and cuts to prove it, and at the end Harbin won. He continued down the path that the spiders had come from, hoping that there was a way out. After a day or two of walking, he came across a large cavern glowing with an eerie green light. He could see a large reddish blackish boulder in the middle. Wait a second. that's not a boulder! It's a spider! The spider awoke with its eight ruby eyes filled with Harbin's reflection. It moved out its legs at stretched to max size! It hissed angrily at Harbin. He shrieked in terror, realizing this was the big queen spider!