Chapter 4

The Raid

            The hobgoblins rushed in from all sides, these were the ones responsible for the bomb.  Unlike goblins, hobgoblins are much more organized; they have a military attitude and are good at working in groups.  

        Every one drew out their weapons to fight the hobgoblins.   Tordek drew a War Axe, Kerwyn pulled out his rapier, Eberk took out a war hammer, Naull drew a quarterstaff, Yoshimo pulled out his mace, and Redgar had his great sword ready to be used.   A hobgoblin lunged at Naull as the rest tried to take on the others.  Naull jumped over the hobgoblin as it swung its sword, a near miss.  It lunged again, but Naull was too quick.  She used her quarterstaff to poll volt over the hobgoblin, swung around and knocked it flat.   Just as another hobgoblin hurled itself towards Redgar, Redgar flung his great sword at it giving it an elegant spin and jab right into the heart of the hobgoblin.   Tordek spun around just as an ugly hobgoblin was charging at him with a dagger ready to stab him.  If it weren't for Tordek's excellent timing, he would be lying on the sandy desert ground struggling to fight back.  Fortunately, he had turned just in time to jump over the hobgoblin do a flip, launching off of the hobgoblins head, causing it to stumble and almost trip over it's own feet, and swing his War Axe at it's head, causing it to spin off in a bloody mess and the hobgoblin to fall to the ground.

        All of the hobgoblins failed to even penetrate the skin of one of the talented explorers, except for Yoshimo, who got a wound on his shoulder.  In the middle of the fight a stream of fire came blasting out of the wagon.

        "Looks like they're trying to raid the wagon." Said Kerwyn as he jumped over an oncoming sword.

        "Why do you say that?" Asked Tordek as he clobbered another hobgoblin.

        "Because, since I figured they would try to raid the wagon, I set up a chest that held a fire trap." Explained Kerwyn.

        "OHHHHH! Well that explains the huge flames and burnt Hobgoblin flying out of the wagon."

        "Watch OUT!" yelled Kerwyn, "there's a Hobgoblin behind you!"  Tordek turned around and flung his War Axe behind him, hitting the Hobgoblin and causing him to groan and fall to the ground.  

        "THANKS!" Said Tordek.

        "No problem!" Kerwyn replied.

        Redgar was fending off the oncoming hobgoblins as best he could, but he knew there were too many.   A hobgoblin came out of nowhere sliding towards him on the sandy ground trying to tackle him.   Redgar spotted him and tried to jump over him but was to late, the hobgoblin grabbed his leg and flung him down on the ground.   It raised its sword, preparing to strike when a boar suddenly came out of nowhere.   The boar charged down the hobgoblin on Redgar, then chased of a few others.

        "Hey! What the heck was that?"  Suddenly, the boar started charging at him, "Ahhhhh!"  But suddenly the boar turned and rammed another hobgoblin.

        One by one, the boar finished off the rest of the hobgoblins, leaving blood and fragments of hobgoblins lying around the sandy desert floor.

        "What was that!?!" asked Redgar.

        "I have no idea… but whatever it was, it saved our butts!" yelled Yoshimo

        "Hey! Shut up you guys! I, I, I think I hear something," said Tordek.   Tordek peered towards where the sound was coming from.

"Oh My GOD! Guys come look at this." Tordek whispered loudly.   It was the strangest thing they had ever seen.   It was the boar, only this time it looked half human.   It seemed to be becoming more and more human by the second and finally, after about 30 seconds or so, it looked completely human.   It was a beautiful drow, with silvery blue skin, long black hair, and shining blue eyes.  The drow started walking towards Lidda, knelt down beside her, and placed her hands on while starting to chant something.   All of the sudden, Lidda started to jerk. 

        "What are you doing?!?" Yelled Tordek as he rushed towards Lidda.   She now lay motionless, and dead like.

        "NOOOO!" yelled Tordek, "What did you do to her you freak?!?"