Macad walked through the cave wondering where the Amazon would be, the skeletons that he created from the druid's companions were long gone from fights in the Den. He left the sorceress behind to guard the druid. Macad summoned a skeleton from a corpse that he had just dispatched. The skeleton just wandered around aimlessly because Macad just stood still. He believed he heard something but could not be sure, the noise did not come again. Macad continued his search. The walls were grimy with slime an the dirty cavern floor showed many footprints leading every which way but Macad was searching for a scuffle or a slight dragging but all he could see were the footprints about half the size of his own. He moved forward slightly following the footprints when he heard the sound of battle from behind him. He turned to see his skeleton holding off a very large beast with shaggy fur and a small girl shooting fire bolts in rapid succession but the creature seemed to not be harmed much. Macad saw the creature lift a huge brute fist and slammed it down on the skeleton. The skeleton was suddenly gone in a pile of dust on the ground. The walking creature moved towards Aura not yet noticing Macad. He rushed forward ready to attack the beast so the girl would not get pulverized; Macad cursed her for following him. Macad got less than five feet when he saw a large vine rise out of the ground and strike the creature with its many barbs; he paused to watch the peculiar creature. The creature appeared to become sick for a few seconds but quickly shook it off and swung at the vine. A huge screeching of a creature in pain filled the air and the vine went limp. Macad wondered where that came from; he had never seen that before. Aura had run out of energy and rushed to attack the beast and Macad snapped out of his awe.

"No! Don't he will kill you!" Aura stopped and turned to Macad just noticing he was there, she had seen the skeleton just not him. But unfortunately, the beast did not slow it raised its fist and prepared to swing. The fist never came down, an arrow pierced through the middle of its chest causing it to die on the spot. Macad ran forward to see the shooter but didn't need to; she appeared for them, in tattered leather armor and a lot of cuts and bruises. She stood on her bow breathing heavily. Aura and the druid came forth to the amazon, the druid looked quite healthy now and happy but when he saw Macad the druid turned livid with rage.

"Why did you desecrate my animals! I left them on this planet for their bravery but you came and blew their bodies up to form what? Evil I presume. I had to pick up the parts from them and to move them all together in a single spot." The druid turned away shaking with rage and moved to the vine on the ground weeping suddenly.

Macad was stunned at what the druid had said but it was what he did naturally. Macad decided not to say anything but deep down inside, he did not care what the druid thought about him. Aura looked hurt however.
"You know, that might not have been one of your best ideas, he told me that those are spirit wolves, he calls them to his aid whenever he needs their help, he can choose whether to let their bodies float up to heaven when they die or to guard the very spot they died with their dead bodies and souls. The wolves that protected him were given that honor and when you made your skeletons, I had to help pile them together and Drango could not release them anymore, they are now forever desecrated to him." Aura looked squeamish at the mentioning of the wolves but kept it down quite nicely. Macad didn't say anything however and knew that Drango must have been the druid's name.

The amazon looked up and coughed lightly and said "if one of you could spare a potion I would greatly appreciate it."

Aura pulled one out of her belt and handed over. "Found it something Macad didn't kill."

The amazon popped the cork and down the fluid obviously used to the taste. The wounds on her body closed to nothing as the amazon was not marred anymore by battle wounds. "My name is Melina, I already currently know Drango, and he was attacked and left nearly dead. It was part of Corpesfire's group. I followed but could not take the big guy down, that when I heard you guys so I retreated a bit to see what was happening and now that you guys are alright, the druid will be fine he must have summoned ten wolves, he has had worse, if you wouldn't mind finishing him off with me."

The druid came over and Macad tried to cheer him up. "If it makes you feel any better, your creatures' skeletons fought as bravely as they did when the actually wolves were with you. And might I ask what that plant is?"

"I'll come but my wolves are no longer going to be bound to this world." The druid seemed to be cheered up slightly by Macad's news and Macad was not hurt by the fact that they would now be spirits after they died. "And the vine is a Poison Creeper. A vine native to my homeland. We often use them on the fringes of our territory and they help by poisoning creatures with its sharp claws. It has come in handy many times but it doesn't seem to be so effective against these guys. It doesn't last long enough, oh hey Melina. What happened to your armor?"

"Corpesfire, and you guys are going to help me finish him he almost destroyed it. But he does have a handful zombie guards so be careful."
Macad summoned another skeleton as everyone walked away in front of him so no one would be grossed out. He followed quickly taking a short glance at the plant behind him; Macad thought it would be wonderful if his class of magic could some such a magnificent thing. He ran up with the group with his support following, he would have to kill something for a few another skeleton. Before he reached his companions they halted. Macad nearly burst right into them. He saw what they saw. About five zombies were mulling around but one larger than the others and quite green due to the diseased flesh. Melina told them all to wait so they could attack strategically but Macad's skeleton noticed the enemy and oriented on the threat. All the zombies noticed and shuffled to the skeleton but Corpsefire did not go for the threat of the skeleton. He was slightly faster and went after the whole group. Melina and Aura both fired their projectiles running forward and to the side so they wouldn't get hit. Melina yelled attack.

Drango summoned another poison creeper and a wolf. He also summoned three ravens which darted about trying to pluck out eyes. "Summon more wolves." Macad urged as he summoned a fresh skeleton from a zombie corpse to help his other skeleton.

"Can't I am not powerful enough to summon more than one. Maybe my gods will allow me more when I prove my self."
Macad was somewhat disappointed but did not let it get him down. Corpsefire was attacking the wolf and the wolf shivered attacking in a slow attack. Frost appeared on its snout yet it continued to attack. Arrows riddle the body and Aura continued to pore fire into the creature. Singed flesh filled the air but the creature seemed to be slowing down. Macad focused on his creatures again and noticed that his skeletons were gone but so were the zombies. He quickly summoned two more which joined to fight Corpsefire. The wolf attacked again bringing back a large chunk of flesh. Macad saw a bolt of blue electricity hit the wolf and then travel to his minions. The wolf and the skeletons were instantly gone. Aura drank a blue potion and pumped more spamming fire bolts, the wolf was gone in a puff of smoke and the skeletons were now dust.. The vine reared up but was burnt to a crisp when it was attack by Corpsefire it move to Drango who was armed with a club that looked stronger than the average.

Sorry about the delay. And the den is not even finished yet. I will try and be quicker next chapter and remember give me ideas thank you my loyal fans.