Chapter Four: Garm

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"Wait! Let me come with you!" shouted Stare. "I want to help you kill this Garm thing. My uncle was part of this city's guard…His death must be avenged!"

"Alright," Spak said. "I guess were in this together, huh? But don't cause any trouble!"

The three of them walked off, towards the forest. The town was disappearing as fast as the light of the setting sun. Soon it would be evening. They heard crickets chirping and bats squeaking. But among all the sounds one stood out. The howling of wolves.

Soon the town and light had disappeared completely from view. The forest was getting ever closer and so were the noises coming forth from it. Soon they were at the entrance to the forest. Blood splotches were visible on the damp loam. Frozen footprints could be seen leading into the forest. There were also marks of a struggle.

Reiji drew his daggers that shone an unearthly pale blue. Spak strung his bow and nocked an arrow. Stare drew his sword.

They entered cautiously, keeping every step silent. The trail was easy to follow because although there were other wolf footprints only one set was frozen. They lost track of time and the trail kept going on. Though they grew hungry they kept silent.

They no longer knew how long they had been searching. But the blood splotches were lessening in number. They were getting close.

They all readied their weapons and approached with even more caution, not letting their guard down for a moment.

Suddenly, a thunderous roar came from behind them. They turned around to see Garm standing behind them. His mouth was dripping with blood and his claws had some bits of flesh still on them. His feet froze the ground around them. He slowly circled them, waiting for a chance to strike.

Spak released his arrow. It zoomed through the air and struck Garm in the shoulder. Garm waited no more. He lunged at them, fangs bared. Reiji jumped in front of it and stuck one dagger into its temple. Garm felt the leather of Reiji's jacket and closed his jaws on it. Reiji's side was now spurting blood and missing a part. He backed off clutching the laceration. Spak fired another arrow. Garm turned his attention to him. He sprung at him and tried to bite him, too. Spak dodged and pulled two arrows from his quiver. He took aim and released the two arrows at once. They struck Garm's legs. Stare attacked. Garm's mobility had been reduced due to the arrows in his legs and couldn't evade. He took the blow in the shoulder. He was extremely enraged by now. He turned to Stare and struck. He bit Stare's arm. Reiji ran up to Garm and drove his daggers into Garm's shoulders. He struck the blades and was about to break them when Garm relinquished his grip on Stare and flipped throwing Reiji to the blood stained muck. Spak raised his bow and nocked a few arrows. He took aim and then tilted his bow to the sun (at least, where he assumed it was) and fired as he shouted "Arrow Shower!" The arrows cut through the foliage and disappeared from view. Then, arrow after arrow fell through the leaves and struck Garm with tremendous force. Soon Garm was covered with arrows. He collapsed and then got up and the collapsed and rose again. He did this a few times before Stare decided to put him out of his misery (yes it's euthanasia). He raised his sword and let his central energy rise to his arms. He felt his arm muscles course with the power that let him fight. He tightened his grip and locked his muscles. "Bash!!" He shouted as he brought the sword down and cut through Garm's spine. Garm tilted his head to Stare. He coughed and spat out blood and then said "The one you truly seek to destroy is not nature's faithful servant nor is it the noble warrior shunned and maltreated but he who associates with demons and makes deals with devils; he rouses serpents from slumber and tears souls and bodies from the silent embrace of true death; he summons giants and orcs and brings back accursed rulers. Yes, he and his mistress." Then Garm's muscles tightened and his heart shot out of his mouth. Then his body faded into nothing.

Spak looked at the heart on the ground. "Well, there's a sight you don't se everyday."

He turned to Stare. "Well, where will you go? You can follow me to Payon and try to make a living there. I'll still be able to watch out for you. Or you could go to Geffen since it's neutral territory. So, what'll it be?"

"I…I'll got to…Prontera. I'm sure my skills will be good enough for me to be a private guard. There are lots of nobles with too much treasure and too few guards over there. Thanks for the offer bu our travels together end here."

Stare turned and walked away.

That's all till next time. I still thank all those who reviewed.