Unwanted Visitors
The next morning was very quite. Eragon arose first and doused the fire. When Roran woke, Eragon had already had breakfast, a bunch of herbs and berries, and was eating them quietly. " Saphira went to eat, she'll be back soon" Which was in fact very true. She had just come upon a deer in the forest away to the north of their current position. Eragon got up and walked over to Roran. "Listen, I'm very sorry for what happened last night, I've been very stressed had have had barely any sleep. I shouldn't have taken it out on you, but I lost control."
" I'm not going to say its ok, because it's wasn't right. But I do see were you are coming from. I have watched you lately. If you don't find away to bring peace to yourself soon, you'll die."
" I know, it's just so hard," Eragon said as he walked over to his sleeping bag and began rolling. All of a sudden, he felt strange. Danger was coming. Turning around, he caught an arrow with magic. " Roran, hide" Reaching out with his mind, he found Saphira.
Hurry he thought sharply.
I know, I felt the surge of adrenaline.
Try and see who they are.
"Roran, what are you waiting for?"
"This is my first battle with a sword, I'm not backing down" He pulled his sword out quickly. Eragon cast out with his mind. He felt the presence of at least ten men.
"Alright, if you insist. Listen, we are outnumbered five-to-one. Can you handle it?" Eragon asked as he jumped up a nearby tree. As he was about to hit the branch, someone tackled him in mid air. He hit the ground hard. The drop was about eighteen feet, and Eragon landed right on his shoulder. Ignoring the pain, he rolled on instinct as a sword came down at a quick arc. He did another backwards roll onto his right hand doing a flip off of it and slashing down with his sword. The man did a spin and easily knocked it away with his shield. He was quick. Buying time to search for Roran, he asked, " Who are you and what do you want?"
" I am Slader, one of the ten Furgmight. And I have been sent by Murtagh just to kill you" He started sidestepping, Eragon instantly knew this man was strong. His biceps showed through his chain mail.
" What are the Furgmight?"
"We are a division of the Kingdom's Army used for special missions. Oh, and we are trained in the ways of a Rider."
"Why? What purpose does that show?" He had to know if Roran was ok. He found him, back to a tree. Two Furgmight approaching from the sides with swords drawn.
"Oh, didn't you know? We are the next in line for the Riders."
"What are you talking about?" Now he had to search for the remaining seven from the group. Reaching out, he found three about three hundred Meters away with their bows out.
" Galbatorix is experimenting with his Dragon to see if he can create a new breed. We well be on top of everyone. We are much stronger than you are. Trust me, Murtagh told us how weak and pathetic you are." As he finished he charged forward with his sword pointed at Eragon's chest, he dunked and shoved his own sword towards Slader's chest. But before it struck, he caught the sword with a barrier. The sword stood still about a two inches from its target. "Oops, looks like I know a little bit of magic." He sneered as he backed off. "Oh, by the way, look to your left." As he looked, he was taken back to see three men sprinting towards him with their weapons drawn.
"How did you… I didn't even detect them." He got into one of the hundreds of Elvin stances he learned. Dropping low he sidestepped a large hammer as it left a small crater/ Jumping onto the hammer he jumped up and swung his sword at the warriors head. He dunked at the last moment and his head was quickly replaced by another warrior's sword. Reaching out and tapping into his magic supply he spoke the world for defense. A bubble formed in front of Eragon and the man's sword struck it and shattered. Landing with a roll he reached out and felt the presence of a pebble. He grabbed for it and sent it flying towards Roran; it hit one of the Furgmight in the head killing him instantly.
"You will never detect us, we are good in the ways of magic, and are very powerful." He charged and was followed by the other two. Reaching out, he felt for the one man who had no weapon. He muttered the words "snap brain nerve" and the man collapsed. It was almost too easy. These guys were tough. But it didn't appear like they knew how to throw up protective wards. Eragon ducked, then spun away from the battle. He dove forward lunging out with his sword. Slader jumped away but at the last instant Eragon pulled his sword at a sharp right slicing through the no named man's stomach. He toppled over.
Eragon reached out and found Saphira. Don't worry about me go for Roran.
No need Eragon. He has already defeated his two Furgmights.
How is that possible?
He is strong, and progresses quickly. You can tell he is a member of your family.
Yeah… Go after those archers. Eragon dunked to avoid a quick right hook, then an uppercut. " You have lost Slader. You might as well give up." Eragon said with a smile.
"What do you mean? You are outnumbered!" Slader looked confused.
"No, was outnumbered. Look around. I have killed two, my partner killed two, and as we speak my Dragon has just finished off your three archers. Its over."
He looked around, "you have no idea how many people I brought… There could be hundreds, thousands, and you'd never know." He was panicking now, anyone could tell. As quick as lightening Slader's hand flew to his belt and before Eragon knew what happened he had thrown a knife at him. Bringing the sheath of his sword up quickly, it hit with a soft thud. "Nice moves"
Eragon looked around. The knife was a distraction, used to help Slader get away. "Were are you coward" Eragon screamed. "Show yourself!"
"We will meet again Eragon. That's a promise." Eragon looked up and saw him high in the trees. Before he turned to run, Slader threw another knife towards Roran whose back was turned. "You might want to go help your friend Eragon…" The knife struck right above the ribs and below the shoulders. "That had poison on it, he has about seven hours left" Slader said with a smile. The smile was so evil, Slader's twisted blacking teeth were all that showed. "Till next time Shade Slayer." And he was gone in a flash of purple flames…