Trix Conda and the temple of Amber: chapter 2
The path, which Trix and Unaca walked on, was muddy. The soil was a mixture of organic material and blood. While they were walking the juice of the bloody mud splashed up on their legs. The monsoon had been just recently, and it made everything wet and moisturous. Now there was a heat wave coming, making it difficult for the party to travel large distances for a long period of time. Sweat pearls ran down their faces and along their backs. Everything smelled, and it really started to bother them both.
"Isn't this just nice and dandy?" Unaca said sarcastically.
"Do not open your mouth, unless you are told so!" Trix said irritated.
Just when they didn't think that things couldn't get any worse, a horde of monsters came out from behind some trees. The monsters were screaming something from an ancient tongue. Trix couldn't understand it, but Unaca could.
Suddenly the monsters drew axes and different kinds of blades. They were aiming for a fast kill. Unfortunately for them, they had decided to attack Trix – the most furious of Amazons – they had it coming.
She anticipated that there were about eleven of them. She looked at Unaca, giving him a quick instruction about how to attack them.
"Aim for their legs, without them their worthless" Trix said.
The battle between good and evil began.
Trix grabbed her spear and put it into position. The weight was on her right foot, making her ready to attack anyone who would oppose her. When the monsters came close enough, Trix took her spear and pierced the nearest monster right in the neck. Then quickly she drew the spear out of the wound, making the monster scream, and so she pierced it again, but this time into the stomach. Out of the new wound, poured a black substance. The disgusting odour from the beast was foul and sour. Death was absolute for the creature in front of her. Just as death had approached the victim, Unaca came and put a spell over the corpse. Suddenly the skeleton of the dead monster rose, and started to fight by their side.
Trix looked up with a frightened stare, first at the skeleton, then at Unaca. She had never seen a necromancer in action, but she knew that he used death as a servant. She was both disgusted and impressed. Trix could see some advantages by having him in her party, but she still could have managed the journey by herself. It was only Ormus that was afraid that she wouldn't return to Kurast.
One by one, Trix and Unaca slayed and rose the dead. When the battle was finished it was the two of them, and, the now five skeletons, that were still standing. The scene in front of them was a hideous sight.
"We better leave now. We don't want any more attention than that we've already gotten." – Trix whispered.
"By the way, Trix, do you want to know what the monsters were screaming when they saw us?" – Unaca asked.
"Did you understand that?" – She asked.
"Yes, I did." – Unaca said
Trix was suddenly utterly impressed. Unaca also knew ancient tongues. But as quickly as she thought it, she felt a cold feeling running down her back.
"How could he know a language that has been dead for over a thousands years?" – Trix thought.
"They said: It's them! They are going to steel the map! We must kill them!" – Unaca translated.
"They know that we are coming for the map of Mular?" – Trix asked. "How can that be?"
"I do not know, Trix, but I do know this. When we reach the Flayers' nest, they will be ready, and they will outnumber us." – Unaca said.
Trix wasn't happy about this development. It gave her an unpleasant feeling that everything was wrong. There was an evil nearby, who knew her every step.