Chapter 11: Peace is an Abyss (4/4)
Raziel Baratheon:
"Be honest, do you think I'm an idiot?" The boy with black hair asked the man with facial scars.
"Yes." The scarred man bluntly responded to him.
"I appreciate your honesty." The young boy replied.
Raziel Baratheon and Sandor Clegane had a change of plans. With Mya Stone safe and being transported back to the Redfort by Bronze Yohn's squire. Raziel Baratheon decided to try to save Yohn Royce from the mountain clan that goes by the name of Moon Brothers.
Currently, they were slowly passing through the last of the pathways of the cave, illuminating the way the oil lantern probably wasn't going to last much longer. I wasted all the extra oil. Raziel thought it was a slight annoyance, but he did put it to good use, so he wasn't very bothered by it, but he knew that it would be temporary since he really doesn't like the idea of being in a dark cave with no light.
The more they enter, the more they feel a breeze of wind, indicating that they were near the exit. Or entrance, depending on where you are coming from.
This is a foolish idea, but there is no other way. The best I can do is try to get Bronze Yohn out of here. Raziel thought as he held the oil lantern. I'm only doing this because of Jon and because of Robyn, because they would be really upset if Bronze Yohn died. And there was also the fact that Raziel really doesn't like the idea of one of the greatest warriors of the Vale being slaughtered by a bunch of savages.
As they kept on moving, Raziel felt that there was something off with the ground as he noticed some strange feeling on his foot. Looking down, he noticed that he actually stepped on something. "What is this?" Raziel asked as he illuminated the thing that he just stepped on. It was some type of metal spike that seemed to have been completely hammered to the ground. "Huh?" The Prince was confused, mostly because he noticed a piece of rope tied to it. "What is this?" He asked as he followed the rope.
It took him five steps for him to actually understand that was. "What?" Only for him to be even more confused. Raziel and Sandor arrived at the end of the pathway, only for them to reach what could be considered a dead end. Right now, Raziel was standing on the edge of the mountain. With him having a perfect sight of The Mountains of the Moon, a bleak and inhospitable place even from far away. Looking down, he saw a considerable fall, but he could see the sight of a fire from below and it seemed like the fire of a camp. Moving his head , he saw that they weren't too far from the top, meaning that they were actually in the middle of the mountain. "They... Climbed all this way with a rope?" Raziel asked in deep confusion.
"There is no way all of them climbed this kind of height like this." Sandor commented as he looked down from behind the Prince. Raziel agreed because this kind of climb would be difficult even with the proper equipment. Not to mention that a lot of these savages are on the heavier side and are carrying even heavier weapons. So the possibility of that number to have climbed all this way like this was highly unlikely.
"There must be another entrance or something, " Raziel spoke as he looked down to try to see. "But that's not the point right now." Unfortunately, he couldn't quite catch the sight of the savages or Bronze Yohn. We don't even know if that's really a camp, and it would be too risky to try to descend to check. "Huh?" Until he noticed something in the air. "Hey." And he waved towards it.
The "Something" was his Golden Eagle. "Come,come,come..." He called out for him as he flew in front of the mountain. It only took a second for Artys to fly towards Raziel and find its way to his forearm. "It is great to see you." The boy told his pet as he rubbed the tip of his mouth. "Did you miss me?" The sound that he made in response indicated that he did. I'm glad Artys is here, but right now, I need to think of a way to get down there without being noticed, so we can rescue Bronze Yohn. Observing everything he could about the area below them. There was a lot of grass, rocks, and some trees, but it was a very open space with not many places to hide, so sneaking around was out. What we need is another distraction, one that will keep them occupied for a considerable amount of time. That was Raziel's main idea at the moment. These savages are stupid but their levels of stupidity varies and their savagery is what makes them incredibly dangerous. That was a common knowledge in regards to the Vale mountain clans, but only a fool would underestimate someone's mental capabilities and Raziel knew that he couldn't count on all of them being incredibly stupid, especially since he and Sandor were outnumbered according to the squire that took Mya back to the Redfort. I hope Mya is okay and that her injuries aren't severe. By the looks of it, they weren't, but he was still worried about her.
The Prince simply looked down for several minutes trying to come up with an idea. "Mmmmmm..." He paid close attention to the trees that were down there. "Ummmm..." Then he took a good look at the trees that were down there, for a second he contemplated shooting arrows on fire on them, but he quickly decided against it since he would have most of his arrows. But then he took a good look at his pet and had an idea that he really doesn't know if it's going to work or not. "Do you still have that torch?" He asked Sandor. He was referring to the torch they brought in case of them needing another source of light.
Sandor indeed had the torch with him, he grabbed it from his belt and showed it to the Prince.
"Lit up." He ordered. Despite having a clear aversion for fire, he had no problem in carrying a torch, mostly because it was a necessity. He lit the torch as far away from his face as possible, once the fire was on, Raziel grabbed it with his free hand and then looked at his pet. "I need you to take this and light every single tree you see on fire, can you do that, Artys?" He asked while staring deeply at his Golden Eagle's eyes. His pet simply gave him a screech, before flying away from arm.
"Boy, you must have gone mad in this short time if you think that bird is gonn-" As Sandor pointed out how foolish his idea was. Raziel simply pointed the torch forward, only for Artys to fly by the opening and grab the torch off the Prince's hand. "What the fuck..." Which justifiably surprised Sandor.
From afar, Raziel and Sandor watch as the majestic gold feathered Eagle flies away carrying the lighted torch. Slowly descending to the area below them, flying towards the trees. Yes! Raziel thought with a smile as he saw one of the trees catching on fire as Artys flew by it. It didn't take long for him to set another tree, and another and another and another and another. Until every single tree that was on sight was on fire. Thankfully, they were all considerably far away from the camp that was at the end of that climbing rope. Eventually, Artys returned with the torch on his talons. "I love you, Artys." Raziel told his dear pet, as he picked the torch from his talons. Artys let out a screech that Raziel assumes that it's him saying that he loves him too, then he proceeds to continue to fly around.
"What now?" Sandor asked.
Raziel looked down and despite the darkness, he saw several figures moving around, which he assumed to be the Moon Brothers moving to check on the fire due to the smoke that was surrounding the area. "We go down." The little boy grabbed the rope and inspected it to see if it was sturdy. "Can you climb down with all that?" He was referring to Sandor's armor and weapons.
"Yes." He bluntly responded.
"Then," Raziel moved out of the way. "You go first, if there are any of them near the rope, I'm going to be in trouble. " Him going down first would be a terrible idea, because if any of them are near the rope, Raziel would be done because he can't directly confront them due to his size.
Sandor didn't respond to him, he just moved past him in order to grab the rope.
"Sorry for making you do this, but I'm just being careful." Raziel apologized to his Sworn-Shield.
"I don't give a fuck, I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do." Sandor bluntly replied as he prepared to descend.
"True, but... thanks anyway, Sandor." Raziel continued to express his gratitude, but Sandor just ignored and proceeded to use a rope to descend.
Raziel simply placed the torch on a crack on the wall on his right. Before approaching the edge to see Sandor descend. It didn't take very long for him to reach the bottom and as soon as he did, Raziel proceeded to also descend. The cold winds were very noticeable now, since he gave his cloak to the squire due his lack of clothing. The winds of the Vale were quite remarkable, mostly due to the constant cold breeze that is quite easy to identify. He could feel the wind as it was messing with his air as he descended, though, it didn't make much of a difference since his air was already quite messy since he didn't comb before leaving the Redfort. But none of that was important, what mattered at the moment, was finding Bronze Yohn and getting out of that place.
"Ah..." Raziel grunted as he reached the ground. "And... I was right." He comments as he sees the corpse of a bearded man on the ground, with Sandor standing right next to him.
"Yes, you were." Sandor commented as he touched the man's face with his foot to make sure he was dead.
The Prince observed the dead man for a second before he moved forward. A few steps ahead and he was able to catch the sight of the trees that were on fire. Amazing job, Artys. He thought as he saw what his pet did.
After staring at the trees for a few seconds, Raziel took a good look at the camp that belongs to the mountain clan. There were nothing more than very simplistic makeshift beds on the ground with a fire in the middle and a few improvised seats. He saw that there was something on the fire, probably food being cooked. From afar, he saw several figures from a distance, who were probably the Moon Brothers, all inspecting the fire due to the smoke that was engulfing the camp. I wasn't expecting that amount of smoke, but that's actually a good thing. Raziel thought since the smoke could allow them to sneak around better. The Prince then pulled out his bow from his back and crouched on the ground before signalling Sandor to follow him as he slowly made his way to the Moon Brothers camp. The dark smoke that came from the fire started by his pet seemed to be going strongly, which was a good thing for them, but not so much for the savages.
It only took a couple of steps for them to reach the camp, unfortunately, there were three savages there that were watching the flames from afar. Raziel responded by simply standing up and aiming his bow at them. He shot the first arrow at the back of the head of one that was standing in front of the campfire, causing him to fall forward right on top of the flames. The other two immediately turned around and saw the body, and by the looks of it, one of them was ordering the other to go call the others. But before he could do it, Raziel shot another arrow on the one that was talking, the arrow landed on his throat. The last one was startled by the savage that was attempting to breathe as he held his neck after it was pierced by Raziel's arrow, before he decided to run, probably to warn the others. Unfortunately for him, Raziel took aim and shot another arrow at him as he attempted to run in the direction of the burning trees. The arrow landed on his back, probably piercing one of his lungs, because despite the considerable distance, Raziel could see him agonizing on the ground. "Come on." Raziel told Sandor as he crouched once again and continued to approach the camp.
The first thing he did was approach the savages that he killed in order to retrieve his arrows, except for the one that was far from the camp. Searching around , he couldn't find anything. Where are they keeping their prisoners? He asked himself as he searched around for Bronze Yohn. Sadly, while he was searching, he started to hear noises approaching them, which indicated that the Moon Brothers were returning. Thankfully, the smoke and the fact that the campfire was extinguished after the savage fell on top of it, allowed them to remain unseen, so Raziel signalled Sandor to move back as the other savages returned to the camp. As they took cover in a couple of rocks that were next to the mountain, they observed the savages complaining about the darkness and smoke. Raziel couldn't understand what they were saying, due to both the distance and the fact that they spoke in a pretty incoherent manner. The smoke was becoming a little more intense, but since they were all in a relatively open space, it wasn't enough to suffocate them, but the winds of the Vale pushed the wind towards the mountain, which was why it was engulfing their camp. Which made it difficult for the Prince to actually see where the savages were.
Until he actually saw two of them moving away from the camp. Moving east, Raziel noticed and decided to follow them. Signalling Sandor to move as the two used the rocks to keep out of sight. They probably found the bodies and are checking if the prisoners were the ones that did it. That was his assumption. The two that were walking away from the camp were a very dirty looking man and a noseless woman. The man was armed with a fancy looking longsword and the woman had a metal mace that they definitely robbed from the soldiers that were accompanying Bronze Yohn. Walking by a rocky field that would hurt the feet of anyone that weren't wearing proper footwear , he saw that they were actually wearing fine looking shoes that they most definitely stole as well. Eventually, after a considerable walk away from the camp, they eventually arrive at a spot. "I was right." He whispered to Sandor.
The spot contained another entrance to the mountain, which is probably the one they used to enter. Right in front of that entrance, there was a horse wagon, it was blocking the passage. There they are! Where he saw Bronze Yohn and two other men that he didn't recognize right inside of it. Just like the Squire, they were all stripped down to nothing but breeches and tied up with some rope. The three seem to be in a really bad shape, Bronze Yohn looks the worst. By the looks of it, Bronze Yohn fought until he was overwhelmed. "Come on." Raziel called Sandor in a low voice as they saw the two savages arguing after they checked on the three. "Kill the two." He ordered his sworn shield.
Sandor quietly obeyed his order and stood up to approach the two. Before they could notice the big man approaching them, Sandor put his battle axe through the noseless woman's skull. The man was startled for a second but immediately tried to attack Sandor, who simply hit his face with the back of his left hand, causing the dirty looking man to fall on the ground as Sandor pulled the axe off the woman's head. Once it was off, Sandor approached the dirty looking savage and shoved the axe on his chest. Raziel then approached them as the man grunted in pain as Sandor pulled the axe off his chest.
Raziel then moved towards the wagon to check on the trio. Climbing on top of it to see them up close, he realized that they were all unconscious. Dammit, they really did a lot of damage. Bronze Yohn had a lot of cuts, bruises and hematomas, but they didn't seem to be fatal. His armor probably kept him from receiving any serious damage. The same couldn't be said from the other two.
One of them was a brown haired man, who was just a common soldier from House Redford, that Raziel remembers seeing when he arrived at the castle. There's a cut on his chest that didn't look too deep, but it definitely needed to be stitched and his leg was visibly broken.
The other man, Raziel, remembered seeing him at the Eyrie. Marwyn Belmore, if I'm not mistaken. A lanky young man that cropped red hair and a chin beard. He was by far the most injured one of the trio, with bruises all over his body and a crooked arm that was visibly broken in three different places.
Only Bronze Yohn seemed to be in condition to move. So they will probably have to leave the other two behind. "Lord Royce?" Raziel called him. "Wake up." He attempted to shake him, but to no avail. "Wake up already." So Raziel grabbed his long hair and pulled it hard.
"Aaahhh!" Yohn Royce grunted in pain after the Prince pulled his hair. Opening his grey eyes and meeting Raziel's blue ones. Which was followed by a very confused expression. "My Prince?!" The Lord of Runestone said in deep confusion.
"Quiet." The Prince ordered him. Before he pulled out his Valyrian steel dagger and used to cut the ropes that were subduing him. "We are not safe yet, there are still savages around us." Raziel informs him as he cuts off the ropes and jumps off the wagon. "Can you walk?" He asked the man.
Bronze Yohn responded by tossing the ropes aside and quickly moving out of the wagon. "What are you doing here, Prince Raziel?" He asked the boy as he stood there with no difficulty.
The black haired boy contemplated lying and saying that he went there to take care of that mess personally, but he decided to just tell the truth. "Mya was in danger, so I came here to save her." And I really hope that she is safe and sound back at the Redfort by now, otherwise a certain squire is gonna suffer.
"Mya?" Bronze Yohn seemed confused. "That... little girl that was helping with the Mules?" He asked and Raziel just nodded in response. "You went inside of a cave filled with dangerous savages that managed to take down a considerable group of armed soldiers and trained Knights, because of a girl that tends to Mules?" He asked and once again, Raziel nodded. "Why?"
"Because I love her." Raziel responded. Yes, I actually love Mya Stone. I don't know why but... I love her the same way I love everyone in my family and I can't understand why. And in a sense, he didn't really care for the reason why, he just knew that he loved Mya, despite the short time that they knew each other. "We actually found her, but on our way out, we encountered your squire and he told us about your predicament. So we decided to help while he took Mya back to the Redfort." He explained their reason to be there. "And if she's not safe and sound when we return, I will personally chop your squire into pieces with an axe." Raziel warned Bronze Yohn with a very casual tone that visibly frightened him. "Now, come on." The boy then grabbed the longsword from the corpse of the dirty savage and handed it to him.
Lord Royce grabbed the longsword right away. "My Prince, this entrance needs to be sealed, otherwise more of them will enter the Vale." He told the Prince.
"How?" Raziel asked. "It would take a considerable amount of man and specific equipment to seal this cave." The boy pointed out as he moved his head to look back. "The best thing we can do is retreat for now." There is a considerable number of savages there and thanks to the fire and the corpses, they didn't have the element of surprise, so it was better to not risk it.
Bronze Yohn then moved his head to look back. Where he put his sight on the other unconscious man.
"One of them has his leg broken and the other won't be moving for a while." Raziel informed him. "I'm sorry, but saving them is not an option." They could try, but it would be incredibly hard to avoid the savages.
"Whatever you two are going to do, you better hurry." Sandor, who was standing next to the dirty savage corpse, spoke as he looked at the direction that they came from.
Moving his head, Raziel saw that the savages were now coming their way. A considerable number of them were too much for them to take.
"Dammit." Bronze Yohn cursed out loud, as he held the sword tightly in his hand. "This way." He signalled the Prince and his Sworn-Shield to follow him. Reluctantly leaving the other prisoners behind. The black haired boy and the scarred man followed him without question as he ran the opposite direction.
Despite his injuries, Yohn was running perfectly. Which was a good thing, since it meant that despite his injuries, he could still fight. Running away from that entrance, Raziel wondered if Bronze Yohn had a plan or if he was just taking them away from the danger. Whatever it was, it didn't work, because all they did was get away from the two entrances that would have allowed them to escape. As they moved Raziel couldn't help but notice that the winds were getting worse and that the lack of a proper cloak to shield him from it was starting to take his tool. But Bronze Yohn was the one that had the worst since all that he was wearing were bronze colored breeches. Should have taken the savage's clothes, they were filthy but it would have kept you warm. Raziel thought as he followed behind the old man.
"Just where the hell are we going?" Sandor asked Yohn.
"My armor, I hid it before I was captured." Bronze Yohn informed. "I'm gonna need it, because we might have to fight our way out of here." He was right.
"Why did you hide it?" Raziel asked.
"I didn't know that I was going to be captured," He explained to Raziel. "And I would be damned if I allowed those savages to have my armor, it has been in my family for thousands of years and I would rather for it to be lost forever than having one of those savages wearing it." It was justified, that armor has quite the reputation and it would be a complete waste for it to end in the hands of a savage that would use it for incredibly stupid reasons.
"Understandable," Raziel replied. "House Royce already lost Lamentation, and I can understand the desire to not lose any more of your house possessions."
"Exactly." Yohn clearly had that in mind. "At least Lamentation was lost during the war, so it was understandable." A war that involved Dragons, so it really was. "This was just a hill tribe that I was too foolish to underestimate." They are clearly stupid, but not as stupid as most assume them to be, since they knew how to take you and the rest of the soldiers by surprise. "Oh, by seven, do you know what happened to my son, Prince Raziel?" Lord Royce asked the boy that was walking besides him.
"His arm was damaged beyond repair and had to be amputated." Raziel bluntly informed him, leaving out the part where he knocked him out with his own helmet.
Hearing that, made Lord Royce's face drop. "Oh... Forgive me Andar." He spoke with a lot of sorrow in his voice.
"He is still alive, so don't blame yourself for that, Lord Royce." Raziel immediately spoke in response to that. "And I think he will be even more upset if you don't come back alive, so let us focus on that." The Prince told him.
Despite his visible distress, he seemed to have heard him. "You are right, my Prince." Eventually, they arrived at a spot that Raziel recognized. The spot in question was the spot where the four stripped down corpses that he saw earlier after he and Sandor were done with that group of savages that were inside the cave. Moving his head up, he could see the edge that he saw the corpses from earlier. Convenient. Raziel thought in amusement. "They fought bravely, but were stripped of any decency by those filthy savages." The Lord of Runestone spoke with a lot of split fullness in his voice, justifiable spitefulness because he personally knew those men and watching them being stripped down and left to rot was repulsive.
"We can recover their bodies later and give them a proper burial." Raziel reassured Bronze Yohn. "But it's your armor that needs to be recovered, now." He kept looking back because he is pretty certain that the Moon Brothers will be coming after them any second now, because they will probably assume that it was Yohn that killed those savages that Raziel and Sandor killed.
"Yes." Immediately, he moved towards one of the corpses, moving them all one by one. Where it was revealed that there were pieces of his armor hidden under them. Not a great hiding spot if Raziel can say so, because it only works now because it was dark but once sunlight came, it would be incredibly visible. Once all of the pieces of his armor were recovered, he proceeded to put it on.
"Let me." Raziel put his bow down and approached Bronze Yohn in order to help him put his bronze armor on. Normally, it would be unheard for a crown Prince to help a Knight put on his armor unless he was his squire. But in these circumstances, that didn't really matter because they needed that armor on quickly.
"You two better hurry up." Sandor spoke in a cold voice as he held his battle axe tightly.
"Oh no." Raziel moved his head back and noticed that the reason Sandor said that was because the Moon Brothers were coming after them.
"That one in front of them with the longaxe." Yohn pointed out as Raziel put the gauntlet on his right hand. "His name is Ulf, he is the leader of the Moon Brothers." He informed the two. "Or at least this particular group." He added as Raziel puts the gauntlet on his left hand.
"Normally, killing him would be a good idea, but I don't think they take the role of leadership very seriously." Raziel spoke sarcastically, because these people were barely organized, so he doubts that their leader dying would make much of a difference.
Soon enough, his armor was fully on, and Raziel grabbed the longsword that he had put it down and handed it to him. "Stay back, my Prince." Yohn intructed Raziel as he held the longsword tightly on his hand and moved to stand next to Sandor as the Moon Brother approached them. Raziel counted and he saw a group of eight savages coming after them. They had weapons on them they seemed to be of decent quality, and some of them seemed to have some sort of armor on them. Raziel analyzed as he grabbed his bow and stepped back in preparation. I have to keep my distance and shoot as many as I can, and I can't miss. He only had five arrows on him, so a wasted arrow would be a problem.
As the Prince had his bow ready, the Moon Brothers charged upon the group. With one leading being the first one to get closer. But before he could attack Sandor or Yohn, Raziel shot an arrow at him, an arrow that landed on his stomach, causing to stumble and fall on the ground. One down, seven more to go.
With that, the Moon Brothers closed the distance and immediately attacked Sandor and Yohn.
Raziel quickly shot another arrow on the first savage that attacked Yohn, with the arrow hitting his arm, giving Yohn the chance to slice him with his sword. The second savage that attacked him, tried to swing a bastard sword at him, but it had no effect on the armor, which allowed Yohn to easily parry the next attack and stab him in the stomach.
Sandor, on the other hand, had no problem in dispatching the savages that came at him. The first that came at him tried to tackle him into the ground, but Sandor's size was too much for him so he barely managed to move Sandor out of place. Another savage attempted to attack Sandor as the first one tried to wrestle him into the ground, but Sandor responded by simply pushing him and making him collide with another savage, with the two falling on the ground instead. A third savage tried to attack after the two fell, but Raziel killed him by firing two arrows at him, one hitting his chest and the other hitting his stomach.
But before Raziel could focus on firing into another savage, he saw that the first one that he hit, stood up from the ground. Only one arrow left, I guess it's yours." Raziel thought as he took aim while Sandor and Yohn were busy fighting the other savages. The one called Ulf, looked at Raziel with fury in his eyes, completely ignoring the arrow that was on his stomach. But Raziel simply stuck his tongue out in a mockery way before shooting his arrow. Only for him to put his hand forward, causing the arrow to pierce through the palm of his hand. To Raziel's shock, however, Ulf immediately pulled the arrow off his hand like it was nothing and picked his longaxe from the ground before he charged towards the Prince. "Dammit!" Raziel yelled as the big savage charged towards him, with Sandor and Yohn being too busy to help him.
"Die! mall boy!" Ulf yelled as he attempted to chop Raziel in half by swinging his axe downwards on him.
"Woah!" Raziel jumped to the side to evade the axe, dropping his bow as he hit the ground. The axe entered, chopping one of the stripped corpses that was on the ground.
As he pulled his axe off the corpse, the boy stood up from the ground. Only for him to try to swing his axe sideways on him. With Raziel barely dodging by jumping backwards. "Ahh!" Which led him to fall into a bunch of rocks, which hurted his back.
"AH!" Then Ulf tried to swing his axe downwards again, but Raziel rolled to the left to avoid it. Despite that, the rocks that were on the ground were hurting him.
His attacks are labored because of the arrow. Raziel thought as he quickly stood up. Ulf was attacking in a slow and labored manner because of the arrow on his stomach, and Raziel would definitely be dead if that wasn't the case. I just need to keep my distance. Raziel thought as he moved his head to look at Sandor and Yohn, who were too busy fighting the other savages to help him.
"Ahh!" Ulf lifted his heavy looking axe off the ground as Raziel stood up and tried to attack him once again. A slow and easy to see attack that Raziel evaded easily by simply stepping back.
"Want me to kneel down to make it easier for you?" Raziel asked sarcastically. "Are you that weak?" He asked with a smile, which clearly pissed the big man off even more. Causing him to continue to try to hit Raziel with the axe, but the Prince easily evaded by moving away from him as each attack causes him to become even slower. After about five more failed attacks towards the Prince, his attacks started to lose strength as well. Now! Then he attempted to swing his axe downwards once again, which Raziel simply moved to the side to evade. But this time, the moment Ulf's axe hit the ground, Raziel drew his Valyrian steel dagger and charged towards the man.
"AAHHH!" Stabbing the side of his torso with the dagger. However, before Raziel could pull it out and stab him again, Ulf let go of his axe and hit Raziel's face with the back of his left fist.
"Ahh!" The blow was very hard, causing the Prince to fall into the ground. "Ahhh..." The impact of his fist made him dizzy, and he was having difficulty standing up. He tried but, but his legs failed on him and he just stumbled back into the ground. Which was bad, because he could see an angry Ulf lifting his axe off the ground and walking towards him slowly. The stab did some damage, but not enough to be fatal. "Aahhh..." Raziel could only crawl away from the man in hopes of reaching Yohn or Sandor, but unfortunately, it turns out that he was so focused on dodging Ulf's attacks that he didn't see that he was now considerably far away from the two. Despite his best attempts, Raziel knew that he wasn't going to reach them, so he rolled back to lay on his back in order to look at Ulf. Who was approaching the Prince with the axe at hand. Raziel Baratheon then widened his eyes as he got closer, but not because he was afraid, but because he had an idea. Taking a deep breath, Raziel let out a loud whistle.
"My Prince!?" Which alerted Sandor and Yohn.
But they weren't the ones that he wanted to call. As Ulf lifted his axe to put the axe through the boy, Raziel let out a sadistic smile. "Should have stayed down." He told the man. As he was about to kill Raziel, a loud screech by the Prince, which was followed by the sight of his beloved pet.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Ulf then screamed in agony as Artys attacked his face, using his Talons to scratch his face. Causing the axe to fall off his hands and into the ground behind him.
Raziel giggled in response to what was happening in front of him. It only took a few scratches for Artys to damage his eyes, once it did, Artys flew away from his face and into the ground next to Raziel. "I already told you that, but I love you, Artys." The Prince told his pet. Who just let out a screech, which Raziel assumed that it's Artys saying that he loves him too.
"AAAAAHHHH!" Ulf kept on screaming in agony while futilely trying to see, but his eyes were bleeding heavily.
Suddenly, he heard steps coming his way. "Are you alright, Prince Raziel?" Bronze Yohn asked him as he inspected the spot where he was hit.
"I am a little dizzy, but I feel fine." Raziel told him as he grabbed onto Bronze Yohn's arm in order to stand up.
"AAAAAHHHHHH!" Ulf let out another scream.
"Take my knife off his torso and put him on his knees, please?" He requested Sandor.
Sandor, who was covered in blood that was clearly not his, did as he was told. He approached the man, grabbed him by the hair and pulled the dagger off of him. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Which made him scream even louder, especially since Sandor punched him in the spot where the dagger was. Causing Ulf to fall on his knees in pain.
"Hold him up, please?" He requested once again as he approached the two and picked his dagger from Sandor's hands. The Hound obeyed once again and held the savage by the arms. "Wow, Artys did a lot of damage." Raziel pointed out as his face was a bleeding mess. "Yes, you did." The Prince said after Artys found his way to his arm. The Golden Eagle simply let out another screech, before flying away.
"My Prince, what are-" Before Bronze Yohn could ask what exactly Raziel was planning to do with Ulf. Raziel, without any kind of hesitation, stabbed the man's torso several times with his Valyrian steel dagger. He practically stabbed him ten times before he finally stopped and signalled Sandor to let go of him. Leaving Ulf to fall on the ground with several stab wounds on his torso. "By the seven..." Lord Royce said as he saw the man dying on the ground.
Raziel simply smiled in satisfaction before cleaning his dagger using Ulf's clothes and placing it back on his sheath. Then he moved to retrieve his bow that he had dropped earlier. Once it was back on his hands, he moved towards Bronze Yohn to ask. "Is that it?" Sandor moved to stand next to the two of them.
"Unfortunately not, there is another group of them inside the cave and they m-" Lord Royce was answering his question but Raziel interrupted him.
"We already took care of them, they're all dead." Raziel informed him since he was referring to the group that they killed before finding Mya.
But Bronze Yohn made a very confused face. "What do you mean, my Prince."
Raziel moved his head up to point at the spot where they killed the group of savages, only for him to see one of them standing up by the edge of it. Despite the distance, Raziel could tell that it was, Oggru , the Moon Brother that he left alive. He looked at it for a second before making a decision. "Actually, we left one of them alive, but I'm about to solve that." Lord Royce clearly didn't understand what the Prince meant.
The boy with black hair then moved towards the Ulf, who was still alive, and pulled the arrow that was on his stomach out. Then he took a few steps away from Sandor and Yohn and took aim with his bow in order to shoot the arrow that was covered in blood. Without any type of warning, Raziel shoots the arrow up, leaving the already confused Bronze Yonh, even more confused. "What exactl-" He was about to ask what exactly he was doing, but he stopped due to being startled by something. The "something" was the body of Oggru, that just fell from the mountain and into the ground near them.
"Now, they're all dead, because that was the last one." Raziel explained. I let him go earlier, but it's better that we just get rid of them all for good. He thought as he watched Oggru's smashed body on the ground.
"My Prince, are you telling me that you two single handedly took out the other half of their group?" Lord Royce asked, still in clear disbelief.
"Yes, if you wanna see the bodies, they are all up there." Raziel confirmed while he pointed at the spot where Oggru fell from. "But you are gonna go there by yourself, because I am gonna go back to the Redfort to check on Mya." Yohn Royce was safe, so he had no more reason to be there. "Come on, Sandor."
With that, Raziel started to go back the way they came. With a confused Bronze Yohn just looking at him as his sworn-shield follows behind him. It didn't take long for him to actually accompany them. "That cave needs to be sealed." Bronze Yohn told the Prince as he walked beside him.
"Then you better speak to Lord Redfort and request his aid to have the cave sealed." In all honesty, that wasn't really Raziel's problem since Jon requested Bronze Yohn to deal with this mess, his involvement was simply because of Mya. "Listen, we already know the location and the Moon Brothers were handled, so sealing the cave shall be the easy part." Finding it took a considerable amount of time, and getting rid of the Moon Brothers took a considerable amount of casualties, so he doubts sealing the cave is gonna be much of a problem.
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As the trio moved quietly towards the entrance where they left the other two prisoners. Raziel actually remembered something. "Oh, I almost forgot." He spoke to Lord Royce. "I think I found the remains of the Winged Knight."
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"I BEG YOUR PARDON?!"