Oqey.... We should move. Yes, if you are not interested in that weaponry we could find use for it at Burro's village or sell it in Regel. Telling the truth we are going on mission to Regel, appointed by Burro for us. Thots why our price was so low, and we are giving the loot in your favor. We are the Murden Banes and the Guides of this area. But this was a tough fight, and would be toughter if I and Gaeliq would wander here alone. Well... we would won, but It would qost a week or two of reabilitation for Gaeliq. Those dumb qreatures qan not win when i am around. - and he makes very wide smile with his big maw.
He is waiting for approval from the party in order to allow to Gaelic to take rest of the weapons and to start the trip towards Regel.
"Ok so you are done looting? Split that stuff, if you want to drag all that junk with you, and lets go. We need to move."
Then he added, answering on Third's question :
"I think it is the largest group we'll see today, May be even last. They are coward creatures. If they see they can not win without alot of effort and commiting alot of their kind, they normally leave and avoid the dangerous pray. This was their raid band, with scout squad. I am in doubt they will be so quick to figure whats going on and to send much larger force to deal with us. At evening we will arrive to Regel."
it's party turn now
Arriving to the battlefield after last murden died, Chaaseq scanned with his gaze Third by the tree, and then split his eyes attention and said: "Well, that was big group.... I think it's over.... You should attend to our brave glaive who soaked all the punches and esoteries here.... Also, it qould be good idea to check the loot on them... they qould qarry some stuff with them..... It is all yours.... You deserved it".
He turns towards Gaelic and says - You need some rest too, mate."
Then he turned his eyes towards others and commanded - "Lets make short quick qamp. Ten minutes, not more. We need to move."
"Timely arrival, i just finished him. Took more time than i expected." - he says, and his attention turns towards the remaining murden, and he jumps towards him.
Chaaseq and nano are still missing from the picture, but there still some movement behind the trees.
Chaaseq is occupied by dealing with Murden Nano.
Chaaseq performs his leap and lands on Nano, knocking him down.
Chaaseq spots last un-spotted slinger, warning the party with his high-pitched voice, and jumps right on him, knocking down, right after the murden performed his sling attack.
Chaaseq jumps right onto the spotted murden vith very long and precise jump, knocking him down.
"Hey, Hey, Hey, good job, now prepare.... they are qlose ,I feel them, I hear them, they have ranged attaqers and about to attaq us! Perpare yourselves. Same direction.!"
And he jumped into same hole he were hiding in first time.
With blood dripping from his bottom, Chaaseq launches another jump towards Murden 5, landing with his bloody bottom right on his face, and knocking him down.
Chaaseq rises the head and says loudly:
"Main warband! The are qoming. We do not have time. finish them and prepeare. They are sensing us and those already reported us! Same direction!"
Murden 5 knocked down but have full health, attack rolls on him modificed by -1 difficulty.
After thirty seconds of silence mercurial ball of Chaaseq moved up, towards tops of the trees.
Chaaseq hissed: "They are not far. they sense us, but do not know where we are yet. and how many... We have the initiotive. They are at north-east, behind that mod wall and in diroction of this nearby broqen tree, 150 yards. They are seemingy just sqout porty. Main raid band could be anywhere nearby, but i do not sense it, yet. Prepore for the battle - we must ambush them now. If not they qould avoid straight fight and qall for main war-band..." - whispered Chaaseq and jumped on the broken tree which separated party and aproaching murdens, and hid himself in the hole in it.
They traveled some time in silence, when suddenly Chaaseq stopped and hissed:
"Hold on! Stop and stand still!"
Chaaseq three-eyed gaze went to silent Zimm, then to Talanth, then to seemingly satisfied by his answer Third, nodded with his head and eyes wince, and started to jump forward, following the trail, leading into woody rocky area to the east.
"If we done, then we done.... Onwards!"
His big purple body stated to jump away, with amazing speed, inviting party to follow him.
"Well, Aeon Priests are not talquative lot... There were two convoys recently.. armed, with boxes and stuff. They did not talqed much. They hired us, and that was smort decision for both of convoys. Without us i do not thinq they could even reach Regel, especially one time, sitoation was very hairy. And.... They did not come back yet. The doing something in Regel. Perhaps they found something, sending alot of people with boxes is not thing they do jest bequause they are bored, He-qhe-he." - replied Chaaseq to Third's question.
"They perhaps are in Regel's clave. Unboxing their boxes. Qhe Qhe he!" - his hightly-pitched laugh sounded almost bizarre.
Ok, i see you are ready! - said Chaaseq when he saw Talanth coming out from the building.
"I reolly suggest us to go now, becouse we are risking to be caoght by twilight before we reach Regel, and that is reolly reolly bad thing.
anothing you need here? Want asq Burro about? Do it now. We need to go out, friends."
Suddenly he jumped like 7 feet away and appeared on the trail leading to the east gate of the village.
"Alrightly, now if you please to sit and have rest abit... in case you need" - his eyes moved towards Talanth - "Isn't it? What is your name, brave young man? You want to take short nap? You look wet and bit tired..."
Chaaseq examined Third's cypher and big weird wide smile formed on his toad face .
"Good, we have one. Another one and we are oq"
They accepted Rejuvenator
"Anything more?" he turned his side eyes towards Zimm and Talanth, while his central one remained focused on Zoose.
Chaaseq nodded with his head and with all his three eyes blink and said : "Nice, mister Third. Please put it on the toble so i qan see it."
Then he turned towards Zoose and said : "I am not sure we could find it useful. The thing we need good numenera. Which worqs. Do things. Do wonders. As for boots and hats - mister Burro is very qrafty person. He qan do that himself."
"Yes. Good ones. Morely a token. So what you say?" - added Chaaseq, closed his side eyes and drilled his central eye's gaze into Third's eyes.
"So this is only thing we could really qontribote to Burro's household, and we obliged to be his usoful friends, becouse for few years he sharing his amozing village with us. And we also have fun!
Then, on our way, i will satiate your interest about my persona, mister Third "
"Aha mister Third, i am undoobtetdly pleased with interest you have to my porsona, but let me tell you something.... As i guess you came here because you heading to the east direction, and such guess makes me thinq that we should discoss something else first.... " - Said Chaaseq, moving his three eye's focus on Third hairless head.
"We should talk business and your desire to move onwards.... Firstly, you can have some rest here - surely dear Burro will accept you for night, if you desire, but let me worn you.... If you will stay here for too long and then move out in noon or after it you making such travel very perilous for yourself.... even more than it is already so..... You should rest till tomorrow, if you desire so, or move out very soon in order to reach only civilozed place in many miles to the east - Regel - before the twilight. The way is foll of dangers... And..." - he eyed Burro.
Big toad-like creature broke the silence with it's high-pitched strange voice and heavy accent.
"Homuqa! Hello dear friends! You come to drink with us, and perhaps, i really guess, you also our new potontial costomers. Know! We value anyone, and are totolly and largely and completely glad to accept you at such nice place as our friend Burro's village!
Well met! I am Chaaseq, The Murden-bone! And there is Gaelic - my brave companion and friend, and this - is Burro, qindest person, and ownur of this citadol village which is our home!"
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