KINGDOM LIFE Volume 2: A Winter Odyssey

Phase 14 - Underground Siege

But Shiro's ears are picking up something else too. Almost like hissing. Perhaps it's only the silent atmosphere inside this pitch black cave with light provided by Selena's Torch and Lantern held by her hands...

I listen to it quietly and clear to get a better read on it. There's a hissing, yes, but it's not one extended sound. More like multiple exhalations, and there was a slight growl that shiro picks up from his sharp hearing senses nearby or far. It that form words, A single word. Echoing throughout the dark passages. One word. One name. Repeated over and over again. "Takara."

As i help Takara up with Selena We continue to walk along the direction free of everything but our scent. There's no way to erase that at the moment. I'm guessing that's how the hissing things are tracking us, because we haven't left much of a physical trail. The Troll's noses will be abnormally keen, but possibly by the time we spent walking further. Outside the hum of the room, the hissing becomes more distinct and Selena is now frightened and stays closer to the Big Guy; Shiro of which him Holding takara But, it's a bit impossible to get a sense of the Troll's location or whatever the creature is causing it within their persepective. They're Either behind us, still a fair distance.

Theoretically, Shiro should have a good lead on them, although he's certain to be much strategic.... We've covered about three more blocks via a section of neglected rock track when the screams begin. Thick, guttural. Bouncing off the area walls and atmosphere.

"Trolls!" says Selena immediately in panic. That's when Shiro now recognized the trolls are Monsters that lurks in the areas of deep caves and Dungeons

"The Trolls must have found us, They could be the ones who killed off the people in that area!" -says Shiro.

"Yes!" Selena Shouts really scared and adds "They'll probably kill anyone. It's just that they won't stop until their hunger is satisfied with any humans they feast on!"

After his hour of terror studying with Selena, She is most likely right. Yet Takara has not awaken and much unconscious The screams have stopped, and in their absence his name has rebounded, startling in its proximity. It's below as well as behind us now. "Takara."

then at the high ceiling, a round roof fell over down with a smoky dust as it went off for a seconds, a Numerous of a monstrous Trolls with glowing red eyes, sharp teeth and long tongue gritting it's teeth with a reptilian-like tail to the three and their long tongue rolled out, They are outnumbered, maybe 76 of them against the 3.

Shiro: "Trolls! , Selena help takara get up and i'll take care of it!"

Selena: "But what ab-"


Shiro: "It won't be long, Hurry!" and the monsters would ran over to draw their sharp claws, Then shiro grabbed his long resembling baton weapon of his, he unsheathes it, a sharp blade inside, then the monsters will hit their claws but shiro immediately stabs the wrist by sliding over them, and slashes their neck off with no hesitation, he then kicked the head of the other incoming troll really hard then getting up as shiro throwed his blade at the chest of the beast, Then shiro punches the trolls with his precise martial fist combat,
then knee hit in the body as he kicked by foot sending the monster towards the wall breaking through. Even though shiro can barely fight the numbers of these trolls, the Three are still trapped in a numerous trolls, hungry for a flesh they can feast on, but neither one of the trolls has touched Selena or the Unconscious Takara.

Selena: "He's so wonderful....." She was simply astonished by the Big Guy's skillful combat against the monsters, but then shiro sees more beast coming from the broken wall and lots of them, and one jumped at swift speed to shiro, But he was about to pierce them with his bare hands in time until the trolls got hit by metal spear-like arrows, and shiro was saved, where did those spears came from? it's just the three of us against these hordes of Monstrous strolls in this remote cave area, that's until Shiro sees a light, and a Faction of Eastern people has showed up and a 3 group of samurai warriors came in armed with katana's and crossbows, the other samurai instantly diced the monsters off, and the other launched 3 spears at the monster trying to get selena, The samurai's take off their masked as revealing 3 adults looking in their mid thirties

Then all of them positioned in front of Shiro and Selena, There goes Toru and asks them  "You guys aren't hurt?"

and Shiro replied: "Not at all, but my partner is seriously not well."

Samurai #1: "Seriously?! try not to cut it close!"

Samurai #1: "And you can't just jump out like that."

Toru beside takara checking "This one is cold and ill."

Shiro: "He is indeed not good, but you better help us quick, however we appreciate your surprise help to us."

Samurai #2: "We'll do what we can help, we don't know where you three are exactly heading but why not stay at our settlement place?"

And shiro replied in a respectfull tone: "Oh alright, thank you once again."

"But...."  The eastern warriors were armed with their weapons, for a fact, they are surrounded by hundreds of trolls, maybe more than that, but the faction of these Warriors are numbered to 60, There goes Anne, a Female Eastern warrior, armed with a bow, let's fly an arrow to the trolls, then reloads and shoot in her precise archery combat along with her comrades. But one of the warriors were yanked away and got piled up with the trolls and feasts, it was too late to save that man but nevertheless Shiro helps along with these people, Arrows showered upon these trolls as they retreat away, then the 6 of them are walking outside and the two samurai's carrying takara in a sling stick carpet support

Selena: "They're too fast!" they were sprinting, as they all ran past through a line further, an explosion occured, rocks and boulders fell apart blocking the way of the trolls that traps them inside

Toru: "We got them pops!"

Takeda: "Few of our comrades didn't make it."
 
Anne: "We better keep moving now." 

shiro and selena found themselves outside, a mountain, it was cold, cloudy weather, the strong blows of wind by the atmosphere, dragons and cargo attached to each other as these eastern peoples boards in, Shiro looking around in the sky, the first word he spoke was "Snow."