Spellbound

Chapter 3: Unreal Forces

As the men surround the cave, the group grows silent moving pass the massive trees with slow and methodical movements. With 20 in total, the group splits into ten then five men groups gaining an area advantage. The first teams advances on the cave, two of the units move towards the outerwall of the cave then position themselves far enough not to alert their targets. Both in unison, reach into a pouch located on their hip throwing down a palm sized opal colored disc throwing it near their feet then backing up slightly. They took into a sprint stomping it with force propelling 7 feet in the air towards the outer walls and with finesse they reach to their sides grabbing diamond and steal bonded rock climbing pickaxes digging into the rock with ease, after gaining their footing they began scaling up the walls to get a better advantage as the other three surround the entrance. The leader walks infront of his comrades, as he is about to enter he hears a small growl stopping in his tracks he backs up slowly and singals the other two with his hands indicating that he heard their targets and prepare to attack. The pack leader sniffs the brezze of the cave as walks towards the entrance walking and decent pace he crushes a hand sized rock under his weight alone, back outside the hunters leader finishes alerting them, slightly louder than normal footsteps regains their attention, then in unison they clap together "Spellbind: Fire Release Searing Fire Funnel!" They all yell, then bringing their fists to their face opening them for the fire to flow through blowing ferocious orange flames into the cave, each of them position to increase the intensity of the the attack to assure an effective kill, their fire getting so immense it began heating the rock and turning the rim of the cave red from the heat. The build up from the flames began to seep outside the cave indicating that it reaches to the back. All three stop in one motion leaving a searing red entrance and a thick white smoke to engulf and pour out the cave. No longer hearing anything the three men began to chuckle, "Ha that was easy, why the fuck was it so hard for..." Before the leader finished his sentence, a speedy massive force lunged at them first attacking the leader hitting him in the jaw with his hammer, smashing it off with ease, the man instantly falls down as he chokes on blood and grasp for his missing jaw. Stomping on the twitching body of the leader, crushing him into the ground as if he were an mere insect. Letting out a roar, the other two men clapped their hands for another spell but it was to late, the troll was already on them smashing one in the stomach with the hammer disembowelling him instantly, then reaching fast grabbing the other by his head crushing it. "Shit!" One of the group members yelled trying to spellbind standing in the open to take his shot, another troll landed on top killing him instantly. Two men that were able to spellbind attack the leader with slender level two energy beams connecting with the trolls skin but showing natural biological resistance, the beams are shrugged off as he advances towards them without any hindrance he chuckles lowly as the two put all their might into it. Another two soldiers fire hyper arrows accelerated by lightning from the top of the trees. The arrows were caught inches from the troll's temple, crushing the arrows with a growl, as he brings air into his lung he lets out a decent blow of air smashing against the tree shaking the massive object blowing the men out of it and a few feet away. Another soldier from the second group reached into a pouch on his left hip bringing a 14 ounce lava red stone out, "Watch out blast stone" he yells as he chucks it at high speed, perfectly pitching it towards the troll's feet that crushed his comrade with his landing. The slender grey skinned troll scanned the rock quickly, he began to punt it but was to late, in mid stride the stone lava core glew bright then exploded into a 15 meter blanket of lava covering the troll completely and the surrounding area scolding it making the troll scream in anguish from the attack, but shortly after he gained his composure wiping off its arms and face somehow just turning its skin black in ash he then grabs a handful of it throwing into the man's face, the thick substance colliding with the man's face with a heavy thud knocking him instantly to the ground. The man reaches in agony for two seconds before passing. The leader troll advanced on his two attackers as he gets closer, the intensity of the beams starts to increase slightly, reaching through first attackers beam palming him into and tree breaking his back and neck as the other soldier directs the beam to the trolls face connecting the force from the attack slightly stunned the troll stumbling, but after gaining his footing he grabs the man's hands as they were emmiting the energy, engulfing the green energy beam in the mans hands entirely causing a white vapor to seep through the massive troll's fist that now were crushing them with ease. Lifting the man up four feet in the air in one swift motion, the massive hand of the troll grasps the bottom of the man's neck while keeping his arm extended, he pulls on him tearing him apart screaming for a short duration. As the troll finished, the sky cracked and a level two focused lighting strike hit the troll in the back engulfing him in a small five meter explosion causing a small blue flash, debri, and smoke to develope but showing the same resistance. The troll steps out the small crater that the attack caused, as he does he palms the ground causing a decent size sink hole to open engulfing three enraging soliders and then with one motion clenching its fist in the dirt shuting it instantly. The rest of the men gather, eight remained, one of the leaders scanned the cave entrance while barking orders, "Wheres the two that climbed up they were supposed to collapse the ...." The leader is stopped as he looks up at the top of small mountain with two blood pools streaming down and an already awaiting female troll glaring down at the battle field. The leaders sweat builds even more "Was this all an trap?" He questions under his breath with fear and anger in his voice, he stumbles back even shoving into one of his men that were still bold enough to stand strong in this situation. The man he bumped looked at him a small second then refocusing on what's important, he falls down to the ground as he sees one of his soldiers spellbind embed white energy in his fist and leaps bravely towards the troll and actually landed the punch but only leaving a white fist mark that fadded seconds after it landed and with shock and awe leaving the soldier temporarily frozen in place, the troll swiftly smashed his head in with the hammer bringing so much force down on the man his body collapsed and crushed under the force. The leader's eyes lighting up with fear, screaming at the top of his lungs "Ahhh Run!!" He picks him self up and began sprinting "We have to get out of here now.... !!!" he states but stops speaking as he is hearing the battle behind him. He picks up the pace, he hears the magic and steel of his comrades only seconds before it was drowned out but their screams and the colliding sound of those brute's strength against the bodies of his men, a few rips, and tears the air grows dead silent as he sprints throught the lush beauty of the thick multi coloured layered forest. He begans to stumble through his panic "ag- ah-ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!" The man yells as he is now running with all he got for his effort to all be in vain as a cloaked force is somewhat noticeable 50 feet in front of him but he took no heave to it until the eyes grew blue then its mouth unleashing a vapor like energy wave towards the man in the small second he was able to stop, he accidentally slid into the ground trying change his path holding his arm out the nonexistent mercy, the wave of energy swept the man in seconds vaporizing his skin then tissue causing the man to be burnt in place after the searing embers and smoke cleared a chared and ashen corspe remained, the man's skin and clothes scorched or ashen leaving a blackened skeleton and area. The troll deactivated its cloak walking past its work with out touching it, the man practically glassed in place reaching for salvation but was left disappointed. Undoing its cloak the young troll began heading towards the cave which he wasn't too far from, approaching his still steaming brother, staring with concern the youngest was grunted at and gestered by the blackened slender troll to go check on the others. The youngest nodded as the other countiued to clean himself off. As the young troll stared at the blackened and glassed entrance to the cave absolutely robbed of its beauty, shaking its head in disappointment the troll growls. The large familiar hand of the leader grasp the shoulder of the young troll turning around to acknowledge the leader the eldest gives a deep sigh,"You must know young one these humans hold little regard to Akria's beauty, leaving little to no concern for their surroundings in pursuit of their goals" said the eldest as he gesters with his head for the youngest to follow him. As the trolls make their way away from the cave, the two female trolls land from the top of the mountain with finesse landing firmly on their tip-toes digging them into the dirt slightly as they gather themselves and began to walk ahead of the first two, the leader grunts. Looking towards the twin on the left "Have you searched this zone for more?" He said hawking a glob of spit to the ground, the twin on the left glances over her shoulder grunting in a slightly lighter tone "The forest around us is cluttered with traps, and seems to be no more humans for a few hundred meters for now" the female troll said turning back to face the leader. Stopping the group facing the eldest, she grabs into a pouch picking up something made of a glassy texture showing half a lava colored stone. Half of the shattered body of the stone dull in its color and its previous essence "This stone was some how able to hurt Sugot, I think they imbewed this stone with more lava mana" she says as he examines it "Somehow making this compact stone is their way of trying to evolve" she remarks tossing the stone on the ground. Nodding in understanding then nudging his head slightly to gester her to continue. Then grunting slightly and letting a deep breath out "Sugot's natural resistance has always been the weakest but luckily whatever doesn't kill him makes him stronger, unlike us his is slower to manifest but I honor him for his sheer determination and might" he says smirking then staring ahead into the dense jungle ahead "Sugot should be done sealing the entrance and meeting us in a few hours at our next outpost" the brown skin leader says with a grunt, as the others grunted in acceptance. The troll continued through the thick vegetation and sunlight struggling to make it through the lush beauty.

...... Four hours later in a neighboring flat grassland to the forest a temple the shape of a sword, the body of the building formed as a blade as it reaches seven stories into the air with two adjoining building structures, one to the left and right forming a hilt shape. Inside the building on the seventh story, a group is seated around an obsidan round top table. Each dressed in military dress uniforms with chest armor that was adorned with seven minerals, each representing their individual resistive properties. The one in the middle of the table picks up a jade marble shot glass and began to sip twice. "So we sent a shadow strike unit to the last known whereabouts of these creatures, but haven't heard from them in three fucking hours" slaming his shot glass to the table cracking the glass a small amount. Throwing his hands into the air then laying the flatly on the table, "Why do we keep sending men and women to there death, I .. Im tired of this but this won't end till those things meet theirs" a vain forming on the man's brow with his deep voice remorseful and clenching his fist tightly, one of the men with a jet black afro, a pair of milky white aviator glasses with a telescopic mod in the lense, and a lumber jack bread looked at his leader, "my men and I gathered some alchemists to make more cast stones to hit them hard with, I also have a raider unit moving in that area as we speak to recover any bodies and hopefully clean up" the man says nodding. The leader forms his lips in a surprised but understanding gester while nodding his head, someone knocks diamond shaped door, the leader's voice echoes slightly through the room "Enter" a man enters ahead with four guards standing behind him, stopping only a few feet staring at the leaders in the room "I'm sorry to report but the shadow unit is KIA" the man says bowing his head in a empathetic manner. The man in the middle nodds then dismisses the man with a polite hand gester to leave. The man nods then turns and leave, with an angry grunt the man smacks his shot glass of the table breaking it. He then folds his hands up he looks at the man with glasses, "Get in contact with Akir" then he began standing from his chair and staring at the beautiful land ahead from his oval glass window.

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