Ty and Todd, shifting away from their playful banter, directed their full atttion towards Armond. The gravity of the situation was imdiately appart from the pained expression in Armond's eyes and the blood stains on his armor.
"It's be a rough ti out here," Armond began, his voice carrying the weight of rect struggles. "I'm not going to lie, I'm happy they finally st so backup. Ev I won't complain about any help I can get."
His acknowledgemt of their arrival as a much-needed reinforcemt painted a clear picture of the dire circumstances at the front.
"I know you both can fight, so your assistance will be very valuable," Armond continued, eyeing them with a mix of relief and assessmt.
Ty, understanding the seriousness of their role, responded promptly. "Well, I can, but Todd is still a bit banged up," he said, glancing towards his frid to acknowledge his currt state. "I spoke with Lady Amaris earlier, and she mtioned that our main objective was to defd against any monsters trying to breach the gate. Is that correct?"
"Initially, yes, that was the plan," Armond began, his tone heavy with the burd of rect evts. "But we've lost over 50 m in just the last day alone." His eyes flickered with a mix of grief and frustration as he continued, "I don't know what's going on this year, but ever since the rise of a giant cave, the number of monsters surfacing from the g has increased dramatically."
He paused, the mory of a particular incidt clouding his expression. "I st an escort team to inspect the cave, but all I heard were light screams before there was nothing but silce."
Armond's revelation hinted at a deeper, more ominous threat than they had anticipated. "I've st a letter to the higher-ups, but their response has be slow," he added, a note of disappointmt in his voice.
Ty, processing this new information, interjected with a sse of urgcy, "A giant cave just appeared from the g?"
Armond nodded slightly, confirming Ty's query. "That's right, though not much else has be known about it."
Ty, puzzled by the lack of information, remarked, "It's odd, though; this is the first I'm hearing of it."
"Perhaps they don't want to cause panic or unnecessary worry," Armond speculated, suggesting a possible reason for the lack of widespread knowledge about the cave and its erging threats.
Ty, considering the situation, proposed a seemingly straightforward solution. "Well, why don't we just blow up the cave? Wouldn't that stop any creatures from getting out?"
Armond, visibly exhausted and grappling with the ormity of the situation, raised his voice in response, his frustration evidt. "No, that's not the problem. No monsters have actually co out of the cave. But creatures more powerful than I've se since Legato defeated the last great threat Dragoon – creatures like these hav't be surfacing until now!"
Ty, trying to understand the nature of the threat, offered a comparison, "It's almost like a dungeon th, in so respects?"
"I don't really know what that ans," Armond admitted, his experice with caves limited to smaller, less threating vironmts. "Most caves I've se just house small animals. I've requested further inspection of this one, but for now, our focus is on building a defsive wall along the line to stop any monsters from reaching the Bridge."
He th directed them with a clear task, "Please head a mile straight up and defd the front-line gates from any monsters breaking through."
"Sounds good, but what will you be doing in the anti?" Ty inquired, his curiosity heighted by the situation.
Armond, clearly at the limits of his durance, leaned heavily against the far right pillar of the bridge. "I just need a momt to rest and heal," he confessed, his voice trailing off. "I've be fighting for two days straight..." His words faded as his eyes closed, succumbing to the overwhelming exhaustion.
With his helt off, sweat lined his brow, a testamt to the reltless effort he had be putting in.
Recognizing the need for imdiate action, Ty turned to the guards. "Let's get a move on. Hey guards, get him so water and bread or sothing," he instructed, concerned for Armond's well-being.
One guard looked at Ty, a bit incredulous at taking orders from a skeleton, but the urgcy in Ty's voice prompted action. "I will head to grab so," the guard said, rushing down the bridge.
The other guard, left alone, expressed his concern, "What if monsters get through? I can't do it on my own!" His voice carried a sheepish fear.
Ty reassured him, "No need to worry about that. Just make sure Armond is ready to go wh he wakes up." As he spoke, Ty tossed two gold pieces toward the guard. "Get whatever he needs to heal up," he added, making sure Armond would be tak care of.
Todd, observing the exchange, asked Ty, "Where did you get gold coins?"
"Oh, I grabbed them from your bag while I was getting the black dice," Ty replied casually, showing the dice held betwe his skeletal fingers, the gap where his index finger should have be evidt.
Todd, slightly perturbed by Ty's casual gerosity, reminded him, "Hey, don't be giving those out like candy. That's supposed to last us until we get the sword and dip out of here, you know."
Ty, understanding Todd's concern but confidt in his approach, explained his strategy. "Of course, there's still a large pouch of them, and a bunch of silver ones too. I thought it would help build so rapport if we gave so out at random tis. You give one man a gold coin, and word spreads. Suddly, we go from being feared to being se as caring creatures."
He crossed his bone arms, a skeleton attempting a posture of assurance. "It's all about skewing the perspective of the geral population," Ty added, his tone suggesting a deeper understanding of social dynamics.
Todd, intrigued by this unexpected display of insight, questioned, "That sounded very formal. Where did you hear that from?"
Ty's response revealed a past life far removed from his currt skeletal existce. "Oh, I watched a bunch of videos and took a lot of business classes before I beca a skeleton. Though, I never got to put them to much use."
Ty shared a crucial detail from his past, "But I got jumped and ev kidnapped by that sa group the night of the Cathedral attack. Before they knocked out to sd back here, I planted my finger into the stone rock of their floor. It might serve as a beacon, considering my weapon's ability to sohow always find ."
Todd, listing inttly, was tak aback by Ty's foresight. "That's a good idea, but how will you be able to sneak up on them?" he asked, intrigued by Ty's plan.
Before Ty could respond, their conversation was interrupted by distant screams reaching their ears. Ty's focus imdiately shifted. "That's to figure out later," he said quickly. "Right now, I really just need to find a way to get an tire day off without being interrupted."
Activating his ability, Ty took in a small shard of a creature's soul he had killed the night Lady Nanako admitted her feelings for him. This act heighted his sses to an extraordinary degree. The hint of blood in the air beca almost tangible, and he could see through the dse brushwoods with uncanny clarity.
"Stick close to ; we're going to speed up a bit and jump right into it," Ty instructed Todd, ready to leap into action.
As Todd observed Ty, he noticed sothing differt about his appearance. Ty's eyes burned with a bright gre fla, more intse than usual, and a light aura seed to emanate from his skeletal fra, a visual manifestation of his heighted abilities.
With a swift and calculated move, Ty leaped onto the side of a tree, his gaze locked onto a specific point in the distance. Todd, understanding the urgcy, readied himself and followed suit. Together, they leaped from the tree, propelling themselves into an op field.
Below them, a line of sandbags ford a makeshift barricade about three feet high. Behind this barrier, a doz soldiers ard with bows and arrows were positioned, while another group of m and wom, equipped with shields, stood in front as a frontline defse.
As Ty and Todd soared over the heads of the soldiers, one of them shouted in alarm, "Two monsters overhead! What do we do?" This exclamation highlighted the confusion and surprise at the sudd appearance of Ty and Todd.
Landing about 0 feet away from the defsive line, Ty and Todd quickly assessed the situation. Ty's gaze was drawn to a giant cave in the distance, perhaps a mile or two down the path. It was from this cave that monsters seed to be erging ty thought before recalling it should be easy to get into.
Though our job is really to just defd these people but how about we let loose a bit Todd, unless you wanna rest up a bit?
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