Thalion ran through the jungle. His body was still in pain from the fight earlier. He activated predatory instinct to blend with the darkness and to scout the area so he wouldn't run into any surprises. He had fed on so plants on the way, which had almost fully healed his injuries, but now he faced a lot of problems. He couldn't go back to the fortress when the orcs had such strong fighters.
Their reaction was fast and very efficient. The orcs had reinforced the blockade and the camp instantly, making a stealth attack almost impossible. For now, he was trying to find any survivors from the fortress. He needed more n to break through if sothing like that was even possible, or maybe so had good connections with one of the human bases.
If he didn't find anyone, maybe he would just travel the mountains and hunt for a good airborne form; maybe then he could do more to help Kael.
Asking Steven for help was also not an option; he feared that he had so similar skill as the orc and would instantly notice that Thalion and the umbreal predator were the sa person.
Michael had already tried to use him as an excuse to bring more people under his wing. If he knew his true class, Kael could get a lot more problems. While he was running through the jungle, his sharp senses heard the sound of a fight in the distance, and he pushed his speed to the limit.
He soon arrived in the area and spotted Evelyn, Kargul, and a young woman who was firing fireballs at their attackers. The attackers were insects—so kind of wasps but with a red mist rising from their bodies. Especially after they died, this was so kind of blood spell, he realized perplexed. The wasps were not undead, but they didn't look alive either.
Thalion transford into his human form and approached the clearing, where more and more wasps were entering. Kargul, now with a big mace, kept smashing every single and clearly had a lot of fun doing it. Thalion also engaged in the fight by throwing a charged fireball at a group of insects that completely destroyed at least seven of the wasps, but they just kept coming.
"Hello," Evelyn happily greeted him. "Did Kael already kill the orcs in front of the city?"
"No, the situation is looking dire," Thalion said while throwing another fireball at another group of wasps, destroying their bodies.
The red mist was rising, and it had to be blood, as he felt the desire of the sanguine thorn, but it was odd, like the blood had a mind of its own. After a ti of them destroying wasp after wasp, the attacks slowly subsided, and after a bit more, they ended completely, and the red mist hung high in the air.
Evelyn had to constantly heal herself, Kargul, and the woman since for them the red mist was so kind of poison. For Thalion, it was perfect nourishnt as the sanguine thorn was gobbling everything up with glee.
Since the attacks had ended, the others were running from the red mist, except Thalion; he walked right into it, with Evelyn calling him stupid for doing so. When he stood in the middle of everything, he activated Crimson Harvest and drew all of the red mist to him. The sanguine thorn was devouring all of the blood with glee. Thalion also ripped all the remaining blood out of the wasp corpses, leaving only empty shells. The sanguine thorn was almost humming with delight after devouring all the blood.
"How are you not dead?" Evelyn said with surprise. "This mist should have killed you many tis over after entering the clearing with Kargul and the young woman."
"It's a skill of mine that makes immune to the mist," Thalion answered, trying not to give too much information. "So what were your plans?"
"I don't know, Evelyn sighed. And how are Kael and the others?"
"They are fine, but the orcs are slowly starving them in experience, but so far, so good," Thalion answered. "There are no plans. The situation isn't looking good."
"We should go and smash them!" Kargul said with excitent.
"That won't work; there is at least one orc at level forty and too strong for us to handle," Thalion said, shaking his head. "Do you know any of the human bases that are close? We will need an army."
"I know one," the woman mage said. "We could definitely find help there."
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"You're confident to do that alone? I need to pay the mountains a visit," Thalion said after a bit of thinking. He really didn't want to do politics, and gaining a new flying form could allow him to be more useful anyway.
"Yeah, we should be fine," Evelyn said. "I think Kael will get help anyway since the gods will for sure inform their blessed that the orcs are on the move or even order them to help Kael."
"That would be perfect. Good luck! When I am finished, I will co back as fast as I can," Thalion said, and with that, he disappeared into the jungle.
This was a turbulent day, but it should be fine. If they managed to get help from a human base, breaking the blockade would be entirely possible.
Thalion used his mist form to race for the mountains, flying with incredible speed in that direction, but they were so far away and probably it would take the whole night to get there.
After his mana was almost empty, he landed and continued his travel in the form of the umbreal predator. The surroundings blurred while Thalion pushed his body to its limit, and he ca closer and closer to his destination, wondering what great beast would live on the top of those mountains. Sotis you could see beasts fighting far up in the sky, but that was very rare. One was the big griffins that were, from ti to ti, flying down to the grassland, but he hoped for so kind of bird form that was faster and more mobile in the air. Sothing like the manta they t at the beginning of the tutorial or so kind of falcon or eagle
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