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The plains are much quieter. A week has passed with only a few bats and rats to deal with. This is not lie The Khoury, a plains area far to the east infamous for its raiding bands of monsters, warlords and low life expectancy. Other than bandits, the only creature they have come across was a worm from below ground.
Two days later, they reach a crossroads and have to go south, and this road is not as good of quality, so they slow a bit.
One day earlier, a nasty thunderstorm has forced them to stop for two days. They broke a wheel from a wagon in the mud and they have to make a new one. It’s not great, and it will slow them down even more.
Three days later, Alzar begins to make out the foothills of the next mountain chain. They will have to break off their southly direction in a day or two and move west. They are near the end of the mountains, and should have no problem getting around them.
The next day, they reach a small villa, and this marks the move to the west road. Alzar gets a better wheel and picks up a spare, and they stay in the decent hotel here for a night, and pick up new supplies.
They leave the next day, and that night, they run into a horde of insect swarms and have to go inside. The horses are bitten badly and Alzar decides to rest them for a day and they return to the villa and rest.
Two days later they are back on the road. One of Alzar’s best friends can be seen, and yes , it chooses to attack. This is a wyvern - another.
This time, Alzar know swhat to do, and as the wyvern is swooping down, he again casts Ray of Ondovir. However, this time, the Wyvern makes it saves. It does not fall down. Alzar orders Megala and Dryshik to hide. It flies for Estaish’s riding horse, and Alzar orders Estaish off and cut the saddle bags. Estaish manages to do both with a successful Riding proficiency and the wyvern flies off with the riding horse it its claws. Damn.
Alzar choose not to go back to town again and slow down. Instead, one person will ride a draft horse or wagon while two others are on riding horse, and they will rotate.
That night, Estaish comes across a dangerous Snapper-Saw plant, an plant that tries to cut and kill victims by quickly moving its large saw like plant leaves. It rebounds from Estaish’s armor, and he returns, grabs a brand, and kills it by burning it.
XP – 50 to Estaish
The next day, they see a surprising sight – a dragon in the distance, but it takes no notice. Alzar could tell it was a reddish or brownish color – but that could also mean bronze, ruby, brass, brown or red – or lots of others for that matter – there are a lot of dragons out there.
Using his Alchemy skill and the lab he has, Alzar makes a flask of acid and adds it to the Bag of Holding.
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