CH.5 The instagators

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As they started to leave Silvergrove they noticed a group of elves following them Callum brushing it aside said "Rayla stop worrying I can see it on your face it's probably just... Were both going the same way" "I don't think so Callum, there is still hatred towards humans here even though the war is over" Ethari said glancing back towards the group.

An elf from the group started talking "Hey, Rayla how is it hanging out around a puny human, real confidence booster right, because they're bad at everything." When the elf in the group finished talking the whole group burst into laughter.

"You better fight him before you diss him" Ethari yelled, remembering Callum fight with one of the haters last time they were there.
The elf who thought it was a good idea to shoot an arrow at Raylas head, got to meet the side of Callum that isn't all soft and cuddly.

"Ok human scum come fight me" the same elf yelled at Callum, "I wouldn't want to break your confidence though" Callum yelled back. Another burst of laughter from the elvish group, "I guess he's a coward just like all the other humans then" the elf yelled again trying to goad Callum into fighting him, Callum staying silent continued to walk on ignoring the elf.

As they walked out of Silvergrove the group behind them broke apart and returned to there homes.
"I am surprised, Callum, that you did not destroy that fool as you did to the last person to goad you like that,"
" one I didn't feel like it, two his buddies all had swords strapped on, I doubt it would have gone even half as well as last time, three there were guards up on the railings of balconies just waiting for something to happen." Callum said slightly annoyed "I am proud of you not fighting him, also when did you get so perceptive I'm the assassin." Rayla said with a smile.

"Oh I forgot to tell you, there's a rumor going around about a group of elves calling themselves the instigators, using black magic to summon army's of undead to try and break the peace." Ethari said a while later, "that explains the strange elf we saw Rayla," Callum said looking worried "well the rumor also states that they have overrun most of the countryside of xadia and are raiding small villages, we will be lucky if we don't run into any, really lucky." Ethari said getting worried now that he knows it's not just rumor.

A few hours later

It starts to rain as they walk through a valley when Rayla notices a noise coming from the area ahead so she grabs Callum and motions Ethari to jump in a bush, as a group of 25 undead soldiers human and elf alike walk through the path dragging a group of dragon younglings.

"We have to free the younglings," Rayla said pulling out her blades preparing to jump out and attack the undead warriors.
"Wait I can use aspero friggis and freeze some of them" Callum said beginning to draw the rune in the air just outside of the bush.
"Aspero friggis!" Callum said freezing half the undead in their tracks, Rayla jumping out of the bush begins slashing at the warriors and Ethari starts looseing arrows at the one's outside of Raylas hit zone.

With only a few left and many narrow saves from Ethari Rayla is getting slower, Callum firing fulminis zaps a warrior behind Rayla, but none of them noticed the archer behind a tree firing an arrow into Raylas abdomen.

"AAAH Callum hel..." Rayla screamed hitting the ground passing out, Callum seeing the archer, shoots lightning at it killing it, while Ethari takes care of the rest of the few scattered undead warriors, Callum runs to Rayla using as chunk of cloth he cut out of his shirt to stave off the bleeding while he pulled out the arrow, then grabbing a heal all poultice from his sack placed it over the wound wrapping it with bandage.

Then once he was sure she was bandaged and regulated he looked at the arrow to see if it was poisoned, looking at it, he could see large amounts of rust,  he then licked it to see if it had any taste, immediately spitting it out he could taste nightsbane a rare poison made from the Nightengale flower, but it's only found in the kingdom of katolis as far from xadia as you can go and still be in katolis and is illegal.

Luckily the poultice had a herb that fights the poison from Nightengale, noticing Ethari run over he announces "it was poisoned with nightsbane the poultice I applied will heal her but we will have to move slower we can't stop until we reach the spire though" Callum said, "good" Ethari said as Callum lifted her up bridal style carrying her over to the baby dragons thinking
Where did they get Nightengale flowers to make the nightsbane I thought it was extremely rare nowadays after the past kings of katolis have had it outlawed to try and remove the poison from the market, and mass burned the flower.

Setting her down he begins in unchaining the baby's, then asked them " we need your help carrying our injured friend, if you come with us the dragon king zym will take care of you until we find your mothers"  getting many playful looks and head bobs he takes it as a yes and begins setting rayla on the back of the biggest of the younglings who is almost as tall as Callum's chest, after laying her in the crook of the dragons neck and wings Callum stands beside her and they begin to walk in the drenching rain.

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For offliners like me
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