Stranded Mage by D.W. Jackson

Author:D.W. Jackson
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: good, magic, cheap, wizard, swords, dark, thad, death, medevil, war

CHAPTER XVI

The group didn’t get their next hint of the Brotherhood for another five days. Thad and the others huddled around a small stump that had been turned into a makeshift table. With a long stick in his hand Parson pointed out small drawings that represented their surroundings. “The Brotherhood has a large force in our path. At least a thousand soldiers are camped to our south and another seven hundred have split off and are moving around to the east. My guess is that they know where we are and are trying to maneuver around us and push us into the larger force.”

Parson moved the stick to small piece of rock that symbolized their position. “Right now we have just slightly over one hundred and twenty soldiers. Against either force we would be sorely outnumbered. We can try and run but I don’t see us evading the Brotherhood in the middle of their own country.”

“We could move around and attack them at night slowly reducing their forces,” Reeve suggested.

“Yes, that would thin their numbers but we only have a handful of troops with that specific set of skills. We need more than simple assassin tactics if we are going to survive the next few days,” Parson replied his voice stern and slightly worried.

“We could lay traps, both magical and non-magical, in the path of the Brotherhood. I could make up some enchanted traps as well,” Thad countered.

Parson looked down at the stump and sighed. “It’s not what I would like to have but it looks like we have little choice. I will start training anyone who has nimble fingers on trap building. Reeve will start training anyone who he can find useful in his night arts, and Thad you will need to make as many of your magical traps as possible.” With Parson’s last statement the meeting was adjourned and each person went about their tasks.

Thad paid little heed when the others left as he went back to his own camp place to start the grueling task of making magical traps. The last time he had made any such thing had been deep in the Underearth and those had worked well but it had been a tight area with little room for the enemy to maneuver. Thad was not sure how the same would work in the open fields that they now traveled.

Thinking of the new problems Thad tried to think of the best traps that he could use. The vines were useful but they were not much of an offensive trap. Not only did Thad need a wide attack, he needed one that would work regardless of the Brotherhood’s white swords.

After hours of thought Thad only had a handful of ideas. The most promising of those being a trap that would recreate the stone spikes that he had used back at the Rane border. The stone spikes would be much smaller, roughly the size of a man’s leg, but should still do sufficient damage.

One of the other ideas Thad had thought of was enchanting stones to launch themselves at anyone who neared them.

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