The Guardians: Book One of the Restoration Series by Williams Christopher

Author:Williams, Christopher [Williams, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2009-11-28T05:00:00+00:00

Approaching the clearing, they spread out and moved as silently as possible.

They broke through the brush, and entered the south-western part of the clearing. There were ten goblins gathered around a fire. Goblins were evil creatures, with wicked looking fangs. They were about the same height as humans, but much stronger. They were furry, and wore little clothing. They lived in clans, or tribes, and were constantly fighting amongst themselves. They jumped to their feet as the soldiers entered the clearing.

Colonel Holt drew his sword, shouting, “Charge!” The colonel and his soldiers from the fort quickly spurred their horses forward.

Flare, however, tried to restrain his men from joining the battle. Philip was in the battle with the goblins before Flare could stop him, but he stopped the rest of the squad members from charging.

“Wait! Guard the rear. Trestus get your bow ready and scan the trees. Heather, get back into the woods and make sure we’re not being ambushed. Atock, Enton, draw your weapons, and stay alert.”

The fight continued for several minutes, but the soldiers, with their superior numbers, were easily defeating the goblins. Eight goblins were already dead, while only two soldiers had fallen.

All of a sudden, Heather burst back through the trees. “Flare! There are goblins everywhere. We're surrounded!”

“How many are there?”

Heather shook her head as she answered, “I don’t know. A couple hundred, maybe.”

“Damn. All right.” Flare quickly gave orders. “Form into a wedge, we’ll have to burst through them and make a run for the fort, but first I must warn the colonel.”

He turned his horse around and sped off toward the battle.

The last two goblins had not been killed, but instead they had been caught and tied up, presumably for interrogation later.

Flare pulled his horse up, kicking up dirt from his horses hooves.

Flare opened his mouth to speak, when Colonel Holt cut him off, “Sergeant, why were your men disregarding orders and hanging back?”

“Sir, we were guarding the rear in case of an ambush. And ..”

“Ambush? These are goblins. They don’t ambush. Their just not sm....”

“Sir! There are several hundred of them surrounding us now. We must retreat.” Flare said. He interrupted the colonel without thinking.

“What? That’s impossible. They don’t work together like that.” The Colonel said, dismissing Flare with a wave of his hand.

“Sir. We must go, right now.”

Flare didn’t wait for an answer, but instead turned and rode back toward the forest. When he got close enough, He shouted, “Heather! Take point. Spearhead us a path through!”

She obeyed instantly, charging through a break in the foliage, with Flare and the other soldiers right behind them.

For several seconds, it was all he could do to avoid the branches and limbs that were flying at him, but fortunately, the company quickly broke through onto the path. Unfortunately, twenty five or so goblins were advancing on the clearing, and they came out right in the middle of them.

The goblins were as surprised as the humans, but both sides quickly recovered. Atock drew one of his swords and cleaved the head of the nearest goblin so quick that Flare couldn’t follow the movement.

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