Many Hidden Rooms (Cerah of Quadar Book 2) by S. J. Varengo

Author:S. J. Varengo [Varengo, S. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Northern Lake Publishing
Published: 2018-05-28T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Hunting Parties

Once the last ship had disappeared over the horizon and the final trace of dragon wings had vanished from the sky, Slurr immediately began to organize hunting parties. It was obvious that they would need food, but Slurr also reckoned that keeping the men active would prevent their minds from pondering the worst. “We will have to hike back in the direction of the mountain,” he said to Yarren, one of the ten wizards who had volunteered to remain with the unit. “The snow beasts clearly do not venture this far out, but I think we should only have to go as far as the hills.”

“I’m afraid you’re right,” the handsome young wizard said. Yarren could see that in spite of the façade Slurr was putting forward, he was leading his men with a heavy heart. He had not been separated from Cerah for any length of time since they had left Kamara. Yarren could relate to the general’s anguish, as he had insisted that Russa head to Niliph. She had argued vehemently with him, but in the end Cerah had stepped in, saying that Russa would be needed to help keep the recently freed humans healthy on the voyage. Like Kern, the young woman was exceptionally gifted in the casting of healing spells.

“If we take about a thousand of the men with us we can form parties large enough to overpower the monsters, as well as haul their hairy carcasses back here. Cerah left enough provisions with us to last a week, if we ration carefully. That means we should only need to hunt enough food to feed us for seven additional days or so. Renton said the voyage to Niliph would take five days. Once there, they will have to re-provision the ships before they can head back. It will be at least two weeks before we will see them again. But one of those big carcasses will feed fifty men for a couple of days. Hopefully we can hunt up a bevy of them.”

“Let’s organize the men and get started. I don’t relish the thought of just lingering around on this endless sheet of ice for the next fortnight,” said Yarren. Next to him, Valosa, his massive green dragon, gave a chirp. “Valosa doesn’t want to wait here either,” he said.

Slurr patted the dragon’s neck and said, “I shall need you both on this hunt. Please choose four other wizards to come with us as well. I will gather the men.”

Because the majority of the soldiers would not be involved with the quest, Slurr set those that would remain on the coast the task of actively patrolling the shoreline. He instructed them to keep their eyes keenly focused upon the ocean. “We do not know that some of the evil forces may not return. Be diligent. And should they appear, be ferocious. Give no quarter. Remember what they did to our kin left in the Ice Cavern.” This task too, he thought, would keep the men sharp.

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