*Nova's pov*
Nova approached one of the Hilinixes and climbed onto it the others doing the same,Faila spoked with gaurds for a while before tying saddle bags to each of the Hilinixe's then she got on her Hilinixe.
She made a signal with her hands then they were on their way leaving the stronghold. They rode through the city, Acul was one of the five biggest cities in vola, along with Stalinda, Mirik, Nolivi, and Ovilya which was the capital city where the castle of the current queen sat.
They'll have to pass through Nova's home town which was part of one of the smaller cities Ashvine, it was the nearest city to the barrier.
Traveling through the city Nova rode in the back of the group lost in thought, *what if were to late and their all dead? What if we don't make it in time?* before Nova could continue these thoughts Avix dropped back to ride beside her.
"You okay?" He asked startling Nova out of her depressing thoughts, "you seem lost in thought,"
"Sorry, just a little worried is all," Nova responded to him, "do you think we'll make it in time to save everyone?"
"Don't know until we get there but I'm sure their fine, so don't worry so much okay!" Avix gave her a resuring smile and patted her shoulder as he rode beside her.
"Thanks!" Nova mumbled, as she watched Nikta chatting with a brown haired soldier.
"Come on let's join the others!" Avix said as he sped up Nova followed. They caught up to the others as they finally left the city and were now riding out in the wilderness.
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The sun was going down when the group finally stopped in the middle of a forest, large Anivairy flew high above the trees. Nova watched one carrying a Tuvik though the air before it finally disappeared behind some trees.
Animal calls echoed throughout the forest as Nikta and Avix started setting up their tents. Everyone kept quiet as they continued to work. some of the wild predatory creatures used sound to hunt their prey, including Delufixes and no one wanted to deal with one of those.
Nova knew a couple other creatures that hunted using sound but Delufixes were the most dangerous ones, Since they could only hear. They could hear up to 5,000 km away, and track the sound to the source. Delufixes were blind and had a bad sense of smell, they traveled alone unlike Savinik which travel in packs.
Nova preferred running into a Savinik in the swamps then a Delufixe in the forest. At least if you run into a Savinik if its in a pack all you have to do is leave their territory and they'll stop attacking, while a Delufixes were relentless and would never stop until you drop dead then they'll leave. They were created by the god of the Astrudal to roam Astrudal and torture evil souls, however they escaped the underworld and spread throughout the Alivar wilderness.
Nova heard of some people who were attacked by these creatures and were found dead a week later. The only reason these creatures don't enter the city's or town is because of the temples.
The wind blew through the trees as Nova turned to help her friends pit up the tents and set up the campfire, by the time they were done the moons had already raised, they shone dimly in the sky.
Faila passed some food around and they ate quickly, Faila suddenly spoke up, "we will take turns guarding the camp, Avix you keep watch first, Nova you'll go after him, then Nikta will take the last shift got it!?" All seven of them nodded their heads, before they went to bed.
Nova shared a tent with Nikta and Faila. She climbed into her sleeping bag and fell asleep.
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Nova blinked open her eyes wondering where she was then remembered, she sat up and glanced around, Avix poked his head into the tent, "your turn!" He said before leaving.
Nova sat up and stretched before leaving the tent and walking to the campfire. She sat down and watched the trees.
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Anivairy: large predatory bird like creatures with eight wings and three heads
Size:between 16-26ft
Tuvik: medium sized bird like creature with a squirrel like tail and bat wings
Size:between 10-12ft
Delufixes: large black wolf like creatures with chunks of flesh missing and bones showing, they have six eyes and four ears and .are loud clicking like noises to track prey downand sometimes make a sound of a person scream
Size:between 20-60ft