The trio suited up and started to head deep into the jaggy mountains. Varrek has hunted before with his father so, he should be fine aslong as he doesn't make any stupid mistakes. After a while of walking the group stopped.
-Over there.- Jorvin whispered and pointed towards something that startled Varrek as soon as he saw it. He saw something that didn't look like anything he's ever seen.Its crooked frame glistened as though coated in tar, its four eyes catching the faint light with a dull, sick shine. The ground shook with each step the creature took, it's breathing slow and quiet. He glanced at Darron, who didn't look scared, like this was normal for him. Going into the hunt he expected bears or deers, since that's what he hunted with his father, not...whatever that is. Jorvil quickly took out his bow and took aim. He shot the arrow and hit the creature right between the eyes. But the arrow imploded with fire as soon as it hit the target, making Varrek jump in suprise. He watched as the fire slowly consumed the creature, making it screech in pain. He looked at Jorvin who was smilling at the sight of the creature suffering. At this point the man was more unsettling than the animal.
-What was that?!- He yelled in confusion.
-What was what?- Jorvin asked, not knowing what the boy meant.
-The arrow... and the thing you just killed.- Varrek answered, looking at the now burning corpse
-The arrow had a spell on it, you'll learn to use it soon. And that was a Hollowmane, a male one.
-He killed it for no reason, you can't really eat them.- Darron muttered
-Oh shut up!- Jorvin said in annoyance and smacked Darron on the head
After making sure the Hollowmane is dead the trio continued wandering deeper and deeper into the mountains. At some point a loud scream could be heard throughout the forest.
-What was that?!- Varrek yelled, terrified
-Must be a Bonebeak. It's a bird that eats corpses, must've found the Hollowmane.
-God..alright.- He mumbled
The group didn't stumble into anything throughout the night, and just when they were planning to turn back a large centipede, around four meters long suddenly arose from the ash and wrapped it self around Darron, trying to suffocate the boy. The sound of Darron's ribs cracking from the insect's power would ring out throughout the forest. Varrek quickly pulled his knife out of the hostler and lunged at the creature but as soon as he got close, burning acid shot at him out of the insect's body. The boy started screeaming in pain as the acid started to dig into his flesh, the stench of meat burning would fill up the air. Jorvin tossed him a bottle and used some kind of wierd, moon shapped tool on the centipede, carving a big hole in the insect's side and causing it to let go of Darron and go back under the ash. Darron collapsed onto the ground, unconcious and covered with something slimy. Varrek and Jorvin stood there silently for a while. The man then walked over to Darron and picked him up, not even checking if he's alive. The walk back home was quiet, which allowed Varrek to think and he realised he might be in the wrong company. The way Jorvin just looks at a suffering, 4 meter long creature is terrifying on it's own. A 13 year old not unsettled by something like a hollowmane..
-You'll begin learning magic tomorrow.- Jorvin said coldly, unlike ever before
-Yes sir..- Varrek answered, terrified of the man.