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Ignatius was still happy about all this and it was highly questionable. This shouldn't be fun and he ought to take it more serious or he'd die. Azrael didn't comment on it, he only grunted and shortly after they went on the search for survivors. Azrael doubted that there were any goblins leading prisoners away from here, he didn't see any signs, so where did everyone go? Sure, it hadn't been many people here with a village this size, but still, they couldn't have eaten them all, surely. Instead …

Azrael took a look at the goblins weapons scattered on the floor, most of them looked brittle and unusable. They were also smaller, since the creatures were smaller than humans too, but a spear was maybe usable for the next troll. For now Azrael retrieved his axe. Ignatius was the one focusing on the next troll who started to flail too. Some of the goblins were just thrown around, hit by the club and sent flying. Azrael could see blood too, when he looked up. The troll was blind, but not dead. T…

Ignatius followed suit, not scared at all as it seemed, or at least not visible so. Azrael couldn't have been sure beforehand, if he wouldn't freeze in place upon being in a situation like this, but he didn't. What a lunatic, maybe? Too confident and curious. Hunters died for this, but Azrael wasn't better, storming into a goblins nest with a rookie on his side. As he dashed forward he mowed down a goblin in his way, then pulled out a little hand axe with his free one. Slashing at a troll didn't…

"Once they are good enough, they don't have anything to worry about.", Louis agreed and he couldn't say much more to that. They always fought over it and he was sick of it, he didn't want another argument. Josiah didn't understand and he wouldn't, not with Louis being unable to tell him. For him they were just sent away and even if Louis told him how they'd then maybe starve or freeze, not having a wagon, a bed and food, he didn't want to hear it. He was at a loss really, but he didn't want to f…

Once panic broke lose in that camp a few goblins tried to find the intruders, while others tried to help or were just confused. Azrael could see a second flash happening behind the building he was and once the first goblin came around the corner, he grabbed him and slit his throat, then casting him to the ground. A second one followed as surprised and confused as the last and as he looked over to Ignatius, Azrael pulled out a knive to throw it past him, hitting another one. He gurgled, wasn't im…

Ignatius followed as best as he could and Azrael kept taking the lead. He picked off a few more stray goblins, hiding their corpses for now, then beckoned Ignatius closer, showing him the second entrance to town and another troll guarding that one too. Two of them? He pulled Ignatius behind the wall they were currently hiding behind shortly after. Still no signs of any survivors and Azrael thought about what to do next. The goblins had a good time, yelling and laughing and possibly drinking what…

"Worst case they skin and cook you alive.", Azrael corrected Ignatius believes. This seemed all fun and games to him, this was what killed most hunters, but maybe he'd change his opinion once he was in an actual fight. "It's more so my concern that I move and don't want to also have a look out if you shoot something my direction." And he didn't know how good the priests aim was either. Ignatius was joking and he seemed excited. Azrael rather had him concentrated, but there was no use arguing abo…

At least for the first part of their plan it seemed like Azrael would need to keep an eye on Ignatius and hope he could stay hidden. He was in that way more like a crutch than anything, but he also didn't want him to be too far away, in case he needed protection. "Dumb yes, slow? Well it moves slow, but it's also big. They can be faster than you'd think.", Azrael explained. "If they manage to hit you, broken bones are the least of your problems too. It's best you stay back." Azrael looked at the…

Azrael looked up at Ignatius and for one he had to agree. "You're right.", he nodded and already offered a hand for Ignatius to get off of their horse. Then he led Njeri a bit further in and searched for a small branch he tied her too. She wouldn't run like this, but if she got scared enough for whatever reason, she could probably just break it and run off. That was better than her being eaten. Azrael petted here a little, then came back to Ignatius and kneeled down. "You want to be sneaky? I li…

"Goblins.", Azrael reiterated. Ignatius didn't seem to believe him. He knew he was right, he could read tracks just fine. "You want to fight them?", he asked with a raised eyebrow himself. And he wanted to help, huh? If they were still in town and around, they might be better off just crushing through them, but it truly depended on how much they were. "I don't mind a fight. You pay me after all, but I rather not run in headless without even knowing what awaits us. If you want to try and help, fi…

Azrael helped Ignatius up, then took the lead. He wasn't sure if Njeri was trained to stay calm in situations like this, or even around fights, probably not. Well, better she took Ignatius with her to safety than all of them dying. "Most likely.", he answered and since Ignatius was fine with all their options, they went ahead. Azrael kept his eyes peeled, trying to make out any unusual movements around them, listening to their surroundings and trying to ignore the smokey smell. It wasn't just wo…

Azrael walked on, contemplating their possibilities and Ignatius had questions. "Aflame? Not anymore, no... smouldering, but a village, yes.", he answered. "We could take a detour around it, should maybe." Or the went straight through. From here there was no telling what had happened there, or if anyone was still alive, friend or foe. It wasn't only demons that set building alight, sometimes humans did so too and actual biests that were sometimes employed by demons would as well. They were dange…

Azrael didn't sleep well, not at all. he was haunted by images of his youth as he predicted and he slept longer than he usually did. Ignatius woke up before him and when he opened his eyes it wasn't at all dark anymore. He was startled and almost mad at himself for his carelessness. He slowly sat up while Ignatius was already starting the day, making himself useful. "Morning.", he forced himself to mumble and without another word got up to get to work himself. He deconstructed their almost tent …

Logan grinned at the little prince and shook his head. "What do you mean? I'm always in a good mood!", he laughed and made room for Edward who walked past him to secure the rest of their belongings on their horses. "You should eat something too, big guy." Edward shook his head. "Later." And he also refused Cecils offerings for now. He seemed like he wanted to leave right now and Logan didn't disagree. it was nice to see Rhys again, but he needn't be pulled into this and Logans employers wanted t…

Azrael didn't say any more. Ignatius found a way to keep himself occupied and he himself was busy fixing his clothes. he figured he had time to fix the other layers too and eventually it grew too dark for either of them to continue their work. With the sun almost down there was little light left, so Azrael packed his things away again. He hung his coat up on another branch. He left his boots on, in case he needed to be quick on his feet and he also kept his weapon close and a knife even closer. …

Azrael looked over at the priest who started talking about their argument before instead of asking his question. "That's not a question.", he simply told him. He didn't want to get into it again, Ignatius was stuck up in his believes and there was no point in trying to convince him otherwise. Azrael couldn't ignore what he saw either, not only years ago, but fairly recently too. He wasn't being paid to like this guy, or to start believing in his god as well, nor was he paid to entertain him. In …

Azrael left for a while, circling the area, making sure no one else had been here in a while and then he started to make it save for the night. While he was at it, he also gathered a few herbs he found, putting them into his bag for later use. Some were for medicine, some were for alchemy and some were for cooking, if they ever did so. He preffered being alone for a while, too much talking was exhausting to him, especially when he had to fight over the state of the world he lived in. It didn't r…

They went back on their journey and Azrael purposefully picked a faster pace and put some distance between the two. When Ignatius rode the horse, he thought of going up ahead a little, but seeing that he never rode a horse before, he didn't want him to fall off and lose her. Azrael was sick of those priests that always acted holier than they were. In their eyes they always did everything right, if only they didn't need to look at what was happening right in front of their doors. Azrael was bitte…

"Hunting demons is dangerous. We don't make it to retirement.", he told Ignatius. It was as simple as that. One wrong move and a mere human was just dead. Most demons were stronger than them, faster too, or they had spells and poison that would kill them after only a little while, even if the hunters killed the demons first. There were natural remedies, but most knowledge had been lost over time and the churches were rarely willing to help. Hunters sought out demons instead of staying away from …

"What do you mean? I'm pretty old for a hunter... the oldest I ever met was 22.", Azrael answered. Life inside a monastery must have been so easy. It was odd really, holy energy, even powerful holy spells didn't deter higher grade demons and yet they left most of these holy places alone. Azrael didn't trust that fact at all and he knew what those priests were capable of. Even if Ignatius didn't know anything about it, then he was just stupid and naiv. He doubted that his church was much better t…