The Road of Arms

[Orcleous]

Orcleous took notice to Kyle motions. The storage room would be a good place to ambush him, but he did not think it would work. Asking a guy to meet you in a storage room was a request he did not think would fly.

Odin stopped shooting for a moment and looked at Kyle. "A wager with you would be too easy to win greenhorn", spoke Oidin. In that one glance he had summed the hunter up. His eyes told the whole story. They were too bright. He did not have the eyes of a killer, the eyes of a marksman. Still Kyle persisted by asking them to shoot from the storage room. Odin thought it was a weird request, but he figured he would show the kid up. "Keep your money brat you don't stand a chance against me in the first place. However you are a fellow archer so I will at least show you what skill looks like." Odin began to walk toward the storage room when he noticed something on the roof. It was a slight glimpse, but he saw the red in Orcleous armor.

"What was that", spoke Odin as he stepped back from the store room. He took a few steps back and pulled on his bow. His eyes were focused on the roof at the moment leaving him blinded toward Ingrid and Kyle.

[Kyle]

Hm, Kyle did not like this guy. He REALLY didn't like him. Pegging him up as a greenhorn right away, even though it was true he acted as though he was better than him. It was tempting to beat the man right there, but he didn't know if Odin would have any tricks so it would be best to wait for the others. Surprisingly he was still able to get him mostly towards the storage room before he glanced up. His eyes must have caught on Orc's armor and given him away. Who wears armor on a stealth mission anyways? Orc would make a bad assassin. Seeing a opportunity, as Odin's attention was on Orc, Kyle went to knock the bow out of his hand and push him into the storeroom, hopefully within striking range of the other two. Kyle then pulled an arrow out of his quiver, it was an okay arrow it was handmade, and Kyle was proud of it. An arrow would be more effective for stabbing than his knife he used for hunting would be. NO matter what, it was time for this bandit to taste a bittersweet piece of Karma.

[Ingrid]

Ingrid quickly jumped out her hiding place and stabbed, trying to get the hear but instead getting only the shoulder. Annoyed by the miss she tried pushing through to at least make archer fall and make it a easier target to her companions. She was trying not to think much about what was she doing sneak attacking someone she didn't even knew.- It's the only way we can take out this bandits.- She kept telling herself.

[Orcleous]

Odin fell back into the storage room. For a second he was caught off guard, but soon realized what was going on. "Sacaen filth", he shouted as Ingrid popped out and attacked with her blade. He sword cut into his shoulder making his left arm practically useless. With a quick kick he freed himself from the bite of the bade. "You both must be with that clan", spoke Odin as he looked at Kyle.

The ambush seemed to be going well from Orcleous point of view. He did not expect for Odin to see him, but Kyle and the others took advantage of the blunder. The novice grabbed hold of the ledge of the roof and dropped down onto the ground. He could hear Odin grunt from pain and realized that they had wounded him. However from the sound he could tell the man still lives. "Should have killed him in one go", spoke Orcleous as he rushed toward the closet. As he arrived he saw Odin pull out a club from his back pocket and charge forward toward kyle.

"Die Greenhorn", shouted Odin as he rushed forward like a mad man. He was attempting to get outside the confined space of the store room. As he came forward he swung his club, but his blow was blocked by Orcleous blade. "It seems you did not kill the target", spoke Orcleous as his sword pressed against Oidn's club.

Another one, thought Odin. He was surprised to see Orcleous working with them. He figured it was the clan that had attacked them a little while back, not a child of Bern.

[Kyle]

"Clan?" Kyle questioned. He had no idea what Odin was talking about. It must have been at Kyle because Odin looked right at him. But why? Odin pulled out a club and swung at Kyle, he braced himself for impact but Orc had stopped it with his blade. Seeing an opportune moment Kyle stepped and closed the distance between Odin and him, arrow in hand and went to stab him in the stomach. Odin can't last too much longer anyways with that gash on his shoulder, but time would tell.

[Ingrid]

Ingrid staggered trying not to trip and fall. The archer was putting up quite a fight for someone who already had gotten so much punishment. but by now his wounds would drag him down. She recovered her balance and jumped back into the fight, thrusting through the archer's side. Hopefully this would finish this struggle.

[Orcleous]

Odin braced himself as kyle stabbed him in the stomach. The arrow sunk in deep as it slid between his thin leather armor. The Archer attempted to struggle when Ingrid stabbed him in the side. Blood began to pour out like water and the archer fell to the ground. The fight was over and Oidin was dead.

"He was a tough one", spoke Orcleous as he walked up to the corpse. He placed his hand on the man's neck to make sure he was dead. With no pules Orcleous opened his bag and pulled out a brown sack. "I would turn my head if I where you", spoke Orcleous. The novice then placed his blade at Odin's neck and sliced off his head. He did so in one quick motion cutting it off with one clean sweep. Orcleous spoke some words and then placed the head into the brown sack. As he rose up he looked at Ingrid and Kyle. "We are going to need his head to claim the reward", spoke the crimson novice.

Orcleous did not bat an eye at the seen. He had seen so much death and decay over his journey across Elibe that a decapitation was nothing, but he could not help, but wonder what the others thought. It might be their first time catching a bounty, or decapitating a corpse. " We have three more targets to get today", spoke Orcleous. The novice spoke with his back toward the two. He did not want to see their reactions at the moment. "If we don't get them all now the group would catch wind and move along. The getting them will become much harder and they would be on guard. Our next target should be Han", spoke Orcleous as he turned around. He was ready to see their reactions now. He needed to know if they where up for the next kill.

[Kyle]

Well, that was it. Odin was dead. And there is blood all over the floor, great. Orc then went to check his pule, yep Odin was dead. Like the blood everywhere didn't show that already. Orc told them to turn away, but Kyle just kept watching. Orc cut off Odin's head and then proceed to put the lifeless head into a brown sack; Kyle just let out a sigh and shook his head wearily. Hopefully the others go down as well, and that no one really gets hurt. So Han was the next one? "Let's go." Spoke Kyle, he just wanted to get this done as soon as possible.

[Ingrid]

Ingrid cleaned the blood of her blade and turned around, not that she wasn't used to decapitations but shad never been a fan either. "Han" naming the targets made it hard to think about killing them, she was much of a dreamer and it only took the name for her to start wondering about who they where.- yeah... so what's the plan?- she asked trying not to think much about them.

[Orcleous]

"Can't really make up a plan for Han", spoke Orcleous as he began to walk aout of the archery building. "We don't know exactly where he is, but the best bet would be the stables. He loves to ride so I would not be surprised if he was out. My recommendation is that we go after the other two, but if you both want to haunt down Han it is alright with me."

Orcleous stopped for a moment and waited for them to speak.

[Orcleous]

At the corner of Orcleous eye he noticed a man moving in the shadows. "No it can't be", spoke Orcleous out loud. He turned around and walked up to Kyle. "Take this", spoke Orcleous as he handed the bag to the archer. "Han is probably at the stable, or out riding. Your best hope is to his him with an arrow as he passes by Ingrid." With those words Orcleosu walked off. He did not bother to explain, but said a few words. "If your value your lives don't follow. These people will kill you without hesitation." With those words spoken Orcleous blended into the crowd and vanished from sight.

[Orcleous leaves thread]

[Kyle]

Wait, what? Kyle was left there speechless, holding a head in a bag as Orc ran off to follow some person; and the person would kill them? Then why would he run after them? This seemed too fishy. Just help kill one of a group of bandits then run off? The group would be able to KILL him and Ingrid alone, he must have planned this to get them killed. But why? Hi didn't know them at all, well he didn't know about Ingrid. But that's not at the front of Kyle's concern. He needed to turn in the head and get out of there before the rest of the bandit group found out and came to kill him. But he couldn't just leave Ingrid to fend for herself either, that would leave a bad taste in his mouth. He'd have to at least help her get out of the area. He motioned for Ingrid and his dog to follow, they would have to make haste to the guardhouse.