Double it!!

The preparation at the town of Kuchalkive had seen a vast improvement over the week that had passed. The men of the town were finally looking like soldiers, defenders of the town they called home. They were now furbished with armors, hand knitted by their loved ones. Some weren't even fit to be called armors, with each piece glued together with melted candle wax. Bala didn't seemed to mind at all. given the time to prepare the men, any covering was better than no covering at all.

The day dawned with dark clouds surrounding the sky. vH felt something was amiss in that particular morning. Everything seems to be calm. There was neither a sense of urgency, nor were there any trouble to begin with. The mood was especially somber.

As vH continued to inspect and monitor the progress, light water droplets falling from the sky started to shower the town. vH stared at the hill north of Kuchalkive. Kai, Yu, Bala noticed the King's action and followed suit. They could hear a little melody being played from over the hills. They knew what was coming. vH pulled his sword from its sheath and brandished it menacingly.

"Get to position, double it!" he shouted out.

They whom were once peasants, quickly got to their stratergised formation on their feet with a sword and shield on each hand. All the other knights were ready to support vH's call. Bala was first on the scene, his sword drawn as well.

From a somber town to a chaotic one, the song of the siren was pretty obvious by then. There up the hill, shades of a creature could be seen running, no, tumbling down. The population of Kulchalkive who were ready at arm was close to five hundred. Those creatures could be seen coming in thousands. Kai took aim at a distance north-east of the town, and released a shot from his bow with an outstretched arm.

"Arrows at will!" commanded Kai, as the arrow left the bow.

All present could hear the shriek that came after the shot seemingly disappear from sight. Apparently, Kai had took down a shelatore, a banshee-like creature from the land of Xuvarya. It was known that the shelatores are able to create a melody-like charm, which can bring illusions of anything from total despair to ever calmness.


To be continued. .