Chapter 30 The Slayer

• Already the troll had killed a few too many, not just humans but some horses, as well. Those who managed to escape, in the process of the attack, gave an account of where the attacks had happened. Already the city was running low on supplies because of the troublesome troll, others had tried to hunt it down, some were never seen again and others to beaten and badly injured to walk, again. She pulled back on her hood keeping the mask on for only her winter grey eyes could be seen, with stealth she moved with caution. She put on her hood with the mask which only revealed her winter grey eyes. She ran through the darkness with her cloak fluttering behind her for the troll was on the move. She found the cave that was said to be the creature's home, but there were no signs of it being there. She however could smell the death and decay coming from the cave, she touched the footprints realizing that it wasn't too long ago that it had left. She followed the trail for the creature had no fear of anyone for a child could follow the tracks. She saw in the distance a small group of soldiers and two wagons in the center of the caravan, for she saw the movement heading towards the caravan. The soldiers were unaware of the danger that was coming towards them, it wasn't just one troll but a pack. She leaped out of her hiding place and ran at full speed for the soldiers were already being attacked and she heard the screams, she aimed her bow and arrow at the trolls striking two at one time and watching them fall to the ground. Again several guards tried to fight off the trolls when one of the larger beasts came from behind and bit down on the guard's head ripping off the man's head completely off his neck. Again, she aimed her arrow and striking the creature between the eyes. The soldiers were trying to keep the wagons safe as three more trolls hurling themselves towards the soldiers. they didn't see her but the soldiers did, she quickly slashed her sword of Destiny through the beast's chests. Her emblem of the North Star was glowing for the soldiers and guards held their position unaware of who she was, but she didn't pay them any mind as took out her short hand blade, then hurling the blade through the air. the blade making contact as it struck the troll from behind. The beast, who was about to tear apart the man that was only trying to protect his family fell to the ground and the beast fell to it's knees before crashing onto the ground. She turned to the rest of the pack of trolls, her blade shining with flames as she beat the blade against her shield. She didn't turn around but told the soldiers to get the caravan out of here, she was giving them the chance to escape alive to get back to the city walls. She ran towards the pack of trolls that remained and her feet launched her up into the ground then crashing down onto the bigger creature she assumed was the alpha of the pack. She could feel the chest bones of the beast crushing underneath her and quickly she twisted her body making sure that the alpha troll was dead. The beasts that remained saw that their alpha had been slained as they pounded their fist onto the ground, but to her surprise that wasn't the alpha she had killed and these were not normal trolls, either. She felt the ground tremble as many of the trolls stood their ground, they didn't move they didn't turn away. Up ahead she saw the creature that was the alpha of them, he wasn't as tall as the trees but the body of the beast reminded her of a boulder with arms and legs. The creature arms were jacked up on troll steriods or something that enhanced the creature's abilities and strength. She had never seen these type of trolls before, they were not frost trolls or mountains ones either, they were cross breeds,meant for battle. Bred in the Dark world by the Lord of Death, and these trolls were released here on this realm. Here the creature was stronger than boulders and faster galloping horses going down hill. The soldiers staring at the giant troll that was a large mass hurling itself towards the stranger that had saved them. They called to her, yelling at her to run away, while there was still a chance for her to escape. Elvinia ignorning them, while gripping her blade, any lesser man or woman would be cowering or pissing themselves, but not she. Though the beast would kill an army of mortals without thinking twice about, but she wasn't a mortal. Her blade, she knew, was made to kill anything, cutting through metal which would be the only way that this creature could be killed. the soldiers and guards rushing the others to get the caravana out of sight for they didn't want the women and children to be a witness to the woman that refused to budge. She didn't back down either, they knew who she was now and knew that her blade was the only blade that could kill these creatures. She was the war maiden, the brynhildr who had went silent. Here she was before them standing her ground, it was her body between them and death.
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• Elvinia putting her shield on her back, she held the sword of destiny in her hands wielding the blade letting the creature that was coming towards her know she wasn't going anywhere. She held up the blade towards the sky, as lightning flashed striking the grounds and lighting up the remaining trolls and those that tried to escape didn't get very far. The giant troll hastening it's steps towards the woman that wanted to die. Reminding her much like a tank made to be like titanic, but she was the iceberg as it was closing in on her. She planted her feet to the ground watching the creature launching itself into the air ready to crash down on her. Elvinia feeling the power moving through her body the surge rushing through her veins adn her eyes flashing like a bright, white light of fury erupting through. She ran towards the creature then picking up speed then bending her knees then powering herself up into the air. Her heart was racing as the surge of power gave her the burst of energy, much like a bullet being shot out of the gun, going through the creature, the entrance wound she created was but the exit wound out of the creature was massive. Onto the ground she knelt down with her sword she struck into the ground. She was covered from head to toe with blood and innards from the creature, behind her the giant troll staggered and swayed until it fell to the ground. She had plowed through the beast, making a hole in it's heart. The creature wasn't going anywhere now. Many witnessed her slaying of the beast, while she caught her breath before she started collecting the ingredients that she was going to need for her potions and elixers. The soldiers stopped for they didn't get very far, they had seen for themselves that the war maiden was very much alive and she wasn't what they said she was. Elvinia placing her sword of Destiny back into it's sheath, she then took out her short hand blade she had used to throw at the other trolls then went to remove the eyes out of the massive beast. She knew that the king would want proof that the troll was in fact dead, and that the pack of trolls were no longer a problem for the kingdom and it's Hold. The soldiers were under orders if they were to find the Brynhildr that she was to be arrested. However, they saw with their own eyes that she had taken down the battle troll's alpha. None of them could have done that, and they were not going to attempt to arrest her since she had saved their lives. Those who were part of the caravan, who were nobles as well as merchants, they were needing to cross through the lands under protection of the. Everyone watching her as she walked passed them when one of the nobles spoke up, "Wait. What is your name?"