Silvertree Chronicles Bk. 03 Pt. 01

I will have two casters setup up force wall bridges over the horse traps. We blow the hell out of them. I am taking three groups. If you want in, we can split this map up and get twice as many the first day."

He looked at Travious, "The first day?"

Travious nodded, "I plan on blasting the shit out of them for days and killing them by the hundreds if not thousands. They killed over 100 of ours in the last 5 days. I won't be happy until we have 50,000+ of them dead. I am trying to draw the champion out. That is a talk tonight in my quarters. We are sending three teams, one up the middle and one to the right and left.

We are looking for good scouting positions to send in teams on the evening of day three. Along the way, we will blow the hell out of everything in the valley. Three goals, the mouth going into the mountains, the two blockades along the human border. Blow the fuck out of them. We will hit them this morning and gather around and compare notes. You in?"

He nodded, "Beats sitting here. There is more to it than this?"

Travious nodded, "Way more, but tonight."

He nodded and unlocked the doors, "I hope your guys have wands."

He nodded, "We have a stash."

Travious smiled, "We only came in with 52 fully charged."

He laughed and then saw he was not joking. Travious looked at him, "I told you who I had the support of."

He smiled and nodded. He looked around, "Mount up and outside the gate in your teams!"

He looked over, "Where are my two bridge builders?" They raise hands. "Behind me wands at the ready. If you have a Gray Blade cloak on, leave it, or flip it. This is not a Gray Blade operation. I want body counts from each group."

He looked at him, "Five to six-man groups with teleport circles for exits in each group."

They got formed up.

He looked at the Commander, "Your men head straight and down the left side of the valley. Mine will follow me. The trailing group will break left after a few hundred yards, the next group will head south-east. You get into trouble, regroup, and get out. This is about no loss of life on our side. We will highlight the bridges. Bridge builders let us know when we are close enough. Hold those bridges until all groups are across. My group will set the bridges and blow the horse traps.

You take the other bridge with your men commander. We will see you at Fort Ash. All groups change back while my squad rides point."

Travious touched every man and horse, "I just gave you all delay poison."

They rode off at double speed. They could see the barricades in the distance. The bridge builders yelled out, "Close enough."

They turn the horses sideways. A round of arrows and bolts came in and fell short. The bridge builders yelled, "Go."

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Frogtusk was in his workshop enchanting a sword fresh off their forge when a crystal went off. He answered it.

In orcish, "We are under attack, Elves, not a full invasion but lots of casters with wands. They are..." The crystal fractured. He went to a scrying device and watched his valley forces being decimated. He spotted The elf in full plate leading the charge. He hissed, "The Elven Champion. The assassins failed!"

He pulled command crystals to the troops in the valley, "Destroy them all or face my wrath."

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Travious yelled out to the guys, "Blast the hell out of them!" The fireballs stop long enough for him to yell out "Shi'Drakon YESA" and get onto the bridge.

He once again had his horse sideways as the guys blasted the pits. They took off "Shi'Drakon Biatus Evanill Aisiaon" They rode through the valley for almost five hours. Groups further inside the valley seemed more prepared. Word had spread. They were just more prepared to die quickly because they had grouped together and made it too easy.

They blew up groups of ogres and orcs by the hundreds. Those that ran to either side got hit by groups on either side. The scout turns them right and away from the middle toward a clump of trees.

Travious yelled out, "Blast the tree line!"

As he suspected there were worg riders in the shade of those trees. They continued to blast for several seconds. Then they continued further into the valley and he noticed casters switching out to new wands. Their scout led them into a small cove and he nodded and they were teleported back. Commander Goldeagle looked at them, "We thought we would have to send in others after you."

Travious shrugged. "We made a lot of progress. My team, Commander, you and your casters and whoever was doing the scouting in the barracks."

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Frogtusk was infuriated and watched them teleport away like cowards. He checked the fort location and saw them. They went into a barracks and then all scrying was blocked and he growled out. He activated another crystal, "I want giants up on the walls above the valley. Under no circumstances are they to make it into the mountain pass or further."

He ended it just as quickly. "This fucking champion wants to challenge me. I'll send a fucking army at him!"

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Travious sealed and secured the room. Once he was in, he went around the table, "Fangs." He responded, "No losses, 600 dead and we made it to this good spot. Not great, but good."

He looked at Uncle Elios. He smiled, "No losses a couple of wounded horses already tended to. We made it all the way to the first human barricade. Not much is left of it. The estimate we got was about 1,400."

Travious looked over and listened to the locations of the other three groups and they had 2,500 hundred total. Travious pointed to his scout. "We made it here. As he points to the other end of the map. My group, no losses best guess, was over 6,000 dead. They burned through one wand and immediately went into a second."

Travious looked over at the Commander, "I want your group taking one team in through this point.

Have one of the casters who does not know that location cycle into the group going out. You had two casters in this lead group. I want them to split. They are going through that same portal, one group, and twenty seconds later the second group. The second will continue up the canyon walls, watch for giants overhead, and worg riders.

Fangs, you will take one of my casters and one of the bridge builders. Lay waste to the second human barricade. Uncle Elios, take one of my casters and I will take the second bridge builder.

I want you to cut back across our path of destruction and confirm the number then head straight south. You should see Goldeagle's group off to your left and mine to the right but in front of your group. We are headed for the mouth of the valley. Bree and my cleric stay with me. What is your name?

She smiled, "Gia."

He nodded, "Casters who are down a wand raise a hand." He laid out fifteen more wands for the hands that went up. " Intermix casting of spells as well. Food! Check your horses! We leave in thirty minutes. Be sure they have food and water; not too cold on the water."

Everyone nodded. He looked at Goldeagle, "Enjoying your morning?"

He laughed, "She was right I would have jumped at this."

He turned off the crystals. He looked at him, "I told her you would. She did not want to lose you."

They had a mid-day meal. He fed and watered the horses. Double checked for injuries. He looked at Fangs, "Leave nothing standing but ash. Then teleport out while still on this side of the border. I want that one barricade destroyed."

He nodded, "Any reason so close?"

Travious nodded. "YES!"

Travious looked at everyone, "Back into groups. He hit them all with neutralize poison. He started riding around and he stopped, "NOW!"

They teleport into the cove. They took off, "Straka Biatus Evanill Aisiaon!"

They headed into the middle of the valley and his scout yelled at him, "We are missing one."

He turned the group, "I will get this asshole up to speed." He pulled back and it was one of the wizards from the tower who did bridges. He looked like he was on an afternoon ride. Travious swung around him, "HANG ON! "BIATUS EEVANILL AISIAON." The horse bolted and his ass went flying off the back of the saddle and Travious turned and picked him up and yelled UNTA" The wizard's horses came running back and was smashed by a boulder. He pulled the wizard aboard, "Who the FUCK told you could ride?"

He leaned over and puked, "The Academy Magister said I ride now!"

He got back to the group, "Take THIS ASSHOLE! Casters, I want you to blow that fucking hill giant off the face of the map! Spread out and keep moving! They did as he asked. He rode in and got the saddle off the horse he got his hand on the horn and foot in the stirrup "Straka Biatus Evanill Aisiaon. Get the hell out of HERE! UNTA!"

He felt the dirt clods hit from the boulder. They got to a group of trees as the one hill giant fell over the side dead and they teleported out. He punched the wizard off the horse. "I hope you have a teleport because you have one hell of a long walk back!"

He pulled out the white crystal, "Where in the fuck are you?!"

She sighed, "Cleaning up more bodies. Two more assassins. That should be all of them."

He growled and she hears it, "GET YOUR ASS OVER TO THE ACADEMY AND BRING ME THAT FUCKING MAGISTER! Bring him with an Elven warhorse. He has been stolen!"

She was quiet, "What did he do?"

Travious seethed into the crystal, "Besides getting one of our horses killed, almost one of our wizards. Then myself because he sent up somebody who cannot ride?!"

He heard her anger, "HIS ASS IS MINE FIRST! HE WILL BE THERE!"

The wizard was still on the ground. "You stay until my Aunt arrives and we decide what to do with you!"

He hopped down and manacled his wrist together and took his wands. "You got wealthy parents because someone is paying for that horse one way or another. If I have to peel it off your fucking hide!" The scared mage shook his head.

Travious looked at him, "You did something like name your horse, Dead meat, I'm sorry, or Buttercup? Didn't you!"

He looked at Travious, "Daisy."

He wiped his hands all over the mage, "That sticky crap your feeling is your puke and the horse's blood! Go sit against the fucking wall!"

He looked at the guard on duty from this morning, "GET THE MORON something to clean up that saddle with!"

He ran off leaving Travious standing there fuming.

Yola came over, "That was too close. Why did you go back for the saddle?"

Travious looked at her, "To the best of my knowledge one of these has never fallen into orc hands. I was not about to lose a horse and an enchanted saddle of my father's design in one go! Not for that fuck!"

Yola cleaned up his hands and armor from 'puke boy.'

They were the first team back and they had the best shot at getting to the mouth of the valley on the first day. His sister came over, "I still have two left."

He looked around. "Do we have another caster who is not a waste of skin still with us?" He checked out Straka and switched back to Shi'Drakon. She had a few cuts from exploding rock. He cleared out the wounds as best as he could with water.

He then did lay on hands on her. He had one of the casters from earlier, "I have one left."

He nodded, "Mount up! Sister take us back to where we were last." She nodded and they were back under the trees. They took off "Shi'Drakon Biatus Evanill Aisiaon." They keep out of range from that outer wall and headed for the mouth of the valley. As they closed in the distance to the walls, they were getting noticeably closer. He looked at the caster from earlier. "Five seconds for us to clear and you go back.

He nodded and they rode south and blasted through a few more groups of orcs and ogres and pulled into another thicket in a small ravine and teleported out. He looked at his Sister Kirra, "Thank you for salvaging something from that run."

Kirra nodded, "You plan on keeping him in shackles?"

He looked at Yola, "Put up our home away from home. Puke boy bring that saddle over here!"

He looked at Kirra, "Sister, what would you have me do with him? Not that he knows anything. He cannot even be trusted to be honest about his abilities!"

She looked at him, "Let me take him to bed."

Travious looked at her, "WHY would I want to do that?"

She smiled, "Because you have two wives already. Why can I not have a boy toy?"

He laughed and looked at him, "What kind of caster are you?"

He looked at Travious, "An academic one. I never wanted to leave the tower. Too many dangerous things out here."

Yola had the doorway open. Travious threw him inside and he looked at her. "Sure, go ahead. He is infertile. At least I don't have to worry about creating some mutated offspring with you. The shackles remain. Find a room." She went inside and pulled him to his feet and Travious shook his head. He hated lying to her about his fertility but she needed children and she wanted him.

He took Straka and Shi'Drakon inside. He took them back through the dining room and out by the waterfalls and he saw his sister getting undressed, "I SAID ROOM NOT POOL!"

He unsaddled Shi'Drakon. She came over and glared at him, "Get your horse first. I will keep him company. Get Yola to let you back inside."

She nodded and walked him back to the pool, "She is my sister who knows her own mind. I think she is out of her mind because she wants to bed you. You have any experience in that department?"

He shook his head. Travious pushed him into the water and finished taking off his horse's gear. The mage made it back to the surface.

Travious looked at him, "Well you know 'which way is up.' That is an improvement."

Kirra came in and saw him in the water and she looked at Travious, "What are you doing?"

He looked at her, "Seeing if he knew which way was up. Sister, you got any experience in the sex department?"

She looked at Travious, "No."

Travious looked at him, "Drop your pants He looked at Travious then drops his pants. "Nothing to write home about but he would get the job done."

Travious looked at him, "Get dressed."

Travious took Kirra, "You sit at the dining room table and read the last chapter in father's book. After you brush down your horse. He has zero common sense and no experience in this. If you want to do it right you will read it because the gods gifted him with two brains. One is lost and the other is out looking for it!"

He brushed down his horse and he looked at him, "You can get out of the water now."

She had unsaddled and was in the middle of brushing down her horse. Travious took him out of the area and to a room, "I am taking these off of you. If you leave this room, I will put two sets on you and drag you through orc territory tomorrow.

Throw your wet clothes in the corner. In the little room off to the side, you will find towels. Get in bed and stay there. Your clothes will be clean and ready for you soon. This place is self-cleaning. She is in love with you, probably has been for years."

He nodded. He went back to the dining room. He looked at her, "Come and give me that book when you are done. I will tell you what room I put him in."

She nodded. She still glared at Travious. He walked down and found Bree and Yola.

He sighed, "I have a favor to ask. Can you have a girl talk with my sister before she deflowers herself on the moron?"

They laughed. Yola asked, "You want us to compare what happened to us compared to...?"

He smiled, "She is reading a chapter from my father's and grandfather's journal. If you read it you might have a point of comparison."

They nodded and walked back. He stayed by the opening to let the guys enter as they returned.

He walked back down to the dining room and she stared wide-eyed at the text. He looked at her, "Can you see my concern for you now?"

She nodded, "Does not mean I am deterred."

Travious smiled, "I am not trying to deter you. You get to the sections on anal sex yet?"

She nodded. "Just saw that."

He looked at her as he slammed a bottle of lube on the table, "No more than five drops and I hope you prep yourself. Else you better have a couple of mirrors and give good instructions. I would start with oral and go from there, cunt, then nether-hole. If you are going to use him as a boy toy then you might as well figure out where you like the toy. I have Bree and Yola coming to talk with you. As they have very different experiences with that very thing compared to what you are reading."

She looked at him, "They are not your wives."

He nodded, "No, but they have spent time with our Aunt. I want your first time to be right. Mother told me I would know when to let you read that section. He is naked and in bed. His manacles are removed. You just need to finish reading and having that girl talk."

She nodded, "Thank you for taking the manacles off."

Travious looked at the table, "Three evening meals of roasted boar with standard sides." She watched as the food appeared. He slid one down to her, "This place will feed 240 for a master caster."

She smiled, "Thank you."

He took a plate, "For your boy toy."

She laughed. He opened the door and the young elf sat in bed under the covers naked. Travious handed him the food. "No poison, just some food. My sister is still reading and then she will have a girl talk with two ladies. Once she is done with those things, she will be in. Let her be in control as she is reading instructions on what to do and getting the advice."

He nodded. Travious looked at him, "Maybe it will give you the sack to join the rest of us in the real world. Instead of hiding in a tower."

Travious closed the door and the guy knew Travious could not stand him. Travious got out front and the guys were coming in, "Take your horses through the dining room and unsaddle them in there. Check them over for injuries and brush them down. If you find injuries let me know."

The guys walk in, "This is the one at the inn."

Travious smiled, "A copy. The big bedroom at the end of the room is mine."

Commander Goldeagle just walked inside and looked around. "Nice place."

Travious looked at him, "A copy of a permanent one we will have at the inn. We will be making a lot more of them. Including here. Different designs."

He looked at Travious, "What for?"

He smiled, "That is something to discuss after we get your scouts and caster out. My team is briefed. The King is keeping this a closed circle but he would need you to know as it involves our mission here."

We got the teams inside and the horses bedded down by the falls. Goldeagle looked at it, "This is remarkable work. You said you are having this set up as a permanent secure home?"

He nodded, "Minus the horses." He laughed. He looked over and saw Shi'Drakon fucking every mare he can get his hoofs around. All the other stallions stood away. He looked at Goldeagle, "The new head of the herd. You saw his chest."

He looked, nodded, and smiled. "This one has new tricks?"

He nodded, "It can teach new commands to the others, like find the strongest poison. That helped to find a lot of those assassins."

They walked into the dining room and the ladies were talking and they walked on past the table. With the guys sitting around. They went over the map, teleport locations and the "The only loss was one warhorse."

Travious looked at them, "He named her 'Daisy.' Now she is pushing up daisies."

The guys chuckled. His Aunt Zaria came in with the Magister and he looked at her, "Where is his horse?"

She looked, "In the barn."

Travious shook his head, "Through the dining room to the falls." He waved the magister forward. "If you had been within my reach a few hours ago I would have ensured you never procreated. Talk with my Aunt about the orc I extracted information from. You gave me a mage who cannot ride.

Almost got me killed, almost lost a valuable saddle. Did kill an elven warhorse. He cannot afford to pay for it so I assume you are going to pay for the horse. I also expect you will be with us for the next week. You do not lie to me! I am not a Blade Singer! The only thing keeping me from dragging you around in manacles for orc target practice is obeying elven laws.