Freedom

Asura's eyes slowly open up, dirt and blood mixed on the ground around her, the child props herself up with her weak arms and looks around herself. Seeing nothing but blood stains and destroyed tents around her.

After a moment she forces herself to stand up, turning back to the cave where blood paints the walls and ground, she looks around to see nobodies around her. Without thinking she walks deeper into the cave.

The silence in the cave and a cold chill are felt as she crosses her arms trying to stay warmer as she walks into the cavern opening. She thinks to herself (This is where I worked for a long time… now there is nothing here at all…) observing her surroundings, the trail of blood leads down to one pathway. It was where everything began. She starts to follow the path.

At the entrance of the pathway, a pickaxe broke into pieces lay's on the ground at the entrance. She thinks back to when everything happens

The skeletons coming in and the kind dwarf grabbing the pickaxe trying to buy some time…

She shakes her head as tears start to form, thinking of the others who were kind to her. "Neldor…" a few tears drop from her cheeks as she is looking down "Siphanien…" she thinks back to the first time they meet, how without even hesitating they helped her. She looks at the broken pickaxe again. "I didn't even get to know your n-name…" her voice cracking as she speaks.

She takes a shard of the broken pickaxe and starts to follow deeper into the cavern. Her throat dry, and her heart pounding. Every step feels harder than the last. Leaning against the wall for support and looking up to see two paths, one leading up that also has blood and one leading forward seemingly untouched besides a few footprints.

She looks down the barely touched path and starts to follow it. No idea how much time has passed by, only that she felt weaker and weaker with each passing step. Until she heard a new sound, "hooooooo- hooooooo-" she tumbles down to the ground and feels something new… her hands brush against the grass on the ground she feels like crying, but her eyes have no more tears to shed.

She looks around sitting on the ground taking in the new sounds and scenery as the sun begins to rise to have the colors fill the sky. A sound of a hammer is heard in the distance, asura stands up and follows the sound. Not long after getting up, she sees a statute with a skeleton at its base.

Not understanding what the skeleton is trying to do until she sees it placing a wooden base to fix it. She watches as the skeleton fits a wooden overhang to keep the structure from getting rained on. As the skeleton finishes with its work and is getting ready to leave, she notices on the right side of its body a white spark blazes to life.

As she notices the skeleton getting closer she freezes in fear as she recognizes the burning gold eyes.

As the skeleton commander gets closer it tilts its head, as it notices how skinny she looks it walks into the Forest. After about 15 minutes it comes back with an array of fruits, leaving it in front of her, and walks back to the shrine to grab its sword it thinks to itself. (that is all I can do for you to survive is all up to you now.)

Asura dips her entire head in the water taking a few sips of water and coming out trying to catch her breath. Holding onto the fruit for dear life she picks a red apple and starts to eat.

As the skeleton is watching her, it rubs its eye hole's unsure of what it sees thinking to itself (I've never seen a red flame before)

After eating her apples and assortment of fruits, she lays against the newly repaired stature and closes her eyes.

About 8 feet away the skeleton stands there staring at her the sounds of birds and water splashing can be heard, as it thinks to itself (I can't waste time here, thinking about useless things.) it turns around and starts to walk towards the cave when the sound of sword clashing can be heard.

The skeleton turned around and looked at Asura and walked over to her picking her up and placing her in a sack. And walks towards the sound, a few minutes pass as the swords clashing becomes more prevalent, it peaks from behind a bush.

A Beastman with brown fur and plated armor reaching around 7 feet above the ground, standing in the front holding a tower shield shouting to his comrades " What are you two doing! "

The Wyvern continues to push against the shield scratching at his armor.

A young man with short blond hair, standing about 6 feet tall with leather armor begins to rush around the side with his short sword and dagger, lunges himself at the wyvern cutting the webbing of the wings to the wyvern. Shouting "Quickly April we need another damage dealer!"

April a young wood elf with long black hair, and webbing of black veins covering her face standing about 6ft tall, puts both her hands out and says a chant a small cloud of black smoke comes out and disappears with nothing happening. "Gaaaa Give me a minute to try again, necromancy is a precise art, without a dead body it won't happen as easily!"

She holds her hands out and tries again spewing out a cloud of black smoke.

The Skeleton drops the sack with Asura in it and rushes to the center of the smoke.

April stares at the skeleton now standing where the smoke was and gasps in excitement "Look Look I did it, Adam, I did it!"

The Human Adam replies to April "Let's celebrate after we kill this Fucker!"

The bear pushes back the wyvern and says " Language! "

Adam's response "Yeah yeah grandpa Arthur you've always had the stick up your ass!"

The skeleton gestures a sigh, pulling its sword out of the sheath it rushes towards the wyvern, coating its blade in flames. Using the tower shield as a jump spring, and cuts the neck of the wyvern, pushing all its magical power into its neck lighting it ablaze

Adam stares at the now burning wyvern mouth wide open. And looks at April with shock "When the hell were you going to tell us you could make a thing do that!?"

April Stares back with the same shock and awe "I never knew I could do something like that!"

Arthur walks past the skeleton as he pats it back "You are not allowed to get rid of this fella, He is now the main DPS of the group."

The skeleton stares at the Bearman with its hollow eyes and pats him on the shoulder. Then taking the brunt of the blade and whacking him on the back of the head. Knocking him unconscious, without hesitating it dashes over to the other two hitting the human with the but of its weapon and using its hand on the necromancer knocking everyone out.

The skeleton thinks to itself (Now I don't have to take her to a town, hopefully, these bozos can do it." it stacks them into a pile with the Bearman on the bottom taking Asura out of the sack and placing her against the tree in front of them.