Role

Chapter 4

And the long hunt began. Zalennes forms had the ability to hide within the
desert, making her able to pick the location and time for each encounter. The
first encounter was very even, but Zalenne was forced to withdraw. Badly hurt
Arrna withdrew to a cave nearby, stuffing herself with pills and getting a
few hours rest. She knew that Zalenne was bleeding all over the place, so she
figured she had a few hours. Suddenly she was awoken by a group of trolls
that had been tracking her around the desert. She quickly retreated from that
battle and now she could sense Zalenne being on the move again. Arrnas
protections had begun to fall, and she could only hope that Zalennes would
as well. Suddenly a hyena lunged itself right at the lance, and the battle
was at full speed again. This time Arrna had the upperhand, and it was clear
that the hyena would be forced to retreat, as Arrna failed to push it around,
the hyena managed to escape the long tip of the lance just barely, retreating
into the desert again.

The battle waged back and forth a few times like this, until Arrna finally
found the place where the hyena was hiding. Quickly eating a root that
created a thick fog, the hyena was covered with its purple dust. With
perfect timing, as the hyena was dying, the trolls showed up again. Barely
able to stand on her feet, Arrna threw down the lance and with her last
breath she pummeled her heavy fists on the hyena, who fell just a breath
before the trolls struck the final blows on Arrna.

One again the flames flickered, and Arrna found herself at the cliffs
together with the others. Lord Thror now declared the fight to be between
Zalenne and Ghrummin. And they both disappeared within the flames.

While the two battled out in the desert, lady Iunna told Arrna how she
learned her first lesson from the monks, it had actually been just in the
very same desert. And how she had made use of the skill all warriors are
thought, how to drive their foes into their own preferred battlefields, thus
the monks thought lady Iunna the landslide of the second breath.