Loopshard

Almost the exact moment the four of them broke from the treeline, the humanoid creatures atop the scrap wall took notice of them. Ten immediately leapt from its top and down onto the barren ground before charging towards them.

“They don’t have a lot of armour,” Adam told Hahn, and the archer seemed to immediately understand what he meant, because he reequipped his Fiendbarb.

Gladwyn moved out in front, with James close behind him and Adam just a few paces after.

The enemies were like hairless baboons that walked upright and wielded simple weapons and clothes. Their pale skin was stretched tight over their emaciated frames and their heads had protruding snouts full of blocky teeth. While the Goblins and Lesser Demons had been quite haunting to look at, these creatures were by far the scariest Adam had encountered. They fell into a category of ‘not quite right’ owing to their uncanny resemblance to humans and it was deeply unsettling.

[These are Alepheria’s Wildlings,] the Eye announced after Adam prompted it.

Before the first of them could reach Gladwyn, six lay dead from Hahn’s arrows which he sent skipping along the ground. Fifteen more were already leaping from the wall to reinforce their numbers.

Gladwyn bashed his large shield into a wildling, producing a sickening crunch and killing it. James followed right behind him with a wide slash that decapitated another. He wasn’t using any magic, since these enemies were quite weak.

As they died, soul essences flew into Adam’s Wraith Lantern.

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