Chapter 18: In the Company of Wolves (1)
After a new day started to wake, a foggy veil had fell upon the rocky hills and shrouded the land in its gray walls. It had Hope creatively challenge his thoughts in comparing it to the sky having fallen.
And in a way it did.
No more were the clouds tied to the ceiling but now laid out in front of him.
Stab!
Sqlssh...
Hope pulled out a soul shard from another monster's carcass and broke it instantly between his trembled fingers.
During dawn hour, Hope waited for another half an hour before he commanded his body to move and begin journeying again. The soreness had died down considerably. Although, with certain movements did the pain return. His injuries haven't fully healed yet, but he was satisfied with the progress.
He wasn't too far from leveled ground when he checked his surroundings that morning. He had climbed down from the small cave he rested by that night, recalled which was East, and begun heading to the opposite horizon.
It took some time to find the trackway again, but many times did he stop by monster's carcasses to harvest more soul shards.
At this point, Hope had counted that he collected 70 soul shards in the past two days.
Was that a lot?