>>5508960>>5509029>>5509076>>5509115You decided to talk to Isnott about it, maybe he knew something that you didn't. And you asked.
-Lord Isnott, tell me, I never encountered Kobolds before and since we will ride through their territory I would have wanted to know something about them. What do they look like ? How do they fight ?
Isnott paled a bit, trying to explain.
-I saw only one and not in a fight, he was already captured... But I have read a lot about them.
You answered quickly.
-What did he look like ?
-He was small, close to three feet high and he looked like something between a lizard, a pig and a rat, kobolds are very ugly.
You laughed at this, if they were so small you will beat them easily, but maybe it was a particular specimen.
-How do they fight ?
-I do not know, you should ask to the soldiers probably, but I know that some learned men wrote about their society, they are far more advanced than they look, they have tunnels that go to the south of the empire where they sell slaves and their slave traders are very well organised.
Mmmh... Nothing about military discipline. You began to answer but you were interrupted by a strange voice.
-And do the learned men know something about their military org...
-AAAAAAAAAAH !
It was a woman's scream, Rose's scream. She was before you (you had ridden towards Isnott at the end of the column) and you heard her horse neighing and snorting.
You quickly rode towards the center of the column and saw that Lady Takable, even if she was a a good horsewoman, has fallen from her horse. You feared for her and rushed to calm her horse and help, some soldiers dismounted too.
-Rose, is everything alright ? Have you..
You gave her kicking horse to cop and she nodded weakly.
-Y... Yes Charles... It hurt but I think that nothing is broken... But my dress is ruined.
-How.. how did you fell you were good on a horse, I saw you riding as fast as a king's messenger when we rode together. Did your horse saw some..
She nodded.
-Yes... Yes I was riding when.. when I saw this ugly thing, it came from the soil and...
It was sure, Kobolds ! They came from tunnels, you began to look at your surroundings and unsheathed your sword.
-BRACE YOURSELVES, MEN ! WE ARE MAYBE UNDER ATTACK !
Ancel was the first to be ready, he was already watching the ground with a very preoccupied face (thinking seemed to be difficult for him, like for any peasant, fortunately he practised it rarely). But then you saw a kind of trapdoor opening from the floor right before him and he opened his eyes greatly. You could not see who was looking from the trapdoor because it opened from your direction but you heard a voice scream.
-AAAAAAAAAAAH !
Ancel answered by screaming.
-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH ! Demons messire ! Demons ! They come from hell and they are ugly as the ass of a fishwife ! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH !
