World of Tiber

Chapter 32: Training and The Plan

Nightbreeze's PoV

We spent the day training Nava with one sword. She's slowly been getting better. No matter how good or bad she is we still have to continue with our plan tomorrow. I don't think Quintrine will last much longer with the Highlord army. She can't stop talking about anything. Late at night when it's my watch I sneak away from camp and I draw some Knight's attention. They chase me until it's far enough away from there camp that I knock them unconscious. I take off their armor and then I kill them. I cover the scent of death and bury them. I'm lucky I got three pairs of armor for the three of us. I clean the armor and work on making it fit better for us. I was supposed to wake up Rosa a couple hours before the sunrise but I don't mind staying up past my shift to work on the armor. When I'm done adjusting the armor I tie the three sets of armor with ropes from my bag and bring them back to camp. When I get there I see Nava not looking very happy. She asks me “Where were you at?”

“Getting armor.”

“Why didn't you wake us up?”

“Rosa's still asleep and I didn't mind staying up to work on the armor. No one came to our camp while I was gone.”

“How did you know that someone wouldn't come get us?”

“I didn't know. At least I took care of getting armor before anyone else saw what I was doing.”

“You could've gotten yourself killed or us by leaving the camp unprotected. You should've woken one or both of us up before you left.”

“Sorry, I was just trying to give us all one less thing to do when we woke up.”

I layed down the armor and started working on digging a hole. I tell her “It's to bury our stuff while we are gone.”

She doesn't reply and starts working on making breakfast. When she finishes cooking Rosa wakes up and goes over to get some food. I untie the ropes and lay out our armor on the ground. I also took all the weapons they had so we won't have to bring any of our weapons with us. Rosa comes over and asks “Which armor is mine?”

I motion over to her armor. She asks me “Which one do you get?”

I motion to mine and say “That's a head Knights armor and I get it because I know everything about the Knights and Highlord army. So if someone starts talking to us then I can cover for us.”

Nava brings over some food to me and asks “How exactly do we get the armor on? We don't wear armor.”

“Some Elves do but it's for ceremonies instead of fighting. While I was a slave I had to help them get the armor on so I know how to help. It's really heavy and hard to take in and off. We have to help each other.”

Rosa asks “What do we say if someone starts talking with us?”

“Let me handle that.”

Nava asks “What if we get separated?”

“Answer simple answers like yes sir or no sir. Act like the Knights around you. And try to act like a man. People like us usually don't get into an army.”

She responds with “Except for Elaethen. He was letting you in.”

I don't say anything and I continue eating. When we finish eating we clean up and bury our stuff in the hole I dug. We cover the hole and then I help Rosa get her armor on. She helps with getting Nava's armor on then they both help me. We put the scabbards around our waists and the other weapons wherever they belong like boot knives. They both put on their helmets while I finish cleaning up our camp. When they aren't watching me I grab the wedding ring from the tree I hid it in and put it around my neck on a chain. I hide it under my armor and then put my helmet on. The ring is my last plan if we get noticed. Hopefully they won't know that I killed Elaethen. If they do then we are all in trouble. I don't like arguing with Nava but it happens. We don't always get along. She always wants to be in charge and honestly I don't like being bossed around. I already went threw that most of my life. I ask them “Are you guys ready?”