Chapter 35 Griseo Bridge
Jan had counted all the satyr's on the bridge, a total of 13 which included one leader. The bakers dozen of satyr's had 3 with bows, these would be the most dangerous of them all. The rest was all equipped with a sword or spear.
Rohan moved to the beginning of the bridge. Most of it was empty, except for a small barrier at the beginning and the end to prevent traffic. The satyrs where standing behind the last barrier and kept on the lookout with 3 teams. Each consisted of 4 satyrs, 2 with swords, one spear and one bow.
'The level of satyrs has been increasing, they are better organized and have improved equipment.'
Rohan was taking the lead as they slowly crouched forward, Fiora was just behind him and a little bit back were Ragnar and Britta. The Griseo Bridge, as it was called, was around 300 meters long and 20 meters wide.
Moving forward in the slight morning mist Rohan would try and get as close as possible to the satyr's. But without any cover it wouldn't take long before they would be spotted.
Trailing along the side of the bridge gave them the best chance.
Rohan held his gun in his hand as he moved up the bridge. Ten meters, 20 meters, 30 meters, 50 meters. Suddenly a satyr reacted and grunted loudly they called out and pointed at Rohan. He aimed his gun and fired at the satyr with the bow.
"shit" He had missed big time as the satyrs now ducked down. Rohan heard a loud shot from behind him as he saw one satyr fall down. Jan had taken down one of the bowsatyr's.
"Let's run, Jan will cover us." He shouted back as he saw Ragnar and Britta run up to him. They would need to close the distance quickly.
Seeing a satyr peek above the barrier Rohan took a random shot and hit the barrier.
"Arrgh" running and shooting was giving him a struggle. He would need to cover more than 200 meters in as little time as possible.
He could see the satyr's peak above the barrier quickly and go back down. He heard Fiora shoot and miss. Reaching around 100 meters he saw two satyr's with bow appear above the barrier and draw their bow. They were aiming at him.
"SHIT"
He saw them loose their shot as he heard a loud shot coming from Jan. Rohan wouldn't have time to check if it hit. Both arrows were coming for him so he took a risk and dove head first left into the ground.
*Clank, Whoosh*
Hitting the ground hard he rolled a bit further before looking behind him. Both arrows had missed, although barely as one had scraped the ground just a bit in front of him and the other flew right past him.
"Jan got one of them" Fiora shouted to him, one more bowsatyr remaining.
"Keep going, we can't turn back now." Rohan shouted back as he shot once at the barrier, trying to keep the satyr's down.
Rohan got up again and ran faster than before, he saw the satyr's constantly peak shortly above the barrier to check where he was. Rohan tried to run in a more zigzag pattern to confuse them. He knew that if push came to shove, jumping of the bridge was always an option.
Shooting a couple times Rohan kept dashing for the barrier as he ran close to Fiora. Around 50 meters away Rohan took his first properly aimed shot at one of the satyrs that got up behind the barrier.
'Got you now'
Rohan quickly fired and hit the satyr in the shoulder before it disappeared again. The last one with the bow hadn't shown up yet. Finally reaching throwing distance, Rohan took both of his grenades and threw them.
The first landed before the barrier, while the second one landed just behind it.
[You have slain Satyr]
[Experience earned]
[You have slain Satyr]
[Experience earned]
Both parts of the barrier were damaged but far from destroyed. The blast seemed to disorient the satyrs.
"Let's move quickly, we can take them down."
Just as Rohan said that and he moved again he felt a chill run through his spine. He looked at the barrier and saw 2 satyrs with bows get up. Both of them fully drawn and aimed at Rohan. Before the first could launch the arrow, Jan took him down. But the second satyr had let go of the arrow, that flew straight at Rohan.
He was too close to jump away so he prayed while he tried to raise his gun. In a split second he could see the arrow appear in front of his eyes, and then it was gone. He felt the wind rush past his face. The arrow missed him, for the most part.
His head started stinging as blood dripped along the right side of his face. His legs were stuck to the ground and wouldn't move, he was holding his breath as he shakily exhaled. The satyr had disappeared behind the barrier again.
"an… ohan… rohan… ROHAN, WAKE UP!" He felt a hard push against his side as he stumbled on the ground. It was the first time he heard Fiora scream, and probably the only time. She had pushed him and woken him from his daze as he scrambled up again.
'Shit I almost lost it, at least im not too badly hurt' Rohan felt his wound on his head, the arrow had flew so close next to him that there was a stripe through his hair, now red with blood. Luckily it wasn't too deep. A couple centimeters to the left and he would have been gone.
"Thanks Fiora let's go again. There should have been only 1 satyr with a bow, they might have faked it or they can all use those weapons."
Rohan kept thinking in his head. The satyrs didn't get up from the barrier anymore as it became more silent the closer Rohan got. Suddenly he heard the system sound again.
[You have slain Satyr]
[Experience earned]
[You have slain Satyr]
[Experience earned]
'Huh, 2 more died, that makes 7 total so only 6 to go'
"Only 6 left" He shouted to Fiora, who quickly nodded as they split up a bit more. They were within hands reach of the barrier, which was around 1,5 meters tall made from pure concrete. Strong enough to keep cars and trucks out, so breaking it wasn't an option.
Sitting against the barrier, they kept a look over each other as Britta and Ragnar got closer. Rohan made the decision to quickly peek over the edge, just like the satyrs did up and down. Just as he moved his head over the barrier he saw all 6 satyrs jump over the barrier.
'agh shit' Rohan had to react quick so he pushed himself away from the wall with his feet as he aimed his gun at the closest satyr. He heard a gunshot from far away, Jan had reacted the quickest.
Rohan shot the closest satyr and aimed at the next when an axe embedded itself in the satyrs head. Spraying his brains over the wall. The last satyr had red colored armor and jumped in one go to Rohan, tackling him hard on the ground.
Rohan dropped his gun and saw the satyr reach for his sword. Rohan quickly put his hands on the satyrs arm and activated his skill. Screaming, the satyr let go of Rohan as the flesh on his arms melted. Before it could attack again, Rohan used his handgun to shoot it in the chest.
Turning around he saw that Fiora managed to finish of the other satyrs. All the satyrs were dead as Ragnar and Britta arrived a bit late to the party. Griseo bridge had been taken, now on to the next part.