17th Malachite, 11
The night is actually surprisingly calm. We wake up early in the morning from the sounds of rain and head out towards southwest. I'm feeling refreshed and less paranoid today as we're getting farther away from the goblin territory.
At noon we spot a series of mountain tops in the horizon. Not only one mountain, but a real mountain range. These must be the mountains we're after!
I can't wait to get to the mountains! Ettad isn't impressed by them, in fact he's being really grumpy today. He's complaining about the fact that it's already noon and he hasn't found anything to fight with yet.
Until... we cross another river and three alligators attack us!
We're both swimming in the middle of a river when the beasts attack us. I learned my lesson the last time we fought alligators: blunt weapons are useless against them. So I'm using a scimitar instead. And it's doing its job well.
The alligators should be in their element, but somehow their attacks seem weaker. They keep charging at us, but can't do any actual damage. Our edged weapons however cut nicely through their skins. Two of them are soon crippled enough to pose no threat to us.
One of the alligators drops unconscious. I leave it be for now and focus on the one that's still in full health. I soon get a really lucky strike with my scimitar and slash its head clean off. I'm starting to like this weapon.
I turn my attention back to the first alligator, and put it down without much trouble. Another Fist of Urist moment!
Ettad is still messing with his alligator and not getting much done, so I finish the job myself.
Ettad finally got his daily adrenaline rush, but now he's furious for me getting all the kills. Humans, nothing's ever good enough for them.
We keep on travelling and soon arrive on a beach of a beautiful lake and decide to follow the beach around it.
Still angry about not getting any kills today Ettad goes and charges at the first thing he sees, which happens to be a duck. He rips the poor thing into pieces with his bare teeth. I see him doing these things every day but never really get used to it.
We find a narrow strip of land which both makes a nice shortcut and also offers a good view into the lake.
The rest of the day goes by quickly. While I'm searching for a good place to set up a camp for the night, Ettad does some housecleaning.
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