5 [Ambush]
•[Author's Note! — I decided to change where Chiron's location is, in Fate it is never specified where Chiron resides and Greek Mythology puts him at the foot of Mt. Pelion, I decided to change it to the forest of Arcadia instead.]•
It's been about a day since Icarus left Athens, he is currently headed to the west towards the forests of Arcadia.
Arcadia is a dangerous forest where many Phantasmal Species roam about, perhaps the most well known of them are the Centaurs.
Just like Chiron, this species has the upper body of a man but the lower body of a horse.
Unfortunately, almost all Centaurs are not like Chiron, they are mostly known to be savage, wild, and boisterous.
Icarus traveled on a small trail southeast, mostly avoiding the forest and cautiously keeping on a trial, 'I'm still not even strong and am only an untrained child.' He thought in caution.
He hadn't seen anyone so far during his travel southeast and every night he would climb to the treetops to rest.
He kept some of his father's dolls hidden in his sleeves and 'fireworks' on his waist. 'You never know when you may be attacked and Ancient Greece is extremely dangerous.'
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'It's been a few weeks, I think?' Icarus had been headed west and is currently around Corinthia, a region between Arcadia and Athens. His
His feet are blistered and his reserves of food and water are nonexistent.
Lately, he'd been having to hunt for food and water in the forests and bringing himself at risk, luckily only encountering weak monsters such as large snakes or the occasional demonic boars.
He had even crafted an improvised wooden bow which can only pierce the skin of weaker Phantasmal Species but he was able to enhance it with his [Item Construction] skills.
'It's still a shitty wooden bow though....' he thought.
He would use the fangs attained from the snakes killed to lather the arrows in poison, while for the larger fangs he would use alteration to change their shape to just fit the arrows instead.
'Magic really does come in handy.....' He thought with a pep in his step, his musing preventing him from noticing the sounds of the forest fade.
SWISH
The sound of an object tearing through the air sounded out from nearby, Icarus had barely enough time for his instincts to kick in and tilt his head from the piercing noise headed straight for his head!
CLUNK!
The arrow pierced a tree nearby as it whizzed past his head. Icarus quickly reacted, dropping to the ground before rolling into the bushes nearby.
"Damn, just missed, huh?" A voice muttered from under the cover of nearby trees.
"Haha, better luck next time Onias!" Another voice yelled from across the first.
'Damn,' Icarus thought as he began preparing plans. He picked out one of his father's dolls from out his sleeves before whispering into it.
"Mine is better than your shitty aim Gallus!" The one named Onias yelled out in defense!
"Ah, fuck off!" Gallus brushed aside with an amused snort.
'These guys are really rowdy and obviously underestimate me, nice.' Icarus thought with a grin hiding his inner anxiety.
Icarus then reached into his waist and grabbed a few of the pouches attached to it.
"ανάβω," Icarus muttered remembering how his father showed the spell him the spell for ignition.
The mana in the air heeded his words as magical energy pumped straight into the pouches, covering them in a small layer of flames before Icarus quickly threw them into the air up high.
Reaching into his sleeves Icarus pulled out one of his father's dolls to use.
The dolls are high-quality Mystic Codes created by his father so Icarus knew their use, biting into his thumb he smeared his blood over the small doll before chanting divine words, "θέτω εις ενέργειαν! πάρτε την εμφάνιση που διατηρείται στο αίμα!" [1]
The divine words slowly influenced the doll as Icarus called upon the world's mana for assistance.
BOOM!
The fireworks all exploded up high in tandem as Icarus quickly sprinted towards a new location while leaving the doll behind after strapping a few pouches onto it.
"The fuck?!"
"What was that?!"
The voices yelled out in surprise as Icarus ducked behind a tree while they were distracted.
He peeked his head out and glanced at the two voices and finally identified his attackers.
Standing in the forest while glancing upwards were two Centaurs, one had a long beard while the other one had a lot of chest hair.
They soon gave up on looking for the cause of the explosion and instead turned back to where I had previously hidden away.
"Fuck it, Gallus, let's just kill this kid so I can finish enjoying my hunt."
"Alright then, but you won't catch up to my number of kills anytime soon."
"Tch, Bastard."
"What did you say?!"
"Nothing!"
'These fellows are really carefree aren't they.'
They soon started galloping towards his old hiding spot just in-time to hear whimpering from the bushes.
"Oi Onias, the kids crying you should stop scaring him."
"Oh fuck off, let's just kill the kid and go."
"Why the rush?"
"Didn't you hear why we came here in the first place?"
"Huh, what was it again?"
"Hylaeus said there were rumors of a super beauty living in this forest."
"Ah, I see, but isn't Chiron supposed to be here right now?"
"Tch, that uptight bastard better hope he doesn't ruin our fun."
"Why go all the way here from Pelion for some beauty? Why is Chiron even here anyway?"
"She supposedly a peerless beauty that wanders the forest, while I heard from the other Centaurs that Chiron came here to train the next generation of heroes, there's also rumors that he is working on something big."
"Hopefully we don't run into him."
They finally finished speaking as Icarus' plan began, he kept a connection to the dolls similar to a familiar and influenced the dolls like a puppet on strings.
Icarus ducted further behind the trunk of the tree and began transmitting his voice through his link with the dolls.
"....hic...please don't eat me....!" His voice whimpered from the doll hidden in bushes.
Daedalus' dolls are able to grow in size and take the appearance of the users, they can also be used to speak through and move around with.
They are mostly used by kings or nobles to deceive others or use as a body double.
"Ah, the lads really scared ay?" One of the centaurs spoke as the other approached the bushes before peeking over with a sadistic grin.
"Boo!"
Only to have his eyes widen in surprise as the Doll suddenly launched towards him.
Icarus couldn't hold the grin from his face as the doll landed right in front of the centaur.
"ανάβω!" Icarus shouted towards them while asking the mana in the air to ignite the pouches hanging on the doll's waist.
"Wha—!"
BOOM!
Instantly, three pouches of fireworks with the power to blow up a large wall exploded point-blank from the centaur.
"AHHHHH!" A cry of sheer pain roared out from the forest as the centaur's now missing legs caused it to buckle onto the ground.
"Gallus—AHK!?" The other centaur shouted in surprise which quickly changed to pain as Icarus' wind spell accelerated arrow was shot straight into his ass!
'.....Well, my aim isn't the best, I haven't had much time to practice.' Icarus thought in exasperation of his accuracy.
"Bastard!" The centaur yelled as he attempted to pull the arrow from his hind only to realize he couldn't even reach that far back!
Icarus wasn't confident enough to take him one-on-one so he just threw out some more fireworks, causing him to retreat from the fear of them exploding his own legs like his partner.
"επιταχύνετε το βέλος στον άνεμο!" Icarus chanted while enhancing the velocity of the arrow with a wind spell.[2]
The arrow flew briefly missing the panicked Centaur as he fled. Icarus stayed hidden until he heard the galloping finally fade out from afar.
He then exited his hiding spot and slowly approached the downed Centaur.
The centaur spotted him and flared at Icarus with a look of exhausted but intense hatred. His entire front side was covered in blood, Icarus could even see bone sticking out from how deep the wound he caused harmed him.
Icarus faintly heard him whisper which he barely heard through his hearing,
"...k..ill....me...fuc.....k...er...."
'Very well.' Icarus thought, long resolved to kill other people. 'This isn't some 'safe' 21st century 1st World Country, I'm in Ancient Greece where the Gods will toy and **** people at their whims while humanity is often killed by magic beasts and creatures.'
'I couldn't allow myself to blink at killing others, especially those that tried to kill me.' Icarus thought.
He then moved his bag to the side so He could have enough space to pull out his father's sword Chysia from within before slowly stepping adjacent to the Centaur's neck with Chysia gripped between both hands,
"I wish you well on your journey to Hades," Icarus spoke in obligatory respect before decapitating the suffering Centaur in one swing.
He had some bile rise up to his throat but swiftly swallowed it down before looting the corpse. He looted the centaur's bow which was slightly superior to his own—discounting any magic enhancements and the arrows as well.
He also had some herbs along with some rope which Icarus took as well.
Icarus left his corpse but not before wiping his blood off Chysia onto the clothes left on his corpse. Icarus then took his sword into one hand before moving to where he had shot the other Centaur prior.
Squatting down to the floor Icarus found some blood on the grass from where his arrow shot the other centaur's ass previously, Icarus rubbed some of the blood at the tips of his fingers before slathering it onto the blade of his sword.
Satisfied with his effort, Icarus then looked at the blade before speaking its name, "[Chysia]!"
The blade glowed a faint light before Icarus felt it vibrate in his hands towards the direction of the fleeing Centaur.
'....Great, now lead me to the others.'
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Chapter fin!
Remember that Divine Words are a higher form of language used to ask the world to direct mana to a specific purpose.
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[1] θέτω εις ενέργειαν! πάρτε την εμφάνιση που διατηρείται στο αίμα! - Spell meaning 'activate! take the appearance kept in blood!'
[2] επιταχύνετε το βέλος στον άνεμο! - Spell that directs the wind meaning 'accelerate the arrow in the wind!'
