5 Chapter 5 - Vigor and madness

Chilling force was spreading from Darius head to his toes. Blood was circulating though his vessels just like the water Styx river. He had never felt himself so alive. His axe draw a curve and choped the shaman`s hand near the shoulder. The gnoll and grimaced and growled: "Ehwaz" and the next moment stuck Darius abdomen with his staff, sending him flying for 2 meters. Dark blood was fountaining from the chopped place, spreading mist throughout the place.

Darius vision blured slighty. 'The strike was done with only one hand and from bad angle... Why does it was so heavy? That should be some kind of magic or something like that. '

He inhaled and than stood up. With two steps and heavy slash, like a crazy lumberjack, he cut off the head of gnoll. Darius exhaled. As whispers and murmuring pointing towards it, he pulled out the right eye, which was completely black.

{Dark eye of Gnoll shaman - consumable material

Mystic grade: uncommon

Gained by Grakhor of gnoll tribe after sacrifice of his original eye. Can grand owner shamanism knowledge.}

'Shamanism knowledge? Will I need to dance around the fire like folk artist or something like that? Okay, it can wait.' Darius thought about that frenzied bald man. The chances of survive of someone excluding our Johnny Sins were pretty low. Should he go there and see what happened? Ah, nevermind, he would just check the result and search for something valuable.

After drinking some water, he examined his axe and found that it`s blade was still without any notches or cracks. 'What a nice quality, isn`t it?'

The woman on stairs was still lying there with bloold flowing lively from her leg. Should he had saved her? No, there was no meaning in such actions. With such wound she wouldn`t have ability to move. Gnolls maces obviously had not been cleaned ever, so chances of infection was nearing 100%.

'Altruism won`t lead you to the good' - Darius thought. After reaching the high end of stairs, bloodchilling scene met him. Ruby blood covered every inch of floor with decapitated bodies bathing in it. The bald man was siting near the wall surrounded by 3 human heads. Tears was driping from his eyes and landing onto the scarlet ground.

The man raised his pupils and looked at Darius. Dumbfounded, the latter didn`t move, but after some considerations, opened his bag and threw the pack of cigarettes and his matches to the man.