Chapter 12

[year 93 of gracian era, month 5, day 5, cliff region, near the end of coldgate canyon, narrow road]

Suddenly a creature with a resemblance of a fusion of brown bear and rodent, slightly smaller than the hobgoblins with the height about 155 cm, these creature wears green furry garments and a winter hat, a big shoes, brown leather garment and a glove hiding there rock breaking claws. They have a human arms capable of tearing rocks, rounded ears and long muzzle. These furry creature is somewhat naive and simple minded.

"Kweeku!" the dugbear waves his hand greeting garveron.

"such a strange creature, I haven't encounter in inferno mountains" spoke garveron.

"ohh him? His a dugbear, he said he got lost into here and I carried him because I'm a afraid such an innocent creature being slain by those human" iruk spoke.

"ohh iruk, you know these little guy?" asked garc.

"a dugbear ehh? Surely I have heard of them but I have forgot" garveron replied.

"Kweekue, kuwe!" the dudbear joins in the conversation.

"he said 'Me iron dugbear, friends!'" converse iruk.

"ohh iruk, you can understand what he was saying?" garveron was dumbfounded that a hobgoblin knows it.

"even though they look like monster, they don't have demon cycle nor have a crystal core, they were just like humans, but a miner at best, and they have there own language and they works with dwarves, so yes I knew because I also somehow worked in the mines 4 years ago" explained iruk.

"ohh hello little dugbear" garc shakes hand with the dudbear.

"But aren't they suppose to be that humongous goblin like monster, that monster with there strength comparable to the gobling champion" asked garveron curious about how small is this creature build.

"N-no don't mention about those guys, they were the one chase my tribe out of the forest, and you got it wrong, they were the bugbears, those monstrous bastard even our lord can't do anything to there might" refuted iruk shivering in fear when they mention them.

"you knew that much, does that mean that they came from Gaia mountains." garveron replied.

"yeah, they don't like the dark much so they always bring lamps" iruk suddenly pointed out the dugbear which made garveron look, after shaking hands with garc, suddenly he suddenly took something out of his winter jacket like garment and suddenly lights shone as he shows a lantern like lamps in his hands.

"Kwee, kwu?" as he said.

"what did he says?" spoke garveron.

" 'lamps, yes?' he said" translates iruk.

"how did that creature even ends up here"

"I don't know, but he did help us out when escaping, he dug a cave upwards to reach cliff region"

"he helps you all?" the hobgoblin strangely nod in succession.

"does he even understand us?"

"yes, but they don't speak in our language"

"I get it, but since silreon is dead now, and I deemed you more competent than garc, without the jhorl can you give it to your lord, I'm going back to drac peak in inferno mountain"

"hey, who are you calling incompetent?! I can even eat meat competently!" Garc complained. iruk facepalmed with his dissapointment in garveron correct words. But garc has a point about eating correctly but not ethically.

"alright, I shall take this task in sending this to lord arrolyth"

"good, farewell then, garc, iruk, iron dugbear and everyone else" he waves as he flew to the sky heading south-east and his arduous and long journey ahead to his hometown begins, even a white throated needle- tail known for it's speed of average 111.6kph flight speed might take atleast half a year while maintaining such speed without stopping day and night to reach such destination. It's questionable on how many years will he take to arrive with his speed only half of that bird.

"and there he goes, he must be going to a fine restaurant if he's that on rush" spoke garc with his chin-stroking response.

Iruk suddenly notice the dugbears waving hand.

"ohh iron, your going to leave too?" asked iruk in response to iron's hand gesture.

"Kuu, kwee kwee!" as he suddenly claws the ground creating a hole until he disappeared from it but there's still many dirt and broken rocks coming out of it.

"well, I guess he already know which direction that little guy should go, maybe the way I pointed out earlier did he goes" says iruk while scratching his head.

"where is the little guy going? Is he going to catch some mudfish?" replied garc stupidly.

"no, he is going home to Crystal Cove mountain, and now, everyone let's retreat to acoridge base!" he shout aloud with everyone manage to hear him, he then held the sword tight, and lead the group towards their main base. While they were retreating, carrion was gathering everyone from the acoridge group forming a 5000 monster army formed from various races in acoridge society. At the 7th day at its 5th month, they march chasing the expedition force without a prior knowledge that arrolyth already obtained it in his hands, and secretly hid it, in order to hide the secret, he ordered the mercenary group that brought his sword, he does not want to be cruel to these people who greatly helped him so he assigned the group as a guard in the floating ridge valley, a floating island in the sky mountain which was based by the acoridge society.

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Extra info:

The inner section or the whole alkaid continent, is where humanity and other races of light lives, this is where 8 region of alkaid located, every region has there own unique terrains and geography, 4 regions was greatly affect by the mountains while another 4 region is also affected by the gates of hell, the passes. Just like how the northern territory where marqrise empire located, the results of the winter pass brought a cold winter temperature and snow and hail are occasionally happens, and the north-eastern part is also affected by the Gaia mountain, deserts, savanna and rocky mountains are a lot in this regions, desert bandits often roams in this places and kingdoms like khanates, and few desert kingdoms have territories here. Some races with an affinity to light and earth also dwells in this rocky mountainous desert region. In these region also lies the empire built on many miniature, small yet capable beings, the empire was called hardolian empire. These empire comprise of combined races of dwarf, kobollite, gnome, dugbear, goblins(already gained it's intelligence), ratman, and many other miniature creatures.