The lost herd

Koku · The lost herd

Across the river that isolates Kishinston is a ranch that goes by the name Issem Ranch. Here Lacrimabilis are born and raised. It is run by an 80 year old, warm hearted man who goes by Issem. Recently, bad weather weakened his fencing, and soon the lacrimabilis broke free. He has requested help to get them back before anything bad happens. It is on this farm that this mission starts.

Archaic

*Archaic wielding a greatsword walks onto the farm and surveys the area. It is clear that some form of destruction has taken place and there are animal trails everywhere. Scouting around a bit he comes upon the farmer's home and knocks on the door. Waiting for a reply he already knows what question to ask the farmer:*

Which way did they go?

*Archaic accidentally blurted this out loud but ignored this fact completely.*

Koku

Issem comes to the door and invites Archaic inside to talk about the accident. Issem is obviously distraught over the incident.
"I knew the fences were bad, but" he manages to say between tears, "I just did not have the energy to fix the fence" With that he starts to tear again. "After a storm the lacrimabilis were going wild, more so than average and..." he starts to say before crying more. He tries to talk while still in mid cry, "the lacrimabilis ran off! I think they went north, but it is too dangerous for me to go, and may be too dangerous for just you." With that he tries to calm down by drinking some tea. "I appreciate any help, but I do not wish to let anyone die."

Archaic

*Archaic thinks about the situation and observes the farmer who is in tears before coming to a conclusion.*

Ok I shall try to find your lacrimabilis, but before I do that I feel as though we should fix the fence first. Whilst I am aware of the dangers that they can face in the wild, it is also important to acknowledge that if they were to return with no fence they will just escape again. Also, I need to know any theories you have behind them acting strange. Could there be an outside force manipulating them or perhaps a localized source of their anguish which caused them to leave. I apologize for the many questions, and I do not ask for answers right away. I shall get to rebuilding the fence as I wait for a few comrades.

*Archaic gets up, pushes in the chair and leaves the house. Walking towards the North he can see where the lacrimabilis destroyed the fence and returns to the house to pick up more wood that he would bring to the area and get to the repairs.*

Koku

"they... they always act up after a big storm. It gets them frightened and excited." He stops cryign for a second to laugh a little, "they alwayd are hardest after a big storm. Can be very dangerous you know." After chuckling, he calms down and seems to start to sulk.
"Thank you for being so kind, if you will rebuild the fence it will be great help! I just hope that they will be able to be rescued soon." With that he head back inside to sulk.

Schmall

Schmall, with the strage of ability of being in two places at once some how, can be seen walking down the road. He spots archaicmessiah and calls out, " Hey archaic. Didnt know you lived here. Need a hand with that?"

Schmall trots over to assist archaicmessiah.

Koku

Within an hour the fence has been repaired from the hard work of the two warriors. When Issem sees it he is a little relieved.
"Thank you kind sirs. I see that another fellow has joined in with the help, this may seem a tad inappropriate but would you kind fellow (schmall) help assist this other man in rescuing my lacrimabilis. They are very valuable, and I have no doubt that by now poachers are trying to get them. I think with you two working together there is a chance that they can be saved. " With that the old man put his hands together and seems to beg for help.

Archaic

Sir, stand up there is no need to beg. I would not have come to this place if it weren't to rescue your animals. Schmall, after fixing this fence a little more, making sure to leave a gap for the animals to return, we should head north and try to find the lacrimabilis.

*After about an hour more of work the fence was mostly fixed and thus the two were ready to head due north.*

Schmall lets get going, time is of the essence now.

Schmall

During the course hard labor, archaicmessiah and the old man fill Schmall in so he is up to date.

Just before heading out, Schmall says, "Never done much tracking, but with how much damage the herd did the ground, it shouldnt be all that hard to follow them. Farmer, can we borrow at least 10 yards of rope? We may need to lead the leader of the herd back here. If it works right, the rest may simply follow and make it easier for us. Never know."

Koku

"I can do one better." Iseem hands schmall a mixture of sorts. "The leader is particularly found of a blend of tatus root and ortch berries. If you give him a few, he will follow you anywhere you go until you give him the rest."

Schmall

"Excellent!" Schmall hands half the mixture over to archaicmessiah. "Just in case we get seperated or something. Besides, keeps something from happening to our entire stock of it."

Schmall then waits for archaicmessiah, ready to go searching for the herd.

Archaic

*Archaic looks at Schmall and the mixture in his hands. He nods and grabs them to place them carefully in his pocket.*

Smart thinking Schmall, I was going to go into it unprepared. Well let us make leave, but do make sure to bring a weapon. While I doubt they will be used much, its always better to be on guard.

*Archaic then moves his hand towards the handle to his greatsword and pulls it from his back. Holding it with a single hand andholding it in front of him, he admires the craftsmanship before looking at his comrade and walking forward*

Schmall

Schmall, confident in his ability to draw his blade quickly, straps his katana on his back and falls in beside archaicmessiah, easily keeping up. His eyes are peeled for any danger around them for following the swath of destruction caused by the herd is pretty easy with broken branches, turned soil, and snapped saplings.

Koku

After a little bit of walking, the two approach a thick patch of woods that has a rough trail in it. The tracks of lacrimabilis can be seen . The two walk through the path that shows sign of life all around. In the distance something glimmers in the distance. It seems to be getting closer at a slow speed. After approaching faster, the two can see that the glimmer was actually two swords on the back of people.

Archaic

Hey you two, can you spare a moment to help us out a little? We're looking for a farmer's lacrimabilis herd that escaped. He said that they came this way and the tracks seem to support his claim. I was just wondering if you have seen them in your wandering, and if so about how far back you spotted them. Any piece of information would be of help.

Schmall

Before the two strangers has a chance to get too close and spot his actions, Schmall ducks down to scoop up a small handfull of dirt in his left hand (not his sword hand). He will throw the dirt at any attacker's face while drawing his sword in order to gain precious second to place the first blow. Other than that, Schmall shifts his wait to the balls of his toes to enhance his mobility if needed.

NOTE: Schmall is on archaicmessiah left hand side about 6 feet over in order to give archaicmessiah plenty of room for his sword.

Koku

As schmall approaches he throws the dirt into one of their eyes. The dirt lands and the person starts to tear up and flail Schmall then gets behind and slashes a strong cut onto the back up the poacher. The other one sees this and takes out his sword. "You will not stop us from getting those lacrimabilis. We have had our eyes on them for a while now and now is out chance!"
Schmall does 77 damage
With that the non blinded poacher goes to attack catches Schmall before he can recover, doing 40 damage.
The blind poacher recovers from not being able to see (never shall this happen again. For now on it goes Archaic, Schmall, poacher 1, poacher 2).

Archaic

Looks like my attempt at diplomacy failed. You were right to be cautions Schmall, so now I shall not hold back against these scums.

*Archaic takes his huge blade and holds it with both hands now. Charging up to Poacher 1, Archaic stops suddenly and braces his legs hard into the ground. Preparing himself, he lets out a battle yell and aims for the chest of the enemy.*

Koku

Archaic massive blade comes crashing into the enemies chest. The poacher was able to get his cutlass in from of him to block the full hit. Doing so he caused the greatsword to not go into him fully, but causes the cutlass to dig into his chest, breaking the chest bone. The poacher coughs up blood, probably from a punctured lung, but is still able to fight.
Archaic does 98 damage.

Schmall

Schmall, remembering his lessons from his past adventure, goes more on the defensive and aims to disable his opponent. He slices his katana at poacher #2's (now unblinded one) right knee with a swift backhand then bounces back ready to riposte a parry or dodge.

Koku

Going to slice at the poachers knee, he manages to move it out of the way quick enough to avoid getting hit fully. It cuts the back of his leg more, cutting in deep though. The legs muscle was torn a little causing great pain, but not enough to cripple him.
Schmall does 35 damage

Seeking revenge on those that just hurt them the poachers regroup. Poacher 1 tries to scurry over to archiac and swings with the last of his energy. The hit was very quick and as such, did not allow Archaicmessiah enough time to escape from it. However, there was not too much power behind it. It cuts the flesh, but does not go too deep, and does not do any serious damage.
The first Poacher does 30 to Archaicmessiah
The second poacher rushes over to Schmall and before reachign him fully puts out a leg to pivet on, spinning with sword stretched. This causes Schmall a little confusion as he goes to block, but can not block it fully. The blade comes screaming through the air and hits Schmall in his upper ribs. The blade gets stuck for a second then is loosened.
The second poacher does 46 to Schmall.

Archaic

*The sword cutting through Archaic's flesh caused a bit of blood to pour out. It was not an entirely rare sight for Archaic, and yet it infuriated him just the same. Picking up his sword Archaic walks towards the nearly dead Poacher 1 and grabs pushes him down. Standing on the poacher's back, Archaic takes the greatsword and cuts it down across the Poacher's neck in attempt to decapitate him.*

Now die you little piggy!

Koku

As Archaic stands there his sword is lifted high above his head and is brought down with extreme intensity. The sword cuts clean through the neck. The head becomes detached and blood flows quickly from the wound.
Archaicmessiah does 125 damage.

Schmall

Knowing that this may be his last blow, Schmall puts on a spurt of speed. He literally dives between the legs of the second poacher seeing as his legs are spread out due to his little tatic. Schmall lands with a roll, transfer the momentum into a spin and slashes at the injuried knee.

once the blade passes through the flesh of his target, he will leaps back into a defensive crouch, watching the enemy's waist to prevent being tricked again.

Koku

A schmall tries to do a somersault slash (I like the way it sounds so I am using it), the sword barely scrapes the guys knee. The guy was already jumping back at the start of the roll. As such the sword just left a scratch similar to that of a razor.
Schmall did 3 damage.
More angered at the death of his ally, the poacher charges quickly at Archaicmessiah. The poacher jumps up in the air and tries to bring his sword down onto the shoulder of archiaic messiah. Merely toying with him, Archaic barely moves out of the way, getting a thin cut down the right side of his chest.
Poacher 2 does 12 damage to Archaicmessiah

Archaic

*Archaic looks at his injury and gives off an evil laugh. The sight of more of his blood has only riled him up with anger. However, Archaic than looks over to see his injured comrade.*
Hey Schmall are you alright, you are looking a little injured. Perhaps you should take it easy for now.

*Archaic's attention suddenly shifts to the remaining Poacher.*

As for you little maggot. Prepare yourself for the afterlife!

*Archaic charges into the poacher and smashes his elbow against the enemy's face and follows it up with an upper slash of his huge sword. he swings with enough momentum where a clean hit will send both him and his enemy into the sky a few feet.*

Koku

AS archaic swings his massive sword, the poacher starts to move out of the way. Archaic continues to get slightly airborne, but the poacher just moves back a little more. He has a new cut on his chest, but it is barely bleeding.
Archaic messiah does 12 damage

Schmall

Not wanting to interfer with his partner's sword play, Schmall ducks out of sight behind a bush. Knowing archaicmessiah can handle himself, he checks the area to make sure no other poachers are hiding, if none, he then starts to bandage himself up in order to stop the bleeding and prevent infection.

If there are any other badies, Schmall will run up a tree and hide there. From that postion he will call out the location of an hidden enemies to his partner.

Koku

With Schmall starting to hide, the poacher decides to quickly attack Archaicmessiah before he comes down. He quickly runs slightly past where archaicmessiah will come down, turns and jumps up with his swords blade facing upwards, cutting archmessiah's back leaving a large cut. It barely faces Archaic messiah as he seems read to attack.
The poacher did 23 damage.

Archaic

*Archaic notes that his alley had taken the necessary cover, and thus Archaic was not going to hold back any longer. A fierce look in his eye, Archaic slowly walks towards the poacher and grabs him by the throat. Slamming his sword into the ground so that the blade is still sticking out a few feet, Archaic picks up the poacher and swings his body at the blade.*

Isn't this a fun little game piggy!

Koku

swinging the body at the blade, Archaicmessiah manages to oush the body far onto the blade, cutting the persons chest very badly, and like the other guy, crushing his chest bone (whatever it is called). The poacher in serious pain gets up and with hesitation gets ready to attack again, probably for his final hit.
Archaicmessiah does 126 damage.

Schmall

Schmall continues to take care of his wounds. Once the bandages are set, he picks up a good size stone and looks back over at his now blood thirsty partner, waiting to see if a throwing the stone is necessary...

Koku

The poacher gets tired of dealing with the man with the greatsword and desperately tries to take someone with him. Finding Schmall he attempts cut schamll but ends up cutting bushes more than anything. The sword only nicks Schmall's face.
The poacher deals 4 damage to Schmall.

Archaic

*Archaic says nothing as he pulls up the sword and walks over to the poacher. Infuriated that the poacher would turn his back on Archaic, Archaic took the blade and quickly slashed it 4 times, aiming for each of the limbs, followed by stabbing the poacher in the middle of the back*

...

Koku

Archaic unleashes a devastatingly powerful swing. With his first swing, it cuts off the poachers left arm, with the second swing it cuts off the right arm, but on the third swing, the sword gets stuck in the poachers leg. The Poacher yelled in pain momentarily after the two limbs were cut, but soon fainted and died from the pain and horror.

Schmall

Schmall quickly searches the corpses for anything of value before the blood soaks to far into the clothing. He intends to share anything found, so he just places anything found off to the side to split later, just simply concerned about finding it first.

"Lets see what these poachers have to pay for our wasted time..."

Koku

The poachers seemed to have nothing valuable on them. Anything that had any worth was destroyed in battle. The herd can be seen grazing down in a small valley.

Schmall

"Humph, nothing" says Schmall. " Guess its time to go and get the herd uh? Lets circle around the herd to be sure there are no other poachers guarding them. Lets stick together tho"

Archaic

Sure, but when we circle around I would prefer that you not get involved in the battle. You are hurt and if you were to die it would be unfortunate, thus you should take the opportunity to take the herd and run as I fight off any of the poachers. That is assuming of course, there is only an other batch of 2 or 3 poachers at most. Well lets go.

Schmall

"Agreed. I will go for the herd. But just in case," Schmall searches for some good throwing stones to put in his pocket. "If these are just in case I need a little range, but I will go for the herd first."

With that in mind, Schmall starts to begin the circut around the herd with archaic, eye peeled for more poachers.

Koku

There does not seem to be any poachers around the lacrimabilis. There are a few lump birds and tonsor hanging out within the herd, but besides that only the lacrimabilis can be seen. In the middle is a larger than average lacrimabilis.

Schmall

Schmall looks over at Archaic, "I am a bit small. I will hollar out of there are any troubles while you go in and lead the leader out. The rest of the herd should follow. Dont forget to use the feed."

Schmall then climbs a nearby tree close to the path back in order to obtain a good view of the lay out. Mostly so he is safe from a stampede.

Archaic

*Archaic walks over to the middle of the herd with the mixture of feed. Looking for the leader of the herd he finds that most of the animals look alike. However, he eventually finds a rather large lacrimabilis and assumes that he is the leader. Feeding him a portion of his half of the mixture Archaic slowly creeps away and realizes that he is indeed being followed by the beast. Continuing to walk backwards, Archaic eventually has the entire herd smiling him and thus he continues to walk out of the area.*

Koku

walking half way up the path A large man and a smaller person appear in the horizon. They see the heard and start charging down at Archaic.
"Thanks for gathering the herd, we well be taking it from here- unless you think you can take us." After the large man, the poacher boss, said that he pulls out his katana ready to fight. The other man, just a poacher pulls out his cutlass and shows that he is willing to fight.

Schmall

Schmall, cursing that he never saw the two poachers, climbs down from his tree. He then starts working his way through the herd towards the leader. Careful to use his small size to remain hidden with the herd.

Thinking to himself, I hope the leader of this herd doesnt mind being ridden. Maybe I will get lucky and stampede over those jerks...

Archaic

...

*Archaic says nothing as he pulls his large great sword in front of him and throws the remaining feed away from the poachers. With the herd away from him, he approaches the large poacher leader and sizes him up. A larger man than himself, Archaic was still unafraid of him. Taking his sword he examines the blade and gives a menacing smile as he sees his reflection. Taking it he moves back a few paces and than uses the space to charge at the leader with his blade pointed straight at the poacher's stomach. Approaching the enemy Archaic lets out his roar.*

"I will cut you down!"

Koku

Approaching Archaic thrust the greatsword into the poacher leader's stomach. The sword goes in deeply. Archaic then swings the sword to throw leader off of the blade. The leader with a large, gaping wound and now a hurt back. He gets up and starts to cuss at Archaic.
Archaic does 134 damage.

Meanwhile Schmall tries to get onto a lacrimabilis, but fails to do so. The lacrimabilis kicks schmall offs and sends him flying right next to Archaicmessiah.

Schmall

"Oh! Hi guys! I will be going. Dont worry about me. I am just passing through," Schmall says as he picks himself up and dusts his rear end off. He grins as innocently as possible and then dashes back into the herd, using his short size to simply duck and runs under the lacrimabilis with the intent of keeping the lacrimabilis between himself and the poachers.

"Now I just gotta find the leader of this herd," mutters Schmall.

The entire time in the herd, Schmall keeps an eye behind him to keep a lookout for any human legs among the herd.

Koku

The poacher chases after schmall not letting him get away. "I can't let any witnesses go, besides, if my boss has trouble with that guy I am not facing him. Sorry, it is just your time."

The Poacher leader charges at Archaic, and yells, "You think you are so tough piercing your sword in me, well two can play at that game!" With that the leader starts to aim at archaic, but stumbles in the end. He sword still goes forward, and cuts Archaic's stomach a little bit.

The poacher leader does 7 damage.

Archaic

*Archaic doesn't even move as the sword lightly cuts him. He felt as though he was being underestimated and grew furious at that. Picking up his blade he goes over the poacher leader and swings his sword at the sword wielding hand of the poacher leader.*

My blood is power, the more that comes out the stronger I feel.

Schmall

Knowing that Schmall has the advantage while staying the herd, he switches to guerilla tatics. Noting the the lacrimabilis are milling about, thus concealing his footfalls, Schmall quickly circles around the poacher a bit, keeping low so that he cant be seen but can see the legs of his target.

With a spurt of speed, keeping low at the sametime, Schmall runs out from under neath a lacrimabilis in order to flank the poacher, slices at his knees on run, and then ducks back out of sight under another lacrimabilis.

Schmall will not leave the herd, knowing that he must stay in the herd or he will be in trouble.

Koku

As archaic swing his sword at the wilders arms, The wielder puts the sword in front of the blow. The swords cross and the poacher leader's sword approachers his body a little. A snap is heard, and it appears that the leader's wrist broke from the bloke. He snaps it back in place and gets up.
Archaic does 12 damage

Schmall charges towards the poacher and quickly cuts the back of the poacher's knee, making him fall down and making a sharp pain sprout from the bloody wound. Holding his knee in pain he looks around to where Schmall went, seeing his feet not to far.
Schmall does 47 damage

After snapping his wrist back into place, the leader quickly rises up and goes to slash archaic with a great enough speed that it catches Archaic off guard. Slashing at Archaic neck, Archaic has just enough time to jump back slightly. The poacher manages to get a good long, gash on Archaic's collar bones. Archaic gets back and looks at his wound.
Poacher leader does 69 damage to Archaic

Deciding to be just as sneaky, the poacher jumps on to lacrimabilis'es backs quickly and efficiently. He manages to get above Schmall and before Schmall can do anythign gets the cutlass deep within Schmall's shoulder. Cutting a large tear in Schmall's shoulder, blood comes flowing out. Schmall is forced to hold onto his shoulder temporarily before managing to supress the pain to attack.
Poacher does 56

Archaic

*Archaic notices his blood pout out of him and a smile grows on his face. Putting his left hand towards the injuries, he gathers some blood in the hand and puts it to his lips. Drinking it and laughing he charges at the large poacher and punches him in the gut followed by slicing him vertically with his huge blade.*

Die piggy!

Schmall

Thankful that the poacher struck his left shoulder instead of his sword arm side, Schmall turns and runs towards the back of the herd (the opposition direction we want to go and also the direction the butts of the lacrimabili are facing). He yells and screams bloody murder as he whacks the lacrimabili with the flat side of his blade in the attempt to start a stampede, hoping to have the wounded poacher gets trampled to death. Schmall only swings as he approaches the rear end of the lacrimabili so that he does not get run over too.

"GO HOME LACRIMABILI!! GO!! GO!! BLOOOOOD AND VIINNNNEEEGAAARRR!!! RAAA!! RAAA!!! GO HOME BLASTED LACRIMABILI!!! KILL THE POACHER TOO!! BLOOOOOD AND VIINNNNEEEGAAARRR!!!"

Koku

Archaic punches the leader in the gut with a lot of force, causing the leader to curl up a little bit and gasp for air. With that Archaic continues with a forceful swipe down with his greatsword. However, as he already used most of the inertia of his movement with the punch, he was left with only a fair amount to actually cut with. This caused the leader to not get cut as badly as he could have, but instead to fall down after getting hit, getting a big cut but not anything too life threatening. He manages to get back up on his feet after spiting out some blood.
Archaic does 60

When Schmall;s plan does not work out, he knows that his only option is to actually attempt to cut the guy himself. Schmall quickly charges at the guy and tried to cut him in his shoulder for revenge. However before he can do that, the poacher raises his sword up making Schmall's blade dig in far less than it could have.
Schmall does 17

With adrenaline now pumping quickly throughout the poacher leader's body, he is able to fight as if he took no injury at all. Getting up he gets to the back of Archaic and quickly cuts down Archaic the middle of his back. The cut goes deep and leaves Archaic to stumble forward slightly, dislodging the swordd and causing the blood to come out.
Poacher Leader does 73

The poacher was caught off guard with schmalls fierce charge, and so after raising his sword to block schmall's from doing to much damage, he can only counter attack with a quick side slash into Schmall's left side. The blade does not go in too deep, but it is still enough to make Schmall wince in pain.
poacher does 9

Please allow me to post after Archaic's attack to make it a little less crowded from now on.

Archaic

*The cut pierces more than just the flesh of Archaic, it also pierced through his consciousness. After getting so injured, Archaic is no longer in control of his body, but rather that is given to his murderous intent. The rage and blood thirst flows through his veins and his body moves as if not even cut at all. The only thing that can cure him now as a rain of blood. He picks up his blade and runs up to the poacher. There is no yell, there is no glare, there is only but a full horizontal swing of the sword that is aiming to cut the poacher in half.*

Koku

As Archaic approaches the leader, the leader dears what may happen so prepares as he goes on guard. When this happens, as Archaic approaches, he is able to dodge most of the attack, but seeing the leader start to move backwards and left, archaic changes his swing in order to get the leader in the ribs, sending him five feet away. There is little flesh cut, but two ribs were broken to the leader.
Archaic does 26 damage

Schmall

Schmall, thinking back to his dead family who was burned alive, looks up at the poacher with ice cold murder, blaming him for their deaths. He does not go berserk, but rather a cold, calculating fury with the intent of death. He charges at the man!

"You destroyed my home!" Uppercut slice aimed for the tendons in the groin.
"Killed my family!" Horizontal slice at the stomach.
"Now you must die for your crimes!" Lunge for the heart, blade parallel to the ground to prevent the blade from getting stuck to the ribcage.
"DIE!"

Koku

As Schmall goes what can be described as psychotic, attempts to go for the tendons but misses, but hits the chin of the poacher. after wards he cuts deep into the stomach of the poacher, causing blood to pool out of him. With one final hit he manages to stick the blade through the ribs of the poacher, slightly cutting the heart. Blood gushes from the hit as the poacher falls down dead. Before he died screams were heard from him.
Schmall does 68 damade.
Poacher dies.

The poacher's boss hears it and before attacking says, "tch, another useless person, oh well." With that the poacher goes in to attach Archaic. He once again is able to side step Archaic and gets him right in the ribs. He pulls out the sword, and digs it into Archaic's back again. Archaic moves forward before the last attack hit causing the damage to be much less than it could have been. Still damage has been done and Archaic is feeling it now.
The leader does 76 damage

Archaic

*As if in a trance Archaic does not relent with his attacks and moves as if he is not that badly injured. He no longer feels any pain, he feels nothing. His consciousness is but a black void, his body is acting on its own. Lifting the sword Archaic can be seen running towards the large Poacher and swinging the large sword rapidly and yet with enough force that each swing knocks him slightly off balance until he is within 6 feet of the poacher in which case he holds the swing until 3 feet away and gives a ferocious horizontal slash*

Koku

Waiting until he last second to cut the leader. As the sword approaches the leader tries to block the hit, but the force was too strong. The leader's katana breakns and half and the tip goes through the leader's neck. Archaic's sword cleanly cuts the leader in half and blood splashes in all directions. gurgling can be heard coming from the leader's mouth for a a couple seconds after his death.
Archaic does 135 damage
Poacher Leader dies
Archaic gets 1 soul.

Archaic

*Archaic snaps back into consciousness due to the red rain of blood. Looking at his wounds he falls to his knees before getting back up slowly. He was hurt, but he is still living. He go to the herd's leader and finds Schmall. Grabbing the mixture of the food, he again feeds some to the leader and walks back to the farm carefully. The leader may have died, but there may be more poachers yet.*

That was a pain...

Schmall

Still panting from the powerful emotions coursing through is veins, Schmall gives his Katana one last twist and pulls the blade free of the corpse. He searches the bodies for anything of value and wipes his blade clean of blood on the cloth of a corpse.

After searching the bodies and taking anything of value (if there is any), Schmall walks up with Archaic, once again keeping his eyes open for any ambush or other dangers. He keeps his Katana in hand just in case.

Koku

There is nothing valuable on the bodies. There does not seem to be any one else around. The lumpbirds are chirping again.
AS the adventurers get to the farm Issem is there and sees the sight. He is jubilant and starts to run towards them laughing gleefully. With the lacrimabilis safely back int the sturdy fence. The two adventurers finish putting up the fence. Old man Issem goes over to them happily.
"Thank you, thank you soo much." He says starting to laugh. "I do not know what I would have done if they were hurt. Oh, you both seem hurt I am sorry. Please come in and have some tea and tell me about your adventure."
Minutes pass as the two tell the story of what happened. After hearing it and patching them up, Issem goes as sat as possible out side. he returns to the house to signal them to come.
When the adventurers head out they notice him near a pile of dung. "Please each of you take some of this. It is grade A lacrimabilis dung and is great for fertilizer. Please take," he looks at them and smiles as he hands each warrior a pile.
The warriors are forced to take it. With that Issem gets back to work grooming them, all while singing a song. It appears that was what he planned to do to thank them.

Both Schmall and Archaicmessiah are full healed.
Archaicmessiah and Schmall got lacrimabilis droppings.

Schmall

Schmall follows Archaic, letting him lead the way. He also hands over his half of the feed if or when needed.