Chapter 2 – Burning fields

I picked up a torch that was lying on the ground and crossed the bridge to Helos farmland. A couple of satyrs saw me already and acting all hard in front of each other ran up to me in order to strike me down. I bashed each of them a couple of times, sending them to Hades this way. I was surprised that my hits didn’t bring them down instantaneously. I received a brain injury during that accident with our ship and so couldn’t remember much, and even forgot some of the most important principles of melee combat. Looks like I’ll have to start from scratch.
Those thoughts didn’t stop me, and so I picked up a buckler from one of the fallen satyrs and went on. I came up to another group of satyrs: three were archers, and the rest were with torches. I ignored the ones with torches and sped towards the archers. They were shooting at me, but my buckler helped me a lot with blocking their arrows. They were not a problem. I then took out the satyrs with torches and at that moment I felt a Godlike energy flow through me. I felt confident all of a sudden and started remembering some of my weapon training. I went on and took out more satyrs with less trouble.
I finally reached the end of the fields and encountered yet another group of satyrs, only here they had their leader with them. Looks like I interrupted them in a middle of a dinner. Well tough I thought and therefore ran in their direction. They were not happy, in particular the leader. He grabbed his staff and began chanting some spell in order to set me on fire. I pummelled a few satyrs that got on my way and once I reached the leader I began whacking him in the face. He kept on chanting more fire on me, but that didn’t stop me and finally I cracked his hornheaded skull. The rest of the satyrs ran away like little cowards. I threw my torch as hard as I could and managed to take out one of them. I then picked up an axe from one of the fallen satyrs, ransacked through the treasure chest that they had and then headed back to Diomedes.
He was pleased with my deed and therefore gave me some money and said that if I headed along the Laconian woods all the way up to Sparta then General Leonidas would be able to help me there.
I took his word and exited Helos.