Bacorium Legacy

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Author: Nicholas Alexander
there was a different reason for it. Could there be bandits? Not likely, Luca decided. The campfire had been buried under snow, so it was probably old.
    They proceeded deeper into the cave. The farther they went, the darker and narrower the cave became, and they began to see bones in the corners of the passages. Most were the bones of the same beasts they had hunted themselves since arriving. Once or twice, they were the bones of humans, coming from arms and legs torn off before death.
    They reached the heart of the cave, where a sickening sound reached their ears. As they rounded the final corner, a large humanoid beast came into view.  It stood a good two metres taller than Lodin, and nearly twice as wide. Large arms could be traced beneath its thick white fur, ending in long claws specked with red blood.
    They entered the yeti's view, with Luca's orb of illumination following behind him. The beast looked up and saw two humans, and it dropped the severed arm it had been in the process of consuming. The yeti gave out a bellowing roar of rage, and it drew up and started towards its enemies.
    “These guys can be a bit tricky, so I'll take care of this,” Lodin said, stepping forward and drawing his sword from his belt. Luca gave no objection - his father knew what he was doing.
    The yeti leaped towards Lodin, swinging its claws in a slash that would decapitate Lodin if he failed to dodge it. The ageing man moved with surprising agility, sidestepping the swing. He swung his sword, wielding the blade like it weighed nothing. It swung through the yeti's neck like a knife through butter, beheading the beast in an instant.
    The head flew off into a dark corner of the cave, and the body collapsed, bleeding out on the floor. The yeti had no soul, therefore it did not disappear after death. Its body remained, cold and dead.
    Lodin wiped his blade off on the beast's fur, and he looked with disdain at the remnants of its unfinished meal. The arm it had been gnawing on had come from a human. The arm had not been turned into mana, which meant it had been removed some time before its owner's death.
    “Well, now we know what happened to the people who were camped out at the entrance,” Luca offered with a wry chuckle.
    “Indeed,” Lodin replied. His face had grown pale. “Son - over in the corner.”
    Luca looked to where his father was pointing, and saw what truly was bothering him. A small nest lay in the corner of the room, where three infant yeti slept, undisturbed by the slaughter of their mother.
    “I see,” Luca muttered, knowing at once what needed done. “Go ahead and take it out to the net. I'll meet you at the entrance.”
    After quickly summoning an illuminating orb of his own, Lodin heaved the dead yeti over his shoulders by its legs and left, while Luca went over to the nest.
    He hated to do it, but it was better than leaving them. Without their mother, the creatures would inevitably die, so there was no sense in sparing them. He drew his hunting blade and quickly drove it into each of the three children. It was a quick, clean kill, and they never woke from their sleep.
    His deed done, he turned and left the room.
    It wasn't the first time such a thing had happened on a hunt. Lodin always made his son kill the children, for he could never bring himself to do it.
    Lodin never told him why.
     
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    Luca could see the bright glow of the bonfire in the distance as he stood, leaning against the back of his hut. The celebrations of the village's annual festival were underway, and his father was likely busy getting drunk. The snowstorm had finally died out while the two of them had dragged the headless yeti body back to the town, where they had been greeted with applause by a few dozen people.
    After returning to the village with Lodin, Luca had slipped away and gone to the elder's hut. The elder had told him that a ship was due to arrive in Frostbite in about a month - just enough time for him to travel there
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