The others will likely agree with you there Roonmastor. Next chapter.
Using stealth and cunning, Roonmastor and Sir Sykes hid in the foilage near the camp.
Raze carefully climbed up a tree, just out of view that gave him a good view of the camp.
The others hid in the forest further back, in case something went wrong they could ambush the soldiers.
Raze sat in the tree aiming carefully at the two soldiers closest. He shot two bolts, one into each head. They slumped, he thought he had messed up but a moment passed and nobody spotted the bodies lying in the open. He gave the signal to Sir Sykes and Roonmastor who snuck to the corpses and dragged them away.
Banjo, LewisD and Luis Valois hid in the trees keeping an eye on the camp, making sure no one strayed too close.
An hour passed and Raze had picked off three more soldiers. 5 down. This was going to take a long time, and sooner or later they would realise something was wrong.
It was then that Raze found a serious hole in their plan. The bloodstains on the grass. He would have to quickly take anyone out who ventured over there to investigate.
Another hour passed and four more had been dropped. The alarm was suddenly set, they had realised many of them were missing and they were now on active patrol. Raze sat frozen in the tree.
The group of nine guards stood over the bloody grass and scattered as bolts from Raze's crossbow flew into them taking down two. LewisD charged with his sword and struck down two in one swing, then one more on the back swing. Louis Valois also struck down two with the sword handed to him by the king. Two more remained but they began to run.
One hit the ground as a powerful bolt struck him in the back, the other managed to reach the safety of the forest.
The camp was now clear. Raze jumped down from the tree and they cautiously began to walk up the winding rocky path.
Twenty minutes later they reached the top. The gates to the castle were ajar but it was deatly quiet. They could see no guards on patrol on the walls. They crept through the large wooden portcullis and scanned the courtyard within. It was empty.
They walked towards the main tower and could hear a faint chanting. Inside the tower was dark, but they found some winding stairs leading down beneath the foundations of the castle. The chanting grew louder.
They emerged in a large room, far below was some kind of procession. Young men and women were walking the legnth of the room carrying magnificent golden objects. In the middle of the room was a long table covered in exotic foods, a grand meal. About one hundred old men sat at this dining table, watching the procession.
The five knights eyed up the food on the table, except for Lewis who had his eyes on the procession of girls and gold.
One man emerged from an ajoining room carrying a bleeding lance, then two young boys with candelabras (decorative candlesticks)
Finally, a beautiful young girl emerged holding a large golden grail, elaboratley decorated. Within the grail was a large communion wafer.
Outside the castle, a force of troops gathered by the gates. Two golden knights on horseback led the way into the castle courtyard followed by three ghostly Dreadmorts.
The ceremony was about to begin. It was building up to something.
A- Watch the ceremony.
B- Attack, steal as much as you can and escape quickly.
C- Other (Make up a plan.)