Darius and the party of adventurers follow Ocek to his tribe as quickly as they can go. It takes them a few hours, the sun lowering in the sky by the time they see a group of tents with a makeshift defensive wall surrounding it. Ocek rides up to the gate as quickly as he can, before calling out “I’m back, I’ve brought help.” up to the guard standing up on the wall.

The guard looks down towards Ocek and the adventurers “Open the gate, Ocek is back.” He shouts towards the village. The gate quickly opens and Ocek rides in with the party following after him. He gets off his horse as a gnoll rushes up to him and hugs him quickly, saying “You’re back and you’ve found people to help us?” “Yes, I was lucky that there were these five adventurers in the human village nearby,” Ocek says as he gestures towards Darius and the party.

Darius steps forward, frowning a little as he says “We are here to help, but we need to know the exact situation, where are the dead coming from and how many are there.” An old-looking gnoll with greying fur steps forward and says “We will tell you everything as we eat if that is okay with you good adventurers.” Darius nods a little as he says “I’m sure we can do that, but it would be best to deal with the undead as soon as possible.”

The Gnolls lead the party to the bonfire they have at the center of the village. Everyone is served a stew, which the adventurers eat quickly so they can talk faster. Once Darius finishes he says “Right, we need all the information you have please.”

The old gnoll nods as he says “I’m the village head Grat Crackscrap,hmmn. The undead starting attacking a week ago, there were only a few zombies and skeletons then. They attack every night and now they come in hordes of at least 300 zombies and 100 skeletons. They come from the south.” Darius frowns as he nods while a screen pops up.

New quest: [Undead attack]

Objective 1: Stop the undead attacks on the Crackscrap tribe.

Objective 2: Protect the Crackscrap tribe.

Rewards: 1 set of basic engraving tools, 5000 experience, 1 [uncommon spellbook]

Oh look, undead are attacking somewhere, I wonder how that happened.

Darius frowns a little as he reads the screen before he dismisses it. “Right, we will have to protect the village tonight and then go find the source of the undead tomorrow if the horde is too big.” Folred looks towards Darius saying “Are you sure you want to attack tomorrow during the day?” Darius shakes his head as he says “That’s only if we can’t destroy the horde that comes here, which we probably can.” Folred nods as he looks at Darius “Very well.”

The Gnolls look at the adventurers before one quietly says “You’ll help us?” Darius nods and he says “Yes, we’ll help you. The undead are a threat not just to you, but to everyone.” The gnolls cheer as they hear this, starting to celebrate. Darius shakes his head a little as he stands up, blinking back towards the wall as quickly as he can.

He blinks up to the top of the wall, looking towards the guard that is already there and he says “You go join them, I’ll keep watch.” while he looks out at the land around, seeing it’s mostly grassland, with some forest off to the east. The Gnoll nods and walks over to the ladder, climbing down and going off to join the celebration.

Darius sighs, shaking his head more to clear it before he turns his focus back to watching the landscape. He spends the next few hours on watch, and eventually, the sun starts to set, which is when Darius’ attention is at max, keeping a watchful eye out. Right as the sun disappears under the horizon Darius sees motion out on the grassland, he frows as he casts firebolt, far above anythings head, but using it to see what is out there.

Darius’ eyes widen as he sees the horde coming towards the village, he turns back towards it and shouts “They are coming.”