“What is it?” Kaldrick asked, stepping away from the water’s edge.
“I think the stream has been affected by the blight,” Aramis answered as he stood back up. “Gods that was nasty. Let’s get back to the druids. Hopefully, they have better water in the village.”
As they were approaching the ring of trees, he could hear shouting. He picked up his pace and realized it was the druids shouting. There were several of the gray-skinned creatures attacking them. The elemental was busy fighting three of them. Aramis looked back and saw Kaldrick was doing his best to keep up, but his limp was throwing him off. Kaldrick motioned for him to go ahead.
Aramis sprinted toward a group of creatures around one of the druids. He leaped into the air and stuck his leg out, slamming into one of the creatures w
