Forest Road 2

Forest Road 2 is an encounter in Dragons Clash. It comes after Forest Road 1.
==Enemies==
*Royal Soldier (780 Gold, 96 Xp, 60 Energy, 5 HP Normal, 6 HP Hard , 7 HP NM)
*Angry Battle Mage (845 Gold, 104 Xp, 65 Energy, 8 HP Normal, 6 HP Hard, 7 HP NM)
==Transcript==
===Introduction===
A band of soldiers charges down the road, their booted feet kicking up clouds of dust.
When they see you, they come to a sudden stop -- and form up in battle order with a swiftness and precision that would have done them credit on the parade ground.
A man wearing white and purple robes stands in the middle of their line, brandishing an ornate staff that ends with a purple crystal at each tip. So this is one of Crenus' battle mages...
"Drop your weapons," he shouts. "Your steel is no match for my sorcery."
As if to illustrate his point, he raises his hand. A pulsing purple orb appears around it, enveloping his flesh like a glove.
"Your feeble magic is little threat to us," says Brachus.
The mage glares. Then he thrusts his hand forward -- sanding the purple orb flying towards Hugh.
With a gesture so regal it seems odd when enacted by Hugh's flabby body, Brachus lifts his arm -- and stands with his palm pressed forward as though gesturing for the missile to stop. And it does. As the battle mage looks on, his mouth agape, the sorcerous globe hovers in the air as though in indecision. Then it dissipates, parting into wispy threads of energy.
"Ha!" Hugh laughs. Then he twirls his hand round so its back faces the mage instead of its palm, and draws in his thumb and last two fingers -- leaving his index finger and middle finger pointing skyward in a "V" shape.
The mage fumes, and his hand twitches as though debating whether to launch another spell. But it falls back to his side, and he cries out instead.
"Attack!"
===Conclusion===
"That gesture you used..." says Tessa.
"What? This?" Hugh sticks up the first two fingers of his right hand.
"What does it mean?"
"Good historical gesture, this is. It comes from you archer types." He wiggles his outstretched digits. "You use these two fingers to hold your arrows, don't you?"
Tessa nods.
"Well, before some famous battle back home in Titar... I forget which one..."
"That famous, is it?"
"I'm a cook, not a blooming scholar. Anyway, before the battle the archers did this..." He tilts his hand, so his extended fingers are parallel with the ground, the flips it up so they're pointing skyward once more. He repeats the motion again and again as he continues. "It meant 'We're going to kill you with these two fingers'."
"I see..."
As you move off and continue on your way, you notice Tessa practicing the gesture.
Category:Dragons Clash