Chapter 74

Troll's Camp

The dark shadows of the night were not demons; they were men. But they were not completely the same type of men that Robah, the river troll, and all their species produced. They appeared more apelike. However, they seemed to walk straight but were hairier than normal, with a stocky, vigorous musculature and pronounced brows and jaws. They wore animal skins and wreaths assembled from the competition they hunted, thus forging the misconception of magical inhabitants in the night.

Andrew and Diana watched each other as they were all surrounded, and though the couple knew they could overpower them in a blur, their curiosity was kicking in, so they didn't fight the cave creatures.

As the leader of cave creatures guided them in the dark, Andrew realised why he had not sighted them creeping up on the camp and why they appeared to materialise from the rocks themselves. They had materialised from the rocks. They were cavemen and cave residents.