Looking for new victims...
Malice trotted along just inside the forest, look for an easy victim to torture. Unfortunately, the sligs where now patroling in groups too large to safely attack and most of the residents of the village weren't doing much traveling far away from the village itself, further frustrating his efforts.
Finally one slig stupidly wandered away from his patrol group, and Malice didn't waste any time in attacking him.
After tormenting the slig by skinning and then eating it alive, Malice went to a nearby clearing, washed himself off, and dozed a bit, content.
A brief breeze carried a scent to him he faintly recongized, of one of the bounties that had been tailing him. He snarled, stood up, and looked just in time to see a bright green mud disappear into the darkness of the undergrowth. Infuriated, Malice gave chase....
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