Eren's hand found his scimitar before his brain finished processing the sound.
Through the gap in the ruined wall he saw it. A Rotwood Troll standing upright among the collapsed buildings, pushing at a stone pillar like it was looking for something underneath. Three meters tall with bark-skin and green-black veins pulsing across its chest. The poison aura was already making his eyes watery from this distance.
Even if poison didn't work, something was harrassing long distant creatures with that messy aura.
Behind that big troll, maybe forty meters further into the ruins near the riverbank, four smaller trolls lay in the dirt.
Are they sleeping?
This was the first time he saw a creature other than him and Elves sleep in this world. Even wolves didn't let him see them asleep. Every beast was over defensive with their sleep habits. They were very afraid of dangers and slept in the living room but always when Emily or Eren didn't look.
