The Drifter knew that there had been some one in the tree’s he also knew that their were slavers near by in a camp just out side the forest the Out casts had suggested that he move far from their location and avoid them if he could . However the Idea of slaves being taken to the burning city against their will did not rest easy on his heart as he moved through the darkened forest. He could try and save the slaves from their captors.

However in doing so he may face a number of men that he alone could not win against even with all his skill as a fighter the smart thing was to listen to the advice of the Out casts and move quickly away from the slavers camp.

It was unfortunate that the one had seen him battle the wolves perhaps they would leave him be.

The noises in the woods however told him different they were on his trail looking for him.

The slavers were not much for stealth. They were making enough noise to wake everything in the entire woods.

The Drifter however did not pay much mind to them he knew with such a hunt he could out run his pursuers quit easily.

He could see that there was a large clearing up in front of him. In the clearing was a large steel wall that expanded ten or twelve miles in all directions. Its height was around forty feet tall.

The Drifter had come to the edge of the place once known as New York City!

Now just a lot of buildings that housed every type of vermin left in the waste lands at the center he had heard was the great tower that housed the Over lords half men half beasts.

Men that had become cannibalistic and crazed

They had the first Out casts running through there ravished bodies.

However those out casts did not work like his own. The first out casts rebuilt human parts on their host’s bodies that were damaged.

If an Over lord lost an arm or any other body part the first Out Casts would make a knew one the problem was the new ones would be deformed or look like something out of a horror movie.

Keeping the Over Lords hidden from site always giving orders from closed doors.

The people that lived in the city began to treat them like gods and would sacrifice them selves up to them as long as the main populations of slaves were left alone.

The city was run quit sufficient as all things after the great destruction go.

People did what they were told for safety from the out side world that was filled with even worse monsters.

However there are those that had become fearful of the Over Lords so they escaped the city becoming Nomads of sorts.

Looking for a safer place to live May Nomads were rounded up and brought back by the Over Lords slavers.

Those that were not ended up dead or killed by what ever was on the hunt Only a very few could survive out side the great cities.

The Drifter could hear the slavers coming he contemplated trying to follow the city walls to their end and then try and head for the mountains.

However as he turned around the Out Casts Shouted for him to look out!

Something flew in his direction it was a long spear.

He was lucky the Out Casts controlled his body movements because the spear bounced of the wall next to him.

The Drifter quickly picked up the spear and through it with all his strength back in the direction it came from.

The spear found its target lifting the man that through it right off the ground and pinning him to a tree with a thud sound.

The man let out a scream and then died three other slavers came out of the clearing to see the shadow of the Dark Drifter seam to fly up the wall and vanish over it!

The men looked at each other and then turned back yelling the shadow man is in the city!

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