Warwizard Rising chapter 1 (still working on the title)

This is about a young man, who is thrown right into a fight against overwhelming odds. He has to learn how to survive in the wider world. I will be releasing this by chapters.

In the woods of Ford's Way knelt a young man who was in his early twenties. He was about five feet eight inches tall and had a medium build. He had blue eyes and jet black hair. The young man's name was Will Hunter. On his back was a quiver of arrows and in his hands was a longbow. Strapped to his waist was an longsword. Its hilt was the same color as his hair and in the center of the hilt was a blood red ruby. Running down the blade where strange symbols. In Wills belt were three long and sharp knives that he used to fight and skin his kills with.

Will was in the woods because he was on a mission. He had been hired by a neighboring village to find and stop some raiders who had been burning and pillaging isolated ranches and farms. Will was, as his last name implied, the best hunter around or as his pa would say, "... the best darn hunter in these parts." Which was why he had been hired to track and stop the raiders using any means necessary.

Will settled down to wait for the thieves to come back to their camp, which he had found earlier that morning. He had chosen his position alongside the only trail to their camp knowing that the thieves had to use the trail as it was the only easy way in and out of their camp. 

The camp was protected from the elements and offered a good view of the surroundings. His job was the stop the raiders so he figured he would do his best to take them alive but not if it meant endangering himself. So reached back and withdrew three arrows from his quiver and laid them down right next to him where he could get to them faster. He then notched another arrow when he heard sounds of footsteps coming down the trail. A minute later seven tall figures seemed to rise out of the shadow of the trail where the sunlight briefly glinted off of swords. When the sunlight hit the faces of the raiders, Will gasped, Those are Dark Elves. Will thought.

Dark Elves were magical humanoid creatures that couldn't do magic themselves since the Elves of the Light had banded together and stripped them of their power. Even though they had no magic they could still wield weapons with deadly skill. Since they were usually stronger, faster, and taller than most men they were well able to take on a single man in single combat.

I have to strike fast and hard if I am to have even the slightest chance. These guys don't know the meaning of give up or surrender. He took careful aim at the nearest Elf and fired. Even as the arrow left the bow and buried itself in the Elf's throat, he was reaching for another arrow. Soon he had fired all of the arrows that he had laying next to him each one finding its target and dropping and Elf. The Dark Elves were taken completely by surprise but they quickly saw where the arrows were coming from and charged.

Just as they charged the sun came out of the clouds and illuminated the Elves. They looked like men except for their pointy ears. They also had exactly the same features down to their brown hair and blue eyes. The only difference that Will could see was that they were all slightly different heights but not one was under six feet tall. Will took this all in, in a glance and thanked the sun for coming out since it illuminated his targets rather nicely. But Will was only able to drop one more with an arrow in the heart before having to drop his bow and pull his sword. Will figured he stood a good chance against only two Elves even though he wasn't a good swordsman as long as they didn't get behind him. But as he stood up to engage the Dark Elves he stumbled over a root. That saved his life as one of the Elves swung for his head at that exact moment and struck the tree where his head had just been. That was a close one. thought Will.

Will parried the next attack as one of the Dark Elves started to circle around him to attack him from behind. Will slashed at the Elf in front of him but the Elf easily blocked his clumsy attack and retaliated forcing will to duck and back up to avoid getting beheaded. I can't win against them! Will realized. I have to think of something fast or I am dead! So Will frantically slashed and thrust at the Elf in front of him forcing him to retreat a little and Will quickly palmed one of his knives. Taking a chance he spun around and threw the knife at the Elf that was just about to attack him from behind. The Elf saw the knife coming at it barely in time to try to sidestep the knife but Will had anticipated that and had thrown the knife so that it would curve slightly so it buried itself in the Elf's throat anyway. Diving sideways out of the way of the other Dark Elf's retaliatory strike. He then twisted his body in midair while palming another knife. He lost his grip on his sword as he fell but still managed to throw his knife with all his strength at the remaining Elf where it buried itself in the Elf's heart.

Author's Note

I need someone to proofread and critique my work. Please help me improve my work. If you can come up with a good ch name I would appreciate it. Let me know what I have to change to make it better. What can I do to make it more real. I you to read it and be able to picture it as if you are there. This is my first try.