Between the chaos of the bear and wooden shafts of arrows being buried in exposed throats, it’s easy to miss the figure of the boy slipping from bush to bush. A glint of metal here and there could easily be the glare of the stream or another fellow merc.
A few spare needles of pine fall on a man’s helmet, drawing his attention behind and around. A momentary distraction that could be lethal under Lashan’s bow, if she had the opportunity. The man doesn’t think to look up.
Pines were tougher to climb than squat oaks, especially with one hand occupied by a sword, but this one had branches thick enough to scrape by on. Guts ignores the remaining men - he wouldn’t have trouble with them in this chaos. Crouched over the branch, he’s careful to avoid jostling more pine needles out of place.
He waits for the wretched creature to back up underneath him, quiet and still, dropping down the moment its shoulders cross the thin evergreen twigs. From above, he aims the point of the sword at the back of its head, aiming to run it all the way through with some aid from gravity.
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A few spare needles of pine fall on a man’s helmet, drawing his attention behind and around. A momentary distraction that could be lethal under Lashan’s bow, if she had the opportunity. The man doesn’t think to look up.
Pines were tougher to climb than squat oaks, especially with one hand occupied by a sword, but this one had branches thick enough to scrape by on. Guts ignores the remaining men - he wouldn’t have trouble with them in this chaos. Crouched over the branch, he’s careful to avoid jostling more pine needles out of place.
He waits for the wretched creature to back up underneath him, quiet and still, dropping down the moment its shoulders cross the thin evergreen twigs. From above, he aims the point of the sword at the back of its head, aiming to run it all the way through with some aid from gravity.