Zellohar by Chris A. Jackson & Anne L. McMillen-Jackson

Author:Chris A. Jackson & Anne L. McMillen-Jackson [Jackson, Chris A. & McMillen-Jackson, Anne L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Jaxbooks
Published: 2011-10-09T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

Blood scent hung in the air; they could all smell it now. As he and his troops approached the barracks corridor, Sgarl-gee began to worry. Could the messenger be right? Had something happened to the captain?

A messenger had been sent to Glurg-ree's quarters with a dispatch, only to discover the pulverized remains of an orc lying in the hallway. The Dukarr captain was nowhere to be found, so the confused creature had wandered until he found the next in command. Sgarl, an ogre slightly inferior to Glurg in both size and intellect, had been furious with the messenger's interruption. But now, as Sgarl examined the orc remains, concern furrowed his brow. The captain's quarters had been ransacked. This was not good for morale.

They followed their noses and found the corpses of their comrades. Sgarl ordered his troops to examine everything, hoping for a clue as to what had slaughtered his captain and several of his best fighters. It unnerved him that no enemy bodies littered the floor. Either their foes were very dangerous, or they took their wounded and dead with them; the latter seemed a more likely explanation.

Sgarl turned to the messenger, who was still trying to follow its orders and deliver its message to the dead captain. The fact that the recipient lay disemboweled on the floor did not faze it.

"Hey." The ogre grabbed the messenger by the scruff, lifting it up until they were face to face. "I got a new message for ya. Take it to Lord Darkmist. Ya got dat? Lord Darkmist. Tell him dat Captain Glurg has been killed, an' dat dere is intruders in da keep. Awright? Go!"

The messenger nodded frantically, scrambled to its feet from where it had been dropped, and dashed off down the hallway.

Sgarl picked up his dead commander's club, a fine weapon he had always coveted, and rallied his troops to search for the intruders. If he could take them by surprise, Sgarl himself would deliver the corpses to Darkmist. As for his reward, well, someone had to be captain.

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