In Sylvan Shadows (The Cleric Quintet Book 2) by R.A. Salvatore

Author:R.A. Salvatore [Salvatore, R.A.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780786954339
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Publishing
Published: 2011-08-16T00:00:00+00:00

The orc rubbed its bleary eyes and looked to the east, hoping the dawn would come quickly and end its tedious watch. South of the creature’s position, in its watch direction, was a field of tall grass, sparsely dotted by occasional trees.

The dawn’s light was not nearly in full, and the orc heard a distant rustle before it noticed the antlers moving steadily through the grass. At first, the creature lifted its spear, thinking a fine venison dinner had walked right up for the slaughter. Then the orc blinked and rubbed its eyes again, wondering how any deer with such a large rack could be small enough to be concealed by grass no more than three feet high.

The antlers came gliding on, still a fair distance away. They neared the trunk of a twisted apple tree, then the orc blinked again as the antlers passed by the barrier, one on either side.

“Molargro,” the orc called to its orog watch chief.

The large and ugly orog, warming his gnarly toes by the campfire, cast the sentry an indifferent look then turned away.

“Molargro!” the orc called again.

The orog reluctantly rose and came over, not even bothering to put on his worn and tattered boots.

“Deer,” the orc explained when the orog arrived, pointing to the approaching antlers, not so distant anymore.

“Deer?” Molargro questioned, scratching his huge head. “Bah, ye’re a stupid one,” the orog said a moment later. “What kinda deer says, ‘Ooooo’?”

Both the orog and the orc crinkled their faces in confusion. They glanced back toward the approaching antlers and asked in unison, “Ooooo?”

They got their answer a heartbeat later, at the end of Ivan’s great axe and Pikel’s tree-trunk club.

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