The Dawn of the Raven episode 17 by J.L. Blackthorne

Author:J.L. Blackthorne [Blackthorne, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-05-29T00:00:00+00:00

Raveena fought her way towards Prince Treyan. They’d been separated in the battle, but now she cut her way back to his side. Gekken approached from all sides, as she’d strayed too far into their midst. She knew she wouldn’t last long with no one to protect her flank, and she needed to confer with him about directing his troops. She narrowly evaded blow after blow from the Gekken, as she slashed her way through the sea of blades to return to her lover’s side. Once she’d reached him, and as soon as there was a momentary break in the Gekken onslaught, she told him of the urgency in quelling the Gekken archers. Treyan ordered his platoon to retake the hill, though he stayed with Raveena. They fought again, as before, front to back and side by side, protecting each other so that they were impervious from all sides. The waves of Gekken who approached them were crushed. Raveena’s blade was too swift. Deathraken severed their heads from their shoulders, their hands from their wrists, and their feet from their ankles. Prince Treyan’s blade was equally adept at severing life from limb, and at cleaving through their ribs and sternums and decimating the organs inside. The difference was that Prince Treyan’s blade was less efficient. Raveena’s blade was so quick and so precise, she could slice death blows by the second. Prince Treyan was often forced, with his big heavy blade, to ward off on-comers with his shield while he fought to free his sword from the carcass of his previous foe.

Prince Treyan’s platoon rushed up the hill towards the archers. Half were felled as they made the ascent, but they were stout, strong, fierce soldiers, the greatest the Kraulian army could boast, and the ones who reached the top over-powered most of the archers. All but one were killed. Mathren, the fiercest of all the Gekken archers, the one whose bow stood the tallest and whose aim was the truest, killed the last of them with an arrow that hit with such force that it split right through his helm, skewering through his brain. The warrior fell lifeless, and Mathren turned his attention back down to the battle. It had become clear to him who the greatest threat on the battlefield was. He’d seen a female warrior cutting through his men like they were nothing. His eye scanned carefully for her. He saw her, and he drew his bow. He hooked the leather strap at its bottom around his foot and anchored it on the ground. He bent his giant bow back, and loaded his giant arrow. He smiled as he lined up the shot. She was so small. A female so brave, so cunning, so lethal. He was impressed, but he knew in an instant she would be obliterated. His massive arrow would cut her in half. He released the shot, and watched as it flew towards its destiny.

Prince Treyan was watching as the last of his men fell.

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