Snippet #2268453

Slanu was steadily chopping down the knees and backs of his opponents, slinking away to the next before the orcs could turn and attack him. While he had wounded many, he had only actually killed no more than ten. However, a cry reached his ears as he moved forward; "A little help maybe?" reached his ears. It was the voice of Verza who, as Slanu looked around and looked, he could see was trapped under a fairly large orc with another orc standing just above him, about to chop him down. Slanu immediately began to take action, slinking quickly through the crowd of enemies to get to his destination. He came quietly behind the orc, who had not noticed him because he was so distracted by Verza.

Slanu pulled a dagger out from his belt, and was just about to give the orc a quick stab to the lower spine when one of the other orcs, who had noticed his commander's precarious situation, hissed loudly, in a broken sort of tongue that Slanu did not understand, "Boss, there's a boy behind you!" Slanu, although he did not understand what this orc had said, soon realized that the commander had flipped around and was now facing him. The beast was large, much taller than him, and armed much more readily. "Aw hell," Slanu whispered to himself. But, he was determined to help Verza; perhaps because he was a fallen comrade, perhaps because he reminded Slanu so much of his own fallen brother. The orc growled with a smile and was ready to fight. He lifted his orcish blade, which was a large sword that was twisted and gangled in ways that Slanu thought were not right for smithing, and tried to slice off Slanu's head. But, the little man was too quick, and ducked before the orc could even scathe his hair. Whilst so near to the ground, he took the opportunity to use the dagger that was meant for the orc's spine and instead stabbed at the orc's upper thigh where there was a slight split in the armor already. The orc yowled in pain, an angry gaze befalling him.

The orc reacted quickly, bringing his blade down to try and chop off one of Slanu's arms; while Slanu managed to dodge again, his shoulder got knicked in the process and he winced as the blade pierced the armor and sliced at his skin. How was he going to beat this thing? He was much smaller. And then, Slanu thought of an old trick that had worked in his childhood for escaping bullies; perhaps it would work now! So the man suddenly got a surprised look on his face, though this was fabricated and meant to throw off the orc, and quickly looked to the sky. "Dragon! By the Gods, there is a dragon in our midst!" he cried, trying to match his face with that of sheer terror. The orc took the bait and looked up. Before the orc knew what hit him, Slanu slinked between his legs and brought out another dagger. As the orc tried to follow Slanu through his own legs with his blade, the man brought the dagger to the orc's lower spine. With a warcry that shook the heavens, the orc fell onto his face and died.

Satisfied, Slanu turned around and kneeled beside Verza. "Looks like you've gotten yourself into a bit of a situation, sir," he smiled tiredly. He then began to push up as hard as he could at the orc, trying to help Verza out. However, since he was not very strong of his own accord, he would need Verza's help to get the beast off of him.