Snippet #916004

As if from nowhere, a short Goblin suddenly fell from the sky in front of Kerix landing on the approaching creature. He took a second to look at the wall over which the small man had obviously come, but it was a moment too much. As he returned his eyes to the scene at hand he saw the goblin stabbing the thing with a small fork.

"Die you stupid zogger! How many times do I have to stab you before you stop twitching!"

He nearly laughed when he recognized Zag as one of the individuals who had applied for a position on the city guard. His delight was quickly turned to shock, however, when the creature effortlessly threw the smaller form off of it and proceeded to stand upright and catch the goblin by the throat before he had hit ground. It was a feat of agility that put Kerix's own abilities to question. As Zag began to shriek, Kerix sprinted towards the downed soldier, shouting back over his shoulder, "Hold on Zag!"

He couldn't help but let out a little nervous snicker as he pulled the sword from the downed man. There wasn't much that Zag could do but hold on. He just hoped he hadn't wasted time. Running back to the pair, Kerix could see that Zag was in serious pain as the thing continued gripping his throat. Yet Kerix found fortune in the fact that apparently when draining a person, they were very immune to distraction.

Coming up on its side, he swung his arm backwards and then up in the most powerful circle he could muster, finally bringing the blade down in a wicked arc. "Take that!" In an instant, he had severed the pasty white arm just above the wrist, which allowed Zag to plummet to the ground, the thing's lifeless hand still clutching his throat. As the limb was severed a spurt of black liquid shot forward out of the arm, but the thing didn't growl as the other had. "So much for pain," Kerix observed to himself.

As the thing turned towards him, he stepped forward swinging the blade behind him as it continued on its arc. Stepping sideways, Kerix turned his back to the creature, but only for an instant as he continued to swing the blade around, gaining momentum. The creature had stepped closer, but as Kerix completed his spin and began to fall backwards, the blade found its way to the end of its path and sliced deeply into the creatures neck without a sound. Instinctively, he kicked a foot up and out, knocking the looming creature back a few feet, gaining precious seconds.

"Zag," he breathed heavily. "Get distance and shoot its neck. Try to finish it off." Kerix pointed a hand to the thing with a sword sticking through its neck as though an executioner had began to behead him and simply not finished the job. Kerix rolled backwards and onto his feet as the creature approached, holding his arms high in the air. It thrust its and and severed limb at him as if it were trying to gather him up in a bear hug, but for the moment Kerix held it at bay. The thing was strong, and he wouldn't be able to hold it off much longer, but he turned in a circle with the thing, as it bit the air in his direction. He hoped he had guessed right and put the things back to Zag.

"Please don't shoot me," he whispered to himself, as Kerix realized he didn't know how good of a shot Zag was. It would be close, but at the moment it was his only hope.