Help the orc.

Chapter 6: An Orc is...

The beast can stand on its own, surely. The beautiful, curvaceous woman is the clear priority in your eyes.

You lunge yourself, blade upraised, into the midst of the two goblins assaulting the warrior lady. Myr's holy blade swings down towards the head of the nearest goblin, but the beast's skull is already exploding into grisly gore and shattered bone as the orc's bloody fist collapses it inwards. Your sword is too late, slashing through the limp shoulder and chest of a threatless corpse.

Naturally, you then turn to the other assailant, but your beautiful orc has already clasped the creature by the throat. With one excruciatingly sharp swing she crushes the goblin's spine against the trunk of a thick, gnarled tree. For a mere moment you wonder if you should feel bad for the goblin, but the woman's other fist is already instinctively colliding with your chin, your jaw, your neck. After all her prey were slain, it's as if she thought you were yet another assailant.

"K'ron!"

And, to her, in that moment, that's all that you were. Your jaw is broken; your skull is cracked. A ****, gurgling protest is dying on your lips as your mouth fills with trickling blood. The rampaging orc has already moved to help the Smilodon.

It's too bad. Even that creature has already met its fate. Two of the ambushing goblins struck true with their weapons, and it didn't matter that the other two were tackled to the side and eviscerated by your orc compatriot. Those surviving goblins met no gentler fate than you, but the vision that eventually dominated your dying eyes was that of an orc huntress weeping over her murdered pet.

Of course, she did spare one last, sorrowful look to you as you died, your lungs paralytically filling with your own blood. But, even before then, you knew your mistake. Whether she realized or not that she was your killer... it didn't matter.

With your dying gasp, you wish only that Myr's enemies were slain, and that her Smilodon received the rest it deserved. You hope it is enough.

Regardless, you've certainly met your...

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