You want to finish off the enemy...

You hear the sounds of battle becoming increasingly quiet...

You quickly run up to your opponent, who is lying on his back...

You are trying to strike his throat with the blade of your sword...

The enemy parries your blow with the shaft of an ax... You did not hit the enemy's throat, but you cut the shaft of the ax and you lightly grazed the enemy's face with the blade of the sword...

The leather mask falls from your enemy's face... You see your enemy's face...

This is the face of a young human woman, about 30 years old, blood flows down her cheek from a shallow cut... Her eyes look at you with hatred and despair...

You hesitated for a second in surprise... You didn’t expect that one of the mysterious attackers would be a woman...

The woman took advantage of your momentary delay... She made a sudden movement...

A small, sharp throwing knife flies past your face... you duck slightly at the last moment... You only have a small cut on your forehead... You see the woman take out another throwing knife...

The next moment the woman's face turns into a bloody mess...

The dwarf Belknab's war hammer slams the skull of your last opponent into the ground a couple more times...

The dwarf Belknab tells you: “Yawn less, half-orc! If I hadn’t had time, you would now be catching a couple more throwing knives with your stupid face!”

You snap back sullenly: “What kind of crap... I just didn’t expect that there would be a woman among the attackers...”

Belknab answers you: “Then I advise you to give up unnecessary prejudices... It doesn’t matter what origin the creature is: human, orc, half-orc, elf, dwarf, half-elf... it also doesn’t matter what gender the creature is: man, woman... Yes, let Even this creature is a hermaphroditic octopus! The main thing is what this creature does... If necessary, kill any creature! And don’t waste time on sentimental thoughts, your empty head! Do you understand me, half-orc?"

You nodded and answered him: “I understand everything. Thank you, Belknab. Thank you for being so timely... using your war hammer...”

Belknab smiles and says: “We were lucky that these idiots were commanded by someone not very experienced... They could stay in the forest and poke each of us with arrows... Their stupid commander relied on a numerical advantage and hurried... As a result of losses, we do not have as many as we could have... Ten dead: four guards, six servants... Seven guys were slightly wounded. One of the dwarf guards was seriously wounded in the stomach. Yeah... Grelnur got a blow to the stomach with an ax, his chain mail could not stand it... We will heal him a little with our own means and then leave him in the nearest town... Of course, Grelnur’s chances of survival are not enough..."

You try to catch your breath and regain your strength. You, with the help of improvised means, stop the slight bleeding that you have...