You quickly look around and assess the situation.

You are looking around the battlefield. The situation is not reassuring. Only five militiamen defend themselves near the cart. The rest of the militia from the group that defended the house of the village headman lie in the form of bloody corpses on the ground... The wooden fence already has four breaks through which more and more armored warriors enter. In addition to the two corpses of armored warriors that are now lying next to you, you noticed only one corpse of an armored warrior, which lies near one of the gaps in the wooden fence. You see that several arrows hit this warrior’s neck. Probably, the archers managed to get into the gap between the elements of the armor.

You understand that you need to act extremely quickly and that you need to use any available means to survive. You pick up a shield from the ground that belonged to one of the killed armored warriors. You are now armed with an iron shield and a steel sword.

You rush into battle again.

Near the cart, five militiamen are fiercely defending themselves. They are attacked by five armored warriors. You run to help them, but you don’t have time. When you reached one of the militiamen was hit in the jaw with a shield. Out of shock, he dropped his spear from his hands. The militiaman tried to retreat back, but the swing of a steel sword prevented the retreat. The steel easily cut through flesh and bone... The militiaman fell to the ground, emitting a wild cry of pain... His severed leg fell in the opposite direction...

You attack a group of armored warriors. You are counting on taking advantage of the effect of surprise. However, your enemies notice the movement on your part. Two armored warriors separate from the group and meet your furious attack. Their iron shields easily block the blows of your steel sword. One of these warriors is trying to get around you from behind. You belatedly realize that if his intention succeeds, then your **** will be ensured...

You are **** to back away. Two of your enemies are following you. You barely manage to block the blows of their steel swords with your iron shield. You almost don't have time to attack back. For now, you are **** to go on the defensive...

Suddenly you hear a creaking... Out of the corner of your eye you notice that the shutters of the window on the second floor of the window in the headman's house have opened... You notice the silhouette of Duke Caelan Lamitrin in this window. In the Duke's hands is something resembling a crossbow...

In the next seconds, you are again **** to defend yourself from the furious attacks of your enemies. These two armored warriors are trying to hit you with the blade of steel swords. You block blows with your shield and parry blows with the blade of your steel sword. You continue to retreat and you feel more and more tired...

Suddenly you hear the sound of a crossbow string being pulled and then... The sound of a shot...

A crossbow bolt pierced the armor of one of your opponents in the shoulder area. Blood flowed from the wound... Your opponent clearly did not expect this. He lowered his shield slightly. And you took advantage of the moment: you delivered a quick thrust with the tip of your steel sword into the viewing slot of your enemy’s closed helmet. Blood stained the blade of your sword. The body of one of your opponents fell lifeless into the mud.

Unfortunately, you momentarily forgot about your second opponent. And he didn't forget about you. He struck you on the arm with the blade of a steel sword. You barely had time to pull your hand back. But this did not stop the sharp steel blade from cutting off your little finger...

You dropped your weapon from your hands... The tip of your steel sword stuck into the ground, which was covered in blood...

Your enemy was probably already anticipating how he would disembowel you. But he didn’t take into account what you are capable of in a state of rage...

Because of the pain and despair, you felt a surge of wild hatred towards your enemies and a furious desire to destroy their bodies despite the fact that you were doomed to ****... Overcoming the pain, you grabbed your iron shield with both hands. You jumped up to your enemy as close as possible... He obviously didn’t expect this, because you had previously tried to retreat...

You acted quickly. You delivered a powerful blow with the edge of an iron shield into the viewing slot of your opponent's closed helmet. You felt the metal of the helmet bend slightly inward due to the **** of your blow...

Your opponent lost his balance and tried to retreat...

But you didn’t allow him to do this... You leaned on him with the entire weight of your body... You both fell to the ground... Your enemy tried to strike your head with a sword... He almost achieved his goal: he managed to knock your cone helmet off your head... Then, you hit the enemy's wrist with your shield and he drops his sword to the ground...

So you two are lying on the ground. You crush the enemy's body. You hold an iron shield with both hands and you hit the closed helmet of this armored warrior with the edge of the shield...

One blow... Second blow... Third blow... The enemy tries to twitch... He hits your sides with his hands... Your heavy old ring-mail coat softens the pain from his blows...

The metal of the helmet is dented in so much that you can see red liquid flowing from the holes of the helmet...

You keep hitting until you are completely sure that the face of your enemy has turned into a bloody mess, which is hidden under the metal of this closed helmet...

Then, you stand up. You see a steel sword that your enemy recently used. You run to the sword. You grab the sword by the hilt and you turn again in the direction where the militia fought with the armored warriors.

Now there is no fight.

Now there are only the corpses of the militia, which are lying on the ground near the cart.

And there are also a dozen armored warriors who will clearly want your speedy ****...

Five armored warriors cover the rest of the warriors using shields. The reason for this is that from the distant houses, militia archers are shooting at your enemies. However, the results of this shooting are modest: only one of your opponents is lying on the ground. He was wounded by arrows in the arm and leg. He is alive and is covered with shields by several other armored warriors.

You see a group of three armored warriors heading towards the headman's house. If you do nothing, then in ten seconds they will break the door and go inside.

You feel pain...

Blood is flowing from the stump, which is located where your little finger of your left hand was...