Your decision: barricade yourself in the house headman of this village...

What is happening creates a state close to panic in your mind, you think: “Damn! Fucking crap!? What a fucking bullshit! Because of this scum Caelan, these elite warriors can kill me now! These elite traitor guards will not show mercy - they will simply kill everything, both the Duke and random witnesses like me! What should I do?!"

While you were frantically trying to think of some way to ensure the safety of your life, a group of elite armored warriors took swift action.

The consequences of these actions, which you see with your eyes, were... bloody and disgusting...

In a short period of time, the heavily armed armored warriors managed to take advantage of the effect of surprise and realized their advantage in combat skills with melee weapons. They killed about a dozen militiamen with their steel swords, who were armed with all sorts of low-quality weapons (mainly hunting bows, spears and simple carpenter's axes). The bloody corpses of these militiamen, disfigured by disgusting hacked and stabbed wounds, fall powerlessly to the ground...

Lifeless and disfigured by mortal wounds, the bodies of peasant militiamen lie in the mud... Severed heads... Cut throats... Severed hands... Puddles of dark scarlet blood that floods the ground...

Screams and sobs of peasants who saw the **** of their fellow villagers, looking out of the windows of their houses...

The clang of steel... The dying screams of agonizing peasants who are doomed...

All this happened in just a short period of time... About ten seconds...

The fact is obvious to you: these armored warriors will easily kill all the peasant militias of this unfortunate village. And, if you engage them in open terrain, these elite armored warriors will easily kill you.

You understand that in open areas you have no chance of survival. These elite armored warriors will easily kill you before you can deal any significant damage to any of them.

But what should you do?!

We need to come up with something urgently!

An idea arises in your mind: “**** awaits me in the open... I need... I need to find shelter... barricade myself in some house... In the house of the headman of this village! Perhaps this way I can gain some time... And then what? I hope that at least some help will come... Or the Duke and I will be able to escape unnoticed while these armored fuckers are breaking down the doors..."

So, you decide to run to the village chief's house and barricade yourself inside the house.

There is very little time. A group of elite armored warriors who will easily kill you have about 20 meters to go to the headman's house.

You quickly turn towards the house. You see two frightened people next to you.

Headman of village “Garon's ford” and His Serene Highness Duke of the “Forest Reach” domain Caelan Lamitrin. Both of these persons now look as if they are about to piss themselves from fear.

They are shocked by the brutal bloodshed that happened before their eyes.

Old human Buford only lets out frightened sobs and inarticulate mutterings.

You slap him and yell at him, “Run into your house and barricade the doors and windows!”

Duke Caelan looks pale and nervous. He seemed to have fallen into a stupor due to the stunned fact of the betrayal of his own elite guards.

You grab Caelan's hand and shout loudly in his ear: “Don't just stand there like an idiot! Run after me! We will barricade ourselves on the second floor of the house headman of this village!”

You manage to get these two humans to act.

You, Buford and Caelan run to the door of the house.

The three of you run inside the house. Buford immediately closes the door with a strong oak bolt. Then he begins to move one of the cabinets that are located on the first floor. Apparently he wants to barricade the windows on the first floor. There are three windows in total. This old man doesn't have enough strength. You run up and help him.

Soon the first floor windows are blocked by wooden cabinets. You also used a couple of wooden tables as a means of barricading: you propped these tables directly against the front door (if the bolt was broken, the tables would prevent enemies from quickly running inside).

While you were busy with this, Caelan ran up the stairs to the second floor.

Soon you and Buford ran to the second floor after him.

There was less furniture on the second floor of the house.

You looked around. There is a large double wooden bed, small wooden chests, and a couple of chairs.

Duke Caelan is sitting on the bed.

He's shaking. It seems that a little more and he will cry in fear.

Pathetic sight.

You angrily shout at him: “Get out of bed, you asshole! Help me lift the bed! We need to throw the bed onto the stairs to make it difficult for these bloody scums to pass through! Or do you prefer to sit and wait until they come here and cut off your stupid head?!”

Your words had an effect.

Caelan got out of bed and helped you and the headman of this village lift this heavy wooden bed.

Ten seconds later, the three of you throw the bed straight onto the narrow wooden stairs, which leads to the first floor.

Now it won't be easy for your enemies to get to you.

However, the sounds that reach your ears do not bode well.

There is less and less noise on the street. This means that the elite traitor warriors killed almost all the peasant militias.

Therefore, soon these bloody murderers will come to this house.

They saw where the Duke was running.

They will come to this house.

To kill the Duke.

And to kill all witnesses.

Including you.

You have very little time. Best case scenario: a couple of minutes.

You are trying to come up with at least something else useful for your survival.