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-----Bradley and his orcish enemy swings at each other at the same time, each landing a blow and drawing blood.
-----Sol powerfully weighs into his opponent and heaves his sword right through the orc�s chest. With a powerful push, he throws the humanoid�s body off his blade and to the floor. Already he looks around to see where he needs to head next.
-----Raven, maddened even further by hearing Rinda hurt, punches in with one sword. However, the orc�s shield once again stops it. This time, it also caught Raven�s fist causing shooting pains to radiate up the Hunter�s arm. He momentarily shakes it, but it still throbs as he tries desperately to strike at the orc again and miss. With his other sword he thrusts in and the orc parries it. Quickly Raven has enough wits about him to in turn parry the humanoid�s blade as the orc tries for a backslash.
-----Rinda�s opponent misses her as the Huntress spins avoiding the orc�s motion. She swings again but her club reverberates as it hits a black shield.
-----Shema turns to help Bradley but misses the evil foe. Likewise Bradley also misses the orc that drew blood on him. Suddenly, the orc turns on Bradley hitting him critically with a stab to the gut. Bradley cries out in pain and he is hurt badly!
-----"Oh Destine!" Sarah exclaims as she sees Bradley go down. Hoping that the remaining warriors will distract the orcs from her, she rushes to his side and starts to bandage the wound as quickly and efficiently as possible. As soon as she can, she moves him away from the fight.
-----"MiLady?!" Abram exclaims in surprise as Sarah suddenly moves. He and Romney quickly go with her, fending off any possible aggression to the young mage.
-----When she reaches him, Sarah finds Bradley on the floor gripping his bleeding belly. "Sorry . . .," he blurts out in pain. With the assistance of the other two guards, Sarah has Bradley pulled back by the entrance tunnel. She then immediately begins to work on his wounds.
-----Confident that Raven can handle any opponent, especially an orc, Sol rushes towards the one Shema faces. Besides, the swine was responsible for Bradley's injuries. The young warrior's expression quickly shifts from one of excitement to one of focus and intensity.
-----Sol slams into the orc like a runaway whirlwind dislodging its shield and cutting through its chest. The Lathanian sword finds its wretched heart instantly ending its life.
-----Raven locks eyes with the orc in front of him. Raven slowly a wolf-like grin spreads across his lips. With a burst of speed, Raven brings one sword up to block the orc�s blade, then Raven moves in even closer to drive the other into the orc's groin.
-----Perfectly timing his maneuver, an undetermined amount of joy fills Raven as he hears the orc scream in excruciating pain as his short sword drives his point home in the humanoid�s delicate area. The orc then falls dead.
-----The Huntress once again bangs her club against her opponent�s shield. The orc misses her again as she anticipates its move. Shema, seeing that Sol had taken care of the one facing Bradley and her, charges at this last orc. Her sword hammers against its shield as the orc shows how proficient it is with it.
-----With a slight pause coming over everyone, the orc sneers at everyone and slowly begins backing up. All of its comrades are now dead except for the one Sarah knocked unconscious with her spell.
-----Behind the orc is another tunnel leading away from this small cave further into who knows what.
-----"He's not doing so good," Sarah says standing up from where she was bandaging Bradley. "I..." Sarah notices there is still an orc left alive, "what are you guys waiting for, kill it!"
-----Sol doesn't break speed at all. Instead of moving towards the last orc and getting in everyone's way, the Gorian begins to rush past the backstepping humanoid and into the tunnel behind, hoping to both cut off the remaining escape route.
-----Seeing that the orc's escape route is blocked, Raven shoots the orc a slight grin. As Raven starts to advance on the orc, he says something to the orc in orcish.
-----The orc stops moving and stares intensely into Raven�s eyes. It then grumbles something back to him in a very threatening tone.
-----Raven then attacks the orc with a flurry of sword blows. The ranger�s first attack smacks the front of the orc�s shield. Raven moves to one side anticipating the sneaky thrust of the orcish sword under the black shield. With a forceful stab of his right sword arm, Raven catches the surprised orc off-guard. As the humanoid stares at Raven with bulging eyes, the Hunter�s short sword cleaves through the evil one�s chainmail.
-----The orc bares its teeth, silently staring hatefully into Raven�s eyes. Its body then shakes and collapses noisily to the ground.
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