The Return Read Online Free
Author: Sean M. Campbell
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As we rode up to the gate, the guard standing there looked at me and said, “The wolf will have to be in a cage when in the town.”
“You tell her that. She might only rip your hand off and not your head.”
“I am sorry. She stays out there, or you cage her.”
I pushed past him and Likka started to follow. The guard reached to draw his sword, but mine was many times faster. By the time he had his sword half drawn, I had dropped off Reapers back and the tip of my long sword was under his chin. “I would suggest your hand come off your sword before it comes off your wrist,” I said.
As I spoke a horn blared in the distance from the direction we had come. I looked to see the farmers outside of the town dropping their tools and running towards the town. At the top of the hill, I saw Lithan come out of the tree line. There were literally thousands of them.
I watched as they began to charge down the hill towards the town. I watched as the farmers ran and a young girl fell. She struggled to get back up, but was dragging her leg. I vaulted onto Reapers back and yanked him around to ride out towards the girl. My rifle roared in my hand. Likka howled as we both ran towards the girl. Six times my rifle roared -- six Lithan in the lead fell. I stuffed the rifle back in the spear quiver. I drew the pistol on my right hip. Six times it roared before I reached the girl. I reached out with my left hand and clasped her outstretched arm. Without thought I swung her behind me on Reapers back and yelled, “Hold On!”
Reaper skidded to a halt as I holstered my right pistol and cross drew my left one. As Reaper turned to head back to the town, my pistol roared six more times, and the six closest Lithan fell. Reaper and Likka ran through the gate with only about thirty feet between us and the lead Lithan. The gate slammed behind us, as the bar was dropped into place. “Her leg is broken; do you have a doctor here?”
“What is a dok tor?”
“Medicine man, Leach, Healer?”
“Our healer was killed during the last raid.”
Why I did what I did I don’t know it was just an instinctual reaction. I reached back and brought the girl forward into my arms. I looked down at her leg twisted and already starting to swell. I touched my hand to the leg right above the break and tried to extend my healing into her. I watched as the leg untwisted and snapped back into place with an audible cracking sound. The girl screamed and passed out.
The girl’s mother ran up crying. I handed her down to her mother and said, “She will be fine now. Take her home and let her rest.”
I dropped down off of Reaper and grabbed my backpack off of his packs. I reloaded my pistols and ran for the stairs up onto the battle stage for the stockade. I looked down over the top at the sea of Lithan below. There was no thought – just rage raced through me. I leaped over the top of the wall, drawing my long swords as I fell. As I struck the ground, the world turned red in my vision.
I struck out with both swords, and creatures fell all around me. Then it was just a blur of movement in my vision as I began to dance the deadliest dance known to man. Block, strike, parry, slash, guard, and stab. Within seconds there was a ring of dead at my feet.
These creatures were just attacking instinctively. They had no skills. In minutes, I was cutting my way through the Lithan faster than they could get to me. I heard the guards on the wall telling someone that I had slipped into the battle lust. When half the number of Lithan lay dead in the field, the other half broke and ran. I dropped to one knee, as I readied my bow, and began to fire into them as they ran. I killed nearly a hundred more before they made it into the tree line.
I stood up and started walking towards the town. When I reached the gate, the guards on the wall had their bows drawn and pointing at
As we rode up to the gate, the guard standing there looked at me and said, “The wolf will have to be in a cage when in the town.”
“You tell her that. She might only rip your hand off and not your head.”
“I am sorry. She stays out there, or you cage her.”
I pushed past him and Likka started to follow. The guard reached to draw his sword, but mine was many times faster. By the time he had his sword half drawn, I had dropped off Reapers back and the tip of my long sword was under his chin. “I would suggest your hand come off your sword before it comes off your wrist,” I said.
As I spoke a horn blared in the distance from the direction we had come. I looked to see the farmers outside of the town dropping their tools and running towards the town. At the top of the hill, I saw Lithan come out of the tree line. There were literally thousands of them.
I watched as they began to charge down the hill towards the town. I watched as the farmers ran and a young girl fell. She struggled to get back up, but was dragging her leg. I vaulted onto Reapers back and yanked him around to ride out towards the girl. My rifle roared in my hand. Likka howled as we both ran towards the girl. Six times my rifle roared -- six Lithan in the lead fell. I stuffed the rifle back in the spear quiver. I drew the pistol on my right hip. Six times it roared before I reached the girl. I reached out with my left hand and clasped her outstretched arm. Without thought I swung her behind me on Reapers back and yelled, “Hold On!”
Reaper skidded to a halt as I holstered my right pistol and cross drew my left one. As Reaper turned to head back to the town, my pistol roared six more times, and the six closest Lithan fell. Reaper and Likka ran through the gate with only about thirty feet between us and the lead Lithan. The gate slammed behind us, as the bar was dropped into place. “Her leg is broken; do you have a doctor here?”
“What is a dok tor?”
“Medicine man, Leach, Healer?”
“Our healer was killed during the last raid.”
Why I did what I did I don’t know it was just an instinctual reaction. I reached back and brought the girl forward into my arms. I looked down at her leg twisted and already starting to swell. I touched my hand to the leg right above the break and tried to extend my healing into her. I watched as the leg untwisted and snapped back into place with an audible cracking sound. The girl screamed and passed out.
The girl’s mother ran up crying. I handed her down to her mother and said, “She will be fine now. Take her home and let her rest.”
I dropped down off of Reaper and grabbed my backpack off of his packs. I reloaded my pistols and ran for the stairs up onto the battle stage for the stockade. I looked down over the top at the sea of Lithan below. There was no thought – just rage raced through me. I leaped over the top of the wall, drawing my long swords as I fell. As I struck the ground, the world turned red in my vision.
I struck out with both swords, and creatures fell all around me. Then it was just a blur of movement in my vision as I began to dance the deadliest dance known to man. Block, strike, parry, slash, guard, and stab. Within seconds there was a ring of dead at my feet.
These creatures were just attacking instinctively. They had no skills. In minutes, I was cutting my way through the Lithan faster than they could get to me. I heard the guards on the wall telling someone that I had slipped into the battle lust. When half the number of Lithan lay dead in the field, the other half broke and ran. I dropped to one knee, as I readied my bow, and began to fire into them as they ran. I killed nearly a hundred more before they made it into the tree line.
I stood up and started walking towards the town. When I reached the gate, the guards on the wall had their bows drawn and pointing at
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