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The Pike
What Brigid had tripped over was a pike, an infantry weapon with a pointed iron head on a long wooden shaft. Who could say how long it had lied there on the ground? Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries millennia? All that mattered was it was there. Balor ran over to it and held it aloft. Quickly Brigid, Ekoto and Pebatjma held onto it as well.
And then the Gabaly jumped forward the moment they all grabbed the pike.
To say that the Gabaly died immediately the moment the pike entered its chest would be untrue. The pike did go through the Gabaly but the Gabaly did not fall down and die, it merely started to walk forward, the pike going further into its body and beginning to come out of the back. With a snarling face did the monster step closer and closer, the fangs coming ever closer to Balor's face.
Then flying from the air came an axe. Then the Gabaly's head fell to the ground.
The children all let go of the pike and the Gabaly's body toppled over, its transparent blood flowing. They then turned and saw Gard, Zuvowang and Dalv all standing together.
"Alright, who wants to explain what happened exactly?" asked Gard.
"The Stealer of Brood stole me." Replied Brigid.
"Is that all?" asked Zuvowang. "Both me and Gard have stories of having to save someone from the Stealer of Brood. I don't recall her ever having this beast though."
"Must be a recent acquirement." Suggested Dalv. Zuvowang nodded in agreement.
Due to the Gabaly having been better known in the farmlands of Thundera, Gard and the rest had absolutely no idea what the Gabaly was. They merely thought it was something that belonged to the Stealer of Brood.
And then Balor remembered something. "Gruadh!" He started to run to check on Gruadh until Gard placed a hand on his shoulder.
"All of you go back to Wilusa. I will check on her."
