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Chapter 17
Warlord Marcus
A tall man watched from the shadows of the tower and saw that Horace was buzzy and his face split in to a wolf - like grin. Horace was his and he would have his spill of blood. Marcus with the speed of a snake and his sword blade bit into Horace's shoulder, Horace kicked out sideways, catching Marcus in the back of the knee and sent him staggering to the ground.
Horace parried now meeting Marcus's next two strokes, before swinging high and low, trying to catch Marcus in the legs, body or head.
Marcus who had now recover from the fall and the blows that followed, lunged at Horace's body and the warrior was forced to act defensively as Marcus drove forward, lunging and cutting, looking for an opening in Horace's defense.
As Horace parried again against Marcus's sword strokes, his mind worked overtime, trying to find away to defeat the man before him.
Marcus realized that the young man always seemed to have plenty of time to block his thrust, his cuts and changes, it was if he was a vampire himself, or at least and vampire blood in him but that was not possible very few half vampire people lived.
So now as they faced each other, circling slowly, swords moving .reaction.
As Marcus's blade darted forward again, Horace's sword flicked it to one side, Marcus staggered back under Horace's lightning fast attack, never knowing where and which direction the attack might come from.
Horace's strokes jarred Marcus's hands, wrist and arms, Marcus realized that Horace was too good as he leapt back and dropped his sword.
"Mercy!" Marcus pleated "please! I surrender! mercy, I beg you!"
"You really are a gutless piece of scum, aren't you" Horace said "no mercy for you"
Horace raised his sword and struck Marcus severing his head. The body lurched left and fell into the dark courtyard below them with a resounding thud.
An: bye bye Marcus, back to the monster fight next week.
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