behind those words echoed through the entire cave.” Sorry. I let myself go I have ... "A noise coming from the cave entrance made him pause and both listen." Didn't you say something earlier about an orc ?! "Piero could hardly hide the fear in his voice.They quickly picked up their swords and crept towards the source of the sound. In front of the cave in the stronger snowstorm, an orc was looking for their tracks. "Damn it," Sulnaur swore softly. “We should have been more careful!” “Yes, it's too late for that now. What do we do now?” Piero asked in an equally low voice. “Run away, hide or fight?” “I don't know,” admitted the Elf. "We can't disappear, the orc would then see us. Either hide and wait until he finds us or fight for our lives." The decision was made for the two of them by the orc. Apparently he had found their tracks again, looked up from the floor and saw the wanted person standing in the entrance of the cave. "Fight", Piero commented and, like Sulnaur, drew his weapon. Both rushed toward the orc, screaming loudly. This had drawn his combat knife and had gone into defensive position. Sulnaur and Piero greatly underestimated their opponent in the first exchange of blows.The orc was quick and agile in parrying and attacking, supported by his unusually long and sharp weapon. The two were pushed far back and could only take a short breath before the next attack followed.

Sulnaur raised his sword and wanted to attack the orc from behind, but he noticed him and turned to him. Since the Elf had raised his sword above his head, the enemy could unhindered let his weapon penetrate deep into the Elf's upper arm. Sulnaur cried out loud in pain and could hardly hold his blade because the orc had hit his sword arm. This recognized his chance and picked him up by his injured arm. Sulnaur felt nothing in his right arm and also had no strength to hold his sword. Because of this, he dropped his weapon and was now largely defenseless. The opponent grabbed even tighter and cut further into the upper arm of the Elbe. The pain became more and more unbearable and tears welled up in his eyes.Piero had meanwhile positioned himself behind the orc and rammed his sword into the place of the upper body, where he believed to kill the opponent the fastest. The orc howled, hit the Sulnaur in front of him hard on the ground and wanted to attack Piero next. The Rohirrim pulled on his sword hilt and cut a heavily bleeding wound in the orcish back. The orc paused in mid-movement, doubled over briefly, and fell dead to the ground.

Piero pulled his sword out of the orc and checked whether he was really dead. "Over. You can't get dead anymore. How is your arm?" He asked and turned to his comrade. Piero's heart almost stopped in shock. The Elf lay curled up in the snow, in his own blood, and did not move. Piero ran up to him and dropped to his knees next to him. He quickly looked for Sulnaur's pulse. The Elf's pulse was weak, as was his breathing. Relieved by Sulnaur's life, Piero turns to his arm.Several cuts had cut deep into the Elvish flesh and soaked the snow with blood. Piero tore off a piece of his shirt for a temporary bandage. "That has to be enough until we get to a village or a town," he explained to the unconscious. A moment later he realized that he didn't even know where they were, let alone where the next place was. Piero bit his lower lip desperately and thought desperately how they could get out of here. He sat there for several minutes and tried to guess where this forest could be. His heart almost stopped again when something nudged him from behind. Piero put his hand on his sword as a precaution. Slowly he turned and saw the horse that had thrown him. Piero jumped up happily and grabbed the reins. "Stand still," he ordered and the animal obeyed. The Rohirrim bent down to his companion and gently tried to wake him.Sulnaur slowly opened his eyes and didn't know where he was at first. "Stay where you are. I'll get our things out of the cave and then we'll look for the next place. I'm sure someone can help you there." The Elf wanted to reply, but the person he was talking to was already gone. Sulnaur did not want to stay in the snow, which is why he tried with all his might to get up, which he succeeded. This turned out to be a mistake, as everything started to spin and he had the feeling of falling several meters deep. He reflexively reached out his hands to support himself and to stop the 'fall', but forgot about his injured arm, which was beginning to hurt a lot again.

When Piero returned he could only shake his head and first fastened her belongings to the saddle of the horse. After this was done, he turned to the Elf crouching on the ground. "It's your own fault," he said and took Sulnaur's good arm and wanted to pull him to his feet. "Come on.We can't stay here. "Sulnaur pulled himself together and tried not to fall over when he was standing, since everything was spinning again." And now? ", he asked uncertainly." Now we go to the horse and you sit on the saddle. "Sulnaur was perplexed. Nobody had spoken to him in such a tone for many years. Piero helped the Elf into the saddle and was satisfied that he stayed in the saddle on the first attempt." Hold on to the front of the pommel. I take the reins and lead the horse. "" Speaking of horses. Where does it actually come from? "" That's the horse that pushed you into the snow earlier. It showed up here a few minutes ago. Probably waited until the orc died. "He gave the corpse a disgusted look. Sulnuar did the same, but concentrated again on the problem that was closest." Do you know where we have to go? "" No. You? "Piero was hoping for a 'yes' next. to hear and his wish came true."We have to go north, there is a village." K. to the north. Let's hope you're right, 'thought Piero as he let the horse take this direction.

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So that was K2. I don't know if there really was such a huge difference in the spelling. I hope not and if I do then I'm sorry. And of course I hope it wasn't too confusing. As an author, it is well known that one can judge this badly.

So I would appreciate your comments and / or criticism, or if you just read the next chapter.

So maybe see you soon. Drakea