The Chronicles of Outsider: Humble Beginnings by Justin Wayne

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  Ulgvhen snarled in rage and charged forward with his mace leading the way. He knocked his fighters aside as he plowed through to the forefront. Deep shadows were cast across his scarred and gnarled face from the trail of flames before him.

  He looked to Cleave Rend who was approaching calmly from behind and motioned to the battle. “What do we do now? The field’s ruined and our force gone wild!”

  Cleave Rend laughed and swung the wicked axe in a circle about his palm. “He’s here.” his demonic voice graveled. “What we do now, my dear Ulgvhen, is capture the bounty hunter. And you watch in awe as I destroy him.”

  Ulgvhen watched the charred skull in the firelight and had the sudden desire to smash his mace into it. He knew the thing would survive, but also knew he could put more than enough impact behind it to disintegrate bone into splinter and dust.

  “You are not my brother.” he growled and stalked away from the impassive demon. Cleave Rend smiled inwardly again as Ulgvhen went.

  Everything was on course.

  The orc beta cursed and sprinted as fast as he could go through the patches of fire and frozen ground, fearing he would catch flame one second only to slip the next. His eyes widened in amazement at how quickly things had gone south for them.

  Then they narrowed as he saw the dwarf and hobbit hacking they way through the burnt and wounded orcs. He slid the mace to the ground, retrieved a spear, then spun on his heel, and with a growl, sent the spear flying.

  It soared through the air, head over aft, and found its mark.