Riches of a King

Chapter 4

The orcs fall to the ground dead. They had no time to call for help and Matz and the dwarf had made no noise killing. They put their knives away and pulled there swords out.

They walk into the dark cave. The light is whats left of daylight. They stand there for a minute, waiting for they're eyes to adjust. When they did the say the cave continue on and two Orc-made passages on the left and right.

Matz went right and the dwarf follows. As they continue walking they hear sounds coming from up ahead. When the get closer they realize its snoring.

When they get to the end of the passage it opens into a room. There's two orcs laying and animal skins sleeping. The dwarf and Matz walk to both orcs. They stab them in the throat. If the air deprivation didn't kill them, blood loss would.

They look around the room and find nothing except a door. They open the door and look in. There's two orcs that are very much awake. One Orc sees them. He picks up his weapon and charges them. At the last second the Dwarf closes the door and the Orc hits it full speed. There a thud followed by the sound of a body hitting the ground. Matz swings the door open and the other Orc jumps out and tackles him.

"Hold him where he is" The dwarf tells Matz

Matz does just that and the dwarf stabs the Orc in the side. The Orc screams in pain and loosens his grip on Matz. taking the opportunity Matz flips the Orc of him pulls his knife and brings it down on the orcs chest. The Orc cries out a final time before going limp. Matz pulls out his knife and puts it away. They look over to the Orc that charged into the door. He was still knocked out and lying flat on his back.

The dwarf walks over and brings the sword down on its head. They walk into the room and see nothing. Except a few discarded boxes. There is no door so they walk back down the passage they came from. They stop when they were back in the cave. The dwarf walks to the left passage and continues on.

They come into a giant room lit by torches. It's filled with boxes and barrels at the sides of the room with a torn and tattered long rug down the center. The torches provide only a little light and most of the room is left dark. They cannot see what lies at the end of the rug. They walk down looking and listening. There is no sound except form their footsteps.

As they get closer to the end of the room they see a throne. When they get closer still try see a figure sitting in the chair. They continue walking. They get 20 feet away before the figure speaks.

"Come for the sword have you?"

A torch lights on either side of the throne revealing it's a large Orc sitting with a cloak around him and a sword at his side. A sword with a gold crossbar. The sword they were looking for.

"As a matter if fact we have," The dwarf says,"so why don't you give it to us so there's no trouble,"

The Orc laughs, then quickly grows dark.

"Kill them," He says.

Four orcs jump out from the shadows. The dwarf sees one coming and swings the sword almost chopping the Orc in two. He kicks the other Orc back while pulling the sword out of the limp orc. Matz only has time block both orcs swords. The dwarf easily impales the other orc. the sword blade is facing up and he lifts creating a long cut. The cries out and pulls the sword out before falling over dead. The dwarf turns to see Matz having trouble with the other two orcs. He's blocking strike after strike while being pushes back towards the dwarf. The dwarf easily takes out one distracted Orc. The other looks for a second and Matz strikes. All during the battle the big Orc was laughing. When he saw that all four of his minions had died he stopped.

"Useless inbreds," he curses while standing up,"very well I'll have to deal with you myself,"

He lunges at Matz with his sword held high. He brings it down on Matz who blocks it with his sword. The orc's strength is greater the Matz's. The Force of the blow. Make Matz stumble. The dwarf lunges at the Orc getting into the fight. The Orc blocks it easily. While the Orc and the dwarf continue fighting Matz lunges at the Orc getting into the fight. The Orc knows he can't win against two swordsman.

He tries to run. Knowing if he turns around he'll get stabbed in the back, he back pedals. It doesn't work and the two swordsman are right on him.
Matz and the dwarf slowly wear down his defense. Until they both strike at the same time. The Orc block Matz strike, leaving him open for the Dwarfs. He cries out and turns to the dwarf. When he turns he gets stabbed by Matz.

The battle was over. The pain was to great for the orc. He fell to the ground.
Matz finished him. As they kill him a gray cloud surrounds him. When the cloud dissipates a blue, tall man takes the orcs place. The dwarf and Matz look at eachother. Neither know what just happened. Matz picks up the sword and they walk out of the cave.