As though untouched, Romhild holds fast against Krow's sword as the man lifts his eyes back to Eber, a little more worry showing in them. With a kick to the Commander's middle, Eber forces the man to fall on his back to the ground. Seeing Eber lift his blade, the Commander's eyes flare and he pulls his sword over his chest as a last minute shield. Halting Romhild in his grasp and as he lets the blade fall to a stabbing position, the Captain drives the sword towards Krow, the weapon breaking through his blade shield, and stabbing into his body.
While jerking, Krow drops the other half of his sword still in his hand, his head falling to the ground and eyes staring into the sky. Steadying his breaths, Eber straightens, yanking Romhild from the dead man at his feet. Raising his angered eyes to the rest, Eber looks for the next challenge. The men look to one another as Jorin draws his sword. The rest of the soldiers follow suit and ready themselves to attack the solo man. Figuring this would be the way he dies, Eber turns the handle of his sword in his hand, simply waiting for all of them to come, eventually one of them surely to land a hit and bring an end to him.
From one of the small dying fires, the shadows waving on the ground begin to move out of sync with the flames, one of the shadows suddenly separating from the rest. Cerny stomps the ground, his head raising and nostrils flexing. Turning back the way of his horse, Eber watches the animal grow unnerved. The men halt, starting to sense danger themselves. At once, the shadows begin to grow, growls rising with them as Cerny jumps and nickers, the steed showing less resolve against whatever this is, than man.
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𝙳𝚊𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚣: 𝙱𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝙴𝚒𝚗𝚜
Vampiros𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝. A war commander feared by his allies much as his enemies. Eber Soldat is a man of age and experience who can swing his long sword and behead the most opposing warriors with...