Eternal
There is no way you’re going to trust a Shadow Guard even if he has given you good information. He’s still a traitor that would betray you at the nearest opportunity he deserves no less than death. Without another word you run him through and muffle any yelps he might’ve made during his death.
“Good idea, no way we could’ve trusted him.” Edgar says.
“Come on, we should head to Kane’s office, that’s probably where he’s at, hopefully Cyrus is there as well.”
You manage to walk through the halls of the fort without difficulty thanks to the face covering helmets. Everyone just assumes you’re just two soldiers going about your routines. When you arrive near the office there are several heavily armored orc guards milling around there. You and Edgar briefly wonder how quickly you can kill them before more come running, but unfortunately, when another one comes running your potential plans of distraction them are gone.
“Ay! Ay! You guyz! The prisoners have escaped! Come on!” the orc yells.
“Wha?! Well we can’t leave, da boss is in his office! Go get dem shadoze ta help!” one of the guard says.
“Hey we’ll tell the general and you take care of the prisoners. You orcs are tougher so you’ll be able to handle the situation better than we would.” You pipe up and say.
“Hmm, you might be right about us bein’ stronger, but even weaklings like you should be able to handle two unarmed prisoners. We gots orders, we stay here wit da boss.”
“To hell with this.” Edgar suddenly says and attacks one of the orcs.
You do battle with the orcs, though it isn’t an easy fight, they’re obviously Kane’s bodyguards for a reason. You haven’t even defeated all of them yet, when Kane comes out of his office.
“What’s going…assassins!” Kane shouts, not immediately realizing it’s you and Edgar with your helmets on.
You attempt to engage Kane, but one of the last orc guards knocks you into the wall and attempts to get you in a bear hug. You manage to get free, and after landing a couple of good strikes, the orc collapses to one knee where upon you finish him off. You turn around in time to see Kane taking advantage of Edgar’s own fight with the last orc guard. Kane runs his sword through Edgar’s side. Edgar pauses his attack from the blow which allows the orc guard to follow up with a good strike with his mace.
A sickening crunch of Edgar’s skull along with the clang of metal accompanies his helmet being knocked off of him. Edgar crumples to the floor and doesn’t move.
“Edgar?” Kane says to himself. You waste no time more time and attack.
You dodge the last orc guard’s clumsy attack with his mace while blocking Kane’s own as well.
“Why are you fighting me?! We should be on the same side brother!” he exclaims desperately, realizing who you are.
The orc guard winds up another swing, and you aim low taking out his legs, when he falls to the floor, you kick Kane away from you so you can finish off the last guard.
After killing the orc, Kane attempts to attack you but fails and you land a blow across his chest and then another across his face, blinding him in one eye. He drops his weapon and staggers back holding his hand on the gaping bloody wound.
“(Pant) Why…you…I can’t…” he wheezes and tries to escape past you, but you stop him completely by running him through. You wrench the sword upward to slice further into his internal organs. Blood spills out from the wound and onto the floor and your feet. He looks at you with his remaining good eye. Surprisingly, he smiles.
“I…forgive you…broth…” he gasps and dies.
You don’t have time to check on Edgar or anything else when you feel several bolts go into your back. You collapse to the floor and feel that same toxin you felt when Cyrus shot you, except this time you feel a whole lot sicker, due to getting a heavier dose.
“I have to say this probably worked out a whole lot better this way. With Kane out of the way, perhaps we can use these orcs to our more direct advantage after all.” You hear Cyrus remark as several Shadow Guards circle around you.
“Don’t expect to wake up from this one.” Is the last thing you hear before another bolt goes into your skull.
“Good idea, no way we could’ve trusted him.” Edgar says.
“Come on, we should head to Kane’s office, that’s probably where he’s at, hopefully Cyrus is there as well.”
You manage to walk through the halls of the fort without difficulty thanks to the face covering helmets. Everyone just assumes you’re just two soldiers going about your routines. When you arrive near the office there are several heavily armored orc guards milling around there. You and Edgar briefly wonder how quickly you can kill them before more come running, but unfortunately, when another one comes running your potential plans of distraction them are gone.
“Ay! Ay! You guyz! The prisoners have escaped! Come on!” the orc yells.
“Wha?! Well we can’t leave, da boss is in his office! Go get dem shadoze ta help!” one of the guard says.
“Hey we’ll tell the general and you take care of the prisoners. You orcs are tougher so you’ll be able to handle the situation better than we would.” You pipe up and say.
“Hmm, you might be right about us bein’ stronger, but even weaklings like you should be able to handle two unarmed prisoners. We gots orders, we stay here wit da boss.”
“To hell with this.” Edgar suddenly says and attacks one of the orcs.
You do battle with the orcs, though it isn’t an easy fight, they’re obviously Kane’s bodyguards for a reason. You haven’t even defeated all of them yet, when Kane comes out of his office.
“What’s going…assassins!” Kane shouts, not immediately realizing it’s you and Edgar with your helmets on.
You attempt to engage Kane, but one of the last orc guards knocks you into the wall and attempts to get you in a bear hug. You manage to get free, and after landing a couple of good strikes, the orc collapses to one knee where upon you finish him off. You turn around in time to see Kane taking advantage of Edgar’s own fight with the last orc guard. Kane runs his sword through Edgar’s side. Edgar pauses his attack from the blow which allows the orc guard to follow up with a good strike with his mace.
A sickening crunch of Edgar’s skull along with the clang of metal accompanies his helmet being knocked off of him. Edgar crumples to the floor and doesn’t move.
“Edgar?” Kane says to himself. You waste no time more time and attack.
You dodge the last orc guard’s clumsy attack with his mace while blocking Kane’s own as well.
“Why are you fighting me?! We should be on the same side brother!” he exclaims desperately, realizing who you are.
The orc guard winds up another swing, and you aim low taking out his legs, when he falls to the floor, you kick Kane away from you so you can finish off the last guard.
After killing the orc, Kane attempts to attack you but fails and you land a blow across his chest and then another across his face, blinding him in one eye. He drops his weapon and staggers back holding his hand on the gaping bloody wound.
“(Pant) Why…you…I can’t…” he wheezes and tries to escape past you, but you stop him completely by running him through. You wrench the sword upward to slice further into his internal organs. Blood spills out from the wound and onto the floor and your feet. He looks at you with his remaining good eye. Surprisingly, he smiles.
“I…forgive you…broth…” he gasps and dies.
You don’t have time to check on Edgar or anything else when you feel several bolts go into your back. You collapse to the floor and feel that same toxin you felt when Cyrus shot you, except this time you feel a whole lot sicker, due to getting a heavier dose.
“I have to say this probably worked out a whole lot better this way. With Kane out of the way, perhaps we can use these orcs to our more direct advantage after all.” You hear Cyrus remark as several Shadow Guards circle around you.
“Don’t expect to wake up from this one.” Is the last thing you hear before another bolt goes into your skull.
