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“Now we are fighting Grobs.” Adok said as he handled the hammer in his hand, “All they care about is strength! Strength makes right and makes their world go round. They will raze and terrorize for strength or set traps to show their strength in schemes. It is said by Grimnir ‘imself that every person a Grobs kills makes them stronger.”
“I… think I understand.” Lucian scratched his head for a moment, “Uh, does that mean the big ones are the bosses?”
“Aye, Umgi, you have it!” Laughed the dwarf with a bellow.
“So, uh, how do I attack them?” Lucian asked, “I know we cannot do anything much on the march, but there has to be something.”
“I would try to help you with that but I use a hammer.” Adok pointed out with his weapon on his back, “A Dwarf fights using his armor and his strength. You’re pretty strong for an Umgi but you got nothing to wear and won’t be getting anything until we hit a town. So how a Dawi fights is useless to one like you.”
Lucian looked forward to the slow march. Unlike the many days before where they had all been forced to march across the lands at a near jog they were now all walking. He could sense the unease among the people but in a situation like this he did not feel it like they did. He was a follower and petty priest of Morr, his duty in the end is to embrace his Lord upon death.
“So I aim for the big ones?” Lucian asked for clarification.
“Aye, once you kill the biggons the rest of the Urks and Gobi flee. Make sure its a brutal killin’ though, because if the Urks don’t think you killed their boss enough they’ll think they can take you.”
“These creatures… what are they?” Lucian had to ask as simple logic did not make sense anymore.
“They’re Gobs, brutal creatures that live to terrorize!” The words seemed to be a joke but Lucian did not feel them like that, “Best way to show off is cutting off the head and flinging it towards them! Decapitation scares those Urks like nothing else ever could.”
“I… I will keep that in mind.” Lucian felt unease not because they marched towards battle now but that they were fighting something he could not reason with. It reminded him of that Vampire, only far more different.
Somehow he felt the same with Adok. He did not lose a singler ounce of his fervor as they approached what was to be a killing grounds.