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The obstacle you found, is that these enemies are more disciplined than the northmen, and strictly keep to formations and strategic troop movements. During the raid outside the town walls, you were able to triumph in your furious assault upon the enemy in divine wrath, because it was indeed a raid. The northmen were scattered about and often alone in their pillaging, so through the fire and smoke and chaos, you could rush randomly from one man to the next and put him down without much challenge from any other. Trying to rush at a column of troops all together though... the northmen together could have held you at bay with massed shields and spears, the elves are doing it by arrow volleys. Especially worse now that you are reaching the forest, and they can spread out through the trees and start firing from multiple directions.
If only you could get closer, that they could properly see you and succumb to your beauty like others... well, as beautiful as you can be while grotesquely wounded and covered in blood. But if they insist on keeping at range and relying on archery, you don't expect to get the chance. Worse still, you don't even think it's a case of them being aware of your enchanting effect and trying to avoid it, but simply these elven cowards by nature try to keep their distance whenever possible. Even from a harmless young woma- well, maybe not, considering they would have witnessed you fighting your way through the northmen raid to reach them.
Still, despite it all this it isn't enough to hinder your divine wrath or desire for revenge. As they cannot truly stop you, you would be willing to pursue them to the ends of the earth, even through all the obstacles they may put in your way. The other problem though are your allies, dutifully following you all the way even off the field of battle in pursuit of these elves. The mortal men are too devoted to you to turn back, but for their efforts already most of them have been shot with arrows and some even killed. Just because you're the (relatively) closest to reaching the elves, doesn't mean they don't have arrows to spare for the others. So you would continue, but by the time you manage to reach your targets, you don't expect you'll have any allies left.
They are only mortal lives, all of them both ally and enemy at the end of the day, but having gone long enough without a victim to sate your divine wrath upon... some clarity returns, and you consider if maybe you've gone far enough? Then again, justice hasn't been yet dealt.
>No! Damn the consequences, you will see this through till the end! You cannot stand returning home without.
>Regroup here, perhaps find a better spot, but hold out for the time being. It's a flimsy hope, but maybe you can catch any elves on the return, if they send scouts back to oversee the battlefield.
>You've come, and done far enough for one mortal battle. Cease the hunt, gather your comrades, lick your wounds, and head back.
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