Chapter 4
There was a loud cracking sound as the blade bent and broke on contact with my skin. I gaped at the man.
"You tried to kill me!" I accused him. Hot anger boiled inside me.
He too, was shocked. Looking in disbelief at his sword that was bent and broken.
"HAL-!!" He didn't manage to finish his sentence.
I reacted by stretching my arms which held my pike towards the man, trying to push him off the horse.
My weapon skewered him through the chest, though.
"Holy shit!" I shouted as I retracted my arms.
There was a head-sized hole in the man's torso. My blood ran cold and I stopped breathing.
"Oh fuck!" I shouted again in horror. "I killed him!"
Everyone stopped moving, the man that fell down climbing on his horse, the rest in front of the cart. The man slipped off the horse and hit the ground while leaving a trail of blood on the animal. A gurgling sound was heard as the last of his breath left him. A few spasms were the last movement he made before life left him.
I felt bile rise on my throat, but forced myself to swallow back.