Before the first crack of bone of a Scourge warrior caused by the simple Orcish axe, there had been a pause a little bit too long before Kat had struck with the blade. She had dodged the incoming attack, so at least she now knew that she could still trust her reflexes. The Scourge that she smashed into debris never stood a chance as she only chose to strike guaranteed hits. The young orc was fast and she knew how to fight dirty.<br/><br/>The strong human and the flimsy mage weren’t far away, as Kat had made sure to stick nearby, not really for protection, but to find out if the tiny human really knew how to take care of himself. Besides, it had been a while since Kat had seen real magic, and she was curious how it worked against the undead.<br/><br/>Swing by swing, the flow of the battle stole Kat’s focus. Even though she’d fought the Scourge many times before, the constant feeling of horror was never buried deep enough in her mind, but she’d learned to keep it there, because it was the only way to come out of the fight alive. Afterwards, she’d drown herself in booze and sex-fluids until she was fucked up enough not to wake up to the cold sweating and nightmares that followed. Then she’d keep doing booze and sex in less deadly quantities until it was time for another battle, one of which would be her last.<br/><br/>This one was probably it, Kat thought, as the two wyrms landed from the sky. Then again, she had also thought it at the sight of a Doomguard charging into her wasteland camp a couple of years ago, but that hadn’t been it, either.<br/><br/><i>“Think of the trophy that things head'll make...”</i><br/><br/>Hah, Kat thought, the elf was a fool. Trophies were for retired hunters as a reminder of how good they once used to be, when their memory started to fade, and it wasn’t like anyone was going to retire in this fucked up world. Then again, the elf did look pretty old, for an elf, and perhaps she ought to retire soon. The orc grinned at her own cleverness and with tighter grips of her two axes, began to chop her way towards the winged monstrosities.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>