Beginning to panic as the vikings trampled them, the savages quickly abandoned any sort of organization, resorting to chaotic staggering of their forces. Archers dropped their bows, resorting to whatever sort of bladed weapon they had on or around them. Reinforcements from the village had come in a large mob, carrying swords and axes, and jumping headlong into the fray.
Ekkill left behind the body of his enemy, turning and looking all about him. His brothers fought with all of their spirit. His enemies fought with all of their fear. Clashes of steel and screams of dying men rung in his ears, filling his heart with desire to cut flesh with steel.
All noise faded away as a savage rushed him, letting Ekkill hear his most fearsome battlecry, arms raised high gripping a large ax. These were not warriors; they had no technique and little experience. They always attacked with haste, as if to intentionally impale themselves on the spears of the vikings.
Little tact was needed to defeat them. Rush, kill, hold your ground, then advance over the pile of corpses. Too easy.
Swinging wildly overhead, the savage allowed Ekkill to sidestep the ax, just like the night when he had found one in his home. He plunged his sword into the man's ribcage, then put a heavy boot in his chest to free the steel. The savage staggered a bit, then coughed up a little blood as he fell to his knees. But before Ekkill could finish him, footsteps pounded from across his right shoulder.
Twisting to the left and taking a right step forward, Ekkill pivoted about just in time to catch a sword in his wooden buckler. Taking a step to his left then stepping into the savage with his right foot, Ekkill slammed into the villager, knocking him flat on his butt. He then cleaved diagonally downward, slicing into the man's shoulder at the base of his neck. A straight forward left kick put the man on his back, and a downward thrust into his chest finished him off.
Ekkill maintained his resolve, even as his heart pumped and his peripheral vision blurred. There were many more to slay.
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