Grunthor's arm flexed from the numbness, this body wasn't used to hard impacts even with the shield. He ignored the other orc's laughing and jeering. He essentially had two big knuckle dusters with the best defense capabilities. If he actually went with something like this, add metal to the edge that could be sharpened and you had a really short highly defensive axe. Still the runt he struck stepped back, clearly outraged that he had been hit. Or that he failed to do any meaningful damage.

Now came a highly telegraphed overhead swing. The arm that was numbed up was up, the shield slanting so the blow would scrape off instead of taking the full impact. Given the orc anatomy, which was human except tougher, coarser hair, and stronger, he could technically pick the other orc apart. Stepping in after the pole-arm was deflected, and using [b]Rapid Strikes[/b], he struck at the orc runts solar plexus with his right like a hard jab with the shield, then the orcs face, and a third strike to the solar plexus.

The shields made his blows a bit slower but the added weight would be more damaging if they hit, nevermind the narrowed edge of the shield versus his fists. Although next time he would probably pick the wraps.