The Longest Day (12)

In the earlier fierce battle with the other Orks, one of his scimitars had already been chopped in half. Those two uneven weapons instead gave this Temple soldier a slight advantage.

Kundraka's left hand was firmly tied up by a broadsword. Using only the weapon in his right hand to fend off the dense assault of two scimitars became increasingly difficult. Only by catching both enemy blades near their hilts at once could he avoid exposing an opening.

Twice in succession, the damaged scimitar slipped through while its companion's curved blade was being parried.

Within mere seconds of the battle beginning, a wound on Kundraka's right arm was already dripping with blood, yet it did not affect his movements in the slightest.

He decided to solve this problem directly.

The master of the Court Guard ducked beneath a savage yet sluggish swing from the acceleration hammer, then lashed out with a fierce kick at the scimitar-wielding warrior, striking its left knee.

His heavy boot viciously twisted the man's left leg aside. Then Kundraka's battle-axe followed, chopping off his head.

The headless remnant staggered backward at once. Its damaged exoskeleton spat sparks, while blood splashed across its chest along the edges of the metal frame.

But Kundraka did not stop to savor the joy of defeating his foe.

He had to throw his head back immediately, narrowly avoiding another sweep of the longsword by a hair's breadth.

That man poured all his strength into his arms, making the heavy warblade nearly carve a complete circle.

But the blade missed the Ork's head along the lower half of its arc and could only slam thunderously into the courtyard floor. With an ear-splitting blast, it left a massive web of radiating cracks between the bricks, like a bullet hole in a mirror or