Dungeons & Adders CH5
#5 of Dungeons and Adders
CH5 of Dungeons & Adders
Chapter 5
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The sun had set over the woodlander's village, the blackness of the night mirroring the blackness of the vermin pirates' hearts.
The vermin, numbering perhaps two hundred, lazied about, casually eating and drinking the vittles they'd looted from their victims.
Kassa chuckled as he took a swig of stolen rum, then casually swung his cat at the back of a otter that hung bound from a post.
"Vermin coward!", the otter spat, struggling against the ropes. "I'd wager you wouldn't try that if I wasn't tied up."
Kassa backed up, frightened by the otter's sudden outburst, as he was indeed a coward.
"Shut it!", the ferret shouted, regaining his courage as he remembered the otter was tied up.
Smash!
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The otter grunted in pain as Kassa broke the empty bottle over the helpless woodlander's head.
The other captive woodlanders gasped in horror as the ferret began viciously flogging the otter, leaving him covered in bloody cuts and welts.
The crew laughed as they watched the otter being brutalized, unaware of the small group of otters silently spying on them from the water's edge.
"Vermin scum.", one of the younger otters whispered as he loaded a stone into his sling, preparing to fling it at the bullying vermin.
"Hold, Kip.", an older otter said, placing a paw on the youth's shoulder. "We're here to scout."
Kip begrudgingly put his sling away and began observing with his elder.
"Hellgates, there's nearly ten score of those dirty vermin.", Kip commented.
"Not as many as us.", the elder said. "And I wager us to be far superior warriors."
"The one with the whip is heading our way.", Kip said, seeing Kassa walking towards them.
"Retreat.", the elder said. "We've enough intelligence."
The two otters dove back under the water, silently swimming back towards their army.
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