"Hey! Get off of her!" Jack snarled, bringing his axe to the ready.The one trying to undo his belt jerked around, its eyes wide as it reached for the blade in its belt with its good hand. Jack could see now that it was struggling with undoing its waistband partly because it was freshly missing several of the fingers on its right hand, and blood was slowly dribbling from the wound to soak into the boards on the floor. Amidst the slowly expanding pool of blood, Jack saw one of the missing fingers, which meant Maddy had been the cause. Were he not filled with fear and rage, he"d probably feel pretty proud of her.
The goblin pinning Madeleine shifted its weight so that it held her down with one hand, while it drew its dagger from its belt with the other. Leering at Jack with a wicked grin, it pressed the blade hard against the flesh of Maddy"s neck, and giggled. The intent was not hard to read. If Jack tried anything, Maddy was as good as dead.
Jack froze, looking from one goblin to the other, then to Madeleine"s terrified face. He had to plan his next move very carefully. If he moved wrong, he wouldn"t be able to stop her from getting seriously hurt or killed.
The magic still coursing through his veins, he slowly lowered his guard, and made a clear display of lowering his axe down towards the ground, setting it there before taking a step backwards and holding his hands up. The two goblins watched this, their eyes following his movements. As soon as he stepped back, they both started cackling gleefully in unison, and the one closest to him sprang into action, diving for Jack"s axe.
Exactly as he had hoped.
In a blur, Jack leapt forward and s.n.a.t.c.hed the closest goblin by the neck, lifting it clean off the ground as he crushed its throat with a squeeze violent enough to shatter the creature"s spine. As he did so, he made eye contact with the second greenskin, whose expression instantly shifted from one of glee to one of terror. Before it could act, Jack flicked his hand as he spoke another spellword.
The crude blade in the goblin"s hands suddenly seared a bright yellow-orange, and the creature shrieked and instinctively dropped the blade in pain. It only took it about half a second to realize the horrible mistake it had made when Madeleine s.n.a.t.c.hed up the still-glowing dagger and proceeded to bury it directly in the goblin"s eyesocket. As the creature gargled and thrashed with the blazing-hot blade hissing and steaming in its head, she pulled the knife out and stabbed again, and again, until the creature stopped moving, before unceremoniously dropping the still-sizzling weapon onto the wooden floor with a clunk.
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Feeling the Prowess spell beginning to fade, Jack unceremoniously tossed corpse in his hand into the corner of the room. After he did so, and he looked to see that Madeleine was okay, a sudden wave of exhaustion poured over him as the spell ended, and he stumbled over to the bed and flopped down beside Madeleine as he struggled to keep himself together.
He had apparently used a lot more Spirit than he"d planned, and it was starting to seriously catch up with him. He sat there, breathing heavily, trying to pull himself together, as he turned to Madeleine and asked "You okay, Maddy?"
The girl looked at him with an expression he"d never seen on her face before. She, without saying a word, leaned into him and threw her arms around him. Fortunately, the padded tunic and armor he was wearing made her body heat bearable enough that he was able put an arm around her back, and pull her into a hug.
"Heh. You"re welcome." Jack said, smiling to himself.