His blade hit the ice hard, and even with his messed-up shoulder, he managed to muster up quite a bit of strength. The ice below us cracked loudly from the force of his swing, and I felt lucky it had been the ice and not my skull.
“Damnit,” I breathed as the eggs shook on the shelves.
This bastard was going to break all of the eggs if he wasn’t careful.
I needed to take him out, and fast.
I wondered why he’d be so incredibly careless since these eggs were for the Elf King, and I presumed they’d be making a profit off them. It didn’t exactly serve them well to break their merchandise. Then again, this guy didn’t seem like the sharpest tool in the blacksmith’s forge, so I doubted he was even considering the repercussions of his actions.
The giant yanked on his blade only to realize it was stuck in the floor, and once I saw that, I readjusted my own sword and swung low.
My blade caught him in the back of the knees, and even though it didn’t completely go through his skin, it cut through his muscles and tendons, and he fell to the ground as blood pooled around his legs. His sword was still stuck in the ice next to him, but he was too busy screaming in pain to notice.
I glanced back to the tunnel outside the cavern and saw Kas and Asta were still caught in battle with the three giants out there, so I quickly grabbed my sword and slammed it into the frost giant’s head where he writhed on the ground. The man’s eyes bulged out for just a second, and then his body went limp as warm blood pooled on the cold ice.
I pulled my sword from his skull, and then I ran toward Kas and Asta. The two of them were holding their own against the three giants by working together with each other and the dragons, and I was proud of their efforts.
Still, I wasn’t going to have them take on three opponents without some help, so I ran over to the group with my sword raised. I swung wide at the frost giant in the middle, and the other two branched off to attack Kas and Asta.
The giant was quick, and he must have sensed me coming, because he dove forward and came up to look at me with a terrible snarl on his face.
“You sonofabitch,” he said when he looked behind me and saw his buddy dead on the ground.
“That’s me.” I grinned and reared my sword back again.
“I’ll kill you,” the man roared as he ran toward me with his axe at the ready.
Because of his size, he wasn’t very fast, and I easily stepped to the side to avoid his monstrous body so his momentum carried him forward onto the ice.
Unfortunately, he landed in the room with the eggs, and I gritted my teeth as I tried to stay out of the cavern and lure him back into the hallway.
Eira was still locked in battle with the other giant, but I could see he was bleeding from several wounds, so I knew it wouldn’t be too much longer before the redhead took him out for good.
“Come and get me, you arsehole,” I taunted as a way to get him back into the tunnel and out of the cavern where the eggs were.
The huge giant let out a war cry and pulled a dagger off his hip to throw it at me. I stepped to the side to dodge the blade, but that was all part of his plan, and as soon as he threw the dagger, he took off running toward me.
I barely regained my composure from dodging his blade, and then he was right in front of me.
He swung at me with his axe, and I nearly slipped on the ice since I was off balance from dodging the dagger a few seconds before.
I held my sword up to block his axe, and the man snarled and pushed down even further so his face was just inches from mine.
“Whatever you are, you’re going to pay for killing my brother,” he growled.
“Oh, soo being a sick fuck runs in the family, eh?” I grunted as I held my blade steady against the force of his mighty arms.
The man sneered again, and he pushed down with his axe even harder, but I was ready for him, and I waited until just the right second to push up with my blade and send him skidding back a few feet.
The man wasted no time, though, and he immediately charged at me again.
Thankfully, Blar had my back, and the little dragon released a monstrous fireball at the guy so he lost his footing and slammed into the wall. I worried the impact had sent some of the eggs flying, but I couldn’t concern myself with that right then. This was my opportunity to finish this arsehole off.
Before he could regain his composure, I swung my sword and caught him across the chest. My weapon was powerful, but his skin was thick, so the blade only dug in an inch or so.
The giant screamed out in pain, but I just yanked my sword back and immediately swung it again. I caught him on the first laceration, and this time, my sword dug deep and punctured a lung.
Blood poured out from his wounds, and he leaned his head back against the ice wall as the red liquid leaked from his mouth down to his neck and chest.
I heard another loud thud just after I delivered one final blow to the sonofabitch, and I glanced into the ice cavern to see the giant Eira
