Ведьмак: Кровь эльфов

           AnotherScoia’tael,onfoot,leapedoutfrombehindthewagon.PaulieabandonedWenck,pulledhimselfuprightandbrandishedhisaxe.Thenfroze.

           Infrontofhimstoodadwarfwearingahatadornedwithasquirrel’stail,hisblackbeardbraidedintotwoplaits.Pauliehesitated.

           Theblack-bearddidnothesitateforasecond.Hestruckwithbotharms.Thebladeoftheaxewhirredandfell,slicingintothecollar-bonewithahideouscrunch.Pauliefellinstantly,withoutamoan;itlookedasiftheforceoftheblowhadbrokenbothhisknees.

           Ciriscreamed.

           YarpenZigrinleapedfromthewagon.Theblack-beardeddwarfspunandcut.Yarpenavoidedtheblowwithanagilehalf-turndodge,gruntedandstruckferociously,choppingintoblack-beard-throat,jawandface,rightuptothenose.TheScoia’taelbentbackandcollapsed,bleeding,poundinghishandsagainstthegroundandtearingattheearthwithhisheels.

           "Geraaaallllttt!"screamedCiri,feelingsomethingmovebehindher.Sensingdeathbehindher.

           Therewasonlyahazyshape,caughtinaturn,amoveandaflashbutthegirl–likelightning–reactedwithadiagonalparryandfeinttaughtherinKaerMorhen.Shecaughttheblowbuthadnotbeenstandingfirmlyenough,hadbeenleaningtoofartothesidetoreceivethefullforce.Thestrengthofthestrikethrewheragainstthebodyofthewagon.Herswordslippedfromherhand.