the last of the reapers

ode to the reapers

Walking to their resting stones . I return my blade to it's sheathe and and kneel to them " I'm sorry my brothers in arms . I should have fallen that day with you " I was there leader and a warlord . Hundreds of wardens and kensei fell to my sword but I still failed to save them . Now all I can do for them is to join them in Valhalla . With my respects paid I rise to my feet and turn to be met by the sight of a shugoki charging me ready to take my head off . Meeting his attempt with a drawn sword I roll right past him and strike him in the upper back but his armor caught the bulk of the slash hearing a grunt of slight pain and anger. With that he turned to grab me to crush the life from my bones . Feeling my lungs being compacted and unable to fill I throw my head back to build speed I released a thunderous roar . And slammed my helm into his skull causing him to drop me . I ran over to my sword and shield and slashed him in the thigh and he fell with a thud . Then I see something fall out the corner of my eye . I look down and realize it was one of horns that was mounted on my helmet . I grab my sword and plung it deep into his skull . I walk to the nearest tree and sit wondering why he attacked me. then my raider friend grognak comes running to me and looks at the dead shugoki . He asks me then " what in the name of thor happened here " I grab the extra mead bottle from my bag and says " a good time " then I drink the bottle dry and say " you got a reason to be here or did you want to pay your respects " he takes a look at the tombstones and then remembers what it was he needed " oh right stigander has summoned us to his estate . We need to get going " I then get up and and burp to stop the burning feeling in my chest and say quite sternly " what does he want with us "  grognak then looks at the ground and says with a somewhat joyful tone " theirs been a declaration of peace " and there I stood in shock . After 1'007 years of nothing but war the world would live in peace . my knees nearly turned into water I looked grognak in the eye and said " then we best hall our asses over " we start to walk then I spot some bizarre neclace on the shugoki so I take it with me for further investigation later