Riverbank, Ruby's P.O.V.
"What, how many?"
Drog says "I didn't stop to count, but I'm guessing about fifty."
"Fifty? That might be too many, what should we do?"
Drog says "Kill them all, of course!".
"I'm not sure I can kill fifty by myself."
Drog says "You're not alone, I'll help you kill them."
"What can you do, puppy?"
Drog growls at me and tries to be fierce and scary. But he still looks like a puppy throwing a tantrum. Even though I enjoy teasing him, he's still a demon.
"Let's have a contest then. Let's see who kills the most humans."
Drog says "It's not much of a challenge, but if you want to be humiliated, Blue, I'll be happy to do it."
"Should we leave the master alone?"
Drog says "He'll be fine, just drag him into those bushes over there."
I look at Drog, then at the bushes and shrug. I reach down and slide my arms under my master and try to lift him up.
"Ugh, why does he have to be so heavy!"
Drog says "Stop pretending, you love having an excuse to have your arms around him."
"He is the leader, I think the master would like to ask him some questions."
Drog says "Okay. How many have you killed?"
"Twenty-nine. how about you?"
Drog grunts and says "Fifteen."
"That only makes forty-four, we're six short."
Drog says "They had horses before, maybe they left them to guard the horses?"
"Well, go find them and kill them, I'll take him back to camp."
Drog rushes off eagerly to kill the last of the humans, while I pick up the commander and head back to the river bank. Once there I strip him of his armor, and the four daggers he has hidden. I try to grab some rope from the master's bag but it's empty, so I tie him up with vines.
A few minutes later, Drog returns with a satisfied look on his face.
Drog says "I killed all six, but the horses ran away."
"All right, start dragging the carcasses over here."
Drog says "Why do I have to do it?"
"Because you lost, those six put you with twenty-one against my twenty-nine."
Drog grumbles but heads off to do as I told him. A minute later I hear a groan, I turn to look at the commander but he hasn't moved. Then I hear rustling in the bushes.
"Master!"
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