Kapitel 18: Decisions

A group of men stand around the corpse of a beast, their expressions miserable. They had finally managed to slay the beast, but to do so, they had to back it into a corner and slowly kill it. While the beast was incredibly wounded and barely able to stand upright, the swipes of it's paws still packed a punch. One swipe would be enough to kill a man, and the beast definitely did not give up without a fight. The men were tired for sure, panting loudly like dogs, the whole lot of them. Their clothes which earlier weren't anything to brag about, were now fabulously drenched in sweat and dirt. They'd put up a good fight, and their reward is finally here.

"Put up one hell of a lot more fight than I thought it would, that one" A man from the back said in between breaths. The rest of the men were content with gruntling in reply, not wasting any more of their energy. One of the men with a pitchfork tried poking the beast in the ass.

"Is it dead?" He asked, unsure. Ambrose snorted at the man.

"Of course it's dead! Look at it!" He derisively spoke. Walking closer to the beast and stepping on it. The beast twitched in reply, frightening the man so much he almost jumped to the ceiling. "Holy shit! The beast is alive! Kill it!" He shouts. Everyone put their guards up, ready for the next round. The beast kept still and soon, they heard a hearty laugh from behind. They all turned to see Grace laughing at them all.

"Haha! That's just some death cramps! You guys are like frightened chickens! Especially you Ambrose! Haha!" The men chuckled a bit, not taking it to heart, but Ambrose's face lit up like the lights on a christmas tree.

"What do you know! What if the beast had actually been alive? Huh!" This just caused her to laugh louder. Steve chuckled a bit himself before walking forwards.

"Alrite it's dead, that means the threat to our village is taken care of" The men all nod in relief at that. "Now that we've killed this beast, we don't really have anything to be afraid of. So, we have two options. We can stay here, grill this beast over a fire and enjoy ourselves till the others come back." The men looked thoughtful at that. "Or, we can go in after them, see what they're up to" Ambrose had a greedy look in his eyes at that. Suddenly a growling could be heard from the side. They all looked down to see Lukas holding his stomach and scratching his head.

"Oh! Sorry about that, but when I heard about food I just got so hungry! Hehe" The men all smiled in understanding, having been a young boy themselves. Steve looked around himself, inspecting them all, before smiling. "Okay, let's vote then. I, for one, believe we deserve a break after everything we have been through. So I think we should eat some, if the other group isn't back by the time we're done, let us go in after them, see what they're up to." The majority of the group voted to eat some food, leaving a stray few who didn't.

"Let's grill ourselves some meat, then!" Steve yelled in enthusiasm, making the group cheer up.