This is my first story for Literotica, though I have been reading the site for years. Hope you like it, and please let me know how to improve!
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Draz'Thar left Zoram'gar late in the night, his light mail armor darkened by handfuls of smeared mud and a massive double headed battle axe in hand. The orc warrior was young, ready to test himself in battle for his Warchief and secure the forest that the Warsong Clan had begun tried to tame so long ago. On the far west coast, close to the forest edge and ancient elven ruins danger was eternal and the small outpost lived under the constant threat of the treacherous night elves silently slipping out of the tress and destroying their only access to the vital coastline.
His patrol was a simple one that would take him most of the night, brushing briefly into the wood to a simple trail that ran through the forest, keeping well away from the few known night elf encampments and keeping his eyes alert for any signs of the enemy. Hunters typically took up these patrols, but Draz was more clever than most of the grunts stationed at Zoram'gar. During the second war he had served as a scout, then barely more than a child. In the five years since that war he had retained his light step, and combined that with the martial skill the orcs were feared for.
As the night war on, Draz kept low as he moved into the forest proper. Heavy earthy scents filled his senses, moss laden with pollen. Strange lights flittered amongst the trees, flaring with golden brilliance for a moment and then gone. Ancient sweeping buildings, forgotten and abandoned since the spirits only knew when cast shadows of pure darkness against the already lightless ground. Draz had no trouble keeping out of sight in such a terrain, and as time began to pass his mind wandered away from the task at hand.
He should have died for his lapse in concentration, the arrow the suddenly sprouted from his shoulder should have taken him in the neck. The angry hiss following a sudden snap of the bow string brought him from his daydreams and rolling to the side, but the shaft still found its mark and his shoulder exploded in fire. Two elven women stood less than ten yards from him, neither of whom had been there a second before. Draz jumped too his feet and bellowed a war cry, bringing his axe before him as the archer readied another shot. The second elf was dressed lighter than the first, a simple staff of some pure white wood in her hands, chanting in increasing intensity as Draz charged.
The arrow sped from the bow, but Draz was ready for it. He rolled slightly to the right as the archers hand twitched, keeping his forward momentum as the missile shot past and coming to his feet easily. The archer was not prepared for the orc to be so agile, and his shoulder took her in the belly before she could ready another arrow. Draz brought his axe high above his head, ready to end the archer's life as she desperately tried to pull a dagger from her belt. White light exploded around him in a flash of magical fire, engulfing him and searing his flesh. Draz howled in pain and leapt from the inferno, swinging the head of his axe at the elven priestess. Blinded by the fire his strike missed, but Draz was able to catch her with a well placed kick in the gut as she began to cast again.
The other elf was on him then, wrapping her legs around his thick waist and climbing onto his back, her sharp dagger striking multiple times at his shoulder. His heavily mail and boiled leather armor protected him, but twice the thin blade found a gap in the links and bit deeply. He dropped his axe to get at his assailant, both hands desperately reaching over his shoulders to grab at her. She held firm and Draz shoved backwards with all his might, driving her into a tree with enough force to snap a normal man in half. The grip on his waist relaxed and the elf slumped to the ground. Draz spun quickly and grabbed the dagger from her hand and buried it in her chest, causing the elf to jerk twice violently before going still.
Draz turned on the priestess, low and growling. The elf's eyes flicked to her fallen companion and then to Draz once before she turned and fled. Draz roared and gave chase quickly; leaving his axe behind and springing into a lope that almost had him running like a beast on four legs. Through the trees, over vines larger than a kodo and scrambling over jagged rocks he chased her, tasting her fear in the air like an animal possessed. He desired her blood; her fear fed him and pushed his legs to pump harder. The elf screamed as he closed on her, jumping through a crack in a hill to find any escape. The ravine ended suddenly in a sheer wall, and her scent filled with panic anew as she realized she was trapped. She put her back to the wall as Draz approached her slowly, stalking her like a tiger with its prey. She tried chanting a spell, but her frightened voice stuttered and the magical white flames refused to answer her call.