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The Sword Of The War Summary

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Nero-De hid behind the logs. He saw derplings scattered around the camp, some injured, some not. His friend Pori hid on the other side of the camp, sizing them up. This was a mark of the war, which had no absolute answer for why it started. Nero-De watched closely as the derplings patrolled, ingraining their patrol cycles into his brain. The derplings switched out every fourteen minutes, with a twenty three second switch. That’s how they would attack. As the derpling patrol were handing their rifles to the next patrol, Nero-De’s sword felt heavier in his hands. This was the time to attack. Nero-De jumped out of the bush, spraying dirt and leaves everywhere. He cut through the rifle barrel, then swept a derpling’s legs from underneath …show more content…

He dived into a pile of leaves, waiting for the footsteps to fade. Once he was safe, he jumped back onto the trampled path, running the opposite way that the footprints pointed. As he burst into the camp, a few derplings that stood behind raised their weapons. One with a shotgun, two with swords, and one with a flamethrower. They all glared at Nero-De as he dashed forwards. He feinted left, making the derpling fire his shotgun, as he dashed right and cut the shotgun in half. He spun around, and parried a slice, then stabbed at the derpling. She jumped back, a trickle of blood coming from her hand, and signaled to the other derplings. They started forwards, and Nero-De sliced at the derpling with the sword. The derpling countered, then used his other set of arms to push Nero-De to the ground. His head throbbed with pain, and his vision went fuzzy for a second. He rolled to the side as fire scorched the ground he was on a second ago. He jumped back onto his feet, and jumped onto the flamethrower, pushing the nozzle down, then somersaulted behind the other derpling. He cut the derpling’s back, and shoved him forwards. Don’t forget the plan. Nero-De thought, running up the hill towards the logs. He jumped behind the logs, when flames burned the back of the log. Perfect. He cut the ropes holding them back, and watched it roll down the hill. The derplings

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