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They had drawn their knives and swords, but hesitated to attack Uglu´k. Uglu´k shouted, and a number of other Orcs of nearly his own size ran up. Then suddenly, without warning, Uglu´k sprang forwards, and with two swift strokes swept the heads off two of his opponents. Grishna´kh stepped aside and vanished into the shadows. The others gave way, and one stepped backwards and fell over Merrys prostrate form with a curse. Yet that probably saved his life, for Uglu´ks followers leaped over him and cut down another with their broad-bladed swords. It was the yellow-fanged guard. His body baldurs gate find familiar reading right on top of Pippin, still clutching its long saw-edged knife. Put up your weapons. shouted Uglu´k. And lets have no more nonsense. We go straight west from here, and down the stair. From there straight to the downs, then along the river to the forest. And we march day and night. That clear. Now, thought Pippin, if only it takes that ugly fellow a little while to get his troop under control, Ive got a chance. A gleam of hope had come to him. The edge of the black knife had snicked his arm, and then slid down to his wrist. He felt the blood trickling on to his hand, but he also felt the cold touch of steel against his skin. The Orcs were getting ready to march again, but some of the Northerners were still unwilling, and the Isengarders slew two more before the rest were cowed. There was much cursing and confusion. For the moment Pippin was unwatched. His legs were securely bound, but his arms were only tied about the wrists, and his hands were in front of him. He could move them both together, though the bonds were cruelly tight. He pushed the dead Orc to one side, https://freewargames.cloud/fallout/call-of-duty-warzone-mobile-gameloop.php hardly daring to breathe, he drew the knot of the wrist-cord up and down against the blade of the knife. It was sharp and the dead hand held it fast. The cord was cut. Quickly Pippin took it in his fingers and knotted it again into a loose bracelet of two loops and slipped it over his hands. Then he lay very still. Pick up those prisoners. shouted Uglu´k. Dont play any tricks with them. If they are not alive when we get back, someone else will die too. An Orc seized Pippin like a sack, put its head between his tied hands, grabbed his arms and dragged them down, until Pippins face was crushed against its neck; then it jolted off with him. Another 448 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS treated Merry in the same way. The Orcs clawlike hand gripped Pippins arms like iron; the nails bit into him. He shut his eyes and slipped back into evil dreams. Suddenly he was thrown on to the stony floor again. It was early night, but the slim moon was already falling westward. They were on the edge of a cliff that seemed to look out over a sea of pale mist. There was a sound of water falling nearby. The scouts have come back at last, said an Orc close at hand. Well, what did you discover. growled the voice of Uglu´k. Only a single horseman, and he made off westwards. Alls clear now. Now, I daresay. But how long. You fools. You should have shot him. Hell raise understand steam mit xbox konto verknüpfen good alarm. The cursed horsebreeders will hear of us by morning. Now well have to leg it double quick. A shadow bent over Pippin. It was Uglu´k. Sit up. said the Orc. My lads are tired of lugging you about. We have got to climb down, and you must use your legs. Be helpful now. No crying out, no trying to escape. We have ways of paying for tricks that you wont like, though they wont spoil your usefulness for the Master. He cut the thongs round Pippins legs and ankles, picked him up by his hair and stood him on his feet. Pippin fell down, and Uglu´k dragged him up by his hair again. Several Orcs laughed. Uglu´k thrust a flask between his teeth and poured some burning liquid down his throat: he felt a hot fierce glow flow through him. The pain in his legs and ankles vanished. He could stand. Now for the other. said Uglu´k. Pippin saw him go to Merry, who was lying close by, and kick him. Merry groaned. Seizing him roughly Uglu´k pulled him into a sitting position, and tore the bandage off his head. Then he smeared the wound with some dark stuff out of a small wooden box. Merry cried out and struggled wildly. The Orcs clapped and hooted. Cant take his medicine, they jeered. Doesnt know whats good for him. We shall have some fun later. But at the moment Uglu´k was not engaged in sport. He needed speed and had to humour unwilling followers. He was healing Merry in orc-fashion; and his treatment worked swiftly. 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Every now and again there came into his mind unbidden a vision of the keen face of Strider bending over a dark trail, and running, running behind. But what could even a Ranger see except a confused trail of orc-feet. His own little prints and Merrys were overwhelmed by the trampling of the iron-shod shoes before them and behind them and about them. They had gone only a mile or so from the cliff when the land sloped down into a wide shallow depression, where the ground was soft and wet. Mist lay there, pale-glimmering in the last rays of the sickle moon. The dark shapes of the Orcs in front grew dim, and then were swallowed up. Steady now. shouted Uglu´k from the rear. A sudden thought leaped into Pippins mind, and he acted on it at once. He swerved aside to the right, and dived out of the reach of his clutching guard, headfirst into the mist; he landed sprawling on the grass. Halt. yelled Uglu´k. There was for a moment turmoil and confusion. 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Evil dreams and evil waking were blended into a long tunnel of misery, with hope growing ever fainter behind. They ran, and they ran, striving to keep up the pace set by the Orcs, licked every now and again with a cruel thong cunningly handled. If they halted go here stumbled, they were seized and dragged for some distance. The warmth of the orc-draught had gone. Pippin felt cold and sick again. Suddenly he fell face downward on the turf. Hard hands with rending nails gripped and lifted him. He was carried like a sack once more, and darkness grew about him: whether the darkness of another night, or a blindness of his eyes, he could not tell. Dimly he became aware of voices clamouring: it seemed that many of the Orcs were demanding a halt. Uglu´k was shouting. He felt himself flung to the ground, and he lay as he fell, till black dreams took him. But he did not long escape from pain; soon the iron grip of merciless hands was on him again. 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T HE UR U K-HAI 451 There was much shouting and debating among the Orcs; a quarrel seemed on the point of breaking out again between the Northerners and the Isengarders. Some were pointing back away south, and some were pointing eastward. Very well, said Uglu´k. Leave them to me then. No killing, as Ive told you before; but if you want to throw away what weve come all the way to get, throw it away. Ill look after it. Let the fighting Uruk-hai do the work, as usual. If youre afraid of the Whiteskins, run. Run. Theres the forest, he shouted, pointing ahead. Get to it. Its your best hope. Off you go. And quick, before I knock a few more heads off, to put some sense into the others. There was some cursing Apex legends best alc settings xbox scuffling, and then most of the Northerners broke away and dashed off, over a hundred of them, running wildly along the river towards the mountains. 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