It fell back over, and before the other badgers had even registered what had happened, the second arrow arrived, hitting the left-most badger square in its chest, penetrating deeply. The remaining two badgers looked over at the hill and instantly charged at Jake, showing no regard for their lives.
Before they had even moved five meters, another arrow arrived. This time, they were ready, however, and dodged a head-on hit, only leaving a shallow scratch on the one on the right as it dodged. Jake only managed to get off two more arrows before they arrived at the group, both leaving minor injuries on one of them.
Before the beasts could sink their teeth into Jake, a huge figure moved in front of him, carrying a huge shield and a shortsword, followed by Theodore and Jacob off to each of his s
