Finishing The Job - Part 5

"There's a fuckin' wagon!" One man shouted. "Do something!"

"You do something! I ain't going to get pinned full of arrows!"

Another man shouted back. It would have required a considerably brave man to show his head when so many arrows were flying. Cormrant had staggered the fire of his archers, having one-half fire whilst the other half reloaded, so that there was a near-constant stream of them.

He even made the rhythm unpredictable, ensuring that the enemy couldn't get a well-timed shot out during the short intermission.

"DAMN IT ALL—GUGH!" One man roared, daring to show his head, his bowstring already taught and an arrow ready and waiting, only for one of Cormrant's strangely spaced arrows to catch him straight through the gullet.