Looking for Weakness - Part 3

There was a wooden bar in the middle that served as a handle, so that a man could carry it with two hands at once. Oliver tested the weight, and they were definitely unwieldy bits of wood. Not the sort of thing anyone would want to carry for a while. They were at least twice as thick as the shields he had seen from the Yarmdon, but that was exactly the sort of thing that he needed. They couldn't be allowed a chance of punching them through.

"Alright," Oliver said, nodding his approval. "I will call on you again, Tjorn. For now, make more of these, and build some poles to support them standing by themselves, if you can."

"No problem at all, Captain. There's more than enough wood. We can build whatever we need as long as it's simple. I just worry that our speed won't meet yer expectations," Tjorn said.

"So far, you're exceeding them," Oliver said. "Keep it up."