- Laith Taher 307
Some of the knights of the Prouds, who were kept
in the land of the tribe by Reynold in case of any
treacherous attack by Widea’s army, started preparing to
fight the soldiers.
Led by Samuel, the soldiers attacked them quickly
on horseback like beasts attacking their prey.
The soldiers started devouring the defeated men of
the Prouds, killing them one after the other, sustaining only
two casualties.
Gilbert tried to fight them but he could not do much
against such many soldiers, who eventually killed him.
Hence, he would stay forever in the land of his tribe, which
he had willingly left in his many journeys.
Samuel broke in houses looking for Hammond, as
he wanted to kill him before someone else would do until
he found him still leaning against the wall along with deep
sorrow. Of all the men of the Prouds, he was the only one
still wearing black mourning clothes.
“This is your end, Hammond,” said Samuel.
Then he gloated, “You people whom no one had
cried for their Jarvis except his horse, you do not deserve to
live.”
Then he cut Hammond’s chest and belly and killed
him without any resistance. He was killed by those whom
he killed his own brother for. As he was dying, he
remembered Jarvis, his father, and Adrian and wished they
were there. He realized that he was responsible for
everything that had happened and that he had been the
sword with which the king had killed the Prouds. He
realized that he was responsible for the annihilation of the