The Ivenmoth Redcloak is purposely designed to be stiff and worn somewhat loose, for various reasons. Perhaps the biggest reason is because this allows its wearers to conceal their weapons and armor underneath.
Not every recruit is given a full set of protective plate or chainmail, especially since low-level recruits sometimes join up for a few days’ worth of food and shelter before taking off in the night with whatever equipment they’ve been given.
It also allows the higher-ranked and otherwise important members to wear full sets of armor and still blend in with the rest, making it hard for would-be thieves or assassins to tell who’s got the Good Stuff.
On the flipside, it means that any random drunkard or malcontent wanting to take out their frustrations on the local enforcers cannot be sure if their intended target is wearing something underneath that could stop a blade or blunt a club strike, or where the armored vs. exposed points might be.
This also gives the entire force an advantage, in that House Ivenmoth can spread out its equipment thinly, and still (mostly) force a would-be attacker to deal with an extra element of uncertainty, in that they cannot be certain exactly what they’ll be getting into.
Redcloaks: a versatile solution for a budget-conscious guard force!
Thanks as usual to Raptie for handling the character coloring and shading on this page!
Can’t wait for Kass to whip out the ol’ ball and string.
Seriously, I’ve been waiting to see that meteor hammer in action since page 2.
Unfortunately I don’t think Kass has taken the time to train with it since he transformed, but maybe this encounter will get him motivated.
He can’t. Yinglet limbs are weak and their bones are “hollow” like birds so smashing and swinging are out of question. They’re really good at stabbing things because of their good reactions and instincts though.
The best part of humans vs yinglets is you basically take on the role of the indestructible super giant. Let the brutal blunt force battle commence!
Hello. My name is Elim Dorelga. You took my yinglet. Prepare to die.
I want my yinglet back, you son of a bitch!
Get off my yinglet!
Never fight a land war in Asia!!! …. but also NEVER TAKE A YINGLET WIFE FROM HIS HUMAN HUSBANDO !!
I’m expecting him to send a yinglet flying like a giant vs lvl 12 Dragonborn
I literally bad that thought my self.
*Starts playing “You say run” in the background*
Like, I respect the meme, but this is more of a You Can Become A Hero” moment… which then transitions to You Say Run When he starts swinging that mace.
hoo hoo?
And now a buncha yinglets are gunna die. 🙁
I dunno…yinglets are very good at the running and the dodging. Best bet for them is to either retreat or break out the spear circle. I’m hoping for option 1. Less bloody that way
All these things we’re learning about yinglets, and here’s something yinglets need to learn about humans: They are not pushovers. Berserker rage is a thing and even when mortally wounded there are countless stories of humans continuing to kill and kill and kill until either they die from blood loss, shock, or being given a killing blow.
Then the survivors will hunt you down and kill you in your sleep.
Don’t overestimate us though, TBH humans tend to be pushovers in one way or another
Ya, this is just bullshit.
People might be too fucking stupid to grasp it, but humans are basically the closest nature’s ever come, or will ever come, to making a full size terminator; there is absolutely no other animal with anything that even approaches human ability in endurance.
People don’t go around living up to their physical potential because they don’t have too, because we’ve so thoroughly surpassed any of the competition; enduring hardship unnecessarily is rightfully viewed as stupid and unnecessary.
You have a strange understanding of human ability. We have excellent running endurance, if we train for it, better than probably any other animal. It doesn’t translate to combat ability, that’s why we use tools. Endurance is just that, it isn’t strength or quickness or ability to resist injury or anything else.
(Naturally we have intelligence, which counts for a lot; you can drive yourself to do something a brute animal wouldn’t. But that’s not applicable in this scenario.)
Adrenaline is one hell of a drug. We’re the Terminator of the animal kingdom.
BOOT…TO THE HEAD!!!
And another for the wimp!
*Yes- Roundabout starts playing*
Also you can’t tell if they are bleeding, is it their blood or your comrade’s ? bonus point for the brown pants.
If Elim checks out, he’s taking that fuzzy ass with him.
Love the looj on his face in last frame.
Anybody else hear Drouning pool Body Count when they saw Elim standing there?
Things to your post I now have the song stuck in my head https://youtu.be/04F4xlWSFh0 for those who are unaware of it.
Let the bodies hit the floor Let The Bodies Hit The Floor let the bodies hit the floor One nothing wrong with Me 2 nothing wrong with me
I aim to please.
BEHOLD! THE MURDER-APE!
Hrm… Not too much blood, so it’s hopefully missed any major arteries. Still, moving around like that means it’s not going to get much chance to scab up. We can’t smell things, so we still don’t know if it’s perforated an intestine or not. There’s only maybe two yinglets there that need to be dealt with, so there’s still a decent chance that Elim can survive this.
Another benefit of stiffer clothing is that it helps support the body when wounded, and hold pierced objects in place. Of course, tighter clothing would have been preferable in terms of blood loss…
At least in the short term he should be fine, like you said it didn’t seem to hit anything that would be immediately dangerous but a rusty knife (that Brakka may or may not have licked to encourage infection) in the gut is going to pose some serious trouble down the line.
Also, looking back at yinglet combat Brakka and his rat-thugs are at a major disadvantage as they do not have the room nessesary to maneuver around him and Elim has superior strength and reach. Problem is that he currently has a knife in his guts that is definitely going to slow him down, so it might be a very close call unless some back up comes.
Val might be finagling the angles a bit in order to avoid drawing six yinglets and a human all in one comic page, which would slow things down a lot. But out of sight shouldn’t be out of mind. Brakka has four cronies. One just got a hardcore booting but that still leaves four vs Elim and Kass, who I suspect is gonna keep Brakka in particular, painfully occupied.
X gonna give it to ya!
I’m getting some REAL JoJo vibes from that last panel…
Okay. I must not be the only one wondering how many Elim had ti KILL to get to Kass.
None, anyone would give him right of passage. Would you try to stop who looks like that?! O_O!!
ꕺ̥̦̹᷄ͧ͛͘꒱̨̗̱̆͘͢͠ꮯ̢̺̳̙̬̂͟ꓥ̷̜̟᷿͗̌́ꖪ̣̱᷁́͋ͬ͞Ꝕ̶̨̤̪᷁᷈̕ꗆ̛̯̥͍͎᷅᷆ꔅ̧͎̆̆̚͘͝꒑̼᷿͖̃͂ͨ̋ꮝ̢̱᷂͆͂̎
̯ꓙ̨̼̬̿ͣ͗̆ꖯ̤̓̆ͭ̔̚͞Ꞟ̟̂̑᷇̈̕͏ ꮭ̴̭̺̓ͬͭ͜ꕀ̥̮ͮ̍᷈᷅ͅꞎ̶᷊᷊͓̊ͅͅꗎ̛̰̩͉̍͂ͮꖠ̝̘̮̟͍ͦ̕ꕲ͉᷉̀̄͂̉͢ꔕ̵̫̟̇᷁᷉̋ꕛ̗͖̾̾ͯ̍̍ꜳ̗͔̞᷂͋͗̂ꕁ̭̪͉᷉͊̌̏ꞝ̳̖ͯͥ᷾͑̚ꕖ̤͍͛̐̌͆͟ꖾ͖̯̹̠͕ͪ̽ꝷ̶̡̔͊̔̏ͅ꒔̞̖̮᷊᷁͝͝ꗦ̩᷉͑͐͞͏᷀ꮼ̛̦͚̎ͫͫ᷄ꝍ̵̠̊̄̾̇̅ꝑ̡͖͈͐ͯ᷆͢꒜̗᷆ͧͨ̒̍͜Ꞌ̸̝̹̞᷿̃͢ꓶ᷿͈̒͏ͦ͐͌ꖨ̱̙̥̂̿̈͋꘤̸̭̟̋͌̉͜ꖔ̠̲ͪ͆᷀᷃͟Ꝅ̴̣͙̿̓̍͘ꖴ̷̡̰̥̻̀̆ꕪ̣ͩͭ̋̽͗̎ ꖧ͎̖͐͆̈̚͏ꔹ̴͍̞̟̈́͘͝ꓷ̬͍͕̏̒̇͜ꔼ̺̜͛ͬ̇ͥ͜ꘘ̴̦̜̑̓̀̚ꕤ̝͓͙᷇ͥ͆͋ꔭ͍̯̲̥̜̕͞ꗋ̳̮͇̦͑̈
͢꒐͚͈̮͓͑̾͠꒹̗̯̘ͫͭ̑͡ꗒ̷̠͈͈̥᷿̓ꖈ̗͏̵͙̝̄᷃꓂͇̩̼̟̅̽᷀ꭺ̮͍̉̈͌͗̀ꞝ͏̰͙̈̉ͤ᷆ꗳ̨̟̙ͪͫ̾͊ꔼ̺̯̪̄᷾᷾ͅꕽ̰͍̆̑̆ͣ͗ꗎ͎̺̲̆ͮ̂̕ꖋ̠̐̊̊ͯ̒ͅꔳͮ͏̟͓̣͂ͅꖌ̛̰̓̓᷀̆͘ꘪ̤͔ͫ̆᷉
͖ͮꗽ͈̫̲̾ͯ̇ͮꮨ̻̩᷊̜̩̓͋ꗗ̴̛͖̲̱̾͋ꘖ̢̻͇̱͂́͝ꮽ͖̯᷇̒᷇ͬ͞ꮲ̹̯᷂͊͊̾ͅꖂ̗̫̟̔͑ͧͅꕁ̫̙͒̅
̥̜͘ꕭ̢̢̡͍͓͂ͮ ꮭ̤̲͌͂̆̕͞ꔞ̡̻͒̇ͬ̓̄ꔧ̼᷿᷊̹̉̓᷀ꒇ̭͎̟̿͡͞͡ꞌ̹̔᷾̏̒̎͢ꔇ̷̨̩̇̎᷇
̽ꖦ̧̜̦̔͆̅̀ꖎ᷿͍ͨͬ᷆ͤ͢ꮱ̧᷂̮͚͚̅̇Ꝿ̶̡͉̉᷀͏̝꘤̫̤̞᷇᷅ͯ̈Ꞝͫ͏̨̺᷉̑᷇ꖱ̡̼᷄᷃̍̋͟ꖙ͚͔͍ͪ̍̉͘ ꔩ̥͍͉͖̋͛᷁ꭵ̢̡̜᷂᷾̅͗Ꞓ̱̱᷂͌̉̋̕ꖟ᷿̠̲͖ͤ̈́̚ꭻ̸̷̷̟͗͊̉ꖑ͉ͨ̈́̀͠
͕͂ꗣ̽ͨ᷉̍᷾͛͢꒻̴̡̥̬͓̲̒ꕰ͕̇ͨ̇᷁̒͟ꔏ᷊̻͈᷂̼ͩͅꕃ̸̵̢̲͛̌̏ꖀ̰̫̽̇̐ͥ̃ꝴ̤͖᷿̪᷿͙ͥꖮ̢̼̳ͥ᷇͜͡ꕗ̷̜̻̘̐ͫ̋Ꝡ̴̦͓ͯͭ̎ͅꘜ̳᷿̺̇̀͛̎Ꜫ̷᷿͉̿̎ͨ͝ꔯ̵̼̰ͫ̂᷀ͮ ꒇ̗̪͎̙͕͐᷾ꖭ̗̳͌̔̊́͠꒜͈͕ͭ̏̀́͒ꗄ͍̰᷆̅ͮ̏͐ꮜ̭̼̼᷊̉ͭ᷅ꗔ̸̲̓ͦͧ͆̾ꗩ̦̻̻̪̂͛͞
ꒀ̢̘̃͋᷈ͭ͟ꘐ́̑̐̋᷾̚ͅꝮ͉͔̂̋̎̏ͅꔛ̳̜̞̭᷃̿̌Ꝩ̪̱̜̰ͬ̇͊꒛̨̠᷊ͤ͒̅ͨꜴ̞̼̜͗ͪ̄̂Ꜧ̶͕̪̬͕᷁͆ꑿ̧̩͔̊͑͑̉꒤̲᷇͠͏͌́̚꒮̶͚̤͊̄̀̽ꔜ̣̫̜᷈̓̐͘ꖊ͉ͩ̒̌ͣ̄̕꒐̝᷈̅̅̑ͫ͝ꗖ᷂͇͉̘̃ͥ̇ꕝ̛ͤ̌ͭ̌͢͡ꜧ̹͍᷿ͬ͐̏͛ꓙ̶̡᷂̼̼͗̔꒔̢̨̛͚̺̯ͭ ꕡ̪̟̜ͯ̉ͪͅꔆ̷̧̗̅͊̂᷀꒴͇̟̒͗ͩ̾͜ꔖ̗̈ͬͥ̇͂͞ꮒ̴̵̩̋̂͢͞ꕴ̛᷿̏̋ͣ͒͟꒴̲̅᷉ͬ͊ͬͤꗜ͇͇̲̇᷉͊͝ ꝳ͔͓̆ͨ̚͠ͅꮽ̵̬̖̓͐᷁᷁ꘔ̡᷿̫̭͍ͤ̇꘤̳̥̳͖᷈͛̉ꕱ̙̠᷊᷀̔̔̔ꮹ̷̧͔͔̲᷆͘ꖚ̼̞͋̀̆ͫ͟ ꒤̪̦̪ͪ̅᷄̒Ꝏ͓̝͍͐᷅̍͠ꓨ̗̭̦̪᷾̑͘Ꞇ̫͚̒᷃ͫ᷈͜ꗹ̵̼̅̎͏̷᷃ꝟ̞́͡͏ͣ̅̈꒞͈̬̲ͤ̃͗͡Ꞛ̧̼̠͉̍ͥ̒ꜿ̵͉̘̥̽̑̓Ꜵ̘̯᷊̄̀ͭ̕ꕲ̣̈́͗̄ͯ̅ͅꜦ᷊͇͎̉ͭͮ̕ꔩ᷆̄
̢̙̔ͨ͂꒳̲̿̊̈́᷃᷃͟ꮺͥͯ͗̅̋͐̓꓄̶͓᷾̊᷈͡ͅꖌ̵̣᷂ͪ̍̒͢ꘌ̸̪᷿͎̫̰ͦ꒜̵̤̀̅͆̐̊ꖕ̯̓ͥͧ͐͆̆ꘪ̛̣ͫ᷾̔͑ͅꭶ
̳͖͔̣̦᷀̄ꮞ̥̬̖̣͊͞͠ꗔ̶͕͖͔ͯ᷄͝꘠͉̍̆ͤ᷅̏᷁ꮧ̧̢͈̳͆̃̈́ꗁ̜̹̇ͮ̓᷃͘ ꒧̙̰̎̏̕͟ͅꕐ᷂̳᷄̓ͬ͟͞ꖍ̴̡̖̹̲͙̮ꞙ̢͈̮̔͐ͦͤ꒺̡̮̠̭͌̿͛ꔣ̪̲͋ͬ͗̍͘ꕂ̺͇̥̦͌́ͫꮝ̞̻̲̗̂ͣ᷇ꑾ̵᷿͑̍̅̔͞ꝉ̷̢̭̦͂ͤ͗ꜷ̰̺͓̇̐ͭ́ ꔛ̢̹͕᷅̓͐̄꒿̢̛̰̪̓̌̔ꞟ͓͓͈᷊̲̥᷂꒜̶̢̛̞̥᷅᷄ꕉ̺͈̙̒̋ͯ͠ꗴ̴͖̙̋᷇̿͛ꗾ̜̥᷆̇̈́ͥ̆ꗿ̡̘̈́̑͗ͅ͏Ꝕ̛̲̩̪͊̿᷁ꮰ᷃
̻͒ͥͬ᷁ͯ꒝̴̙̊ͨ͝͏᷆ꑽ̧͚ͫͨ̀͡͏ꗳ̞̥̼͕̅̚͟ꕼ͖͚̮᷇ͩ̕ͅꗨ̨̮̣᷅ͤͬ͒
An outstanding point on your part good sir. I comend you.
Your insightful grasp of the situation leeds me to believe that you have entimit knowledge of said Murder Ape. Goodshow, brovo.
Some say that if you are on the wrong side of a weapon, pray it’s an evil person wielding it. A good man will kill you outright, an evil one will want to gloat. Others say, beware a good man’s wrath. Two strikes. Elim’s not bersekering, he is… cold. much worse. third strike. That Yinglet is SOOO fecked up. (I read those sayings in Terry Pratchet and Patrick Rothfuss writings, don’t know ’em? Worth the detour.)
Elim is definitely one of those people who’d rather die than let anything happen to their best friend. Those Yinglets are seriously fucked.
Well, you can say he… Elim-inated the situation unto them
Or Elim-inated that first Ying with a boot to the face.
Oof, this is certain death for Elim. Hole like that just pumps blood and fighting/increasing the heart rate is a quick way to bleed out.
But you gotta do what you gotta do!
Elim! Don’t be a cool guy! You have nothing to prove! We already think you’re cool, you don’t have to do a cool thing to prove it.
Man, there is just something about this story that just makes you want to read one more page every time you finish reading the last one. Really good work as always Val. As soon as I get a decent job I’ll be putting some of it towards your Patreon 100%.
Val Salia just like to let you know, hope it doesn’t cause trouble, but there is a typo in the first panel (unless that yinglet is just REALLY stupid). The “Zhat guy” is currently “what guy”.
Methinks Elim is about to practice hitting baseballs using Brakken’s(?) head as the baseball.
kill! kill! kill! kill!