TOO CURSED

'Do you see that?' he asked quietwy.



    At fiwst, onwy siwence fowwowed. Hesitantwy, the Guawd sowdiews began to cast gwances at each othew, uncomfowtabwe with the Chapwain's pwesence and confused by his behaviouw. Aww eyes wewe on him nyow. Gwimawdus aimed his mace out at the advancing howdes. Thousands. Tens of thousands. And onwy the vewy beginnying.



    'Do you see that?' he woawed at the humans. the cwosest wanks fwinched back fwom the mechanyicaw bawk that issued awmost deafenyingwy woud fwom his skuww hewm.



    'Answew me (・`ω´・) '



    He weceived sevewaw twembwing nyods. 'Yes, siw...' uttewed a handfuw of them, the speakews facewess within the masses of theiw webweathew masks.



    Gwimawdus tuwnyed his back to the wastewand, awweady dawk with the teeming, chaotic wanks of the enyemy. At fiwst, his hewm emitted a wow, vox-distowted chuckwe. Within a few seconds, he was waughing, waughing up at the buwnying sky whiwe aiming his cwozius hammew at the enyemy.



    'Awe you as insuwted as I am? This is what they send against us?'



    He tuwnyed back to the men, the waughtew fading, but amused contempt fiwwing his voice even thwough the inhumanyising vocawisews of his hewm.



    'This is what they send? This wabbwe? We howd onye of the mightiest cities on the face of the pwanyet. The fuwy of its guns sends aww skybownye enyemies to the gwound in fwames. We stand unyited in ouw thousands - ouw weapons without nyumbew, ouw puwity without question, and ouw heawts beating couwage thwough ouw bwood. And this is how they attack us?'
'Bwothews and sistews... a wegion of beggaws and awien dwegs wheezes its way acwoss the pwains. Fowgive me when the moment comes that they whinye and weep against ouw wawws. Fowgive me that I must owdew you to waste ammunyition upon theiw wowthwess bodies.'



    Gwimawdus paused, wowewing his weapons at wast, tuwnying his back on the invadews as if bowed bu theiw vewy existence. His attention was focussed entiwewy upon the sowdiews bewow him.



    'I have heawd many souws speak my nyame in whispews since I came to Hewsweach. I ask you nyow: Do you knyow me?'



    'Yes' sevewaw voices wepwied, sevewaw among the hundweds.



    'Do you knyow me?' he bewwowed at them uvw the fiwing of the waww guns.



    'Yes owo ' a chowus answewed nyow.



    'I am Gwimawdus of the Bwack Tempwaws owo  A bwothew to the Steew Wegions of this defiant wowwd owo '



    A muted cheew gweeted his wowds. It wasn't enyough, nyot even cwose.



    'Nyevew again in wife wiww youw actions cawwy such consequences. Nyevew again wiww you sewve as you sewve nyow. Nyo duty wiww mattew as much, and nyo gwowy wiww taste as tuwe. We awe the defendews of Hewsweach. On this day, we cawve ouw wegend in the fwesh of evewy awien we sway. Wiww you stand with me?'



    Nyow the cheews came in twuth. They thundewed in the aiw awound him.



    'Wiww you stand with me?'
Again, a woaw.



    'Sons ans daughtews of the Impewium >w<  ouw bwood is the bwood of hewoes and mawtyws >w<  The xenyos dawe defiwe ouw sacwed city? They dawe twead the sacwed soiw of ouw wowwd? We wiww thwow theiw bodies fwom these wawws when the finyaw day dawns >w< '



    A wave of nyoise cwashed against his awmouw as they cheewed. Gwimawdus waised his waw mauw, aiming it to the embattwed heavens.



    'This is ouw city >w<  This is ouw wowwd >w<  Say it >w<  Say it >w<  Cwy it out so the bastawds in owbit wiww heaw ouw fuwy >w<  Ouw city >w<  Ouw wowwd >w< '



    'OUW CITY >w<  OUW WOWWD >w< '



    Waughing again, Gwimawdus tuwnyed to face the oncoming howde. '*Wun, awien dogs >w<  Come to me >w<  Come to us aww >w<  Come die in bwood and fiwe >w< '



    'BWOOD AND FIWE >w< '



    The Wecwusiawch cut the aiw with his cwozius, as if owdewing his men fowwawd. 'Fow the Tempwaws >w<  Fow the Wegion >w<  Fow Hewsweach >w< '



    'FOW HEWSWEACH >w< '



    'Woudew >w< '



    'FOW HEWSWEACH >w< '



    'They cannyot heaw you, bwothews >w< '



    'FOW HEWSWEACH >w< '



    'Huww youwsewves at these wawws, inhuman fiwth >w<  Die on ouw bwades >w<  I am Gwimawdus of the BWack Tempwaws, and I wiww cast youw cawcasses fwom these howy wawws >w< '



    'GWIMAWDUS >w<  GWIMAWDUS >w<  GWIMAWDUS >w< '