Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
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Too often it proves the undoing of such folks.
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447
Hundreds of times calculated defenses and responsible tactics have proved their worth in the face of brawn and wrath.
4
448
The braveries of barbarism are seldom of little avail against a rational, determined, prepared foe.
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449
But let those of the cities tremble that among the hordes there might one day arise one who can unify storms and harness lightning.
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450
I slipped to the side and, swinging the ax handle inward, caught Sorath in the solar plexus, that network of nerves and ganglia high in the abdominal cavity, lying behind the stomach and in front of the upper part of the abdominal aorta.
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I did not strike deeply enough to injure him, to rupture or tear open his body, slashing the stomach or crushing the aortal tube, only enough to stop him, definitely.
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For good measure I then, with the left side of the handle, swinging it upward, and then down, brought it down on the back of his neck as he, helpfully, expectantly, grunting, doubled over.
Too often it proves the undoing of such folks.
Hundreds of times calculated defenses and responsible tactics have proved their worth in the face of brawn and wrath.
The braveries of barbarism are seldom of little avail against a rational, determined, prepared foe.
But let those of the cities tremble that among the hordes there might one day arise one who can unify storms and harness lightning.
I slipped to the side and, swinging the ax handle inward, caught Sorath in the solar plexus, that network of nerves and ganglia high in the abdominal cavity, lying behind the stomach and in front of the upper part of the abdominal aorta.
I did not strike deeply enough to injure him, to rupture or tear open his body, slashing the stomach or crushing the aortal tube, only enough to stop him, definitely.
For good measure I then, with the left side of the handle, swinging it upward, and then down, brought it down on the back of his neck as he, helpfully, expectantly, grunting, doubled over.
- (Mercenaries of Gor, Chapter )