WILL UE IN THE LOCALITY TO Atoibi iuu. . ,. .
OttfStarB' TO AVOID DOING BATTLE
WITH THE WHOLE BAND, PRINCE VALIANT
CHALLENGES THEIR LEADER, A MAN
WHOSE GREAT. STRENGTH WOULD MAK6
HIM MIGHTy IN THE PRESS OF BATTLE.
BUT THIS IS SINGLE COMBAT. :
'THE BULLFROG' AIMS A TERRIBLE
BLOW THAT NO SHIELD COULD WITH
STAND..... IF IT LANDED. NOTONLV
IS IT SMOTHERED BEFORE IT BEGINS..
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BUT THE SAME M6TIONOF THE'
SHIELD BREAKS HIS NOSE. INSTINC-
.TIVELV HE RAISES HIS OWN. SHIELD,
ONLV TO PEEL THE SEARING PAIN
OF A SLASH ACROSS THE SHINS."..
BRUTE STRF.NGT H IS OF l0 'AVAIL .
CONFUSED BY HIS OWN WAGE.HE
FALLS VICTIM TO SIMPLE TRICKS.
Then he sees an opening.
STILL DAZED, HE does JUST
WHAT IS EXPECTED I
THE BULLFROG SEES THE
FLASH OF A SWORD, SEES HIS
WEAPON FLY INTO THE AIR. BUT
DEATH DOES NOT COME TO HIM.
INSTEAD HIS TERRIBLE OPPO
NENT CALMLY ORDERS HIM
TO TAKE ANOTHER WEAPON.
r , ' COLD FEAR COMES SLOWLV TO THE
REARMED, BUT LESS CONFIDENT, HE STROKE VAL HAS BEEN WAIT- BULLFROG HIS SILENT OPPONENT
RUSHES VAL . ONE TRICK HE HAS LEFT... ING FOR DIEVRE A SEVERED 0055 INTEND TO KILL HIM BUT TO
SSNTSSgE HEAb SWNS ANDONCE BREAK HIS WILL I IN FRONT OF HIS AVEN!
CHANGES TO THE UNDERHAND SWING... , AORE VAL STEPS BACK. NETV.CEK-ThC TtSf
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