Transcription: Chapter 40 Almost everyone was red-splashed by the battle, and one of the first orders of business was to clean their armor and weapons. After that, Herzer got to work, setting some of the force to work on the wounded while others repaired the limited damage to the defenses. The Orcs had tried to pull the stakes down from the parapet, but they were well driven into the ground. A few had been hacked nearly through, but they were quickly replaced with spares that had been laid up before the battle. At the same time, one D'Curry was given the duty to stand sentry and otherwise the remainder had b ...