As the others fought, he'd battled as well. The moment the villagers hit their charge, and he felt the wall crumble in their favour, he'd turned on his foot and pressed through the sea of corpses that he'd left. He caught those men that pursued him from behind off guard. His timing was so perfect, that he hardly needed to put any force into his blade to behead the leading man – the Yarmdon's own momentum had seen to that.
And so the villager's first charge and their first blooding was rendered unsullied. They did not have to deal with the threat of an enemy from the side, for Beam was already dealing with them.
Their battle ended before his did. As their cries died down, and the last Yarmdon was killed, their attention turned towards the noise of battle that came from their side.
