• afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Sounds like a race from a fantasy series that does something with magical wooden swords which are for some reason better than regular metal swords.

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      9 months ago

      “Sire! The Theiyr"reian hoards have attacked the village of Peasantry. The Peasants, they fight back, Sire, but they will surely be overwhelmed. We expect a death toll in the millions, Sire.”

      “Dispatch ten knights to se- wait, ‘millions’? There’s only a few thousand people in that village.”

      “Yes, Sire, we included the Theiyr"reians in our estimates… there’s a lot of them but they fight with wooden swords, Sire.”

      “…”

      “They are an inefficient peoples, Sire.”