Karn - Arrow and Hammer proof

There came a thrumming sound. Something—a crude arrow—darted swiftly out to strike Karn’s hide. Metal rang with the sound of stone cracking. A shattered shaft tumbled away to one side.

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Karn set his jaw and marched toward the cave. Two more arrows struck the golem and cracked off into the rocks. He came on, furious. The man abandoned his bow for a large, stone-tipped club. He bounced it in his hand, growled out a wordless warning, and squinted into the night.

Karn strode to the figure and swiped out to capture him, but the man was too fast, spinning from his grasp. The club descended. Its stone tip shattered and sprayed outward. The hardwood handle jangled in the man’s grasp. Karn whirled. He caught the man with the back of one hand and flung him to the ground. The body sprawled against an outcrop of rock and lay still.

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Time Streams, Chapter 4