Oh he dead

Oh, aye, very very dead, dead after suffering in ways that would make all the demons of every hell in every religion run in screaming, shit-themselves gibbering terror. And I can be reasonably assured that his suffering will be slow and excruciating, and the hells will tell it as a legend for eternities to come.

Ya he dead

While I certainly don't think this stain is escaping alive, it should be noted Miss sent Fen in to protect Morgan's life here. Addtionally this guy has been in the business for quite some time and even when Miss was informed about his presence in the area she didn't want to interfere, just make it so that Morgan (who was going to try to kill them no matter what) Morgan wasn't harmed. So I think this guys got more going on then we know about.

The next page cut to fen consoling the slaves telling them that they will be safe and they all hear muffled screams.

And letting them know this might take a while.

I really don't like how happy he is to recognize her, considering she just slaughtered almost his entire gang. Either he's just that stupid, or he's got something unexpected up his sleeve that he knows gives him an advantage.

Its less happy and more "Holy shit, she just chucked a tree at me and nearly killed me BETTER NOT STEP ON THAT LANDMINE AGAIN."

I dunno, that doesn't look like a nervous in-fear-for-one's-life smile

Maybe one of "Perhaps I can sweet talk my way out of dying" type of smile.

Likely hoping he can push her old buttons at least enough to escape.

Never been scare-roused before?

Judging by that smile he must have ALL the fear boners.

And she's about to fuck the fear turkey.

...Terrifyingly accurate...

dead imminent replacement....

He at least thinks he has an ace up his sleeve.

I think it's more him attempting (poorly) to sweet talk his way out of the situation.

Slaver's Mark

Omg, that grin- best reaction to almost dieing, ever! XD

He looks very happy for someone who's about to become a stain on the floor.

i love how careless he is until a tree whistles past his head

Pengu go squimsh, hopefully thats all that happens to him ^..^; They seem the most innocent of the group

He was the most rational, no one who participates in slave trading is innocent. Also, with the fact that he's at least half of the size of the guy that was thrown at him, he probably died upon impact.

Lol! That face in the seventh panel! X3

But yeah, I feel that this where the ugly part is coming.

Something tells me how calmly he's taking all this...I'm afraid he may be steps ahead than our protags realize yet

KAR. EN. TUK.

With a law like that, it's a wonder the world isn't more bloody. Endless blood feuds galore.

The law existing likely helps prevent blood feuds the same way nuclear arsenals constantly building and escalating helped deter nuclear launches in the Cold War. Everyone can see it coming and just doesn't want to deal with it.

"If I pull this trigger, the bullet won't hit them fast enough to keep them from pulling theirs. And neither of us will likely survive."

Perhaps, but it is also an incentive to not leave anyone alive behind you too.
Dead people can not come back to haunt you, or have kids who do the same. etc.

Might not be a real law. It could be, as Jules said, "I just thought it was some cold-blooded shit to say to a motherfucker before I popped a cap in his ass."

Zee didn't even get stabbed so he's somewhere

Mildly frustrated at how adorable he looks in that last panel, lol. This fight’s gonna be good.

...Yo, he D E A D...

Some folks gonna hurt

As Mike Tyson famously put it: "Everyone has a plan...until they take a flying tree to the face."

...I don't get it. Something is up here, and he thinks he's going to get out of this. Or his memories of Lamb are very, very different from how Lamb remembers things.

So we learn Lamb has a flair for the dramatic, huh.

Also I just realize this basically says HE FUCKED A CHILD.

I think you might be right about the memories part. Trauma can be a fickle thing, either you remember things in perfect clarity or events are altered to fit our narrative.

We'll have to see how this plays out.

Considering the guy is a salve trader, probably a trapper too, most likely indulged in torture and murder, is also a rapist and who knows what else he's done, being a pedophile on top of it all somehow doesn't change the fact that, I want to see Lamb pull his spine though his chest and show it to him.

Ok, took me a second to take in the first two panels, but let me make sure I got this right.

In th first panel, the slave they left chained in front of the cave is strangling the bird with her chains.

Second panel is the fox from the last page, thrown by Lamb, crushing the penguin and breaking his crossbow.

Correct.

According to Feretta that fox was a Maned Wolf.
And obviously he haven't been turned into a Minced Wolf ... YET.

But he IS a Maimed Wolf now.

That's a good one

No wonder why they lasted this long. someone has a firearm.

... the gal with the red fingertips is a Solarin mage.

Yea and? Hate to break it to you but firearms would allow a non mage to stand on equal terms with only minimal training.

But your statement was 'no wonder they lasted this long.'

They lasted that long in the cave because they had hostages and Lamb didn't want them to die. Whether it was the gun or the Solarin mage threatening to make everyone a crispy critter...

I meant in general, not just the cave. It would've been reasonable to assume others have gone after them. Mages not protected by plot armor.

Apply bludgeon to face
Repeat until sufficiently tenderized.

I don’t think death is quite the same amount of damage as repeated rape during childhood, but I suppose the exchange is close enough.

She's on a schedule.

I think she will take some time with the leader

Is... is he gonna try and bluff his way out of this? I don't see that going well.

Whatever that idiot thinks he can do, I sense it'll end instead with Lamb going full DooM Slayer on him no matter what.

Poor choice of words, pal...

It took me a second to visually understand panel 2, but once I got it, bye bye birdy

you killed the prinny, dood. not cool dood

Prinny was a slaver. That he was smart doesn't nullify the fact that he profited through the misery of others.

Is he like one of those high school bullies who don’t realise they made someone’s life a living hell and when they meet years later is like “hey buddy, why are you mad at me? Oh that? That was only a bit of fun!”

Probably a good guess. Or he is hoping to trigger her in a way that turns into an advantage to him.

I'm imagining dollar signs in his eyes.

Well, at least Dee's death was instantaneous. I'm going to miss that little dude.

He looks really happy for a guy within limb-tearing distance.

My other option would have been:

He looks really happy for a guy about to die.

Oh lord

"Basically a law that gives someone who has been grievously wronged the right to return the damage to the wrongdoer."

Hammurabi would approve.

If that's the case, guess who is gonna be on a spit?

I don't know how Hammurabi connects with spit roasting?

Ooooh, he just signed his death warrent

theyre so dead

he is WAYYYYY too confident.

Seems like someone's self-preservation instincts have gotten worst with age. Considering if that was him in the tent with Lamb in that flashback, you'd think he'd realize how screwed he is right now.

So is the fire mage girl a mink?

No, he's a panther.

Some people seem to misinterpret the last panel.
This is someone who has realized exactly how screwed he is and plays the only card that he has left. The charm offensive. And yes, he knows that he has nothing there as well, but what would you do in his place? Slit your own throat?
And let's not forget, he knows that she has backup. Backup that could have killed them at any time.

Maybe. Though considering how Lamb describrd him, I would be surprised if he had a few deadly tricks back in the day when she was a prisoner of his group. He could just be trying to buy himself more time to come up with something to save his bacon.

You figure, anything he could do, Lamb has probably seen it. So it's going to be interesting to see how this plays out. Will it be a straight out continuation of the slaughter, or will the bear pull out a few dirty tricks to make it into a huge dirty fight?

We will see

I'm suspecting he may yet have a trick or two up his sleeve. Wouldn't be much of a battle otherwise.

It wasn't much of a battle before

There's likely to be a bit of a challenge, I suspect, but I think we all know what the end result will be no matter what.

❤️❤️❤️

What just happened on panel 2? It looks like the penguin guy just disappeared.

He got crushed by one of Lamb's "victims." The guy yanking the chain.

The pengu did in fact get squished. :P

Zee fox he's ok

Lamb is going to shove a tree up his ass, sideways

Can we keep Lillie?

Go Lillie! Also I am curious as to how long his two body guards loyalty is going to last with Lamb just huckin trees.

Uh oh...he's nowhere NEAR as concerned as he should be. Something's wrong here...

Nah. He's just dumb.

That's bad, too. Dumb people often do the impossible, simply because they're too dumb to KNOW it's impossible.

My guess someone is going to have a sharpened stick so far up their rear, even an otter or fox would flinch...

*Whistling the wolf tune from Puss in boots last wish*

Either this guy is really strong or he really is that stupid, either way whatever she is going to do to him is going to hurt like hell, like removing his spine...slowly.

Oh that's who that chain was attached to. Somehow I had completely forgotten and thought that it was Lamb who yanked him out of the cave. That it was this Lillie is fucking hard-core.

Zee had chain but should be fine

His suffering should be slow and painful.

Save him for last. Let him watch. Let him beg and plead. Let him learn the truest meaning of despair and hopelessness. Save him until his eyes fill with fear and understanding that there is no escape.

Only then, release him from his mortal bonds.

morgan needs to be calm or she will mess this up

This is the face of someone who either has a hidden power-up, or he's a soon to be very, VERY dead dumb idiot!!!

Dunno if you noticed, dude, but little Lamb is also very angry, not just grown.
Btw, Dee may still be fine: depends how hard that body was toss on him.

I'm not completely sure this man understands the gravity of the situation he's in.

I'm not sure if he's turned on, terrified... or both

He seems awfully calm, considering she's going to violently end him. Is he mental?
Or is he that much a sociopath he doesn't care, what he did to her?

While Morgan does have the surprise advantage for the moment, she's AWFULLY close to a bonfire...

Panel 7, an inch away from death

lamb when she finally gets her hands on him
https://media.tenor.com/re6Sdz7U3tsAAAAC/talion-shadow-of-war.gif

There is absolutely no way in which a justice system that codifies deregulated lex talionis could possibly go wrong.

I suspect that his death will be a very very very very very slow one. Oo.

Which I suspect at one point would then include his penis and testicles being painfully removed. Oo.

She HAS!

And you're FUCKED.

Welp, back too the soul collecting space orb too await reincarnation for this dude. XD

Look at that goat lady! Calm on the outside, disciplined, hasn't said a word.
Beside the solarin mage, she's propably the most dangerous of the henchmen.
And then there's the magitech weapon.

If Lamb does end up killing him, while she will probably feel at least vindicated, will she feel good? I think her issues are deep and will take more healing than just killing the slavers.

That dude is about to be turned into a pile of ash...

Like the saying goes: "Everybody gangsta until the trees start flyin."

He's awfully starry-eyed for someone about to have their spine removed through their anus.

Can't wait to see what trick or shenanigans he thinks he has up his sleeve.

trying to smoothtaök with death.
that won't save 'em.

Not the time for remembering!

smart as a pole that one

What on Earth did Morgan throw in that next to last panel, it almost looks like a (well, if he wasn't dead before he will be after that) body..