Victor of Tucson - Chapter 35Book 6: : Into the Darkness

... ed a shoulder into the huge stone seat, and he felt it give, but nearly imperceptibly so. Victor was just contemplating pulling his gigantic hammer from his storage ring when the first of the wampyrs slammed into him, screaming in a strange mixture of fury, fear, and pain as it found the courage to brave his banner’s light and strike a blow for its fleeing lord.

Victor whirled, fury incarnate, and hacked Lifedrinker’s razor edge through its throat, sending a fountain of hot, black blood ...