Take on the giant brunette #73

Without thinking, you grab the blade dumped into the flames by the blacksmith. The metal is hot, but not uncomfortably so. The tip, however, glows bright orange.
“Not so fast!” bellows the brunette soldier, lunging forward.
You spin to impale him on the hot blade, but he knocks it away with the mace. His heavy, muscular body presses close—forcing the hot blade against your own skin. In pain, you’re forced to drop it onto the ground.
Valda grabs one of the blacksmith’s hammers and swings at the redhead, but he dodges the blow and strikes her across the face. her hair flips around as she collapses to the dirt floor.
“Valda!” yells Dorbane, wielding his axe at the soldier.
Unfortunately for him, he’s still intoxicated and one blow on the chin from the soldier, sends the dwarf sprawling to the ground….his axe flipping through the air.
It lands near your feet.

If you head-butt the soldier and slug it out, go to page #46
If you dash for the axe, hopefully you can get to it before the soldiers do. Go to page #47