the hurling blade , angled at the three of them , soared toward them , and hewed off the head of the left-behind watchel , and , winging its way in a triangular direction , sliced another watchel into two starting from rib to rib , and in the long run , going on to gash the last watchel from its back and out through its abdomen , having thumped against a rocky tree and taken off into the air at heightened speed toward the unaware watchel .