i forced my eyes to stay open as i stared into the hated , bloody , now pale and agonized face of a man who it could be said was getting his just desserts ... in a serious way ... before lahn let his hair go and as his body started its plummet to the ground , fast as lightning , lahn quickly two-handed dortak 's sword and swung it in a downward arc , slicing him clean through the neck , dortak 's body dropping straight to the ground , his head flying off in a sickening gush of blood .