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<blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 7160535" data-attributes="member: 143"><p>Chapter 54</p><p></p><p>The goblin taken prisoner by the five adventurers hadn’t been lying about everything; Gakrak was all too real. Having taken down one enemy in a single hit, the bugbear faced off against the rest of the intruders of his lair without apparent concern for the odds against him.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps that confidence was because the odds were not as imbalanced as they had first seemed, as Kosk quickly discovered.</p><p></p><p>Even though the dwarf’s chosen course had taken him away from the bugbear, he was quick to react to the sudden attack. But as Kosk spun and prepared to vault the awkward heap of chairs and crates that formed the long central divider of the room, a goblin emerged from behind a vanity dresser next to him and stabbed him in the side with a military pick.</p><p></p><p>When the ambush had sprung Quellan had gotten his shield up, only to realize that the bugbear’s attack was not targeted at him. When Glori went down he hesitated, but Bredan rushed instinctively to her side. There wasn’t much the young warrior could do for her since they were out of healing potions, but with Kosk busy with another enemy that meant that the cleric was for the moment the only one standing in the way of the goblins’ ferocious leader.</p><p></p><p>The half-orc turned back toward the bugbear, and saw that even the brief delay had given it time to vault the couch and produce a second axe, this one a huge weapon equipped with a spike that extended a good foot beyond the end of the blade.</p><p></p><p>“You would be Gakrak, I presume,” Quellan said.</p><p></p><p>The creature met his eyes and twisted his lips in a smile of invitation.</p><p></p><p>The half-orc felt something stir in him in response, an instinctive response to that challenge. He lifted his shield and mace and charged. His hip clipped a protruding crate but the impact barely slowed him. The bugbear adjusted his footing and waited, content to let his foe come to him.</p><p></p><p>As Quellan came within reach Gakrak lifted his axe to strike. The cleric raised his shield, but at the last instant the bugbear stepped aside and swept his weapon up from below, coming up under his foe’s guard. The blade slammed hard into the half-orc’s side, crunching the steel scales that protected his torso and tearing through the flesh and muscle underneath. Quellan was lifted off his feet from the impact. He hit the sofa and went over, bouncing off the wall and flipping the damaged piece of furniture over onto him. He left a gory smear of blood on the wall where he’d hit. A single boot jutted out from under the edge of the sofa, unmoving.</p><p></p><p>A bolt of flames shot past the bugbear’s head, narrowly missing before splashing harmlessly against the wall. Gakrak turned to see Xeeta staring at him with eyes wide with terror. If he was discomfited at facing a magic-user the giant humanoid didn’t show it; he merely chuckled and said in thickly-accented Common, “Two down.”</p><p></p><p>Then he started forward toward her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lazybones, post: 7160535, member: 143"] Chapter 54 The goblin taken prisoner by the five adventurers hadn’t been lying about everything; Gakrak was all too real. Having taken down one enemy in a single hit, the bugbear faced off against the rest of the intruders of his lair without apparent concern for the odds against him. Perhaps that confidence was because the odds were not as imbalanced as they had first seemed, as Kosk quickly discovered. Even though the dwarf’s chosen course had taken him away from the bugbear, he was quick to react to the sudden attack. But as Kosk spun and prepared to vault the awkward heap of chairs and crates that formed the long central divider of the room, a goblin emerged from behind a vanity dresser next to him and stabbed him in the side with a military pick. When the ambush had sprung Quellan had gotten his shield up, only to realize that the bugbear’s attack was not targeted at him. When Glori went down he hesitated, but Bredan rushed instinctively to her side. There wasn’t much the young warrior could do for her since they were out of healing potions, but with Kosk busy with another enemy that meant that the cleric was for the moment the only one standing in the way of the goblins’ ferocious leader. The half-orc turned back toward the bugbear, and saw that even the brief delay had given it time to vault the couch and produce a second axe, this one a huge weapon equipped with a spike that extended a good foot beyond the end of the blade. “You would be Gakrak, I presume,” Quellan said. The creature met his eyes and twisted his lips in a smile of invitation. The half-orc felt something stir in him in response, an instinctive response to that challenge. He lifted his shield and mace and charged. His hip clipped a protruding crate but the impact barely slowed him. The bugbear adjusted his footing and waited, content to let his foe come to him. As Quellan came within reach Gakrak lifted his axe to strike. The cleric raised his shield, but at the last instant the bugbear stepped aside and swept his weapon up from below, coming up under his foe’s guard. The blade slammed hard into the half-orc’s side, crunching the steel scales that protected his torso and tearing through the flesh and muscle underneath. Quellan was lifted off his feet from the impact. He hit the sofa and went over, bouncing off the wall and flipping the damaged piece of furniture over onto him. He left a gory smear of blood on the wall where he’d hit. A single boot jutted out from under the edge of the sofa, unmoving. A bolt of flames shot past the bugbear’s head, narrowly missing before splashing harmlessly against the wall. Gakrak turned to see Xeeta staring at him with eyes wide with terror. If he was discomfited at facing a magic-user the giant humanoid didn’t show it; he merely chuckled and said in thickly-accented Common, “Two down.” Then he started forward toward her. [/QUOTE]
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