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<blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 7600626" data-attributes="member: 143"><p>Chapter 289</p><p></p><p>The giant ape reached for Rodan, but the tiefling jumped aside and slashed out with his sword, slicing open the flesh along its knuckles. The creature roared in pain and swept out its other lower arm, knocking him flying. He hit the ground and skidded to a stop about ten feet away, dazed by the impact.</p><p></p><p>The ape turned toward Xeeta, who had made no move to retreat. Instead she lifted her rod and pointed it at the creature’s head.</p><p></p><p>“<em>Burn</em>,” she said.</p><p></p><p>Flames erupted at her command, engulfing the giant ape. The creature screamed and tried to smother them with its hands, but they only intensified and spread. Blinded by the inferno that had enveloped it, it tried to swing at Xeeta, but only managed to stagger off to the side, missing her by a good margin. A nimbus of flame surrounded her as she maintained her focus on the <em>immolate</em> spell, searing the creature as it flailed blindly about. She kept burning it as it slumped to one knee, and then as it fell to both, before toppling over to its side. She did not let up until it had stopped moving, the flames transforming it into a gory, smoking mess.</p><p></p><p>When she finally released the spell, she staggered back a step, gasping as she took a steadying breath.</p><p></p><p>Quellan ran over to the fallen body of Kosk. It took only a moment’s examination to confirm that he was dead. After what he’d witnessed, any other outcome would have been a miracle. Kneeling beside the corpse of his friend, he quickly unslung his pack and begun digging through it.</p><p></p><p>“Is he…” Glori asked. She too looked more than a bit dazed, and her eyes kept traveling back to the huge hole in the plaza. There was no sign of Bredan or the others.</p><p></p><p>“I may be able to call him back,” Quellan said. He found what he was looking for, and opened a tiny pouch that spilled a small handful of glittering diamonds into his hand.</p><p></p><p>“Bredan…” she said.</p><p></p><p>“One at a time, Glori,” the cleric said. The pain in his own voice shook Glori from her grief, and she nodded. Rodan and Xeeta came over to join them, the ranger clutching his side where the giant ape had hit him.</p><p></p><p>Doing his best to drive all distracting thoughts from his mind, Quellan focused on the divine link that connected him with his patron. He had never attempted this spell before, but it had been in the back of his mind ever since they had left Severon, the fear that this day would come. Calling the spirit back from across the veil that separated life from the worlds beyond was never a simple matter. The spell he was attempting would only work if he caught that departing spirit quickly, but he forced himself to proceed through the steps calmly. The diamonds flashed with light as he spread them across Kosk’s broken body, then dissolved as a golden glow surrounded and then seeped into his body.</p><p></p><p>Glori, Xeeta, and Rodan watched as the cleric worked his magic. They held a collective breath for several heartbeats, then let it out together as Kosk’s body twitched and then he opened his mouth in a struggling gasp.</p><p></p><p>“You brought him back to life,” Rodan said.</p><p></p><p>Quellan slumped back onto his haunches. “Yes,” he said.</p><p></p><p>“Could you do the same for Bredan?” Glori asked.</p><p></p><p>The look on the cleric’s face told her the answer. “We don’t know that he’s dead,” Xeeta said. “He could be trapped under the rocks, or…”</p><p></p><p>“You saw what happened,” Glori shot back.</p><p></p><p>A howl interrupted them, echoed a moment later by another from the other side of the plaza.</p><p></p><p>“We’re not safe here,” Rodan said.</p><p></p><p>“We can’t just leave him,” Glori protested.</p><p></p><p>“We won’t,” Quellan said. “But we’re too beat up for another fight, and we don’t know how many of those things are left. We need to get to shelter. We’ll be back, I promise.”</p><p></p><p>“Help me up,” Kosk said, his voice weak.</p><p></p><p>The others assisted the dwarf. Quellan’s spell had restored him to life, but he was still in very rough shape. The cleric invoked a <em>mass healing word</em> that bolstered them somewhat, but the spell couldn’t fully offset the beating that all of them—save for Xeeta—had taken in the fight.</p><p></p><p>Rodan was watching the rubble surrounding the plaza carefully, but no more of the girallons showed themselves. But the angry howls continued as they made their way toward the shelter of the building on the far side of the square. They echoed through the ruins as the battered companions disappeared into the shadowed interior, leaving the plaza empty save for the mangled and broken bodies of the girallons and the two dead sailors. Smoke continued to rise into the sky from the smoldering corpse of the giant ape, forming a grim memorial to the carnage that had been wrought there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lazybones, post: 7600626, member: 143"] Chapter 289 The giant ape reached for Rodan, but the tiefling jumped aside and slashed out with his sword, slicing open the flesh along its knuckles. The creature roared in pain and swept out its other lower arm, knocking him flying. He hit the ground and skidded to a stop about ten feet away, dazed by the impact. The ape turned toward Xeeta, who had made no move to retreat. Instead she lifted her rod and pointed it at the creature’s head. “[i]Burn[/i],” she said. Flames erupted at her command, engulfing the giant ape. The creature screamed and tried to smother them with its hands, but they only intensified and spread. Blinded by the inferno that had enveloped it, it tried to swing at Xeeta, but only managed to stagger off to the side, missing her by a good margin. A nimbus of flame surrounded her as she maintained her focus on the [i]immolate[/i] spell, searing the creature as it flailed blindly about. She kept burning it as it slumped to one knee, and then as it fell to both, before toppling over to its side. She did not let up until it had stopped moving, the flames transforming it into a gory, smoking mess. When she finally released the spell, she staggered back a step, gasping as she took a steadying breath. Quellan ran over to the fallen body of Kosk. It took only a moment’s examination to confirm that he was dead. After what he’d witnessed, any other outcome would have been a miracle. Kneeling beside the corpse of his friend, he quickly unslung his pack and begun digging through it. “Is he…” Glori asked. She too looked more than a bit dazed, and her eyes kept traveling back to the huge hole in the plaza. There was no sign of Bredan or the others. “I may be able to call him back,” Quellan said. He found what he was looking for, and opened a tiny pouch that spilled a small handful of glittering diamonds into his hand. “Bredan…” she said. “One at a time, Glori,” the cleric said. The pain in his own voice shook Glori from her grief, and she nodded. Rodan and Xeeta came over to join them, the ranger clutching his side where the giant ape had hit him. Doing his best to drive all distracting thoughts from his mind, Quellan focused on the divine link that connected him with his patron. He had never attempted this spell before, but it had been in the back of his mind ever since they had left Severon, the fear that this day would come. Calling the spirit back from across the veil that separated life from the worlds beyond was never a simple matter. The spell he was attempting would only work if he caught that departing spirit quickly, but he forced himself to proceed through the steps calmly. The diamonds flashed with light as he spread them across Kosk’s broken body, then dissolved as a golden glow surrounded and then seeped into his body. Glori, Xeeta, and Rodan watched as the cleric worked his magic. They held a collective breath for several heartbeats, then let it out together as Kosk’s body twitched and then he opened his mouth in a struggling gasp. “You brought him back to life,” Rodan said. Quellan slumped back onto his haunches. “Yes,” he said. “Could you do the same for Bredan?” Glori asked. The look on the cleric’s face told her the answer. “We don’t know that he’s dead,” Xeeta said. “He could be trapped under the rocks, or…” “You saw what happened,” Glori shot back. A howl interrupted them, echoed a moment later by another from the other side of the plaza. “We’re not safe here,” Rodan said. “We can’t just leave him,” Glori protested. “We won’t,” Quellan said. “But we’re too beat up for another fight, and we don’t know how many of those things are left. We need to get to shelter. We’ll be back, I promise.” “Help me up,” Kosk said, his voice weak. The others assisted the dwarf. Quellan’s spell had restored him to life, but he was still in very rough shape. The cleric invoked a [i]mass healing word[/i] that bolstered them somewhat, but the spell couldn’t fully offset the beating that all of them—save for Xeeta—had taken in the fight. Rodan was watching the rubble surrounding the plaza carefully, but no more of the girallons showed themselves. But the angry howls continued as they made their way toward the shelter of the building on the far side of the square. They echoed through the ruins as the battered companions disappeared into the shadowed interior, leaving the plaza empty save for the mangled and broken bodies of the girallons and the two dead sailors. Smoke continued to rise into the sky from the smoldering corpse of the giant ape, forming a grim memorial to the carnage that had been wrought there. [/QUOTE]
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