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<blockquote data-quote="Cafu" data-source="post: 6263948" data-attributes="member: 6692807"><p>The archers were positioned in their most advantageous placements and as soon as they saw us, they fired their first volley. There didn’t have a particular target, they just fired clouds of arrows in our general direction. Unfortunately, as predicted, they were expert marksmen, and several of them hit their target. For some reason, John seemed to be the one suffering the most hits. Drudge immediately fired back and hurt one of them badly; this was not part of their plan so they immediately changed their aim and began to target the ranger in turn.</p><p> </p><p>Simultaneously, we also saw the two wyvern knights swooping down towards us; quick as lightning, Drudge changed targets from the archers in the distance and fired his full volley into one of the mounted knights. His target slumped at once, plummeting spectacularly from his aerial steed.</p><p> </p><p>However, the enemy archers seized this opportunity to target Drudge again but this time, he somehow skipped nimbly between a veritable cloud of arrows.</p><p> </p><p>Felix saw the situation and realised that they had more archers then we did and that they were still not quite in position, he shouted:</p><p> </p><p>“It looks as if we’re expected. Let’s not disappoint them! I can take everyone bar one right into the mix before they form ranks!”</p><p> </p><p>John immediately shouted back:</p><p> </p><p>“I’ll stay; and I can occupy the flying idiots at least for a little while.”</p><p> </p><p>So, without any further questions, we all grasped a part of Felix as he cast his transport spell and then we landed right in the middle of the soldiers, unharmed thanks to Longhelim and his ownership of the Torch.</p><p> </p><p>We did not give them any time to react. As soon as we appeared, Victor and Longhelim waded into their ranks and began carve through them. I stayed as close to them as I dared, getting ready to cast spells in support while Drudge was initially hampered by the proximity of so many swinging swords, but quickly found a space for himself.</p><p> </p><p>Victor immediately concentrated on one of the archers; although the fellow had a bow in his hand, he was surprisingly tough; it took several of Victor’s blows to fell the archer; both sides were surprised; the enemy were surprised that he managed to do it so quickly and we were surprised that the archer managed to withstand such an onslaught; we all knew just how expert Victor was with his falchion. Of course, as soon as that happened, nearly every inquisitor targeted Victor with their spells; these spells were those that stripped his defensive magics from him; they were of the weaker type but they were still surprisingly potent.</p><p> </p><p>As this was happening, the mammoth ponderously took a step forward…..into the air; somehow, that animal was either walking on the air or flying; it didn’t matter but what it meant was that it was able to rise above the Ragesian ranks and also attack Victor, which it did, literally rearing and stamping down on the warrior with its huge, trunk like legs. Even Victor staggered after such a charge.</p><p> </p><p>I managed to buy him a little time as I cast a spell, ducking and weaving as a spell duelist, using every inch of an advantage I could get; all that practice must have been paying off as I managed to slip it through the barrage of counter spells that were coming my way; this spell emulated a storm of snow and ice over a large part of the enemy. It blinded them briefly and even forced the mammoth to fly move higher into the air, away from Victor. Unfortunately but not surprisingly, this storm was quickly neutralized by one of the Inquisitors.</p><p> </p><p>Felix took the opportunity to cast a bolstering spell on everyone, briefly praying to his god, while Drudge took deliberate aim at the rider on the mammoth; the ranger’s arrows sprouted from his chest and the inquisitor was visibly swaying before he was able to cast a healing spell on himself; then he turned his baleful mask onto the ranger. Victor was now carving his way through the Ragesian soldiers, who were beginning to form ranks around us several rows deep. It looked very ominous; Drudge was becoming increasingly more hemmed in and their archers were proving very competent; they were not as deadly as Drudge, but there were more of them.</p><p> </p><p>Longhelim was fighting next to Victor but it was becoming obvious that we were going to be overwhelmed by sheer numbers unless we could do something very soon.</p><p> </p><p>So I danced; I danced the dance of magic; moving hither and thither, watching all the Inquisitors, who were all watching me, getting ready to counterspell whatever magic I was going to attempt. All those hours of practice finally paid off; at an unexpected moment, I fooled them all and loosed off my spell; a cloud of greenish mist immediately formed around me, all my allies and most importantly, all of the enemy ranks.</p><p> </p><p>Its appearance was fleeting; as the Inquisitors realised that they had missed my release, they immediately concentrated on frantically dissolving the cloud but it was too late; although the cloud disappeared, this only revealed all the ranks of Ragesian soldiers sprawled on the ground. They had perished; even my allies were a little stunned at the enormity of what that magic had accomplished.</p><p> </p><p>There was shout from a distance and one of the archers released a full volley at me and that hurt quite badly but we had regained the initiative and Longhelim followed up by calling on the power of the Torch and causing a mass of flame to strike the mammoth, its Inquisitor rider and another inquisitor who perished in the inferno. This was an enormous flaming cylinder and easily the most powerful fire spell I had ever seen; all the sages were claiming that the Torch was less powerful than previously reported but if that was the case, then it was little wonder that Leska had invested so much of her power trying to get it.</p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, although this spell weakened the animal greatly, it was still active; the Ragesian archers changed target again and all concentrated their fire on Drudge at that point, who unfortunately collapsed onto the ground, bursting into flames.</p><p> </p><p>The remaining few foot soldiers showed the discipline of veterans and still attempted to form ranks around Victor and Longhelim; the former continued to seize the initiative and moved into these enemy ranks, carving through them and attempting to prevent their new formations.</p><p> </p><p>All in all, there were still about a dozen soldiers remaining and more importantly, there were also several archers as well as the Inquisitors and the mammoth.</p><p> </p><p>Felix advanced and managed to cast a healing spell on Drudge; almost immediately after, he also cast a healing spell on Victor, who had also been hurt quite badly. I was quiet, picking my targets and getting ready to strike again. Longhelim was confronting the soldiers again. As soon as he became conscious, Drudge let loose a volley of arrows at one of the enemy archers and then using that as a distraction, he sprang up and began to sprint towards open space. Moments later, his progress was cut by the appearance of a wall flame which appeared on top of me and almost next to him. I had to move away quickly, before I was burned any further.</p><p> </p><p>Simultaneously, Felix’s actions had alerted the enemy archers to his importance and they immediately began to concentrate their fire upon him. That in turn allowed time for Drudge to target them; our ranger was able to concentrate his fire on single individuals, much to their misfortune.</p><p> </p><p>For some reason, at that point, several of them turned their attention to me and the last thing I saw were several volleys of arrows flying in my direction.</p><p> </p><p>I stirred again as I felt a massive slam of healing magic hit my body. It was a very powerful spell and all the more welcome for it. Immediately, I guessed that we must have been badly hurt for Felix to have used magic which was this powerful. Glancing around me, I saw that little had changed with the exception that there were fewer soldiers around. There were still clouds of arrows flying towards us and Drudge was effectively being our one man archer squadron; one new addition was the arrival of the wyvern knights; my indication of this was a wyvern raking my skull with its claws as it flew by. Then I felt a little more magic hit me, this time is was my familiar speed magic but it came from somewhere else; John! It had to be since he was the only other person who could cast this spell from our allies.</p><p> </p><p>An even more immediate problem was the proximity of the mammoth, which was still flying and on top of me. Desperately I tried to roll out of the way and miraculously, I managed to avoid the swing of its massive trunk but not so the slams of its two front feet, which landed square on my chest. I really felt those. Thankfully, both Victor and Longhelim were nearby and they immediately saw my distress and stepped between the animal and I, dodging swinging tusks, trunks and feet at the same time. I saw that Victor managed to catch the beast with a deep slash of his falchion across its delicate trunk. This was quickly followed by Longhelim’s sequence of blows with the Torch was in the form of a huge flaming axe and finally, the beast fell from the sky collapsed in a heap.</p><p> </p><p>The Inquisitor jumped down nimbly from its back and then promptly cast a healing spell on it his mount. I groaned inwardly as the vast bulk stirred and lumbered to its feet, trumpeting shrilly in fury and rage. Neither Longhelim nor Victor were hugely impressed with this and took advantage to cut it again as it rose to its feet. I also saw with trepidation that Felix had somehow managed to get cut off from the rest of the group, with the mammoth and several enemy soldiers near him, including an archer and an inquisitor. Thankfully, Drudge had seen the danger and was already speeding through the battlefield to his aid. I also saw John moving stealthily around, a wand in each of his hands.</p><p> </p><p>There was another problem: the wyverns had landed and now joined the fight. Although they were not as dangerous as the mammoth, they were still poisonous creatures and they attacked Victor, Longhelim and I; the other three had moved beyond their reach. The danger lay in that the spells of the Inquisitors had stripped us of our magical defences against poison, creating a dangerous vulnerability. In fact, their actions pulled Victor away from the mammoth as he moved to deal with the small dragons. Cleverly, the knight urged his steed to engage large warrior and as the riderless one moved towards me; if I fell to the beast, then Drudge would definitely be vulnerable, especially as he was backing closer to the wall of flame.</p><p> </p><p>I timed it carefully but realised that the Inquisitors were all busy and distracted, so I cast my own spell at the wyvern, a little spell but as my golden cloud of motes and dust settled on the creature, it began flailing around in a panic. That meant that the magic had worked and the motes had temporarily taken its sight; with a sigh of relief I turned my attention to the rest of the battlefield.</p><p> </p><p>Despite their movements, the Ragesians had also seen the relative isolation of the priest and the archers had taken full advantage of this, with several volleys of arrows hitting Felix, causing him to crumple to the ground and burst into flame. Moments later, I felt several arrows slam into me, aggravating the wounds already caused by the mammoth as one of the archers decided that with the collapse of the priest, I was the most viable target. That archer collapsed in turn as Drudge filled him with arrows.</p><p> </p><p>I was beginning to get concerned again, as the Inquisitor hit us with his own fire spell burning Longhelim and Victor quite badly. Desperately, I tried to fire a weakening ray at the mammoth but I was still dizzy from the attack as well as the volley of arrows and this time, I found it impossible to fool the Inquisitor, who not only caught my spell, but he also stole it from me and it slammed into my body. Thankfully, the spell was a feeble one, reflecting my condition and although I was badly weakened, I was till functional.</p><p> </p><p>That was just as well, since the mammoth was still causing havoc to both the warriors. I looked at the beast and the inquisitors and archer sheltering behind it. The latter already contributed to the collapse of Felix and was now threatening John who had finally reached the burning priest. So, staggering slightly, sluggishly, I tried to cast my spell and fool the expectant inquisitors at the same time; it was difficult. The arrows sticking in kept getting in the way but I finally released the spell; just. The main inquisitor had been watching me and tried to counter but he must have also been badly affected by exhaustion or something else as I managed to slip my spell through his movements; a thick bolt of lightning shot out of my hands and split, hitting the inquisitors, the archers and nearby soldiers. However, its main target was the mammoth , which trumpeted in agony as a chunk of its woolen hide sizzled and blackened and then it collapsed to the ground again. Following on almost as if he had been expecting it, Drudge shot several arrows into the beast, this time making sure of its demise.</p><p> </p><p>The enemy inquisitor turned his mask towards me and screamed:</p><p> </p><p>“Get that dwarf! I will make sure his screams will power the Scourge for years!”</p><p> </p><p>All the archers turned their attention to me and clouds of arrows flew in my direction…….</p><p> </p><p>I came to as John was using his wand on me. I felt awful. The rogue was still carefully extracting arrows from my torso, a process which hurt more than I can describe. As soon as he extracted each one, he tapped the wound with a wand, which did soothe the pain slightly; as he was doing this, I saw that all the enemy had fallen. There were bodies lying everywhere; there must have been fifty or more; the chief inquisitor, the one who wanted to give me to the Scourge, was lying quite close and as John was healing me, I cast a little cantrip to see if any of his equipment was magical. Well, that was an understatement; his armour, his gloves, several items of jewellery as well as the mask of course; oh, and like Longhelim and Victor, he had a small jewel flying around his head. It was a rose spindle, so we were fairly certain what it did.</p><p> </p><p>Idly I looked around and saw that there were many other magical pieces of equipment present on the soldiers, mostly armour and weapons although all the archers also had magical gloves. I pointed this out to the others and Longhelim said:</p><p> </p><p>“The Inquisitor is nearby and most of his magical items are small so we should certainly get them off him but the others are very far away and we cannot carry the armour and weapons; we need to get inside the cave and blind the Eye.”</p><p> </p><p>So, while the others were still being healed, I moved to the Inquisitor and began to take the jewelry. As I moved towards him, my eyes also went to the entrance of the cave and noted that there was an area of powerful magic just at the entrance.</p><p> </p><p>“John, if you’re planning to go into the cave, there’s a batch of magic just about the entrance; watch yourself!”</p><p> </p><p>The rogue acknowledged the warning and continued to help with the healing. Once I took all the pieces from the Inquisitor, I returned and was also still tapped a couple of times to heal me completely. Felix was looking concerned:</p><p> </p><p>“We’re going through these wands quicker than I had anticipated. We’ll have to try to avoid getting hurt so much.”</p><p> </p><p>The two warriors looked at him disbelievingly.</p><p> </p><p>Then Longhelim stood up and said:</p><p> </p><p>“Come, we have to go into the cave. I’m sure that there are more Ragesians inside but at least we’ve got through the initial guards.”</p><p> </p><p>That moment, there was an odd noise emanating from Longhelim, who looked puzzled at first and then he stuck his shield in the snow and took out the Mask of Pilus, which began to speak:</p><p> </p><p>“Your presence has been noted; a large force has left the fortress and is on its way to the Eye; you have a little time but hurry. They will be there quicker than you think!”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cafu, post: 6263948, member: 6692807"] The archers were positioned in their most advantageous placements and as soon as they saw us, they fired their first volley. There didn’t have a particular target, they just fired clouds of arrows in our general direction. Unfortunately, as predicted, they were expert marksmen, and several of them hit their target. For some reason, John seemed to be the one suffering the most hits. Drudge immediately fired back and hurt one of them badly; this was not part of their plan so they immediately changed their aim and began to target the ranger in turn. Simultaneously, we also saw the two wyvern knights swooping down towards us; quick as lightning, Drudge changed targets from the archers in the distance and fired his full volley into one of the mounted knights. His target slumped at once, plummeting spectacularly from his aerial steed. However, the enemy archers seized this opportunity to target Drudge again but this time, he somehow skipped nimbly between a veritable cloud of arrows. Felix saw the situation and realised that they had more archers then we did and that they were still not quite in position, he shouted: “It looks as if we’re expected. Let’s not disappoint them! I can take everyone bar one right into the mix before they form ranks!” John immediately shouted back: “I’ll stay; and I can occupy the flying idiots at least for a little while.” So, without any further questions, we all grasped a part of Felix as he cast his transport spell and then we landed right in the middle of the soldiers, unharmed thanks to Longhelim and his ownership of the Torch. We did not give them any time to react. As soon as we appeared, Victor and Longhelim waded into their ranks and began carve through them. I stayed as close to them as I dared, getting ready to cast spells in support while Drudge was initially hampered by the proximity of so many swinging swords, but quickly found a space for himself. Victor immediately concentrated on one of the archers; although the fellow had a bow in his hand, he was surprisingly tough; it took several of Victor’s blows to fell the archer; both sides were surprised; the enemy were surprised that he managed to do it so quickly and we were surprised that the archer managed to withstand such an onslaught; we all knew just how expert Victor was with his falchion. Of course, as soon as that happened, nearly every inquisitor targeted Victor with their spells; these spells were those that stripped his defensive magics from him; they were of the weaker type but they were still surprisingly potent. As this was happening, the mammoth ponderously took a step forward…..into the air; somehow, that animal was either walking on the air or flying; it didn’t matter but what it meant was that it was able to rise above the Ragesian ranks and also attack Victor, which it did, literally rearing and stamping down on the warrior with its huge, trunk like legs. Even Victor staggered after such a charge. I managed to buy him a little time as I cast a spell, ducking and weaving as a spell duelist, using every inch of an advantage I could get; all that practice must have been paying off as I managed to slip it through the barrage of counter spells that were coming my way; this spell emulated a storm of snow and ice over a large part of the enemy. It blinded them briefly and even forced the mammoth to fly move higher into the air, away from Victor. Unfortunately but not surprisingly, this storm was quickly neutralized by one of the Inquisitors. Felix took the opportunity to cast a bolstering spell on everyone, briefly praying to his god, while Drudge took deliberate aim at the rider on the mammoth; the ranger’s arrows sprouted from his chest and the inquisitor was visibly swaying before he was able to cast a healing spell on himself; then he turned his baleful mask onto the ranger. Victor was now carving his way through the Ragesian soldiers, who were beginning to form ranks around us several rows deep. It looked very ominous; Drudge was becoming increasingly more hemmed in and their archers were proving very competent; they were not as deadly as Drudge, but there were more of them. Longhelim was fighting next to Victor but it was becoming obvious that we were going to be overwhelmed by sheer numbers unless we could do something very soon. So I danced; I danced the dance of magic; moving hither and thither, watching all the Inquisitors, who were all watching me, getting ready to counterspell whatever magic I was going to attempt. All those hours of practice finally paid off; at an unexpected moment, I fooled them all and loosed off my spell; a cloud of greenish mist immediately formed around me, all my allies and most importantly, all of the enemy ranks. Its appearance was fleeting; as the Inquisitors realised that they had missed my release, they immediately concentrated on frantically dissolving the cloud but it was too late; although the cloud disappeared, this only revealed all the ranks of Ragesian soldiers sprawled on the ground. They had perished; even my allies were a little stunned at the enormity of what that magic had accomplished. There was shout from a distance and one of the archers released a full volley at me and that hurt quite badly but we had regained the initiative and Longhelim followed up by calling on the power of the Torch and causing a mass of flame to strike the mammoth, its Inquisitor rider and another inquisitor who perished in the inferno. This was an enormous flaming cylinder and easily the most powerful fire spell I had ever seen; all the sages were claiming that the Torch was less powerful than previously reported but if that was the case, then it was little wonder that Leska had invested so much of her power trying to get it. Unfortunately, although this spell weakened the animal greatly, it was still active; the Ragesian archers changed target again and all concentrated their fire on Drudge at that point, who unfortunately collapsed onto the ground, bursting into flames. The remaining few foot soldiers showed the discipline of veterans and still attempted to form ranks around Victor and Longhelim; the former continued to seize the initiative and moved into these enemy ranks, carving through them and attempting to prevent their new formations. All in all, there were still about a dozen soldiers remaining and more importantly, there were also several archers as well as the Inquisitors and the mammoth. Felix advanced and managed to cast a healing spell on Drudge; almost immediately after, he also cast a healing spell on Victor, who had also been hurt quite badly. I was quiet, picking my targets and getting ready to strike again. Longhelim was confronting the soldiers again. As soon as he became conscious, Drudge let loose a volley of arrows at one of the enemy archers and then using that as a distraction, he sprang up and began to sprint towards open space. Moments later, his progress was cut by the appearance of a wall flame which appeared on top of me and almost next to him. I had to move away quickly, before I was burned any further. Simultaneously, Felix’s actions had alerted the enemy archers to his importance and they immediately began to concentrate their fire upon him. That in turn allowed time for Drudge to target them; our ranger was able to concentrate his fire on single individuals, much to their misfortune. For some reason, at that point, several of them turned their attention to me and the last thing I saw were several volleys of arrows flying in my direction. I stirred again as I felt a massive slam of healing magic hit my body. It was a very powerful spell and all the more welcome for it. Immediately, I guessed that we must have been badly hurt for Felix to have used magic which was this powerful. Glancing around me, I saw that little had changed with the exception that there were fewer soldiers around. There were still clouds of arrows flying towards us and Drudge was effectively being our one man archer squadron; one new addition was the arrival of the wyvern knights; my indication of this was a wyvern raking my skull with its claws as it flew by. Then I felt a little more magic hit me, this time is was my familiar speed magic but it came from somewhere else; John! It had to be since he was the only other person who could cast this spell from our allies. An even more immediate problem was the proximity of the mammoth, which was still flying and on top of me. Desperately I tried to roll out of the way and miraculously, I managed to avoid the swing of its massive trunk but not so the slams of its two front feet, which landed square on my chest. I really felt those. Thankfully, both Victor and Longhelim were nearby and they immediately saw my distress and stepped between the animal and I, dodging swinging tusks, trunks and feet at the same time. I saw that Victor managed to catch the beast with a deep slash of his falchion across its delicate trunk. This was quickly followed by Longhelim’s sequence of blows with the Torch was in the form of a huge flaming axe and finally, the beast fell from the sky collapsed in a heap. The Inquisitor jumped down nimbly from its back and then promptly cast a healing spell on it his mount. I groaned inwardly as the vast bulk stirred and lumbered to its feet, trumpeting shrilly in fury and rage. Neither Longhelim nor Victor were hugely impressed with this and took advantage to cut it again as it rose to its feet. I also saw with trepidation that Felix had somehow managed to get cut off from the rest of the group, with the mammoth and several enemy soldiers near him, including an archer and an inquisitor. Thankfully, Drudge had seen the danger and was already speeding through the battlefield to his aid. I also saw John moving stealthily around, a wand in each of his hands. There was another problem: the wyverns had landed and now joined the fight. Although they were not as dangerous as the mammoth, they were still poisonous creatures and they attacked Victor, Longhelim and I; the other three had moved beyond their reach. The danger lay in that the spells of the Inquisitors had stripped us of our magical defences against poison, creating a dangerous vulnerability. In fact, their actions pulled Victor away from the mammoth as he moved to deal with the small dragons. Cleverly, the knight urged his steed to engage large warrior and as the riderless one moved towards me; if I fell to the beast, then Drudge would definitely be vulnerable, especially as he was backing closer to the wall of flame. I timed it carefully but realised that the Inquisitors were all busy and distracted, so I cast my own spell at the wyvern, a little spell but as my golden cloud of motes and dust settled on the creature, it began flailing around in a panic. That meant that the magic had worked and the motes had temporarily taken its sight; with a sigh of relief I turned my attention to the rest of the battlefield. Despite their movements, the Ragesians had also seen the relative isolation of the priest and the archers had taken full advantage of this, with several volleys of arrows hitting Felix, causing him to crumple to the ground and burst into flame. Moments later, I felt several arrows slam into me, aggravating the wounds already caused by the mammoth as one of the archers decided that with the collapse of the priest, I was the most viable target. That archer collapsed in turn as Drudge filled him with arrows. I was beginning to get concerned again, as the Inquisitor hit us with his own fire spell burning Longhelim and Victor quite badly. Desperately, I tried to fire a weakening ray at the mammoth but I was still dizzy from the attack as well as the volley of arrows and this time, I found it impossible to fool the Inquisitor, who not only caught my spell, but he also stole it from me and it slammed into my body. Thankfully, the spell was a feeble one, reflecting my condition and although I was badly weakened, I was till functional. That was just as well, since the mammoth was still causing havoc to both the warriors. I looked at the beast and the inquisitors and archer sheltering behind it. The latter already contributed to the collapse of Felix and was now threatening John who had finally reached the burning priest. So, staggering slightly, sluggishly, I tried to cast my spell and fool the expectant inquisitors at the same time; it was difficult. The arrows sticking in kept getting in the way but I finally released the spell; just. The main inquisitor had been watching me and tried to counter but he must have also been badly affected by exhaustion or something else as I managed to slip my spell through his movements; a thick bolt of lightning shot out of my hands and split, hitting the inquisitors, the archers and nearby soldiers. However, its main target was the mammoth , which trumpeted in agony as a chunk of its woolen hide sizzled and blackened and then it collapsed to the ground again. Following on almost as if he had been expecting it, Drudge shot several arrows into the beast, this time making sure of its demise. The enemy inquisitor turned his mask towards me and screamed: “Get that dwarf! I will make sure his screams will power the Scourge for years!” All the archers turned their attention to me and clouds of arrows flew in my direction……. I came to as John was using his wand on me. I felt awful. The rogue was still carefully extracting arrows from my torso, a process which hurt more than I can describe. As soon as he extracted each one, he tapped the wound with a wand, which did soothe the pain slightly; as he was doing this, I saw that all the enemy had fallen. There were bodies lying everywhere; there must have been fifty or more; the chief inquisitor, the one who wanted to give me to the Scourge, was lying quite close and as John was healing me, I cast a little cantrip to see if any of his equipment was magical. Well, that was an understatement; his armour, his gloves, several items of jewellery as well as the mask of course; oh, and like Longhelim and Victor, he had a small jewel flying around his head. It was a rose spindle, so we were fairly certain what it did. Idly I looked around and saw that there were many other magical pieces of equipment present on the soldiers, mostly armour and weapons although all the archers also had magical gloves. I pointed this out to the others and Longhelim said: “The Inquisitor is nearby and most of his magical items are small so we should certainly get them off him but the others are very far away and we cannot carry the armour and weapons; we need to get inside the cave and blind the Eye.” So, while the others were still being healed, I moved to the Inquisitor and began to take the jewelry. As I moved towards him, my eyes also went to the entrance of the cave and noted that there was an area of powerful magic just at the entrance. “John, if you’re planning to go into the cave, there’s a batch of magic just about the entrance; watch yourself!” The rogue acknowledged the warning and continued to help with the healing. Once I took all the pieces from the Inquisitor, I returned and was also still tapped a couple of times to heal me completely. Felix was looking concerned: “We’re going through these wands quicker than I had anticipated. We’ll have to try to avoid getting hurt so much.” The two warriors looked at him disbelievingly. Then Longhelim stood up and said: “Come, we have to go into the cave. I’m sure that there are more Ragesians inside but at least we’ve got through the initial guards.” That moment, there was an odd noise emanating from Longhelim, who looked puzzled at first and then he stuck his shield in the snow and took out the Mask of Pilus, which began to speak: “Your presence has been noted; a large force has left the fortress and is on its way to the Eye; you have a little time but hurry. They will be there quicker than you think!” [/QUOTE]
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