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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 826562" data-attributes="member: 1210">Battle With A Bile Lord: Things Get UglyRed's pretty well surrounded at this point; Axon and Axel flank him, the deathbringer's next to him, about to finish off the swaying, battered Thrush.  Chemnu isn't far off either, advancing on Angelfire, who sprawl on the ground.  The Bile Lord's sickening aura is making the fiery psychic warrior gag as he scrambles for purchase.  Things are getting ugly, all right.But Red And Thrush aren't alone.  Horbin the Holy steps up from behind the front lines of the battle and touches Thrush.  A golden radiance spreads from his hand, healing Thrush's grievous wounds.  Then the Mayor hastes Horbin.  Zeebo's keeping a counterspell readied, too.Red glares around him at the enemies that surround him.  With a wild battle-cry, he springs out in a whirlwind of doom, his blade slashing everywhere so fast the eye can't even follow it.  He slashes Axon with a 'donging' noise, draws a line of sparks across Axel's flank with a 'zing', and even pierces the deathbringer's armor!  He gives a triumphant roar, and then Axon steps in, demonstrating his ruthless technique with his rapier-hands.  He thrusts in with lethal precision, slicing into Red's arm, groin and side, twice critically.  And Red recognizes his techniques- Axon's a weapon master!- then drops into unconsciousness before he can do anything else.But almost instantly the sped-up Horbin casts a healing circle and brings him around.  Thrush has finally shaken off the blow to the head that stunned him and swings at the deathbringer, but he's still regaining his equilibrium and he misses.  The deathbringer responds with a circle of doom that sends negative energy blasting out at all of them- and heals itself of much of the damage it's taken!Chemnu the Bile Lord is stalking towards Angelfire, but Sheva moves to intercept him.  He stops and gestures at her, trying to grip her with telekinesis, but she struggles free and keeps advancing towards him, her face almost green from nausea.  The Bile Lord blasts her with another finger of death- but fortunately she's cast death ward in preperation for just such events, and it saves her!  Chemnu stops his advance, and Angelfire manages to regain his feet.  Wisely deciding that it's better to take out the easier enemies first, he steps back and unleashes a rain of falchion blows at the deathbringer.  With the scream of steel cutting armor, he rains a pair of hearty blows on it, sending it staggering back a few feet.Despite the damage from the deathbringer's circle of negative energy, Red staggers to his feet.  Chemnu's right next to him; he figures it's his chance to show the rest of the party how it's done.  He swings his greatsword with incredible skill and strength three times, dispelling three of the Bile Lord's mirror images but not harming the real deal."Fool, you should have learned," Axon says, stepping in and running Red through the heart and brain, then dropping his dead body to the ground at Chemnu's feet.Next Time: Battle Against the Bile Lord, pt. 3!</blockquote>

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