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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4638454" data-attributes="member: 3285">Songs: Part 6b – Dead Man TalkingA bank of fog surrounded Beldin and Sebastian while they waited for Kham to exit the warehouse.  The stench of brimstone was so strong that it made their eyes tear. “Trouble,” said Beldin.  “Get behind me.”A barely humanoid figure lurched out of the fog.  Its entire body was bristling with dark gray spikes.  Its hellish features framed glowing red eyes.  The things body shook feverishly with the anticipation of a fresh kill.“More to kill, “a sibilant voice giggled in their minds, “more to kill!”“Gods, that’s a hamatula!” whispered Sebastian.  “Kham!  Get out here!”Beldin’s axe and shield were out.  He faced the devil.  “You cannot pass!”The devil roared.  It traced a symbol in the air and a blast of energy spun outwards from the infernal glyph, nearly flattening Sebastian. “I am a Defender of Man,” shouted Beldin, “Apprentice of Elabac the Wise. Your dark magics will not avail you!”It traced another symbol, this one in the shape of a demonic head.  The infernal blast excoriated Beldin but he did not move from his spot.“Go back to hell!” shouted Beldin.  Sebastian shouted “Acid sphaera!” A green orb appeared in his palm.  He threw it at the devil, melting spikes and flesh. “Kham!”The devil raised itself to its full height with a mighty roar.  The spikes that dotted its body shivered outwards, growing longer and wicked. It towered over Beldin.The hamatula charged forward, but Beldin crouched down and took the full impact head on.  Some of the spikes on the devil snapped off.  Others found their mark, impaling the dwarf.  And still he did not move an inch.From behind Beldin, Sebastian pointed at the hamatula. “Radius Incensio!” Spiraling flames washed over the devil, dissipating harmlessly.  “Khaaaaam!”The devil roared again and extended a palm at Sebastian.  The same flames blasted into the dark-kin, knocking him to the ground.“You shall not pass!” shouted Beldin.  He hacked viciously at the thing’s face, but even that was protected by bony protrusions. Sebastian lifted his arms. “Mulimodis Oris!”  Three ghostly pairs of vicious jaws flew out from the folds of his robes.The hamatula drove its spikes deeper into Beldin. The dwarf grunted in pain.The ghostly jaws clamped onto the hamatula, one on each arm and another on its throat.  And still it moved forward, skewering Beldin.“Medricas val’Assante, I call upon your gift to fight evil,” pleaded Beldin to the heavens. “Guide my axe!”White flames consumed Beldin’s axe.  The devil reared back; for the first time its feral features registered fear.  With a mighty roar, Beldin hacked downwards on the hamatula’s head, splitting it in two.  It disappeared in an oily burst of smoke. Beldin stood panting, covered in devil ichor.  Sebastian put out the flames on his robe. Kham opened the warehouse doors and sauntered out.  “I heard you the first few times.  What’s up?”Beldin slumped to the ground, unconscious from his wounds.</blockquote>

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