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Message: <blockquote data-quote="simmo" data-source="post: 1446597" data-attributes="member: 9744">chapter 6 BoomThere is going to be an almighty explosion, Andrew shouted over the mind-link.Caleb who'd been advancing towards the building praying for Grumbar's protections against the hated element of fire reacted to Andrew's warning too late. He glimpsed Andrew dashing past, saw Sir Osbourne take flight and carry Cade to safety. Zakar sprinted up to the heart seer of Tomeri and helped her to run even faster with her feet barely touching the ground as the hound archon almost carried her along.The mephits screamed in panic but by the time that the earth genasi had finished his prayer it was too late. The barrels filled with alcohols and oils that were stacked close to the double doors with the wall of flames on the other side caught fire. There was a bright flash of orange fire, followed by a huge thunderclap as the barrels exploded. The doors were incinerated before the splinters had a chance to fly outwards. The metal bindings arced over the field of battle like super-heated shots from a trebuchet and the shards of the barrels sprayed in all directions.Fortunately Caleb was protected somewhat by the grace of Grumbar from the flames, but never the less the fire, molten metal and shrapnel scorched him and left numerous small cuts. It took a few moments for the earth genasi to register what had happened and he only slowed his forward movement for a little while. Rubbing his eyes and bellowing in rage he hefted Aggemam the Destroyer and began a lumbering sprint towards what was left of the front of the building.The screams from inside the building had peaked during the blast and became mercifully silent. Some voices could still be heard from within, but these were not modron voices. There were humans inside shouting, but amidst the chaos it was too difficult to tell whether they were calls for help or angry battle cries.Meanwhile the knights and their leader had rushed behind their barrier and headed down the corridor towards the exit that Littleby had inadvertently created when he was blasted out the back of the building. They waited long enough to hear the boom from the explosion and after picking themselves of the ground, got ready to leave through the hole in the back.Unfortunately for them the shock wave from the explosion had brought Littleby back to his senses. The dwarven scholar sat up and was confronted with a large group of Anakharim knights about to climb through the wall towards him. He grasped for the first enchantment that came to mind and crafted a eldrich wall of force to prevent their escape. Two of the knight managed to jump through in time, but the majority were caught on the other side. Hammering their mailed fists against the shimmering wall of energy that their swords could not penetrate.The two knights who had go out chose to flee rather than confront the powerful spell-slinger and began to running towards the other end of the canyon and to freedom. Not wanting any Anakharim to escape the dwarven scholar quickly flipped through one of his tomes and settled on a spell that he'd used to seal the front of the building. The knights were surprised to find a ring of flames spring up around them, trapping them inside.Littleby turned to look back at those trapped inside the building and saw that one of them had fallen awkwardly trying to breach the shimmering barrier. The others had returned down the corridor towards the barricade to make a last stand. When Littleby saw the destruction on the other side of the building, he was shocked. Kill it now! Andrew shouted in to Littleby's mind, referring to the magical wall of flames. The Indep had quickly got to his feet after the tremendous blast and was busy running back to the building. The earth genasi was ahead of him, although he was gaining ground. The Indep feared that Caleb was planning to rush through the flames in his fit of anger and shouted again for Littleby to dispel the barrier.Littleby waved his hands in dismissal and the flames died immediately. He turned to look back at the two knight caught in the ring of fire and was horrified to see that they were trying to fight their way through. One of the knight was pushing the other towards the wall and the two ran together. The first knight stopped suddenly, almost knocking over the second as the searing heat scorched their flesh and heated their armour. The first knight was incinerated by the fire, but the second managed to get through. He held his charred hands in front of him as he ran and Littleby sighed in exasperation.“What does it take to keep you contained, damn you?” he asked the man, but the knight was too far away to hear the question. Flicking through the pages of the tome the dwarven scholar chose the bubble of protection as a suitable prison and the knights escape was finally halted.</blockquote>

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