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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mathew_Freeman" data-source="post: 1429018" data-attributes="member: 1846">Part 3 - The AssaultAfter much discussion, many spells and some careful advice ("We DO NOT STOP for anything short of Herecules coming out of the wall at us again"), the group was ready. Xiang could almost feel the enhancements that had been laid across him. Leo, Fjorent and Clarendon between them had cast haste, fly, stoneskin and barkskin on him, improving his capacity to fight immensely. Leo muttered under his breath, reached out, and in a fraction of a second Xiang, Leo, Ulfius, Tarquin and Raven had arrived outside the large doors that lead to the Frost Giants Lair. Leo cast teleport summons, the spell devised by Dovistar of the White Way, and Clarendon, Ramu and Fjorent appeared. Without worrying about anything else, the plan was put into action! Ulfius stepped up and swung the Bloodhammer against the doors, cracking them open in a few short blows. Xiang was off his feet almost at the same time, charging into the room at the first Frost Giant he saw. The Giant managed to catch him as he came in, but Xiang's spear took him in the arm. A second giant joined the fight as the party charged as one, Leo moving forward a little slower to cast wall of force on one opening, behind which more Frost Giants could be seen gathering. Nothing short of a disintegrate would topple that wall, according to Leo. Xiang, Raven and Ulfius made short work of the two giants on sentry duty, were healed by Tarquin, and swiftly moved on. Leo paused to add a wall of stone to the other side, making sure that the giants would take too long to get through to make a difference. Xiang buzzed with combat fever, moving swiftly up to another door as Ulfius smashed it down. Raven and Ramu moved up next to him, but Xiang had got ahead of himself, racing further inside to where Herecules had counterattacked so devestatingly before. Behind him he heard the shouts of Orcs and the female Frost giant as they battled the rest of the party, although within seconds all was quiet again. Ulfius and the rest pushed on, catching up with him. Finally, the door that they had only glimpsed lay before them, behind which lay the Jarl's Throne room and hopefully Herecules. Ulfius strode boldy up to it, Xiang beside him and smashed it to pieces. Xiang felt as though everything had stopped for a second as he saw the wooden and iron door fall away, revealing the room beyond... ...maybe nine frost giants, and the Jarl, what might be that Ogre Magi ally lurking at the back, several orcs...there he is!... Other members of the party reacted quickest, with Leo reading a scroll that failed and Tarquin casting a spell that didn't. Herecules was covered in a shimmering blue energy field, preventing him from using his powers to escape. However, Herecules stood by the door, smiling, waiting, gloating already over what he thought was yet another victory, and as the door fell away he struck at Ulfius with his blade, slicing into him despite the protective spells, the Frost Giants attacking too, stepping neatly around each other...but Ulfius stood defiant, blocking, dodging, taking the hits without a word...then he struck back. The first blow Ulfius struck on Herecules nearly ended the fight there and then. Xiang had never seen anything like it, the Cambion almost knocked off his feet as the Bloodhammer exploded against his chest. Moving almost too fast to see, Ulfius struck again...and again...and again...and just as Herecules' smile was returning, confident that Ulfius had left himself open the Archduke spun, Bloodhammer extended in two hands. Xiang saw every detail of the Hammer as it crashed into the Cambion's skull, breaking it, saw every detail as Herecules fell backwards, eyes growing dull, and heard the triumphant battlecry of Ulfius as his target was killed. Xiang exulted. Revenge and victory! he thought to himself. But the fight was not yet over. The Frost Giants, led by their Jarl, clearly recognised Ulfius and his weapon, and in a series of powerful blows wounded him severely. Finally the Jarl himself stepped up and cut through the Harmonic Armour that Ulfius wore...and there were two dead bodies on the ground instead of one. Not even the incredibly strength granted to Ulfius by the armour could save him. Xiang gritted his teeth, moved the Spear into the defensive stance taught to him so long ago and stepped forward into the room, supported by Raven and Ramu. Tight up behind him came Tarquin, ready to dispense healing, and Fjorent and Leo stayed in the tunnel, supporting with spells and power. The battle was joined, as Xiang noted that by limiting his attacks he could keep himself almost safe from harm. A chain lightning fizzed over his head, as a flame strike struck the Jarl. Spinning the Spear in his hands, Xiang took another step forward, staring up at the huge figure in front of him. "Your soul is mine!" cried Xiang, and struck hard upwards, catching the Jarl in the lower stomach. He could feel the giant's soul being sucked into the weapon and utterly destroyed, and once again the balance was in favour of the attackers. Battle was joined, but despite a cone of cold from the Ogre Magi that was mostly absorbed by the magical protections of the party and an attempt to charm Xiang, the orcs and giants were struck down without further loss. In the seconds after the party was victorious no one spoke. Archduke Ulfius and Herecules lay on the floor amongst the other bodies. Raven stepped forward and slashed down, cutting the Cambion's head from it's shoulders, further preventing any attempt to bring him back to life. Leo spoke up. "By my calculations, we have about a minute before those other giants come down that corridor towards us. Do not relax." Next time - who knows? That's the end of the session!</blockquote>

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