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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4867459" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 19 - Meeting the Master (Part 3)The dragon flew to the northern edge of the pool where it met the cave wall but still the companions assailed it. A bolt of black energy from Lavren’s wand seared into its back as it retreated but at the wall it turned and after a sharp intake of breath, it unleashed more icy cold from its mouth. The freezing blast was aimed at Lavren and Telkya but the warlock leapt to his left and hurled himself to the floor to avoid the frigid dragon breath. Telkya was not so lucky and though she raised her arms to protect herself, still the ice tore at her limbs and slowed her body. She staggered and Thorn howled before starting to circle to pool to reach the dragon once more. Enlishia came forward to stand beside Telkya, firing an arrow as she did. The shaft drove into the dragon’s left foreleg and was followed by a second that bounced off the wyrm’s thick scales. Erlmoor rushed after Thorn while Dulvarna again sheathed her sword and raised her bow to let fly an arrow. The missile flew past the dragon and struck the wall behind it but still the dragon roared, sensing its own defeat. A moment later, a bolt of light from Telkya’s amulet seared its flank and it screeched for a third time. The elf maid would not die and neither would any other of these troublesome creatures, the dragon realised, and it knew then that it was doomed.The dragon turned for what it knew would be a last attack and swept along the pool toward its southern shore. As it reached the end of the pool, it turned toward the eastern shore and let loose it icy breath again. Dulvarna, Telkya, Lavren and Enlishia all staggered back with the force of the icy blast and felt their limbs stiffen as the fierce cold took hold of them. Still, Lavren raised his wand and loosed a bolt of black energy that seared past the dragon and still, as Thorn leapt at the dragon’s back legs, Enlishia raised her bow to let fly an arrow. One shaft and then another drove into the dragon’s flank but they lacked the power of Enlishia’s full strength as she struggled to make her cold-numbed limbs obey her. Erlmoor rushed around the pool behind the dragon following Thorn and with a huge swing, he slashed his blade into the side of the wyrm’s back. It roared again and as it did, Dulvarna rushed at it from the front, lashing out with her blade with as much strength as her freezing arms could muster. Her sword drove into the dragon’s left foreleg but still the dragon hovered above the pool, sorely wounded but defiant. A bolt of light flashed past the wyrm’s head from Telkya’s amulet and again the creature turned toward the elf maid, amazed that she still lived. With a roar, it beat its wings and turned away from the others but as it did, they surged forward and Erlmoor plunged his blade into the creature’s flank. It screeched again but still managed to fly out over the pool, determined to finish Telkya before it died.The dragon swept down on Telkya and lunged with its neck, taking the elf maid in its jaws and biting down on her. She cried out and as she did, the dragon threw her down on the shore where she lay unmoving. Lavren cried out and lashed his wand toward the creature, hurling a bolt of black energy that flashed past the wyrm. A blur of black fur passed in front of Lavren then as Thorn rushed at the dragon’s flank and leapt, only to be swatted aside by the desperate creature. The dragon roared in triumph this time and Enlishia retreated before it, firing arrows as she did, none of which hit the creature. Erlmoor roared his own anger as he rushed to aid Telkya, kneeling beside the elf maid and uttering a healing prayer. Dulvarna let out her own guttural cry and rushed around to face the dragon again. As she reached the wyrm, it surged forward and she raised her blade, bracing it with both her hands. As the dragon reached her, she lunged, driving the blade into the creature’s chest and finding its heart. The creature screeched for the last time and as Dulvarna spun aside and tore her blade free, the creature swept low over Telkya and then plunged head first into the shallow pool close before the doors to the chamber.Next......Gates of Agony</blockquote>

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