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<blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4907206" data-attributes="member: 21864"><p><strong>Chapter 24 - The Hungry Dead (Part 4)</strong></p><p></p><p>Erlmoor roared in furious anger and leapt at the wight he faced, lashing his blade into its side and then spinning on the spot to smash the other side of his sword into the chest of the creature. The wight reeled back and away and Erlmoor took that moment to look over his shoulder at Telkya.</p><p>“Go!” he said firmly. “Aid the others. You have helped me enough to give me victory here.”</p><p></p><p>Telkya did as she was bade, turning away from the dragonborn as the wight seemed to recover and rush back at him. She rushed around the stonework to where Gendar, Lavren and Enlishia stood in a line behind Rendil who was desperately fighting two wights. She raised her sword, determined to aid the halfling but could only watch for a few, terrible, helpless moments. Despite the flames that blocked their way, the wights came forward furiously, one driving its blade into Rendil’s leg and the other, slashing its blade in from the left into the halfling’s side. He cried out again and then in a flurry of movement, a third wight, wounded, battered, and blackened, leapt into the alcove next to its undead kin and then rushed at Rendil. The creature plunged its blade into the halfling’s side and with a gasp, he fell back toward Enlishia. Desperately, the ranger threw down her bow, drew her sword and plunged it into the wight’s throat. It hissed and then fell to the ground, unmoving. A blast of black, crackling energy from Lavren’s wand followed a moment later and seared into the chest of another of the wights, throwing it back into the wall. It slid down to the floor and lay unmoving as Rendil desperately tried to summon enough strength to go on. A silver bolt from Gendar’s staff struck the last of the wights in the chest and threw it back and away from Rendil, buying the halfling enough time to hastily wrap a strip of cloth around his body and the terrible wounds in his side. At last, he raised his blade and started forward to meet the wight blade to blade again.</p><p></p><p>Erlmoor stabbed his blade into the belly of the remaining wight he faced and then retreated another few steps into the gap between the stonework and the wall. A rat scurried after him into one of the alcoves and then lunged at him, biting at his leg. The wight came next, lashing out with its blade toward the dragonborn’s other leg but he brought his blade down and parried the undead warrior’s attack. Looking behind him, Erlmoor saw a more narrow part of the gap and, knowing that his best hope was to retreat into that part, he began to draw back further before his enemies.</p><p></p><p>In a shower of light, Telkya appeared behind the last wight that Rendil faught and, raising her amulet, she loosed a bolt of light into the creature’s back. It lurched forward and lashed out with its blade, cutting a wound in the halfling’s left leg. He staggered and the wight came forward more steadily, Enlishia’s arrows clattering off its armour. A crackling bolt from Lavren’s wand flashed past the creature and beyond it, rats squeaked as they rushed toward Telkya. The elf maid looked to her right and saw two of the undead creatures scurrying toward her. She swept her blade downward but they both darted under her sword and plunged their teeth into her leg. Telkya cried out and staggered back until she felt the wall behind her. To her left, she saw Rendil recover enough to plunge his blade into the wight, bone chilling mist rising from the wound as the halfling’s sword struck home. The wight staggered back a step and a blue bolt of energy seared into it from Gendar’s staff. Still it hissed its annoyance and defiance and Telkya knew that she could lend no aid while the rats bedevilled her. She stabbed one rat and it died with a squeal but the other darted forward. Telkya swept her blade downward to defend her self but as she did an arrow drove through the creature from its right. It squealed and died giving Telkya a chance to look to her left. There, the last wight had fallen with an arrow through its throat and her companions were coming forward, having defeated their enemies.</p><p>“We have to help Erlmoor,” she called to them.</p><p></p><p>Erlmoor parried the wight’s blade and then leapt back into the narrow space that he had seen behind him. The rat lunged forward first, blocking the wight’s way forward and Erlmoor swept his blade downward to keep it at bay. Suddenly, a bolt of light struck the wall next to the wight and looking past the undead warrior, Erlmoor saw Telkya standing with her sword and amulet in hand. The rat lunged at his legs but again he swept his blade down to keep it at bay and he saw the wight turn away to face Telkya. Dimly, he heard the elf maid cry out as the creature wounded her but then he saw black and blue bolts strike the wight and it fell before his friends. The rat scurried forward once again and this time, Erlmoor plunged his blade downward and into its back. It squealed once and then lay still leaving the dragonborn to roar, proclaiming victory.</p><p></p><p><strong>Next.......The Palace of Bones</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Medriev, post: 4907206, member: 21864"] [b]Chapter 24 - The Hungry Dead (Part 4)[/b] Erlmoor roared in furious anger and leapt at the wight he faced, lashing his blade into its side and then spinning on the spot to smash the other side of his sword into the chest of the creature. The wight reeled back and away and Erlmoor took that moment to look over his shoulder at Telkya. “Go!” he said firmly. “Aid the others. You have helped me enough to give me victory here.” Telkya did as she was bade, turning away from the dragonborn as the wight seemed to recover and rush back at him. She rushed around the stonework to where Gendar, Lavren and Enlishia stood in a line behind Rendil who was desperately fighting two wights. She raised her sword, determined to aid the halfling but could only watch for a few, terrible, helpless moments. Despite the flames that blocked their way, the wights came forward furiously, one driving its blade into Rendil’s leg and the other, slashing its blade in from the left into the halfling’s side. He cried out again and then in a flurry of movement, a third wight, wounded, battered, and blackened, leapt into the alcove next to its undead kin and then rushed at Rendil. The creature plunged its blade into the halfling’s side and with a gasp, he fell back toward Enlishia. Desperately, the ranger threw down her bow, drew her sword and plunged it into the wight’s throat. It hissed and then fell to the ground, unmoving. A blast of black, crackling energy from Lavren’s wand followed a moment later and seared into the chest of another of the wights, throwing it back into the wall. It slid down to the floor and lay unmoving as Rendil desperately tried to summon enough strength to go on. A silver bolt from Gendar’s staff struck the last of the wights in the chest and threw it back and away from Rendil, buying the halfling enough time to hastily wrap a strip of cloth around his body and the terrible wounds in his side. At last, he raised his blade and started forward to meet the wight blade to blade again. Erlmoor stabbed his blade into the belly of the remaining wight he faced and then retreated another few steps into the gap between the stonework and the wall. A rat scurried after him into one of the alcoves and then lunged at him, biting at his leg. The wight came next, lashing out with its blade toward the dragonborn’s other leg but he brought his blade down and parried the undead warrior’s attack. Looking behind him, Erlmoor saw a more narrow part of the gap and, knowing that his best hope was to retreat into that part, he began to draw back further before his enemies. In a shower of light, Telkya appeared behind the last wight that Rendil faught and, raising her amulet, she loosed a bolt of light into the creature’s back. It lurched forward and lashed out with its blade, cutting a wound in the halfling’s left leg. He staggered and the wight came forward more steadily, Enlishia’s arrows clattering off its armour. A crackling bolt from Lavren’s wand flashed past the creature and beyond it, rats squeaked as they rushed toward Telkya. The elf maid looked to her right and saw two of the undead creatures scurrying toward her. She swept her blade downward but they both darted under her sword and plunged their teeth into her leg. Telkya cried out and staggered back until she felt the wall behind her. To her left, she saw Rendil recover enough to plunge his blade into the wight, bone chilling mist rising from the wound as the halfling’s sword struck home. The wight staggered back a step and a blue bolt of energy seared into it from Gendar’s staff. Still it hissed its annoyance and defiance and Telkya knew that she could lend no aid while the rats bedevilled her. She stabbed one rat and it died with a squeal but the other darted forward. Telkya swept her blade downward to defend her self but as she did an arrow drove through the creature from its right. It squealed and died giving Telkya a chance to look to her left. There, the last wight had fallen with an arrow through its throat and her companions were coming forward, having defeated their enemies. “We have to help Erlmoor,” she called to them. Erlmoor parried the wight’s blade and then leapt back into the narrow space that he had seen behind him. The rat lunged forward first, blocking the wight’s way forward and Erlmoor swept his blade downward to keep it at bay. Suddenly, a bolt of light struck the wall next to the wight and looking past the undead warrior, Erlmoor saw Telkya standing with her sword and amulet in hand. The rat lunged at his legs but again he swept his blade down to keep it at bay and he saw the wight turn away to face Telkya. Dimly, he heard the elf maid cry out as the creature wounded her but then he saw black and blue bolts strike the wight and it fell before his friends. The rat scurried forward once again and this time, Erlmoor plunged his blade downward and into its back. It squealed once and then lay still leaving the dragonborn to roar, proclaiming victory. [B]Next.......The Palace of Bones[/B] [/QUOTE]
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