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<blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4740537" data-attributes="member: 21864"><p><strong>Chapter 23 - Secret Knowledge (Part 2)</strong></p><p></p><p>In the corridor, Dulvarna heard a familiar ululating battle cry and turned again to see that a norker now rushed towards her in front of the black warrior. By now, Enlishia had seen these new threats as well and she put down her bow in favour of drawing her greatsword from her back. She stabbed at the warder’s leg, her blow almost piercing the bronze but at the last glancing aside and then darted away from the construct to join Dulvarna facing these new foes. The ranger nodded to her warrior companion and then raised her blade in salute to her enemies.</p><p></p><p>Behind the two women, the warder seemed to decide to leave them for later and started towards Telkya, Lavren and Litiraan. Its axe swept down towards Telkya and slammed into the priestess’ chest throwing her backwards into the wall beside her brother. Dulvarna looked back over her shoulder and winced as Telkya was wounded but seeing her chance, she leapt forward to meet the norker as it advanced up the corridor. Her blade swept out and clove into the goblin’s side, throwing it against the east wall of the hallway. Immediately, it leapt to seize Dulvarna’s sword arm in its teeth but she was ready and smashed her elbow into the side of its face to slam it back into the wall.</p><p></p><p>Telkya pushed herself away from the wall and heaved in a breath despite the stabbing pain in her ribs. Summoning all her strength, she prayed to Corellon and called a column of divine light down upon the bronze warder. The bronze of its right arm and shoulder blackened and blistered as the divine fire burned it and once again the construct bellowed its anger. Beyond the warder, Telkya saw another bolt of lightning strike the wall close to where Dulvarna and Enlishia stood. They had to hold the warder off here for more enemies were coming, she decided.</p><p></p><p>Beside Telkya, Lavren and Litiraan decided the same thing. Lavren hurled a blast of black energy into the construct’s chest and moments later, Litiraan called flame from his wand that engulfed the left side of the bronze minotaur. Erlmoor turned away from the fleeing black warrior and with a prayer on his lips, he lashed his blade into the right leg of the warder. Again it bellowed as divine light flared from the paladin’s blade and then the construct seemed to lurch to the right as though it had been truly damaged. Erlmoor felt a surge of triumph but as he did, a bolt of lighting struck the bottom of his back on the left side. Pain lanced up to his shoulder and he himself lurched forward towards Telkya. Looking over his shoulder he realised that his fleeing enemy had returned and that victory was far from certain.</p><p></p><p>In the corridor, the norker came back at Dulvarna fiercely but she parried each axe blow with the skill that she had learned in the bare three months that she had been adventuring. An arrow flew past the norker then and Dulvarna knew that Enlishia had taken up her bow again. A second shaft drove into the goblin’s right hip, throwing it back a step and giving Dulvarna a chance to come forward once more. She lashed out with her blade from right to left and drove it into the norker’s side. Again it lurched to the right and fell into the corridor wall and again it leapt, snarling at Dulvarna, forcing her to leap back beyond its reach.</p><p></p><p>The bronze warder turned its head left and right, seeming to survey the enemies before it and then swept its axe out to the right towards Erlmoor. The axe struck the dragonborn a huge blow in the chest and hurled him back painfully into the stone of the door frame. He gasped and leaned back against the wall for a few moments as he regained his strength. The warder loomed over him and seemed ready to finish him but then it turned as Telkya called out to the others.</p><p>“This way,” she called out. “It cannot fit between the pillars.”</p><p></p><p>The elf maid darted to the right past Lavren and Litiraan and circled around the four pillars with the runes at their centre. When she reached the far, western, side, she raised her amulet and unleashed a bolt of light into the bronze minotaur’s side. The creature bellowed and turned towards the priestess but she was right, the gaps between the pillars were too big for the construct to easily fit through. Lavren and Litiraan glanced at Erlmoor but at a nod from him, they moved to follow Telkya. </p><p></p><p>Erlmoor looked beyond the warder then to see how Dulvarna fared just as the warrior woman was struck by a pale white bolt of light that sent her reeling back away from the black warrior and the norker. Dulvarna staggered as though dazed and Erlmoor longed to be able to go to his friend’s aid but looking up at the bronze minotaur before him, he knew that to be impossible. Instead he raised his blade and prepared to attack it once again. As he gathered his strength, Lavren and Litiraan moved into positions to the north and south of the four pillars. Once there, they unleashed black and silver bolts at the warder. Lavren’s black bolt flew wide of the warder but Litiraan’s silver bolt scored the back of the construct’s left leg. The minotaur turned to the left and Erlmoor charged at it from the other side. His blade slashed out and struck the warder’s knee only to clang harmlessly off the bronze hide of the construct and strike smash into the floor nearby. Slowly, the warder turned back towards Erlmoor and as it did so, a bolt of lightning flashed in from the paladin’s left. It hurled him back against the stone again and in that moment, the dragonborn knew that he was doomed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Medriev, post: 4740537, member: 21864"] [b]Chapter 23 - Secret Knowledge (Part 2)[/b] In the corridor, Dulvarna heard a familiar ululating battle cry and turned again to see that a norker now rushed towards her in front of the black warrior. By now, Enlishia had seen these new threats as well and she put down her bow in favour of drawing her greatsword from her back. She stabbed at the warder’s leg, her blow almost piercing the bronze but at the last glancing aside and then darted away from the construct to join Dulvarna facing these new foes. The ranger nodded to her warrior companion and then raised her blade in salute to her enemies. Behind the two women, the warder seemed to decide to leave them for later and started towards Telkya, Lavren and Litiraan. Its axe swept down towards Telkya and slammed into the priestess’ chest throwing her backwards into the wall beside her brother. Dulvarna looked back over her shoulder and winced as Telkya was wounded but seeing her chance, she leapt forward to meet the norker as it advanced up the corridor. Her blade swept out and clove into the goblin’s side, throwing it against the east wall of the hallway. Immediately, it leapt to seize Dulvarna’s sword arm in its teeth but she was ready and smashed her elbow into the side of its face to slam it back into the wall. Telkya pushed herself away from the wall and heaved in a breath despite the stabbing pain in her ribs. Summoning all her strength, she prayed to Corellon and called a column of divine light down upon the bronze warder. The bronze of its right arm and shoulder blackened and blistered as the divine fire burned it and once again the construct bellowed its anger. Beyond the warder, Telkya saw another bolt of lightning strike the wall close to where Dulvarna and Enlishia stood. They had to hold the warder off here for more enemies were coming, she decided. Beside Telkya, Lavren and Litiraan decided the same thing. Lavren hurled a blast of black energy into the construct’s chest and moments later, Litiraan called flame from his wand that engulfed the left side of the bronze minotaur. Erlmoor turned away from the fleeing black warrior and with a prayer on his lips, he lashed his blade into the right leg of the warder. Again it bellowed as divine light flared from the paladin’s blade and then the construct seemed to lurch to the right as though it had been truly damaged. Erlmoor felt a surge of triumph but as he did, a bolt of lighting struck the bottom of his back on the left side. Pain lanced up to his shoulder and he himself lurched forward towards Telkya. Looking over his shoulder he realised that his fleeing enemy had returned and that victory was far from certain. In the corridor, the norker came back at Dulvarna fiercely but she parried each axe blow with the skill that she had learned in the bare three months that she had been adventuring. An arrow flew past the norker then and Dulvarna knew that Enlishia had taken up her bow again. A second shaft drove into the goblin’s right hip, throwing it back a step and giving Dulvarna a chance to come forward once more. She lashed out with her blade from right to left and drove it into the norker’s side. Again it lurched to the right and fell into the corridor wall and again it leapt, snarling at Dulvarna, forcing her to leap back beyond its reach. The bronze warder turned its head left and right, seeming to survey the enemies before it and then swept its axe out to the right towards Erlmoor. The axe struck the dragonborn a huge blow in the chest and hurled him back painfully into the stone of the door frame. He gasped and leaned back against the wall for a few moments as he regained his strength. The warder loomed over him and seemed ready to finish him but then it turned as Telkya called out to the others. “This way,” she called out. “It cannot fit between the pillars.” The elf maid darted to the right past Lavren and Litiraan and circled around the four pillars with the runes at their centre. When she reached the far, western, side, she raised her amulet and unleashed a bolt of light into the bronze minotaur’s side. The creature bellowed and turned towards the priestess but she was right, the gaps between the pillars were too big for the construct to easily fit through. Lavren and Litiraan glanced at Erlmoor but at a nod from him, they moved to follow Telkya. Erlmoor looked beyond the warder then to see how Dulvarna fared just as the warrior woman was struck by a pale white bolt of light that sent her reeling back away from the black warrior and the norker. Dulvarna staggered as though dazed and Erlmoor longed to be able to go to his friend’s aid but looking up at the bronze minotaur before him, he knew that to be impossible. Instead he raised his blade and prepared to attack it once again. As he gathered his strength, Lavren and Litiraan moved into positions to the north and south of the four pillars. Once there, they unleashed black and silver bolts at the warder. Lavren’s black bolt flew wide of the warder but Litiraan’s silver bolt scored the back of the construct’s left leg. The minotaur turned to the left and Erlmoor charged at it from the other side. His blade slashed out and struck the warder’s knee only to clang harmlessly off the bronze hide of the construct and strike smash into the floor nearby. Slowly, the warder turned back towards Erlmoor and as it did so, a bolt of lightning flashed in from the paladin’s left. It hurled him back against the stone again and in that moment, the dragonborn knew that he was doomed. [/QUOTE]
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