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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James McMurray" data-source="post: 287493" data-attributes="member: 743">Several devils (2 Spinagons, 2 Hamatulas, a Narzugon and his steed, a Barbazu, and a Gelugon) spy Gregory from afar, while he is still disoriented by the thronging crowds and the new environement. Seeing his golden feathered wings, they head his way for a little fun. Their gleeful charge is brought short moments later though, as the book belches forth another captive. A massive eight-headed beast with silver scales, the hydra takes to the air on its wings of gossamer light. The devils rethink their assault, and decide to continue on, hoping the beast will not be hostile or will be easily dispatched.The hydra also spies the devils coming towards him, and flies 20 feet up, angling towards them but mainly just trying to get off the ground in order to avoid crushing any more fleeing humans beneath his bulk. The Gelugon sees him and casts fly on himself, moving straight up to oversee the battle. The Barbazu teleports behind the wizard, who quickly steps back and hastes himself. A cold gray disintegration ray shoots forth from his hand, and turns a small portion of the devil’s stomach to dust, but the beast only screams and rages, angered and ready to destroy this insolent fool.The Narzugon charges Gregory, and his Nightmare steed’s hooves lash out. Gregory dives aside, but only manages to impale himself upon the Narzugon’s lance. The two Spinagons, at the behest of their master, land and begin attempting to summon more of themselves. Their calls go unanswered though, as the Hamatulas move forward. The Hamatula’s calls are not completely unanswered though, and another one appears to fight alongside them.The hydra, seeing another apparent half-celestial in danger turns around and charges. As he comes in, his heads unleash jets of frigid frost at the Narzugon and his steed. The devil’s mount turns to ice, cracks, and finally shatters, dropping its rider to the hard ground below, where he moves away and attempts to summon another steed. He fails though, and instead decides to forego protecting his battle companions in order to unleash his hellish gaze.The Gelugon flies over and creates a 50’ x 50’ wall of ice between the hydra and the wizard, blocking the two off. Gregory manages to fall back though, and cures himself via his father’s blood gift. He then casts Dimension door, putting the wall between himself and the angered Barbazu. The raging barbarian devil runs around the wall and up to the wizard again, his glaive out and ready. The Spinagons fly up and meet with the Gelugon, who gives them their new orders: a plan he hopes will take down the powerful hydra. The Hamatulas move outwards, spreading to try to flank the Hydra, who welcomes their approach with a screaming charge. His snapping jaws narrowly miss the first of the three devils.The Gelugon flies over toward a Hamatula, and creates an unholy aura about himself the Hamatula, and the two Spinagons. Hellish green fire licks around them, ready to protect them and damage all who would try to harm them.The Barbazu continues to harass the wizard, who flies upwards a few feet and hastes the hydra as well. He answers the Gelugon’s unholy aura with a golden lighted holy aura of his own. It shields the hydra and Gregory from the devils’ blows.The Narzugon teleports back out of the hydra’s reach and lifts his mask. As their gazes meet his, everyone in the area sees their worst fears reflected in his eyes. Even the other devils are not immune, and one Hamatula's fear drops him to his knees.One of the Spinagons, acting as ordered, flies towards the hydra. As the beast’s jaws snap out, the spiked devil is crushed, and the green flames lick out to try to sap the strength from the massive beast. His celestial ancestry proves too strong though, and the Gelugon adjusts his plan. He orders the other Spinagon to hold back, and it begins to fire at Gregory, hoping to bring him down. The remaining Hamatulas teleport to surround the wizard.The hydra flies over and hovers above Gregory, snapping at a Hamatula. Three of the heads get hold and shake the devil like a terrier with a rat before dropping it to the ground, where it leaps to its feet. The Gelugon charges the hydra and strikes out with his 20’ long spear. The tip buries itself in the creature’s body, but as it comes back out,t he hole immediately closes. Apparently slashing off heads will be the only way to kill this beast.The Barbazu lashes out with his glaive and misses Gregory, who flies over and calls again upon his mysterious father’s blood gift, smiting the devils with holy power. The Narzugon responds with an unholy blight of his own, while the Spinagon flies over and shoots.All three of the Hamatulas unleash unholy blights, and although the hydra seems unharmed, Gregory succumbs to the blasts and fall to the ground beside one of the Hamatulas, who kicks dirt in his glazed over eyes to ensure he is dead.Meanwhile, Lorelei the titan and Meourgetok’s battle has moved again. As they move into sight of the combatants, fear overwhelms them all except for the Gelugon, who rapidly moves up to strike a head from the hydra. The Spinagon meanwhile, is plummeting to his death from the skies above, unable to maintain his flight.When the Gelugon sees the lost head regrown into two, he sounds a retreat a teleports to a far off mountain top. The remaining Hamatulas (one of which is crushed beneath the Hydra’s bulk) do not manage to escape however. High in the sky the gate to Celestia opens wide, and the 15 lantern archons dispatched by the Solar move to help the hydra finish off the last remaining devils.</blockquote>

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