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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 2162528" data-attributes="member: 143">Chapter 366 With their companion restored to them, the adventurers—both groups—turned to the far doorway where the enemy conjurer had escaped.  Dannel’s armor was ruined, but he appropriated one of the magical chain shirts formerly worn by the haraknin, gingerly sliding it over his still-tender torso. “They’ve had a good ten minutes, and I don’t think they’ll have wasted it,” Benzan said.  “What exactly are we dealing with, here?”“Fiends.  Lots of ‘em.  Big ones,” Hodge said. “The Cagewrights include thirteen individuals of great power, and varied talents,” Arun said.  “We’ve killed one, already… the giant minotaur.”“Yes, we saw her as we came in,” Cal said.  “That must have been quite a fight.”“Great, that just leaves twelve,” Benzan said.  “And I’m already running low on holy arrows.”Arun nodded.  “Nidrama knew more… she was a celestial who aided us; the glabrezu killed her.”“I hope for her sake that she was not called here,” Dana said. “I do not know.  She did sacrifice something to join us.”The deva turned to them as they approached the far door.  “I must remind you, Lady Ilgarten, that my time of service is limited by the terms of the Compact, which governs our agreement.” “As are our buffs,” Cal added.  “Some of the short-duration ones have already lapsed, I’m afraid.  If we’re going to do this, we should be about it while our abilities are at their strongest.”“Ah, we’ve kinda been going nonstop for about a tenday already,” Mole said.  “You know, volcano erupting, fiends falling from the sky, that kind of thing.”Cal looked at her.  “Well, if you like, you can go up and wait for us above.  We won’t be too long, I don’t think.”“I believe our dwarvish friend over there has a standard response to those sorts of comments, but I won’t repeat it, as we’re in mixed company.  No way I’m going to miss the finale, Uncle Cal.”“What about the giant and his minions?” Lok asked. “I can deal with them quickly enough,” Benzan said.  Arun frowned, and Cal shook his head.  “We’ve been down that path before, my friend,” the gnome said. Dana turned to the deva.  “Transport them someplace where they will do no harm.”  The creature nodded, and walked over to the giant and the three haraknin.  The mercenaries did not resist as the deva gathered them, then collectively plane shifted them away to some other reality. “Yet another enemy who survives to bear us a grudge,” Benzan said.  “Yet another decision that may come back to bite us at a later date.”“We’ve faced such before, Benzan.  Better that than to compromise what we are,” Dana said.“What exactly is that?  Fools?”“You took the same oaths that I did, Benzan.  We both serve the same ends, and I think you believe the same things, even if you’re too stubborn to admit it.”“I wear the pin, Dana, but that doesn’t mean that I’m just a Harper lackey…”The two faced off for a moment, something intense passing silently between them.“They were like this even before they were married,” Cal whispered aside to Mole.  Finally, Benzan turned and strode toward the door.  “Enough useless banter, let’s be abut this,” Benzan said.  Drawing out a wand, he made himself invisible.  “With you guys here with us, they won’t know what hit them,” Mole said, also disappearing. Unfortunately, the gnome was very, very wrong.</blockquote>

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