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<blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 3815051" data-attributes="member: 143"><p>Here you go, readers, the last two posts of Book 4. See you in a week. Keep me from falling to page 2!</p><p></p><p>LB</p><p></p><p>* * * * * </p><p></p><p></p><p>Chapter 270</p><p></p><p>THE FATE OF THE FALLEN</p><p></p><p></p><p>Lightning flashed from Letellia’s fingertips, blasting into the vampire’s chest. Talen was flung back into his coffin with enough force to shatter the wood. Black smoke rose from his flesh around the corners of his breastplate. He struggled to rise, but could not. </p><p></p><p>Dar stepped forward, <em>Valor</em> gleaming blue in his hand. </p><p></p><p>Shay surged to her feet. “No!” she yelled, reaching for Dar’s arm. The fighter grasped her with his other hand, and pushed her roughly aside. </p><p></p><p>“Kill... me...” the dead knight said. He was still weak, his limbs hanging limp from his body, splayed out among the wreckage of dirt and wood fragments. </p><p></p><p>Letellia still had her hand outstretched, but she looked at Dar, and seeing the look on his face, drew back. </p><p></p><p>Shay slumped to the ground, sobbing. </p><p></p><p>Dar lifted his weapon. </p><p></p><p>“Hold,” Nelan said, pushing forward. </p><p></p><p>“This must be done,” Dar said, without turning. </p><p></p><p>“Perhaps something can be done,” the cleric said. “If not here, then maybe back in Camar... in the holy sanctum...”</p><p></p><p>Dar hesitated. “The mission...”</p><p></p><p>“Is over, general. We have destroyed the three temples, as we set out to do. What more can we do against the Demon, with but this handful?” </p><p></p><p>Dar looked down at Allera. “If there’s a chance at all, then we must take it,” she said. </p><p></p><p>“The vampire will not come peacefully,” Letellia said. “You make a mistake if you still see Talen Karedes in it.”</p><p></p><p>“Your weapons and spells cannot kill it,” Nelan said. “But a shaft of wood through the heart... that will render it ‘dead’, so long as it is kept in place.”</p><p></p><p>Dar nodded. Allera looked at him in surprise as he handed <em>Valor</em> to her; it had been the first time in her memory that he had willingly relinquished the weapon to another. The weapon tingled slightly in her hand as she held it in both fists, point-down. </p><p></p><p>Bending down, Dar picked up a shard of wood that had been shattered by Letellia’s spell. It was about a foot long, and tapered to a rough point. </p><p></p><p>Talen, seeing what was coming, tried to get up, but could only manage to flail his arms weakly. </p><p></p><p>Dar loomed over him. He planted one boot on Talen’s right elbow, pinning the vampire to the earth. Talen snarled, and fixed his stare on Dar, but he had not yet recovered enough of his powers for that gaze to penetrate the fighter’s will. Dar drew his punching dagger, and sawed off two of the straps holding Talen’s breastplate to his torso. He was careful of another attack, but Talen could not manage anything more than a feeble lunge that was defeated by the weight crushing his arm. His task done, Dar yanked the magical breastplate free and tossed it across the room. It clattered loudly, and more than one of them flinched at the sudden noise. </p><p></p><p>Talen looked around at all of them, but saw nothing but pity and resignation on the faces of his erstwhile companions. Finally, he focused on Shay. The scout, somehow sensing the weight of his stare, lifted her head and met his gaze. </p><p></p><p>“I am sorry,” he said. He opened his mouth to say something else, but whatever it was, it was cut off as Dar slammed the wooden spike into the vampire’s chest, impaling it through the heart. Talen instantly went limp, leaving the small chamber silent save for the desperate sobs of Shay. The companions could only stand there, witnessing the latest horror wrought upon them by the dark master of Rappan Athuk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lazybones, post: 3815051, member: 143"] Here you go, readers, the last two posts of Book 4. See you in a week. Keep me from falling to page 2! LB * * * * * Chapter 270 THE FATE OF THE FALLEN Lightning flashed from Letellia’s fingertips, blasting into the vampire’s chest. Talen was flung back into his coffin with enough force to shatter the wood. Black smoke rose from his flesh around the corners of his breastplate. He struggled to rise, but could not. Dar stepped forward, [i]Valor[/i] gleaming blue in his hand. Shay surged to her feet. “No!” she yelled, reaching for Dar’s arm. The fighter grasped her with his other hand, and pushed her roughly aside. “Kill... me...” the dead knight said. He was still weak, his limbs hanging limp from his body, splayed out among the wreckage of dirt and wood fragments. Letellia still had her hand outstretched, but she looked at Dar, and seeing the look on his face, drew back. Shay slumped to the ground, sobbing. Dar lifted his weapon. “Hold,” Nelan said, pushing forward. “This must be done,” Dar said, without turning. “Perhaps something can be done,” the cleric said. “If not here, then maybe back in Camar... in the holy sanctum...” Dar hesitated. “The mission...” “Is over, general. We have destroyed the three temples, as we set out to do. What more can we do against the Demon, with but this handful?” Dar looked down at Allera. “If there’s a chance at all, then we must take it,” she said. “The vampire will not come peacefully,” Letellia said. “You make a mistake if you still see Talen Karedes in it.” “Your weapons and spells cannot kill it,” Nelan said. “But a shaft of wood through the heart... that will render it ‘dead’, so long as it is kept in place.” Dar nodded. Allera looked at him in surprise as he handed [i]Valor[/i] to her; it had been the first time in her memory that he had willingly relinquished the weapon to another. The weapon tingled slightly in her hand as she held it in both fists, point-down. Bending down, Dar picked up a shard of wood that had been shattered by Letellia’s spell. It was about a foot long, and tapered to a rough point. Talen, seeing what was coming, tried to get up, but could only manage to flail his arms weakly. Dar loomed over him. He planted one boot on Talen’s right elbow, pinning the vampire to the earth. Talen snarled, and fixed his stare on Dar, but he had not yet recovered enough of his powers for that gaze to penetrate the fighter’s will. Dar drew his punching dagger, and sawed off two of the straps holding Talen’s breastplate to his torso. He was careful of another attack, but Talen could not manage anything more than a feeble lunge that was defeated by the weight crushing his arm. His task done, Dar yanked the magical breastplate free and tossed it across the room. It clattered loudly, and more than one of them flinched at the sudden noise. Talen looked around at all of them, but saw nothing but pity and resignation on the faces of his erstwhile companions. Finally, he focused on Shay. The scout, somehow sensing the weight of his stare, lifted her head and met his gaze. “I am sorry,” he said. He opened his mouth to say something else, but whatever it was, it was cut off as Dar slammed the wooden spike into the vampire’s chest, impaling it through the heart. Talen instantly went limp, leaving the small chamber silent save for the desperate sobs of Shay. The companions could only stand there, witnessing the latest horror wrought upon them by the dark master of Rappan Athuk. [/QUOTE]
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