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<blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 3899697" data-attributes="member: 143"><p>Welcome, and thanks for posting, SolitonMan!</p><p></p><p>I may not get a post up tomorrow, but I'll definitely be back Friday for the resolution. </p><p></p><p>* * * * * </p><p></p><p>Chapter 299</p><p></p><p>THE CLOSING RING</p><p></p><p></p><p>“Keep them at bay... just for a few seconds!” Allera yelled. She closed her eyes, and spread her hands, whispering as she drew upon healing power. </p><p></p><p>“The gargoyles,” Honoratius said to Alderis. The archmage hurled a sonic evocation into the air, and the gargoyles screamed as it shattered the air in their midst. The companions felt it as a pulse that shook their bones, but the spell had been precisely placed, and none of them suffered any lasting harm. Allera did not stir, completely lost in her concentration. </p><p></p><p>Alderis lifted a hand and fired a <em>cone of cold</em> into the descending swarm of gargoyles. Gargoyles stiffened as the magical cold froze their bodies, already ravaged by Honoratius’s sonic. The creatures plummeted to the ground, shattering as they hit the rocky soil. One landed on a ghoul, crushing it, and a second nearly smashed into Marcus as he held off a pair of skeletal wolves. </p><p></p><p>“Keep them off Allera!” Honoratius yelled, ducking as a gargoyle tried to seize her head in its claws. With a half-dozen layered wards still protecting her, she was difficult to harm, but the gargoyles were sufficiently big and strong to carry her off, if they got a hold on her. </p><p></p><p>Alderis’s shield guardian took a gargoyle out of the sky with a swipe of one armored limb. At the elf’s command the construct stood over Allera, protecting her from the descending attackers. </p><p></p><p>Undead came at the line of warriors, attacking in a violent fury. Skeletons, ghouls, and wights went down under their blades, but more surged forward, and others simply leapt up and came down upon the defenders, trying to bear them down by sheer weight. Marcus was struck in the face by the skeletal claw of an umber hulk, and he would have fallen had not Tullus stepped forward, supporting him with one arm while his other wielded his mace with unaccustomed fury. </p><p></p><p>A moment later, a ghast leapt onto the older cleric, bearing him down. </p><p></p><p>Zahera staggered as a zombie beetle seized her ankle. Three wights seized her, and a ghoul sprang onto her shoulders, trying to rip her helmet off. </p><p></p><p>Dar formed a wall of hacked and dismembered undead in front of him, but for every one he killed, two or three others charged into its place. </p><p></p><p>Vrocks descended lazily from above, looking for opportunities. </p><p></p><p>Another <em>unholy blight</em> exploded around the companions. Alexion cried out, and two ghasts ripped his pick from his hands. Xenos felt a prick on the side of his neck as he hacked down a ghoul with his holy sword, and looked up to see a mohrg standing there, even as his muscles stiffened and stopped obeying his command. A skeleton smashed him in the face, and he fell to the ground, claws already tearing at his flesh. </p><p></p><p>Forty ghouls surged over the low rock mound, rushing at the companions from behind. </p><p></p><p>And more undead kept pressing forward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lazybones, post: 3899697, member: 143"] Welcome, and thanks for posting, SolitonMan! I may not get a post up tomorrow, but I'll definitely be back Friday for the resolution. * * * * * Chapter 299 THE CLOSING RING “Keep them at bay... just for a few seconds!” Allera yelled. She closed her eyes, and spread her hands, whispering as she drew upon healing power. “The gargoyles,” Honoratius said to Alderis. The archmage hurled a sonic evocation into the air, and the gargoyles screamed as it shattered the air in their midst. The companions felt it as a pulse that shook their bones, but the spell had been precisely placed, and none of them suffered any lasting harm. Allera did not stir, completely lost in her concentration. Alderis lifted a hand and fired a [i]cone of cold[/i] into the descending swarm of gargoyles. Gargoyles stiffened as the magical cold froze their bodies, already ravaged by Honoratius’s sonic. The creatures plummeted to the ground, shattering as they hit the rocky soil. One landed on a ghoul, crushing it, and a second nearly smashed into Marcus as he held off a pair of skeletal wolves. “Keep them off Allera!” Honoratius yelled, ducking as a gargoyle tried to seize her head in its claws. With a half-dozen layered wards still protecting her, she was difficult to harm, but the gargoyles were sufficiently big and strong to carry her off, if they got a hold on her. Alderis’s shield guardian took a gargoyle out of the sky with a swipe of one armored limb. At the elf’s command the construct stood over Allera, protecting her from the descending attackers. Undead came at the line of warriors, attacking in a violent fury. Skeletons, ghouls, and wights went down under their blades, but more surged forward, and others simply leapt up and came down upon the defenders, trying to bear them down by sheer weight. Marcus was struck in the face by the skeletal claw of an umber hulk, and he would have fallen had not Tullus stepped forward, supporting him with one arm while his other wielded his mace with unaccustomed fury. A moment later, a ghast leapt onto the older cleric, bearing him down. Zahera staggered as a zombie beetle seized her ankle. Three wights seized her, and a ghoul sprang onto her shoulders, trying to rip her helmet off. Dar formed a wall of hacked and dismembered undead in front of him, but for every one he killed, two or three others charged into its place. Vrocks descended lazily from above, looking for opportunities. Another [i]unholy blight[/i] exploded around the companions. Alexion cried out, and two ghasts ripped his pick from his hands. Xenos felt a prick on the side of his neck as he hacked down a ghoul with his holy sword, and looked up to see a mohrg standing there, even as his muscles stiffened and stopped obeying his command. A skeleton smashed him in the face, and he fell to the ground, claws already tearing at his flesh. Forty ghouls surged over the low rock mound, rushing at the companions from behind. And more undead kept pressing forward. [/QUOTE]
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