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<blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 3929159" data-attributes="member: 143"><p>Can it be killed? Stay tuned for next week!</p><p></p><p>* * * * * </p><p></p><p>Chapter 310</p><p></p><p>WRESTLING WITH DUNGIE</p><p></p><p></p><p>“Corath!” Allera yelled, rushing toward the creature. “We’ve got to get it off him!”</p><p></p><p>The knights were there first, attacking the creature with furious intensity. Xenos hacked at the limb that held Dar, the burning sword flaring in his hand. The blessed steel bit into the monster’s substance, but it was like hewing a log. Not to be forestalled, the knight raised his weapon and kept striking at the minor gash he had opened, trying to cut through enough to make it release Dar. </p><p></p><p>Zahera and Alexion continued to smash at its body, trying to draw its attention. Marcus and Nelan struck at its back, but their blows, while they struck sparks and made loud noises, failed to harm the creature in any identifiable way. </p><p></p><p>Honoratius, concentrating intensely, conjured a globe of pulsating sonic energy. She hurled it at the creature, striking the arm holding Dar just above the wrist. The spell, a variant of the <em>acid arrow</em> magic, had fashioned an autonomous energy pulse that existed independent of the wizard’s arcane power. As such, it did not wink out as it struck the monster, and instead embedded itself into the creature’s substance, blasting tiny bits of its matter into dust as it penetrated slowly deeper. The monster ignored it. </p><p></p><p>Dar was still holding onto his club, and he brought it up with desperate strength into the oozing claw that clasped his shoulder. He felt his head begin to swim with nausea and lack of air as the monster’s substance probed into his throat, cutting off his ability to breathe. The skin of his face and neck felt like it was on fire. </p><p></p><p>And then the monster’s hold on his slipped incrementally. Summoning a last desperate reserve of strength, he tore free and fell to the ground, gasping for air. He tried to get up and failed; his armor had become incredibly slick, no doubt what had allowed him to pull free of the monster’s grasp. He retched violently, spewing up some of the gunk that the monster had poured into his throat. </p><p></p><p>And then Allera was there. “Hold still, this will only take a few seconds...”</p><p></p><p>“Help me up,” he croaked. He managed to get onto his side, and looked up to see chaos raging just a few steps away. </p><p></p><p>The dung-Orcus was under heavy attack from every quarter. As he watched, a beam of <em>searing light</em> cut across his vision, causing glowing spots to obscure his view for a few seconds. But Tullus’s spell had vanished the moment it had struck the creature, absorbed without causing any damage or inconvenience to the monstrosity. The thing had seized onto Xenos, wrapping its right claw around his waist, its substance oozing out around him the same way it had with Dar. The knight was still slashing with his holy sword, trying to break free, while Zahera was trying to get around to its side, hewing at its arm in an effort to help him escape the creature’s hold. Alexion was down, but he didn’t look to be hurt bad, and Marcus was there, helping him to his feet. The two of them attacked its right knee, trying to unbalance it. Dar could have warned them not to bother; the creature had neither bones nor muscles, and seemed barely conscious of the damage they were wreaking upon it. </p><p></p><p>“Get back!” he tried to yell, but his voice rasped in his throat. “Allera, tell them to get back!” </p><p></p><p>Healing came in a torrent, but it did not push away the feeling of dread that was growing in his gut. That feeling expanded tenfold as the monster lifted Xenos off his feet, and slammed the struggling knight into the fat, bulging mass of its gut. Xenos screamed as the creature’s body split open, and then he vanished as it pushed him inside, driving him deeper until only the edge of his shield protruded out. The others watched in horror as the gap closed, cutting off the knight’s cries with grim finality as it sealed itself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lazybones, post: 3929159, member: 143"] Can it be killed? Stay tuned for next week! * * * * * Chapter 310 WRESTLING WITH DUNGIE “Corath!” Allera yelled, rushing toward the creature. “We’ve got to get it off him!” The knights were there first, attacking the creature with furious intensity. Xenos hacked at the limb that held Dar, the burning sword flaring in his hand. The blessed steel bit into the monster’s substance, but it was like hewing a log. Not to be forestalled, the knight raised his weapon and kept striking at the minor gash he had opened, trying to cut through enough to make it release Dar. Zahera and Alexion continued to smash at its body, trying to draw its attention. Marcus and Nelan struck at its back, but their blows, while they struck sparks and made loud noises, failed to harm the creature in any identifiable way. Honoratius, concentrating intensely, conjured a globe of pulsating sonic energy. She hurled it at the creature, striking the arm holding Dar just above the wrist. The spell, a variant of the [i]acid arrow[/i] magic, had fashioned an autonomous energy pulse that existed independent of the wizard’s arcane power. As such, it did not wink out as it struck the monster, and instead embedded itself into the creature’s substance, blasting tiny bits of its matter into dust as it penetrated slowly deeper. The monster ignored it. Dar was still holding onto his club, and he brought it up with desperate strength into the oozing claw that clasped his shoulder. He felt his head begin to swim with nausea and lack of air as the monster’s substance probed into his throat, cutting off his ability to breathe. The skin of his face and neck felt like it was on fire. And then the monster’s hold on his slipped incrementally. Summoning a last desperate reserve of strength, he tore free and fell to the ground, gasping for air. He tried to get up and failed; his armor had become incredibly slick, no doubt what had allowed him to pull free of the monster’s grasp. He retched violently, spewing up some of the gunk that the monster had poured into his throat. And then Allera was there. “Hold still, this will only take a few seconds...” “Help me up,” he croaked. He managed to get onto his side, and looked up to see chaos raging just a few steps away. The dung-Orcus was under heavy attack from every quarter. As he watched, a beam of [i]searing light[/i] cut across his vision, causing glowing spots to obscure his view for a few seconds. But Tullus’s spell had vanished the moment it had struck the creature, absorbed without causing any damage or inconvenience to the monstrosity. The thing had seized onto Xenos, wrapping its right claw around his waist, its substance oozing out around him the same way it had with Dar. The knight was still slashing with his holy sword, trying to break free, while Zahera was trying to get around to its side, hewing at its arm in an effort to help him escape the creature’s hold. Alexion was down, but he didn’t look to be hurt bad, and Marcus was there, helping him to his feet. The two of them attacked its right knee, trying to unbalance it. Dar could have warned them not to bother; the creature had neither bones nor muscles, and seemed barely conscious of the damage they were wreaking upon it. “Get back!” he tried to yell, but his voice rasped in his throat. “Allera, tell them to get back!” Healing came in a torrent, but it did not push away the feeling of dread that was growing in his gut. That feeling expanded tenfold as the monster lifted Xenos off his feet, and slammed the struggling knight into the fat, bulging mass of its gut. Xenos screamed as the creature’s body split open, and then he vanished as it pushed him inside, driving him deeper until only the edge of his shield protruded out. The others watched in horror as the gap closed, cutting off the knight’s cries with grim finality as it sealed itself. [/QUOTE]
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