Voyage to destruction
Chapter 7: Between a hard spot and an undead army. . .
Gwelin opened her eyes. She was slowly remembering the battle that she had lost. "What happened?" she asked herself. When her eyes came into focus, she noticed that she was still in the sewers. She tried to stand up but she was tied down to something. When she tried to turn around, she noticed a large, muscular leg with the corner of her eye. "Hello?" she whispered to the person tied to her. No response. "Hello? Are you awake?" she asked again. Still, she got no response. She sighed and tried to think of a plan to escape. Then it hit her. She just had to use a small spell to cut the ropes that were holding her to the person behind her.
She tried to cast a small inferno to cut through the ropes but couldn't remember the spell. By now her sight was becoming blurry and she had trouble thinking. She had trouble of even remembering the simplest spells. She then blacked out again.
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Thoraro woke up. His back hurt, he had moving and he was in a small chamber which was poorly lit up. In one corner, there was a small skull pile, in the other his helmet which must have flown off when he was smashed through the wall. When he tried to stand up to go pick it up, he felt immense pain in his left leg. He had trouble bending it, and from his deduction, it was broken. "Great" he thought. He sat back down. He stared at the hole in the wall. Guessing from the pain in his back, and the size of the hole, he guessed that he must have made it when Radament hit him. He noticed something glimmer outside the hole. He decided to crawl towards it. Despite all the pain, he got closer. The sword was almost calling him to pick it up. When he got into range to pick it up, a bone which was lying on the floor fell off a pile and stabbed him into the other leg. He yelled, and then passed out from the pain.
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Iludian woke up to the sound of yelling. Besides a few bruises and scratches on him, he was fine. He turned around, and noticed there was a huge hole in the wall. "I must have made that." He reached to pull his wand out of his pocket, but didn't find it. He searched around the room, and only found a few gold coins. He then went through the hole and back into the corridor where he, Thoraro and Gwelin had ran into Radament. "Speaking of Gwelin. . . where is she?" he asked himself. He looked around. He saw another hole on the other side of the hallway. "Thoraro" he guessed. To his right, the way they came from. In that direction he saw Gwelin's Circlet and her staff. He cursed to himself. "They got her."
"Necro. . .mancersss" a voice behind Iludian hissed. Iludian spun around and looked up only to see Radament. "Evil necromancerssss. You die!!" Iludian was scared out of his mind, so he did what any intelligent person would do. He ran. Radament was, of course, in hot pursuit raising skeletons from all the bodies of fallen monsters that they party had killed. Iludian stopped running when he heard a voice. "EVERYBODY CHARGE!" and before Iludian knew it, a dozen or more soldiers all wielding pikes and spears charged at him. He decided to jump behind a bone pile. He watched as the soldiers slashed, kicked, punched and destroyed many skeletons. Although the soldiers may have had the upper hand, many of them had perished. Some skeletons used their arms as projectiles to hit the soldiers. Some skeletons cast powerful magic to burn, freeze or shock the soldiers. The others resorted to holding the soldiers off, and hurting them if possible.
Iludian now recognised the leader. It was Greiz, the captain of the guards. Greiz was literally ploughing through the skeletons with his soldiers. When all the skeletons had died, and only Radament was left, the foul monster let out a cry. The cry made most of the soldiers retreat as if they were up against Diablo himself. Greiz took his spear and threw it at Radament. The sword hit the monster as if it hit a brick wall. It fell to the ground and snapped. Radament approached Greiz and opened his mouth, breathing on him. Greiz then fell to the floor and stayed there, not moving. "NOOOO!" yelled Iludian from behind the pile. Iludian stood up, and summoned as many skeletons as he could. The skeletons fought fearlessly versus Radament, slashing it left and right. Iludian decided to try his newest spell. All of a sudden, a body of skeleton on the floor just exploded, hurting everything in it's range. Radament was hit by most of the bones from the explosion, and was now crying in pain.
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Thoraro woke up again but this time in massive pain. There was a bone stuck in his leg, and the rest of his body ached. He felt his sword in his hand and before him was the hole to exit the small room. But outside the hole, was not the empty corridor, but it was Iludian. Iludian appeared to be casting spells, and raising monsters. Thoraro then noticed that Iludian had nothing in his hands. He cursed. "He doesn't have his wand! He'll get killed without it!" Despite all the pain, Thoraro stood up and looked around for the wand. Limping around the room, he noticed a small skull in the corner. It was not even one tenth the size of a normal human skull. When he picked it up, it had a small stick on it. There were also engravings on the skull "Ume's Lament." (He gets it as a X-mAs Present - read "A Very Diablo Christmas")
Thoraro turned around and plucked the bone from his leg. It was barely in his flesh, but it had hit where the spear had hit him not that long ago. Limping towards the hole, he yelled out: "Iludian! Catch!" and he threw the wand towards the necromancer.
Iludian quickly turned around caught the wand and began casting bone spells. Teeth here, bone wall there and a bone spear over there. . . The room was being assaulted by bone spells and Radament was beginning to show signs of tiring. Unfortunately for Iludian, he was getting tired too. "Thor! Can I get a LITTLE bit of help here?!" he yelled to his friend still in the small chamber. Thoraro then stepped out of the hole, and muttered a small prayer that he was taught when he was young by his parents. Although Thoraro had never trained as a paladin, yet at this moment, as he was saying his prayer, he felt himself infused with might, almost as if a Paladin was using his might aura on him. The skeletons began hitting Radament non-stop and before they knew it, Radament let out another cry and fell to the ground.
"Where's Gwelin. . ." Thoraro just noticed Gwelin was missing. "Gwelin?! Where are you?" As if on cue, Thoraro then heard a war cry, a lightning bolt and tons of footsteps from around the corner. "What in the world?" Iludian asked Thor.
"OUT! RUN!" yelled a voice. The ground had begun to tremble now. Suddenly, Gwelin and Azuron came running around the corner and not long after followed a horde of skeletons. Thor and Iludian took this as a hint for a good time to run. Thoraro glanced backwards only to see Gwelin with a trail of fire behind her. "Blaze" he thought. Unfortunately for them, Iludian's skeletons had gotten caught in the blaze, and all crumbled. As they neared the exit, the skeletons started to move faster and began to throw their arms, hands and heads. (If they're undead, why do they need a head?) They avoided all but one skull. And that skull just so happened to hit Iludian on the head, knocking him out with a loud clunk sound. When Thoraro turned around to see what had happened, he noticed Iludian on the floor. "Guys, keep going!" he yelled to the rest. He then turned back and ran towards the unconscious necromancer.
Thoraro picked him up, and ran towards the exit. As he turned the last corner, he almost ran into a wall of spears. All of Lut Gholein's guards were there to take care of Radament's army. And since Radament was dead, the skeletons wouldn't expect an assault upon them. He passed the guards and exited the sewers. He then put Iludian down, and then collapsed. Even though he managed to escape the skeletons, his leg was now bleeding badly from where he was stabbed. Fara, the city's healer and smith then approached him and brought him to his room.
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Author's Notes: Ok. Sorry if this chapter sorta sucked. and took a while to post. I had a massive writer's block on this chapter half way through. Plus I'm writing this at 3 am. I'll try to hurry up on the next chapter to tell you guys how AZURON ----- you know the barb. . . is still alive, and the horadric staff search begins! Yay.. Fun fun. I'm tired : (
Chapter 7: Between a hard spot and an undead army. . .
Gwelin opened her eyes. She was slowly remembering the battle that she had lost. "What happened?" she asked herself. When her eyes came into focus, she noticed that she was still in the sewers. She tried to stand up but she was tied down to something. When she tried to turn around, she noticed a large, muscular leg with the corner of her eye. "Hello?" she whispered to the person tied to her. No response. "Hello? Are you awake?" she asked again. Still, she got no response. She sighed and tried to think of a plan to escape. Then it hit her. She just had to use a small spell to cut the ropes that were holding her to the person behind her.
She tried to cast a small inferno to cut through the ropes but couldn't remember the spell. By now her sight was becoming blurry and she had trouble thinking. She had trouble of even remembering the simplest spells. She then blacked out again.
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Thoraro woke up. His back hurt, he had moving and he was in a small chamber which was poorly lit up. In one corner, there was a small skull pile, in the other his helmet which must have flown off when he was smashed through the wall. When he tried to stand up to go pick it up, he felt immense pain in his left leg. He had trouble bending it, and from his deduction, it was broken. "Great" he thought. He sat back down. He stared at the hole in the wall. Guessing from the pain in his back, and the size of the hole, he guessed that he must have made it when Radament hit him. He noticed something glimmer outside the hole. He decided to crawl towards it. Despite all the pain, he got closer. The sword was almost calling him to pick it up. When he got into range to pick it up, a bone which was lying on the floor fell off a pile and stabbed him into the other leg. He yelled, and then passed out from the pain.
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Iludian woke up to the sound of yelling. Besides a few bruises and scratches on him, he was fine. He turned around, and noticed there was a huge hole in the wall. "I must have made that." He reached to pull his wand out of his pocket, but didn't find it. He searched around the room, and only found a few gold coins. He then went through the hole and back into the corridor where he, Thoraro and Gwelin had ran into Radament. "Speaking of Gwelin. . . where is she?" he asked himself. He looked around. He saw another hole on the other side of the hallway. "Thoraro" he guessed. To his right, the way they came from. In that direction he saw Gwelin's Circlet and her staff. He cursed to himself. "They got her."
"Necro. . .mancersss" a voice behind Iludian hissed. Iludian spun around and looked up only to see Radament. "Evil necromancerssss. You die!!" Iludian was scared out of his mind, so he did what any intelligent person would do. He ran. Radament was, of course, in hot pursuit raising skeletons from all the bodies of fallen monsters that they party had killed. Iludian stopped running when he heard a voice. "EVERYBODY CHARGE!" and before Iludian knew it, a dozen or more soldiers all wielding pikes and spears charged at him. He decided to jump behind a bone pile. He watched as the soldiers slashed, kicked, punched and destroyed many skeletons. Although the soldiers may have had the upper hand, many of them had perished. Some skeletons used their arms as projectiles to hit the soldiers. Some skeletons cast powerful magic to burn, freeze or shock the soldiers. The others resorted to holding the soldiers off, and hurting them if possible.
Iludian now recognised the leader. It was Greiz, the captain of the guards. Greiz was literally ploughing through the skeletons with his soldiers. When all the skeletons had died, and only Radament was left, the foul monster let out a cry. The cry made most of the soldiers retreat as if they were up against Diablo himself. Greiz took his spear and threw it at Radament. The sword hit the monster as if it hit a brick wall. It fell to the ground and snapped. Radament approached Greiz and opened his mouth, breathing on him. Greiz then fell to the floor and stayed there, not moving. "NOOOO!" yelled Iludian from behind the pile. Iludian stood up, and summoned as many skeletons as he could. The skeletons fought fearlessly versus Radament, slashing it left and right. Iludian decided to try his newest spell. All of a sudden, a body of skeleton on the floor just exploded, hurting everything in it's range. Radament was hit by most of the bones from the explosion, and was now crying in pain.
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Thoraro woke up again but this time in massive pain. There was a bone stuck in his leg, and the rest of his body ached. He felt his sword in his hand and before him was the hole to exit the small room. But outside the hole, was not the empty corridor, but it was Iludian. Iludian appeared to be casting spells, and raising monsters. Thoraro then noticed that Iludian had nothing in his hands. He cursed. "He doesn't have his wand! He'll get killed without it!" Despite all the pain, Thoraro stood up and looked around for the wand. Limping around the room, he noticed a small skull in the corner. It was not even one tenth the size of a normal human skull. When he picked it up, it had a small stick on it. There were also engravings on the skull "Ume's Lament." (He gets it as a X-mAs Present - read "A Very Diablo Christmas")
Thoraro turned around and plucked the bone from his leg. It was barely in his flesh, but it had hit where the spear had hit him not that long ago. Limping towards the hole, he yelled out: "Iludian! Catch!" and he threw the wand towards the necromancer.
Iludian quickly turned around caught the wand and began casting bone spells. Teeth here, bone wall there and a bone spear over there. . . The room was being assaulted by bone spells and Radament was beginning to show signs of tiring. Unfortunately for Iludian, he was getting tired too. "Thor! Can I get a LITTLE bit of help here?!" he yelled to his friend still in the small chamber. Thoraro then stepped out of the hole, and muttered a small prayer that he was taught when he was young by his parents. Although Thoraro had never trained as a paladin, yet at this moment, as he was saying his prayer, he felt himself infused with might, almost as if a Paladin was using his might aura on him. The skeletons began hitting Radament non-stop and before they knew it, Radament let out another cry and fell to the ground.
"Where's Gwelin. . ." Thoraro just noticed Gwelin was missing. "Gwelin?! Where are you?" As if on cue, Thoraro then heard a war cry, a lightning bolt and tons of footsteps from around the corner. "What in the world?" Iludian asked Thor.
"OUT! RUN!" yelled a voice. The ground had begun to tremble now. Suddenly, Gwelin and Azuron came running around the corner and not long after followed a horde of skeletons. Thor and Iludian took this as a hint for a good time to run. Thoraro glanced backwards only to see Gwelin with a trail of fire behind her. "Blaze" he thought. Unfortunately for them, Iludian's skeletons had gotten caught in the blaze, and all crumbled. As they neared the exit, the skeletons started to move faster and began to throw their arms, hands and heads. (If they're undead, why do they need a head?) They avoided all but one skull. And that skull just so happened to hit Iludian on the head, knocking him out with a loud clunk sound. When Thoraro turned around to see what had happened, he noticed Iludian on the floor. "Guys, keep going!" he yelled to the rest. He then turned back and ran towards the unconscious necromancer.
Thoraro picked him up, and ran towards the exit. As he turned the last corner, he almost ran into a wall of spears. All of Lut Gholein's guards were there to take care of Radament's army. And since Radament was dead, the skeletons wouldn't expect an assault upon them. He passed the guards and exited the sewers. He then put Iludian down, and then collapsed. Even though he managed to escape the skeletons, his leg was now bleeding badly from where he was stabbed. Fara, the city's healer and smith then approached him and brought him to his room.
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Author's Notes: Ok. Sorry if this chapter sorta sucked. and took a while to post. I had a massive writer's block on this chapter half way through. Plus I'm writing this at 3 am. I'll try to hurry up on the next chapter to tell you guys how AZURON ----- you know the barb. . . is still alive, and the horadric staff search begins! Yay.. Fun fun. I'm tired : (
