Dareitori jama iwa sasenaï/Never let anyone get in your way!

Discaimer: I don't own Slayers. I'm getting sick of typing these disclaimers.

Zelgadis grasped the hilt of is sword as Sylphiel let out a gasp of horror as they saw a blue haired and green eyed warrior girl and a gray cloaked taller man both flanking an enormous dark armored man whose eyes flared red under is helm, sat on a throne in the center of the room...

Zelgadis: Dynast Gosherra!

Sylphiel: O my god Ceifeid! A dark lord!

Sherra: Ha ha ha ha ha...! Welcome! Welcome to the icicle tower! Surely you will stay for the night; it's so cold outside...

Zelgadis: Damn you! This legend about a copy of the Claire bible being here was a lie isn't it? It was meant to lure us here...what do you want from me?

Dynast: (talking with a deep guttural voice) you are to be bait for Lina Inverse of course...taking the 5 of you at once is too risky, my estimated colleague already proved that...that is why we separated you, we will capture you here, keeping you barely alive, so we can use you for the ultimate demise of Lina Inverse...Lord Shabrinigdo need her, and I will bring her to him...FOR THE TIME OF IS RESURECTION AS COME! Sherra, Drake, capture them, keep at least one of them alive, but you can mutilate them as much as you want...

Sherra and Drake: Yes my lord, understood!

And on this, the wall of the room start to blur, as a red star start flashing in the center of the floor, and the five of them are teleported to other planes, in a gigantic arena, as Sherra, and Drake (Dynast priest) are both preparing for battle, Dynast, still sit on a gigantic throne, raise is iron gloved hand, a big crowd of ice demon, minor mazoku and other monster from this plane, all gathered around the arena stop yelling their piercing cries.

Dynast: LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!

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Suddenly Lina stopped eating.

A minute ago she thought she'd sensed some pretty powerful magic being used.

She shrugged it off thinking it was her imagination.

Then she felt it again.

She realized it was coming from the direction Zel and Sylphiel had flown to.

She felt her gut instinct kicking in and she knew it wasn't indigestion.

She NEVER got indigestion.

She told the others to come with her and that she would tell them on the way. She threw some coins on the table; enough to pay for three of their large sized meals.

Amelia noticed this, and remembered how Lina never paid. She decided that this must be pretty important, and followed the others.

They all left and Ray-Winged out of there.

While flying, Lina told them what she had felt, and Amelia started praying for Zels and Sylphs safety.

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The one named Drake started to move in the direction of Zelgadis, as Sherra, drawing her sword, started turning around towards Sylphiel.

Then, she quickly closed the distance, sword slashing fiercely, as sSlphiel struggled to defend with her staff.

Drake drew out a strangely shaped morning star, and started swinging it, striking like a whip, blasting huge mass of rock where it struck.

The crowd go wild as the first spell start top fuse, as the steel start to strike against the steel, as the first blood start to pour, as a blinding light flash, as all become silent...