I stepped up onto the stone pedestal with my huge obsidian sword hanging loosely from my hand. I felt like there was an invisible wall stopping me from advancing to the young girl tied to the pedestal. I brought up my sword and spoke a word of power as my blade turned from a pure, midnight black to a glowing yellow piece of the sun.
As I continued to hack determinedly at the solid air that my sword was bouncing off of I saw a hooded figure step up to the pedestal. I knew what was going to happen so I swung with more determined strokes at the invisible wall that blocked my route.
The man held his hand up and pulled a long, crooked dagger from his sleeve. The redheaded girl started shrieking as the blade was brought down diving towards her chest.
I leaped forwards through where the invisible barrier was reaching out my hand to stop the dagger from severing the helpless child's neck. My hand reached that crooked dagger just as the dagger reached the girl's neck. The child let out a strangled sob that became a wheeze as her windpipe became her windpipes.
The man laughed and turned towards me. I brought up my Rockblade to sever this man's neck just as he had severed that young girl's neck one horrific moment ago, yet as I did I saw this man's face clearly. I recognized that this man's face belonged to the man who I believed was almost completely pure of heart! I hollered a shriek of surprise as I noticed that this was Geren's face!