Corpsefire bore down on the team, menacing them with his foul stench. Aura had finally run out of energy, and resorted to standing back casting a quick fire bolt every time she got enough of her energy back. Melina shot arrows as fast as she could and Corpsefire seemed to be slowing down. Drango summoned another wolf and helped attack the decrepit zombie. Macad stood back, to physically weak to do any harm. Macad however noticed that each time that his druid ally would attack a small spurt of flame would come out and lick the rotten flesh. Corpsefire's fire seemed to be seeping away. He attacked slower and they weren't hitting with as much oomph as he was earlier. Melina stood back and fired a mighty arrow which pierced straight through Corpsefire's open maw. Blood and ichor at least decades old sprayed onto the group drenching them in a foul liquid. Only Macad and Melina were clean. Yet, Corpsefire was on the ground finally dead like the rest. Light poured into the cave, symbolizing sanctity and that no more evil remained. The cave had a holy feeling to it. Macad also felt stronger, the same power he had witnessed five other times. He pulled out his tome and looked to see what he could now read.

"That is I am a good archer. I know where the critical points are!" Melina was happy and rushed over to the body to see what she could loot. "While I'm with you guys I might as well make might arrows better. What do you guys think, I could go the path of M'varina and make my arrows seek more critical points or go elemental and shoot arrows of piercing cold. You know what, I'll just stick with M'varina and make my arrows more critical. Whoa quilted armor, who needs this?"

"What is this wonderful power?" Aura asked? "I feel slightly stronger. I would like to see… AAAHHH!" Aura shot an ice bolt which exploded when it hit the wall. "Oooh, that's nice. I need the armor if you don't mind." Melina handed over the quilted armor and Aura tried it on but found it to heavy for her. "I can't wear it!" she squealed.

"Just focus on making yourself stronger you should find that you can wear it quite readily. It also appears to be in superior condition. Right now it's better than mine but that will change when we get back to the rogue encampment." Melina went back and continued looting the zombie for other goodies.

Aura focused and felt her muscles get stronger and that her staff was now physically lighter. She put the quilted armor now and walked around with it. "Thanks Melina it fits now. Hey, Drango hit me with the club."
"No."

"But why!" Aura squealed.

"Because I said." Drango reached into his backpack and pulled out his tome. "It says hear that I can now summon another wolf." Drango lifted his arms and another wolf appeared next to his other one and they moved about snarling and growling at everything in a playful manner.

Macad saw that he could go the way of poison and bone and learn to blow up corpses but he did not believe his friends would like that very much. He instead went the way of the golem and summoned a powerful clay golem straight from the ground itself. It moved in a dull slow way but other than that Macad was generally pleased with his summon.

"Hey I found an amulet no one cares if I keep it do they? I believe it raises to energy and to a resists but I can't figure it out it looks like fire. Melina held it up hoping no one would take it but Aura eagerly grabbed it and put it on. Saying thank you. "Well then, this sash is going to be mine. You guys can split the potions and the gold."

Everyone grabbed some gold, about five per person and took a health pot or two. Aura took the blue ones and debated on who was going to spend the portal to take back to town and finally Macad just threw one down. They stepped through and went to their stash except Aura who ran to Akara. Macad didn't really have anything of value to put in the stash so he just kept it the way it was. He went to Charsi to sell the excess amount of low quality items he had found while fighting the fallen in the Den of Evil.

"Aura, you have got to calm down. I am afraid you may annoy the others and they could leave you. Share items with other people and help whenever you can. But you are a fine girl and will prove to be a great help in the war to come. Please take this. I was waiting for a hero to calm along and use it. I advise you to continue along the path of cold. You have two summoners in your group who would really appreciate enemies being slowed to almost null. Now go young girl go back to your group but remember what I said." Akara watched the young sorceress go with her head down inn shame knowing that she was thinking about what she had said. She would have told Aura to tell everyone about her gift but she knew that they would see her sooner or later. And she was correct. They all came in a group. Melina, Macad, and Drango with his wolves and Macad's golem following behind. Akara could see the girl sitting on a log by the fire crying.

"I have a power to give you all for eradicating the Den of Evil. But afterwards I would like you to rescue a man. I believe he may have been in Tristram, Macad, you may have already seen him, anyway he could prove to be a great ally in this war and I need you to rescue him. Macad already knows so the rest of you now know to." She gave them their power and saw that Drango summoned an oak sage raising everyones' fortitude significantly. And Melina gained the cold arrow ability after all. Akara could see that she would soon prove to be very resourceful. "Now go children."

Macad and everyone left Akara and went to Aura. They tried to cheer her up but Melina was the only one who succeeded in doing so. Something about men and their uncompassionate ways she muttered.
"While you guys were out, Kashya told me about someone named Blood Raven. We have to kill her. She is summoning an army of undead to take to a more powerful demon. We don't know who it is but if the other demon gets a hold of the undead, the Rogue Encampment will be lost!" Aura looked pleadingly at Macad and the rest of the group. "It's on the way to rescuing that Cain guy."
"Okay we can go, but only if you don't take everything." Macad lectured.

"I won't." Aura mumbled.

"Would it be easier to take the portal or to just walk again through Blood Moor?"

Macad asked the group but knew who was going to answer.

"I believe it would be easier if we just take the Blood Moor way. We would still have to traverse back up and out of the cave and then find the road." Drango said aloud.

"I already know where the Cold Plains are. I have pretty much explored the whole Blood Moor. Nothing else is that different." Macad waited for the approval and when he got it they set off. They stuck to the roads this time and Aura lagged at the back with Macad's slow golem. The wolves were at the front with the rest of the members and they were moving pretty swiftly. In about ten minutes they had passed the Den of Evil, even though it was a few hours to search for it last time around. More trees popped around that Macad had noticed but then he would notice something familiar and would become reassured again. Aura worked up her courage and moved to the front of the group with the rest of the human companions leaving the stupid golem to lag behind. It was true however. Macad had pretty much vanquished all of the enemies. They had seen a lone fallen raiding a house but Melina fired off a newly learned cold arrow and they all laughed when it exploded into chunks. In the houses that they passed, they found enough sashes for everyone and they gave aura a pair of boots that made her run faster, which she reluctantly agreed to taking. Melina found herself a new bow with three sockets and Aura also found a nice eagle orb that rose to her ice bolt skill; know one objected since no one could use it. Macad found a nice wand that raised two to skeleton mastery and one to bone armor. He cast his bone armor and moved on.

Hello again. Guess what the next chapter is. Dang you guessed it! The cold plains. Drango level 7 Macad level 6 Melina level 6 Aura level 2 but she will catch up in next chapter again ideas are needed and the battle with blood raven will start next chapter, please give me any ideas I like them all and for my loyal readers thank you and enjoy.