As Marcus and Palton wait for Rurik to return they look around at the other adventurers who seem to be having fun dancing in the middle of the town. A lot of the dancers were rangers and were showing off their break dancing skills while the females were doing sexy dances in the middle of them.
Marcus looks over at Palton, "Normally you would run out there and dance with them. Why not now?"
Palton shakes his head and chuckles, "Because my dance would seem out of place amongst the rangers. Why don't you go out there and dance?"
Marcus laughs before replying, "River Dance." Palton Nods, "Ah I see." The two go back to waiting for Rurik in silence.
After about half an hour of waiting for him Rurik finally come to the gate with three other adventurers in tow. He nods to Palton, "Well then if everyone is ready then it is time we go and exterminate this pest in Ascalon." Palton and Marcus both grin to themselves at the thought as they follow Rurik out of the gate and to the cave where the Charr was last spotted.
Rurik stops and explains to them that they are hunting the Charr scout Vatlaaw Doomtooth and that if they died they would be resurrected at the shrine. He also mentioned something about Vatlaaw being protected but everyone was too excited to hear him.
The party of adventurers ran down the stairs and onto the path leading to the cave. When they reached the cave Palton cast his protection prayers on himself and readied his sword. Marcus walked on as if everything was just fine until he saw the first Grawl Shaman. He raised his cane and fired off a shot of chaos magic. When he had the grawls attention he cast backfire on it as Palton charged with his sword. The grawl tried to heal itself but only succeeded in hurting itself more. Palton reached it and skewered it on his sword and then flung it off of the sword and into a wall.
The party picked up what was dropped by the Grawl shaman and moved on into another party of Grawl. Marcus shouts over the screams of battle, "How many Grawl are in this cave!" Palton manages to yell back at him from the midst of the fight, "I don't know! But I'm pretty sure if we kill enough of them eventually they will run out!" Palton decapitates another Grawl in the fight sending its head spinning deeper into the cave.
The blood splattered crew made their way past the bodies and noticed a gleam of light at the end of the cave. They ran to it and saw the Charr Vatlaaw Doomtooth standing on a ledge looking out at Ascalon with two Grawl Shaman and two Grawl Longspear standing around him. The battle started with Marcus casting Empathy on Vatlaaw and Palton charging him with his sword while Rurik and the others took out the Grawl. Palton carved a long gash along Vatlaaw's side while Marcus fired bolt after bolt of Chaos Magic at him. Vatlaaw on the other hand was firing volley after volley of arrows at the person with the weakest armor, Marcus. Palton jumped up and buried his sword deep into Vatlaaw's throat to finally finish him off. Vatlaaw feel to the ground with his thick blood spewing onto the cave floor.
Palton turned around and saw Marcus with a few arrows stuck in him. Two in his legs and one in his shoulder. Marcus grimaces before saying ,"Ouch!" He pulls the one out of his should and Palton gets the two in his legs before they heal him.
The party was celebrating in the cave over the victorious battle when they saw it. The new weapon that the Charr had. They wheeled it up to the wall and fired into the air. Huge fireballs descended on Ascalon as people ran for cover. Rurik mutters to himself, "Dwayna help them." As the city is set aflame. The party turns and runs as fast as they can back to the ruins of Ascalon.
to be continued
I didn't put this last time but please R&R.