there's light at the edge of the darkness
The cackling grew louder as the eerie blue flickering intensified. I don't know. Fire isn't usually blue. Loren instructed all three bats to move ahead, scouting out for them. Their echolocation made it hard to interpret their findings, though, and his brow furrowed as he tried to parse through the information.
Then the laughter cut off, to be replaced by a chilling voice instead. "Pathetic. Weak as always. Unworthy," it claimed in Zariah's unmistakable and derisive voice. Nostrils flaring, the healer picked up his pace as the bats reported back that there was indeed something ahead.
Turning a corner, his eyes widened as he saw the Merciless standing there. Shouting, he threw out a hand: ice speared out from it. However, Zariah tossed back back her head and cackled again even as she loosed the lightning she'd been holding.
There was a flash and a boom of sound, scattering the bats and leaving the Firebrand deaf and blind, his spell going completely awry. When his senses recovered, he realized they were in the cavern that had housed the cultists and the mageglass, though there was no sign of either now. Nor was there a sign of the Merciless.
However, there was a family of Ursurs that had taken up residence. And two of them were charging towards the trio of men, leaving cubs behind.
Then the laughter cut off, to be replaced by a chilling voice instead. "Pathetic. Weak as always. Unworthy," it claimed in Zariah's unmistakable and derisive voice. Nostrils flaring, the healer picked up his pace as the bats reported back that there was indeed something ahead.
Turning a corner, his eyes widened as he saw the Merciless standing there. Shouting, he threw out a hand: ice speared out from it. However, Zariah tossed back back her head and cackled again even as she loosed the lightning she'd been holding.
There was a flash and a boom of sound, scattering the bats and leaving the Firebrand deaf and blind, his spell going completely awry. When his senses recovered, he realized they were in the cavern that had housed the cultists and the mageglass, though there was no sign of either now. Nor was there a sign of the Merciless.
However, there was a family of Ursurs that had taken up residence. And two of them were charging towards the trio of men, leaving cubs behind.
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