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Post by Ray Castien on Dec 9, 2022 23:49:30 GMT -5
"Ahh, It is just as I remember. To think, after millennia it remains..." Qil spoke with clear fondness.
Ray simply stared at the gargantuan tree amid a ring of equally magnificent waterfalls with his mouth agape in awe. Despite all his time sharing head space with a celestial he'd never seen anything as divine and otherworldly as this place. Taking a few careful steps closer to the edge he looked out into the vast cavern and allowed himself a few moments to take in the sight. The roaring of the waterfalls drowned out the frenzy of speech between the rest of his companions. The Wanderer had surely led them here, this was the purpose of the card game, the travelers, all of it. Whatever this tree was it would surely have some importance along his path.
"Seeker, this place is holy, see that it is undisturbed." A stern command, issued as if to a guard on duty. He surely meant whatever the travelers had come here to do.
Ray turned to the group, walking to Shaa first and leaning in to whisper.
"This is all bad news, messin with places like this will sure anger more than just a storm..." Ray motioned his head to the sky, indicating the gods themselves.
He gave Shaa a look of resolve and nodded to the travelers.
"Let's get some answers, or we go no further." When a divine warned you to leave something alone, it was best to listen, and Ray intended to.
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Dec 10, 2022 20:23:41 GMT -5
As taken aback as Shaa was by the sight, this did answer one question. These guys were no hapless travelers. They were after this thing, whatever it was from the start. Shaa could feel the energy coming off of it, it was palpable. The hairs on his arms were standing up. There was just something about i. Something that was screaming that they shouldn’t be here. Or maybe it was the angry lizard men?
Before Shaa had a chance to start shaking down the big liars, a pack of tattooed lizard men rushed into the cavern. They were armed with spears and staffs and they did not look happy to see them. Karr Naak. Chhepa te watros hele na! Shouted the apparent leader of the group. Anybody catch that? The lizard men pointed their spears at them and got some very determined looks on their faces. Shaa got a closer look at the tattoos and recognized the patters from the cavern walls. Umm I think we just busted into these guys house. Unless someone has a good reason to stay, I say we leave them to their hole with the giant tree and call it a day. Preeneka chak! The lizard men started stabbing at them with the spears, trying to herd them towards the chasm.
Hey! We are paying you to protect us. They are trying to kill us. DEFEND! DEFEND!
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Post by Ray Castien on Dec 14, 2022 13:32:48 GMT -5
From bad to worse... That could describe this whole day, every step of it. As the lizard men backed the party towards the chasm it left little chance for an escape to be made, and since no-one seemed to speak lizard, or at least this dialect of it, it seemed they had no choice but to fight.
"Seeker, this was unforeseen, an atrocity is about to occur..." Qil had a deep sadness in his voice.
"We've no chance... We need to find a way out."
"No, no way out, must kill them! We need to go deeper!" Fazal interjected, raising his hands as blue light shone from it.
"Wait!" Ray shouted to no avail as Fazal released a blast of wind from his hands towards the lizard men.
The blast would have sent a few of them flying but the group had obviously seen such magic, for they simply hunkered down and those in the back supported those in front, keeping them in place.
"Kerak! Kerrraaaak!" The lead lizard shouted, raising his long spear towards the sky. The group followed suit and all at once their spears took on a coating of electricity that lit up the cavern in blue light. They charged as a group, encircling the travelers with a wall of electrified spears.
"Looks like we're doin this..." Ray's eyes lit up with holy fire, his arm grew back covered in pale golden scales, and a pair of shining antlers formed atop his head. In the new arm he held a shining saber, drawing a smaller one with his left hand.
"Do what you can with this opening, Shaa."
Ray pointed one of the sabers towards the middle of the lizard men and a blast of sonic energy left the blade, striking one of the lizard men and exploding in a concussive blast of sound energy that send him and each lizard man next to him flying back, deaf and confused.
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Dec 14, 2022 15:31:27 GMT -5
Seeing the opening that Ray made, Shaa took his shot. Grabbing Tee Ka under his arm once again, he makes a mad dash for the gap. Would you stop that! Put me down, put me… Tee Ka gets an up close look at the very angry lizard man and changes her mind. Never mind! Don’t let go, don’t let go!! Shaa takes a zig zag maneuver as he passes the lizards, shoulder checking several of them solidly into the ground. Shaa can feel the current in his fur as he sends the last one flying. Hopefully this will give Ray and the rest of the group enough time to follow him, wherever the heck he was going.
He calls back to Ray as he runs down a side tunnel. How come we keep running into cultists in holes? Why can’t they make hideouts out of nice hotels or a spa or something? I would even take a nice bakery. You never find a cultist selling donuts. I am positive that would be a plus for recruitment.
Shaa takes a quick look back and sure enough, everyone is running behind him. Also behind them are the sounds of really angry lizard men. Shaa finds a small cave. Quick, everyone in here! As the last one enters, Shaa summons a wall to seal the entrance. He motions everyone to stay quiet. The sounds of confused lizard men echo in the other chamber. Soon, their voices trail off into the distance.
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Post by Ray Castien on Dec 23, 2022 10:00:08 GMT -5
As Shaa bulldozed through the herd of angry lizard men Ray held the rear as the group pushed through behind him. As they rushed through Ray parried and deflected strikes, feeling a strong shock more than once in the process. As they dashed through the halls Ray noticed the strange carvings seemed to continue even here. Fazal looked content with the situation, an excited look on his face the entire time.
"Better questions is how we always wind up in some ancient and dangerous hole in the ground. We should frequent donut shops and spas more instead, probably find cultists there too!" Ray called back to Shaa as they ran.
As the voices die off in the distance and they find themselves hidden away in a small cavern, Ray raises a sword and allows light to glow from it and illuminate the room. Ah... a few bar stools and some tables and chairs fill the tiny space organized about a bar in the corner. Then the smell hits. Flour, yeast, sugar, and some other less prevalent smells coming from the bar itself. Looking more closely it appears that the cultists were definitely enjoying life down here, they'd just taken shelter in the donut shop itself. On rods jutting from the wall hung assorted varieties of donut from the usual glazed to exotic fungus covered ones. This place was likely self sufficient, at least enough to produce its own food from within.
"Oh...well, that explains why they decided to stay down here..." Ray chuckled slightly as he grabbed a donut from the wall and began eating it.
The seriousness of the situation returned to his mind as he saw Fazal rubbing his hands together and muttering to the orc.
Raising a sword each to the lizard and orc, Ray was intent on getting answers now.
"Talk. Or we hand you over to them and walk out." He demanded.
The orc drew a blade and Fazal simply smiled, looking more nefarious every second.
"You wouldn't dare, priest. It's not like they'd understand if you tried. We either head deeper and find what we came here for, or none of us leave." It was a threat, though Ray had no belief they'd be in danger of dying to Fazal of all people...
It was a good call to his bluff, The Wanderer would likely disown him for murdering the travelers even indirectly... He looked to Shaa for reinforcement.
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Dec 23, 2022 12:43:12 GMT -5
Shaa is stuffing his face with donuts as Ray threatens Fazal. When Fazal and his ogre bodyguard refuse to budge, Shaa stands next to Ray, donuts in hand. My buddy is right. We keep going around and around on this. We might not be able to force you to tell us what’s happening, but I promise you that you need us a lot more than we need you to get out of this mess. So if you think you can take on all those lizard guys AND navigate your way through the lightning field IF you ever get out, we’ll, good luck to you.
Shaa drops the walk he created and starts walking out with the donuts.
Wait! You can’t leave us here! Cried Fazal after them. We had a contract. Will you not keep your word, oath breaker?
The contract was to get you through the lightning field. Not go spelunking next to ancient trees and lizard cultists. You all picked the wrong bananas for that kind of nonsense. Come on Ray. There has to be safer ways of earning cash than this.
We are on the cusp of discovering something that will solidify our names to history. How can you walk away from that?
Easy. He says pointing to his feet.
Errgghhh fine fine! Tee Ka runs up and tries to shush him. No no, you can’t! You just can’t! It seems we have no choice in the matter. If we can’t escape, the discovery will remain just as undiscovered. Show them the device. Tee Ka reluctantly brings over the device from earlier. I study elemental power. How elementals are born specifically. We all know that any mage worth their salt can summon one. Previously it was thought that mages created them from the elements. That would make sense for earth or fire, but lightning. You can’t just pull that from nowhere. I believe they come from somewhere or..something. I believe I can prove a common origin for electric elementals. And I believe it’s here. I believe the lightning fields are a result of that phenomenon. I… I just couldn’t have imagined something so…so…
Big?
Yes..and powerful. You could drain thing for 1000 years and barely scratch the surface of its power.
Indeed. This tree is raw power. A power that can be harnessed.
This is even worse than I thought. You idiots think you can manipulate something so primal? You are going to be crispy in no time flat. Ray? What do you want to do?
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Post by Ray Castien on Jan 19, 2023 11:23:11 GMT -5
"Fools." Qil summed up his thought on the travelers' intentions with a hefty amount of disregard.
Ray looked to Shaa, rolling his eyes in exasperation. People like this, looking to exploit magic far beyond their understanding, usually ended getting more than just themselves killed. If this idea was allowed to reach fruition it would likely result in a large scale disaster of some sort...
"Well, you found out you're right about the power down here... What happens if you're wrong about harnessing it? You really think no one's tried that in the million or so years this place has likely been sitting down here?" Ray turned, hand on his hip and head cocked to the side to the travelers.
"Shaa's right, you'll be dead if you do what you plan to, and we'll likely end up the same for being around for the attempt."
Teeka seemed to quieten for a moment, he'd made some impact at least. Fazal and the orc simply stared in disdain towards him, his words had come off as an insult to their intelligence it appeared. Fazal shook his head slowly, a sly smile appeared and Ray's dread returned with it.
"If you leave us down here it will be as good as murder. I am a man of importance, you'll find that our fate will not remain a mystery. Nor will your freedom, you'll be known as murderers by all of Charon." His last words came as a snakes hiss, warning of poison within.
Ray's face turned to a scowl, he spat to the side and walked away from the travelers to the opposite end of the room. He could only think of two options with that threat in mind; knock them out and drag them out of the cave, or help them and try to prevent anything too crazy from happening.
"So we have no choice but to move forward. Once you see the truth of what's down here you'll realize how insane this plan is..." Ray looked to Shaa with anger and disappointment on his face, it seemed the journey would have to continue.
"All of you..." Qil added, disappointment filling his voice.
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Jan 19, 2023 13:14:37 GMT -5
It’s days like this that Shaa wished he wasn’t a wandering adventurer. Should have just built a nice little maze somewhere, set up a muffin stand and settled down. Instead he was here in a hole with liars and a primordial power waiting to char his furry butt. This was not what he had signed up for. But since when did he ever get what he actually wanted. Looking at the scowl on Rays face, he could tell that he was thinking the same thing. Probably not about the muffins, but the rest of it.
Ok there is not enough coinage in the kings vault that is worth getting toasted. Shaa found himself conflicted. He was already on so many hit lists and wanted posters, one more lizard disappearance wasn’t going to ruin his day. He was still fine with walking. The natives would end these jerks and Shaa and Ray would still be broke but alive. On the other hand, it seemed like Ray wasn’t quite as willing to let his hard won rep get tarnished. Being a former bandit, Shaa knew that Ray had really tried to turn himself around and this jerk was threatening to undo all of it. Was there really no other way out of this?
Ughhh ok fine. We will come along for now. But the second we find a path back to the surface, we are out of here. You can hire some other chumps to help you dig up electric rocks, now that you know where it is. That’s my final offer.
Fazal looks unhappy but ultimately relents. When word of this discovery is made known, others will come here. We must act now….but…as you say. No discovery is worth your own life. We will digress IF we find another way out. Teeka starts to protest but Fazal holds up a clawed hand and she stops. So where to next. Shaa walks back to the opening with the tree and over to the edge of the pit. Looking up, he can see some sort of balcony several stories up. The balcony itself is nothing special but it did come very close to one of the smaller tree branches. Shaa points to the branch. Up to that balcony. If we can make it there, you should be close enough to try your Doo hicky. Those tunnels there will probably work…probably. Just remember, we see a way out, we are gone.
Of course…says Fazal of course. All of the sudden, the Orc takes his staff and slams it into the ground right next to Shaa’s foot. The ground gives way and Shaa suddenly finds himself plummeting into the pit below.
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Post by Ray Castien on Feb 4, 2023 21:40:15 GMT -5
Ray felt the tension in the air as the group debated their next move. It was not the decision he'd hoped for but he was thankful that Shaa was willing to proceed to prevent him from being painted as a murderer. Hearing Fazal relent and agree to head for an exit was a welcome relief. Escaping without causing any more undue harm would please Qil at least, now their only worry would be avoiding the patrols on the way out.
Ray watched as Shaa pointed out the ledge they'd need to reach and let out a sigh of relief. He could see a way out of this mess now finally. Just as positivity had returned to him Qil emanated a grim sensation that sent a chill down Ray's spine accompanied by a sense of dread. Just as quick as the feeling arrived a staff's click against stone sent Shaa, heavy as he is, free falling into the massive pit surrounding the tree. Ray's face twisted in rage as he bolted past the group and dove after Shaa into the open air.
"Wanderer guide me!" Ray screamed as he soared down after Shaa.
A flash of fiery white light burst from Ray's back as two large golden scaled wings emerged then immediately flapped furiously propelling him down to Shaa at high speed. Drawing upon every ounce of energy, celestial and mortal combined, within himself he gripped Shaa around the waist and tried to slow their descent as much as he could. The minotaur definitely needed to lay off future visits to subterranean donut shops in the future as this was the heaviest thing Ray had ever felt. Even with his wings and the obvious effort Qil was putting in to assist him Shaa seemed to slow only a tiny bit. The ground was approaching fast and damage control was now the only option.
"Wanderer protect us!" Ray yelped as quickly as he could.
A ring of light surrounded them as Ray prepared to feel the impact of the cold stone below. He tightened his grip out of some childish sense of fear while the powerful wings struggled to slow them enough to avoid instant death.
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Feb 5, 2023 10:32:23 GMT -5
The first thing that Shaa feels is the drop in the pit of his stomach. There is nothing worse than being on gaurd and getting attacked from somewhere completely unexpected. As a seasoned fighter and adventurer, it was pretty embarrassing. But there was no time too worry about embarrassment when you were falling down a giant cave pit to your death. It was time to do what he should have probably done 3 hours ago. It was time to show these bozos who they were messing with.
Shaa whips out his magical scarf he picked up awhile back. He had purchased it from a sorceress who had told him that it would save him one day. Later that very day, he had accidentally fallen down a deep well and the scarf had slowed his decent to the point that landing was no problem. From that day forward , he kept it just in case of situations like this one. He is just about to put it on when he feels a sudden jolt upwards. It’s Ray! When did he get wings!? It was one of the reasons that Ray was one of his very best buddies. Always full of surprises and always had his back. Even if it meant falling to their deaths. It was times like these that you figured out who your real friends were.
Shaa ties the scarf and his decent slows down to an easy drop. With the scarf and Rays help, they manage to angle the fall to a large shelf on the side of the pit. Shaa looks up and yells. ITS GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN A STINKING HOLE TO END ME YOU SCUMMY TOAD LICKER. THAT TARES IT. YOU WANT TO FIGHT? YOU WANT TO POKE THE BULL?? IM COMING FOR YOU AND THERE ISN’T ANYTHING THATS STOPPING ME FROM GRINDING YOUR BONES FOR BREAD! YOU HEAR ME? If he was being honest, Shaa was still a bit embarrassed and the tirade made him feel better. They had fallen pretty far down and, in truth, it might take a minute for him to make good on his angry ranting. Falling down and going up were two very different problems. Then Shaa gets an idea. Ray! Get ready to grab on for a ride.
Shaa slams his hands together and grows himself to nearly 40 feet tall. There is plenty of room for him in the giant pit. Shaa puts Ray on his shoulder and jams his fingers into the rock face for grip. Hand over hand Shaa ascends quickly up the side of the pit. BOOM BOOM BOOM go his hands over and over until he reaches the shelf he fell from originally. There was no sign of their former companions. Shaa lifts Ray up to the higher ledge with the tunnel leading upwards. With his hand on that ledge, Shaa shrinks himself back down until he ends up next to Ray. Whooo never used Giant Size to escape a pit before. Hang on, all that size changing, Im going to need a minute. Shaa lays down on the cave floor, breathing in heavy rasps from all the strenuous effort.
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Post by Ray Castien on Feb 5, 2023 19:13:48 GMT -5
Ray's face turned a shade of red he was glad no-one was able to see as Shaa simply tied on a scarf and floated mid-air. As his panic was replaced with apprehension as to how he'd reacted despite no real danger being present Ray loosed his grip on Shaa. Ray fluttered his wings and helped guide the two over to a nearby ledge, quietly questioning his actions, as Shaa yelled up at the traitorous group. His revenge would come for them as well. Their backstabbing resulting in Ray making a fool of himself which made the act all the more unforgivable.
When Shaa mentioned grabbing on for a ride Ray had no clue what he could mean. The explanation came when he grew multitudes in size. Ray hopped onto his shoulder, holding with one hand to a horn now the size of his torso, and the two ascended the pit. On each level a multitude of tunnels and rooms were visible, on a few a handful of lizards yelled panicked alarms at the monster climbing through their abode. As they made their landing and Shaa returned to his usual size, falling on the floor in exhaustion, Ray allowed the wings on his back to dissipate as a poof of white fire.
"I can't believe we didn't see that coming..." Ray was pacing as he spoke, growing angrier as he thought about what had just been done to them.
"They've forfeited any right to our sympathy." Ray stopped, looking over the edge of the pit.
"We need to catch up with them and end this. Come on, on your feet." Ray knelt near Shaa and placed a hand on his shoulder.
Ray closed his eyes as he finished speaking and an aura of white light surrounded him, spreading to Shaa as well. The two of them would feel all fatigue and exhaustion dissipate, replaced instead with unwavering resolve and courage.
Ray stood again, reaching a hand to Shaa to help him up.
"Let's deal with this the old fashioned way." A smile crossed his lips as long forgotten blood lust rose to the surface.
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Feb 5, 2023 20:50:20 GMT -5
Rejuvenated by Rays spell, Shaa was grateful that he had a healer around. He could take care of himself ok but it was always nice to have a legitimate professional. Thanks man. Sounds good to me. Let’s go pat their corpses down for loose change. Shaa looked at Ray trying to gauge his reaction. Kidding, just kidding. He says “mostly “ under his breath. Checking the ground, he finds sets of lizard tracks, then , down another tunnel, three pair of tracks, freshly made. Got you punks. You are so toast.
Shaa motions to Ray and the two rush down the tunnel. To their dismay, this particular tunnel seems to be going downward, not up. As they continue to run along, Shaa sees a small form lying on the ground in front of them. Running up to it, it’s Tee Ka. She is unconscious with a nasty gash on the side of her head. Her device is laying smashed beside her. Shaa puts his hand on her shoulder to try and rouse her but she is out good. He looks up at Ray. I don’t get it. This device was the whole reason they came here. Unless….unless they just needed it to FIND this place. But if that’s true, what are they really up to? The puzzled Minotaur got another sick feeling in his stomach. Whatever these guys were up to, it wasn’t going to be good.
from further down the narrow tunnel came a rhythmic thrumming noise. Looks like we are going to find out. Let’s go. Looking back at Tee Ka, he hesitates a bit. Maybe unconscious is what’s best for her for now. We can come back and grab her later. Shaa starts making his way towards the ever louder sounds.
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Post by Ray Castien on Feb 8, 2023 11:07:05 GMT -5
Running through the tunnels brought a nostalgic feeling to Ray, hopefully this tunnel was vorapede free. Ray followed Shaa's lead along the traitors' trail as it wound deeper into the ancient complex. Qil's nervous energy grew greater the deeper they went, it was a strange sensation from the celestial. Emotion of uncertainty was rare from Qil, this was verging on fear, and always resulted from situations of import. Ray could only ask the Wanderer for guidance and hope Shaa would prove his good judgement even further in things to come.
Seeing Teeka along the trail strengthened Ray's resolve, these men were willing to kill even their accomplices for whatever plans they had. Ray stopped for a moment to check her state, finding she was stable he pushed just enough magic into her wound to stop any bleeding and continued along the path. The strange thrumming from below seemed to heighten Qil's nervousness with each pulse. As they closed on the bottom level the bare cave walls grew more alive, moss and lichens appeared at first followed by increasingly large plant and animal life. It was foreign in nature, many pulsed with electricity and static energy jumped out at Shaa and Ray as they passed them.
The passages fell away suddenly, opening into the chamber wherein sat the massive tree. The ground surrounding it was of oblong rings of roots emerging from the ground like an enormous diagram of some sort. The rings and stones that emerged from the ground were of different heights, resembling topographical maps Ray had seen. The whole trunk was covered in arcane symbols that seemed to have grown naturally from the tree's bark. Each one pulsed along to a rhythm like war drums. The longer Ray listened the more the thrumming sounded like a heartbeat, some large pump of energy likely fueling an equally massive network. It was in many ways awe inspiring and beautiful. The heartbeat grew in intensity and speed every moment, preventing them from taking in the sight before them. Fazal and the orc could be seen performing some strange ritual across the approach to the tree, a large circle of static energy grew, sizzling and crackling, about them.
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Feb 8, 2023 12:39:09 GMT -5
As they entered the chamber, Shaa could feel the energy pulsing through the place. It would be downright beautiful if there weren’t sinister mad man chanting things off to the side. Where in the world were all of the cultist lizard men? If they were here to protect the tree, surely this obscenity would qualify. Ughh as usual, it looks like Shaa and Ray would have to clean up someone else’s mess. That reminded Shaa of another cultist who Ray and he still owed a beating but that would have to wait.
As Fazal and the ogre continued their chant, the electric energy started to grow. If we are going to do something we had better do it now. Something is happening. I can feel it in my…well…everything. Shaa reaches out a finger to Ray and zaps him with a tiny static shock. Haha classic. Shaa can feel his fur standing on end.
He calls out. Hey dorks! You left your buddy in the passage. What gives? You still owe us a full fee, no refunds. And we don’t take magic dream wishes or whatever nonsense you are peddling. Fazal waves his arm in the air and continues to chant. A displacer beast suddenly appears. This beast however, seems to be made from pure electricity. The electro beast crawls at them with electric crackling in the air. Well …that’s new.
The fell beast blinks and disappears, reappearing on Shaa’s back. As soon as he does, he starts clawing and biting him from behind. Hey! Get off me! Shaa drops to the ground and starts to roll around in attempt to smother the beast. The beast blinks again and this time to Ray’s side where he takes a wicked swipe at his leg.
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Post by Ray Castien on Feb 8, 2023 21:52:40 GMT -5
Shaa's mention of the missing lizard men brought their absence to Ray's attention, perhaps this region was too holy for them to enter or some other danger existed here... The thought was cut short as the electric beast appeared and attacked Shaa. Ray drew his blades and moved to assist his friend. As he got close Shaa rolled about once more and the beast was gone, its new location revealed as Ray's leg was clawed by the beast.
The force of the blow knocked Ray to the ground where the beast sought to capitalize on its advantage, jumping towards him with its jaws aimed at his throat. Ray moved his left arm in a throwing motion as a buckler of golden scales formed on his wrist. The buckler flew from his wrist to the beast's face, striking it directly in the nose. The beast's pounce was interrupted, causing it to sail over him as the buckler returned to his wrist.
"We need to finish this! Quickly!" Ray shouted to Shaa, referring to both the ritual and electric cat thing.
A memory returned to Ray, bringing with it an idea. He rose from the ground, looking for the beast's new location and walking closer to Shaa as he did.
"Bait and switch?" He said to Shaa with a smile.
As he spoke the tree thrummed once, louder than ever, sending a wave of red electricity out from its core that weaved its way out through branch and root through the cavern. A moment later dozens of bolts of lighting seemed to descend from the branches and strike the ground within the chamber. Where each bolt struck a Lizardman now stood, still crackling with static energy. The lizard men all began to converge on the ritual being performed by Fazal who created a magical force field in response. Blasts of lightning rained down upon the barrier but with each pulse of the tree the field seemed to regain strength. A chant rose up from the lizard men in a forgotten language, raised in tune with the trees rhythms by all of the lizard men in unison.
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