Reed then asks Tasen “Why did you stop? We need to move.”
Tasen Replies “I think there is something coming to meet me so I’m going to go greet it. I’ll meets up with you later.”
Reed nods and continues to run off with the rest of the group.
Tasen runs off towards the castle door. After a few minutes, he makes it to the door and Runs down the stairs to the mess hall. He’s trying to find a door out side when he bumps into the Golden Draconian. He says “Ah, yes. I need to talk to you for a moment and we don’t have much time to spare.”
Tasen replies “Hold on. I think what ever is giving me the visions is coming to meet me over here.”
The Golden Draconian answers “Alright, but I must talk to you quickly afterwards, also I hope you know what your doing.”
Tasen nods and asks “Where’s a door to the outside?”
“Follow me” says the Golden Draconian. Tasen the follows the Golden Draconian and is shown the door to the field where he had seen some of the Draconian’s practice.
Tasen runs out into the field and thinks in his head. “I’m here, where are you?”
Tasen looks to the sky and sees nothing then he looks around a few more times when finally he sees a blue lizard looking creature with wings as it flies into view. He notices that it has a tail with a flat flame spike. On its neck, he notices that the base of it is red and as it goes up to its head the red slowly fades into white.
The creature lands and walks towards him and stop about three feet away. Tasen takes out a haunch of meat and hands to the lizard. The creature sniffs it, then grabs it from him and eats it. Tasen reaches out with his hand to try and pet it but the creature jerks back and flies away.
The Golden Draconian comes out and says “That was a Pseudo Dragon, they can be powerful allies. Generally you have to give them something that you value most like an item of some sort. You are lucky to have a chance to meet this creature.” Tasen nods and says in his head. “I would like to meet you outside the main entrance of the cave if I survive this battle; there is something I wish to give you.”
The Golden Lizard then says “Now we have a matter that we need to attend to.”
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Reed catches up with the rest of the group and Sword takes them to a hidden door. They step through and see the entrance to the cave and hundreds of men marching in.
Sword says “Quickly everyone this way.” The Party runs off into one of the tunnels close by. Sword says as he points at Wrathale, “You fire at them to get their attention.” Warthale nods and fires randomly into the army of men coming down the cave entrance. As the army starts to push down the small passage, Sword, Xander and others all get ready. They cut down any men that try pushing past and they slowly retreat back down the small passage the hacking and slashing the army of man. Many men Fall as do some of the Draconians. The fighting continues into the darkness where the men are forced to light torches.
The Army continues to push down the small corridor when Sword says while smiling “Bring them to the fork and make sure they keep following. We don’t want them getting lost now do we?”
Xander nods and all of them push the army back a little causing a domino effect and they Retreat farther down the passage to the fork. “We stay here till they come I’m going to guess?” Xander says.
Sword nods and replies “we should be close to the destination, how do you plan on aggravating the Guardian?”
Jack then says “By throwing rocks perhaps.”
Wrathale replies “well it did seem to make it angry that time you threw a rock in the lake so maybe several more will make if furious.”
Sword nods and braces himself as he sees some of Tarix’s men charge at them from down the corridor.
Wrathale begins to fire arrows and he hits five before the army catches up and the melee starts up again. Xander and everyone else all slowly back down the hall fighting.
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The Golden Draconian says “Now I have a theory.”
“And what is this theory” Tasen replies
The Golden Draconian says “Let me finish, I have a theory that if we can find Tarix’s corpse, the army will leave because their master is dead.”
Tasen says “Ok, I understand how that will work, sorta, anyway how do you plan for us to get there?”
The Golden Draconian says “Sword told me about the armor you were wearing a while ago and Xander said it was supposed to teleport you to Tarix. So if we go back to that spot and use the armor, then we can teleport to Tarix, pick up his corpse, and I will teleport us back into the cave and throw the body at the feet of the army.”
Tasen takes a moment to think and says “What if Tarix isn’t dead?”
The golden Draconian says “well then we just get back here and help our men fight against the army.”
Tasen replies “what if some of the men rebel against us or try to take revenge after they see the body?”
The Golden Draconian replies again “you wonder to much. We just need to wait and see what happens. You are too worried.”
Tasen nods and they both run off into the black smoky area and head towards the mountain door. After a few minutes of Constant running, they both make it to the door panting then Set about looking for the armor.
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Sword, and everyone else, continue to slowly back down the corridor when Sword says “Ok we are far enough. Run for the end throw rocks in to the water and wait for one of the mages to make a door for us. It must be done by now.”
Xander nods and everyone pushes the army back again. The Extra Space allows for them all to run quickly down the hall and into the cavern.
Sword says “Quickly now. Throw the rocks!” Jack, Reed, Wrathale, Bhass and Xander all throw rock after rock as they hear the army charging down the hall.
The water starts to boil and glow a radiant red as the creature gets angrier. Everyone stops throwing rocks and run over to the wall away from the entrance to the room and wait for the magical door to appear. As the boiling gets more rapid, one of the mages appears through a glowing yellow door and calls to the party “Quickly, this door is working through at least one hundred feet of stone and wont hold long.”
Sword nods and everyone passes through the door where they see a few mages holding the door and two mages waiting for a signal. Sword says “You two wait for three more minutes then detonate the explosives.” The three minutes pass quickly and the mages let the explosion goes off. Everyone feels the vibration of the stone as some dust falls from the ceiling.
“The guardian should take care of any of Tarix’s men that passed through the cave in.” Sword says. “Now we must flank those that had the door shut on them.”
Everyone nods and Sword the mages and the party all enter halls to finish off the remainder of the army.
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Tasen and the Golden Draconian make it to the armor and press the button on it. After activating the armor, they both appear in a large room with books and book cases everywhere. They both see a desk and what looks like a man who is flopped over on top of a book on the desk. The Golden Draconain lifts up the man’s head to reveal an old man with eyes and mouth pitch black like the orb of Annihilation. Tasen asks “Is that… Tarix?”
The Golden Draconian says “yes, yes it is. Now grab the body. We have to get back.” Tasen picks up Tarix’s corpse and quickly realizes that it is as light as a feather. The Golden Draconian then puts a hand on Tasen and they both are teleported to within a few yards of where the army and Sword’s group are fighting.
The Golden Draconian yells in common “We have slain your master. Leave now, unless you wish to share the same fate!” He then holds up the corpse and throws it a few feet in front of the army.
The men all stop fighting and look in the direction of the Golden Draconian and Tasen. Some of the men come over and look at the body, then leave the cave while others just stand around the corpse staring in awe. After a few tense minutes, all of Tarixs army has left.
All the party members and the Golden Draconian meet to congratulate each other. The Golden Draconian says “Sword, I wish for you to reconsider leaving.”
Sword replies “Seeing that you need me doesn’t really give me much of a choice now, does it.”
The Golden Draconian nods and walks through the hidden door into the black misty area.
Sword says “You guys have done enough to earn our trust and a reward. Behind this portal to the other plane is a cart of treasure. I do not know how to get through to it, that is something you will have to find out on your own. Farewell and good luck.” Sword then walks into the stone wall and disappears.
Reed and Tasen quickly look for something that might open the door behind the portal. All they find is the magical door that Sword had walked through. Bhass then heads a little to the right of the door and pushes on the stone.
The stone tablet pushes in and they hear wind rushing, a gust pushes past them and inside they see a broken cart with gold coins everywhere, along with weapons, armor, and miscellaneous items. Xander, Reed, Jack, Wrathale and Bhass all run in and begin pocketing gold and silver.
Tasen then says “I’ll be right back there is some one I promised I’d meet after the fight.”
Tasen runs off towards the entrance to the cave to see the Pseudo Dragon waiting patiently. Tasen takes his back pack and pulls out a small copper broach and on it is a wrench crossing with a sword and the outline of it is a shield with little stationary gears surrounding the wrench and sword.
Tasen places it on the ground and takes three steps back. The Pseudo Dragon walks up to the item, sniffs it, then looks at Tasen. The Dragon then looks behind Tasen to see Xander, Jack, Reed, Bhass and Wrathale all rummaging in the treasure they rightfully earned. The Dragon pushes the broach back to Tasen and walks towards him.
Tasen pats the Dragon on the head and gives it another haunch of meet and says, “Would it be okay if I named you Azure?”
The End
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