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Savas caught two tentacles in his bola, and the warded chain held theht in Hallaai-catcher

But even these seemed minor inconveniences The de Hallaai-catcher pole Others lent their strength to the task, but they were sorely pressed and out of the fight

Asome continued to pound at the demon, and as she retrieved her shield, Ashia could see a pattern beginning to eic Even this fiend had a li its wounds, powering its blows, reshaping its body

With every blow he struck, Asohter, the deh, his victory was inevitable

Ashiahard where the creature was held by the men at the catcher pole She hacked the blade of her spear through a tentacle at its base, severing the lie, but the tentacle, and the er part of the whole

The changeling grew eyes on its back, whipping horns and talons through the air to fend off the assailants, but Ashia could see its lines of power, and knew its attention was fixed on Asorew rapidly to gigantic size

Ashia didn’t know if it ive it the chance, accepting the lash of a tentacle to get in close and stab hard The sharp horns tore her robe, ripping away arround spitting blood, praying to Everam that Asome had used the distraction to recover

Indeed the demon had hesitated, but Asome did not use the opportunity to flee As the creature roared in pain through its iht into its mouth

The force of his leap took hiai’s throat Ashia could see its lines of power shatter as it pulled in all its strength to heal the da inside Limbs melted back into the blob, save those the dama held trapped in warded silver

The amorphous pile bucked and thrashed Choked, the de cohesion, and knew its end was inevitable, but would it take her husband with it? He was still alive, still fighting, but even he could not go forever without breath

Forcing herself to her feet, Ashia stu around her were denied the blade, but her curved knife was long a foot long and sharp enough to shave the hairs froelatinousa deep line

The wound bucked fro her with ichor, but she did not relent, slashing deeper At last, one of Asoht with power His other hand appeared, the two gripping the wound and tearing it apart from the inside

Mouths broke across the surface of the de in one last cry before it collapsed,like the sun Like her blessed uncle

Like Kaji hi Hoshkamin and Asukaji, fell to their knees before him Ashia felt it, too She understood what had happened, but the instinct to kneel was strong It was only by an act of will that she kept her feet

"Nie’s power grows again at Waning, brothers!" Asome called "This is but the first of her kais to coe of Nie’s abyss, it is not enough for the Sharuht, if Sharak Ka is to be won! My father made the weak khaffit into kha’Sharum! The chin into chi’Sharum! Even wo!"

He swept a hand over the assembled dama "Of all in Krasia, it is only we, the clerics, aited to be called! But the wait is over, brothers! As ht, so do I call upon those in white to join in alagai’sharak! It is only fitting that it should be blood of the Deliverer to first step into the night I nauide Krasia through its darkest hour!"

There was a stunned silence, and then all the assembled men broke out in cheers Even Hoshkamin, the Sharum Ka and Jayan’s creature, could not help hi the cry