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-----Sol then kneels, seeing an opening. Sweeping the sword up, Sol manages to bring the blade up under the chain shirt. The sword then continues up under the warrior’s rib cage, wounding him critically. With a gurgle in a blood filled mouth, the warrior then collapses to the ground.
-----The wild-eyed priestess misses Zentil as her sword sweeps the air over his head.
-----From inside the dark half-sphere, the others hear Sarah curse. The sphere slowly moves backwards.
-----Rand moves forward to face the young wild-eyed priestess. He looks at her and strongly commands, "Surrender!" With that, she suddenly throws down her blade.
-----"Thanks Raven," Sol says quickly, before turning on Devlin. "You!" He points at the dark priestess, "You’re next!" Attempting to ignore his wound, Sol begins to move on her.
-----Raven simply nods to Sol and then runs over to attack Devlin.
-----Sol lifts his sword against the old crone and slams it into her shield. She steps back with a grunt. Sol then thrusts in and the sword stabs through her leather armor on the side of her ribs.
-----Seeing Sol’s success, Raven likewise lets the old one parry one of his swords with her shield. The High Priestess begins to mutter something with an intent look. Before she can utter any word, Raven then savagely comes across with his other sword slashing across her belly. Injured badly, she now staggers back bleeding.
-----Suddenly, behind them on the ground, the old man that Raven put down mutters something resembling a short chant. He quickly begins to rise to his feet somehow not as hurt as he was before!
-----Zentil takes the girl’s sword and forces her onto the ground with his sword poised on her neck.
-----From behind Sol, the old man swings his short sword, narrowly missing the young man. Sol quickly reverses direction and rushes to attack the old foe. The old one moves in a blur to position himself for a strike at Raven’s back.
-----Sol and Rand both run at the old man at the same time. Just as the old one nicks Raven in the back of his arm, Sol stabs in from the side. Sol’s weapon pierces in through the enemy’s leather shirt. At the same time, Rand strikes the old man in the base of the neck with his quarterstaff. This time when the old man falls to the ground, he is dead.
-----Momentarily distracted, Raven, Sol and Rand turn to face the old High Priestess. She stands before them reading from a scroll. Before Raven can strike out at her with his short swords, the three heroes are suddenly enspelled, unable to move!
-----Behind them, Zentil emits a curse as he stands over the captured young girl. Quickly drawing his bow, he shoots two arrows at the High Priestess. One grazes the old woman’s arm while the other widely misses.
-----In a quick movement, the young priestess on the ground rolls and leaps up to her feet. She stands to face the surprised elf as he fumbles to recover his sword. Quickly she grabs her own weapon and both she and Zentil takes defensive stances.
-----In a few moments, Devlin casts another spell. Zentil stands facing both priestesses with a dazed look on his face, his sword arm wavering. "Kill him!" Devlin evilly hisses to her underling. A wide sneering smile crosses the blood-smeared face of the wild-eyed girl with the dirty, stringy hair as she advances on the elf.
-----Suddenly, two thin streams of greenish light streak off from among the trees. They bolt right over Zentil’s shoulder striking the young priestess in the head causing her to scream. She collapses to the ground, the life mostly taken out of her.
-----"Curses!" Devlin shrieks as her eyes scan the trees beyond. In a panic, she grabs the large gem at Raven’s feet and runs to her horse. Mounting her steed, the High Priestess rides off quickly, making for the northeast.
-----The next few minutes seem like hours as everything becomes silent around the party except for the weak moans of the critically injured priestess on the ground.
-----Thalog is the first to recover his senses as the spell, which held him, wears off. Soon Raven, Rand, and Sol return to normal. The four men then can see that Sarah is still encased in the dark globe and Zentil looks as though he has fallen victim to some kind of charm.
-----"Dammit!" Sol yells in frustration. "I don't believe she got away!" At this moment, Sol is running to his horse. Just before he reaches his steed he calls over to the dark sphere, "Sarah, we're safe at the moment, so you can relax."
-----Raven shakes his head, "What the hell! Where did those green rays come from? Is everyone okay?" Raven goes over to the old man's body and searches it. "Let’s see if we can find any clues to where they ran off to."
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