Silently, Davian lept from the shadows to quickly strike his opponent. To the untrained eye, Davian seemed to appear out of nowhere at his targets side. A slash to the guard's back was enough to apply the poison, but not enough to subdue him. As the second guard drew his sword to attack, Davian threw a smoke bomb at him. Blinded, the second guard staggered through the smoke, leaving Davian to deal with his original target.
The wounded monster of a man charged at him bellowing with fury. Davian tumbled to the right, out of the way of the sudden attack, his dagger clattering to the floor. Falling through the air, Davian sprawled onto a pile of ancient bones with an audible crunch. "Ahhh!" Davian yelled as he hastily scrambled away from the grinning skull that was inches from his face. Seated on the cave floor he turned to see his adversary slowly advance on him with a fanged grin. The midnight black robes filled Davian's vision, except for one thing.
Davian's fall dislodged the broken shaft of a spear. Davian grasped it and sprung to his feet, the spearhead leveled at his target and glinting softly in the torchlight. The guard slashed savagely at Davian, and he turned the blow away with the shaft of his spear. Another attack came quickly, and Davain barely avoided this blow. But he now had is opening. With a lunge, Davain thrust his spear at his attacker. The blow tore through his robes, skewering him, and pinning him to the floor. Unable to move, the guard roared in anger, as the other guard continued to stagger about the cave. There wasnt much time left.
Davian collected his dagger from the floor, and rushed to his friend's side to sever the bonds that held him.
"It's you! I knew you would come!" Jowan rejoiced as he rubbed his wrists from where the rope had been biting his flesh.
"No time for reunions now. We have to get out of here!"
"You can say that again.." How an pointed to the two guards. The smoke had worn off and the second guard was approaching. The first guard violently snapped the spear shaft that pinned his robe to the floor. Both advanced with obsidian blades drawn.
"Lets get out of here!" Shouted Davian, as he turne to escape the cavern. But the passage was blocked. The ensuing battle must have alerted others, for there were now ten blackstone guards crowded in the entrance to the cave, and banging slowly to flank them and form a ring around the two Wardens.
"Umm... Do you have a plan B?" Asked Jowan nervously.
"That was plan B!" Replied Davian frantically.
The ring of Blackstone guards closed around the two Wardens, sealing their fate. "It was good knowing you buddy," Jowan said with a resigned tone. He closed his eyes.
When he opened them, he was outside of the room, far into the cave's passageway with Davian at his side. "What just happened?"
"Well.." Said a voice behind them, and the Wardens both turned to see Falgren. " I saw you were in trouble, and i needed t' rescue you. I closed my eyes and thought of you being over here and not in th' room. Next thing i knew, you were rescued!"
Davian's mouth was agape. He had never heard of anyone possessing power to do what Falgren just did. "That's great but i think they are starting to realize what happened," Jowan exclaimed pointing at the guards who were once again alerted to their presence.
"Lets get out of here! Follow me!" Davian turned and ran back the way he had come, with Jowan following close behind and Falgren trailing with the torch. The glowing stones left by the Morrigan continued to shine the way to the exit, as the trio sprinted by them. Gutteral yells and howls hounded them as the Blackstone guards chased them to the exit. The tunnels twisted and turned in seemingly impossible angles. Davian placed his trust in the Morrigan's stones, that they would lead him and his friends safely back to the Tavern exit. They scrambled around the next turn, and rejoiced as they reached the exit. Davain hauled open the massive slabs of oak as they clambered through to safety. Jowan and Davian shoved the doors closed as the guards rounded the corner with a shout of alarm. The doors closed with a boom, and Falgren secured the chain with the lock just as they heard fists hammering on the other side of the door. Suddenly, the pounding stopped and all went silent.
"We're safe," gasped Davian finally catching his breath. "They won't touch us here. Not in a place as public as the tavern."
"We've won!" Shouted Falgren.
"For now we have. Come, we need to inform the Council of what just happened. Lets get upstairs and into the sunlight. I dont think ill be going into the dark any time soon."
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