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 For a moment you stand transfixed by the sight of the lumbering monsters, but only for a moment. With no sure way of defeating both of these brutes you are prepared to try anything, and you make your decision in a heartbeat. As the Warbeasts circle your position you reach into your pack and retrieve the small flask of Nahla Extract. The label hangs loosely bound at its neck but you are only interested in its claim that the liquid is explosive, and with nothing to lose you throw it at the nearest creature. What happens next takes even you by surprise.
In a detonation of blinding light and deafening sound the Nahla Extract explodes against the flank of the Warbeast. Caught within its shockwave the monster disappears in a cloud of shattering stone, its body reduced to a shower of jagged shrapnel that scatters across the length of the Great Hall. Unprepared for the force of the blast you are knocked backwards, helpless before the power of the explosion, engulfed within a growing cloud of dust and falling stone that throws you across the polished floor of the chamber. In a rolling tangle of limbs and equipment you come to rest, only to find the other Warbeast writhing upon the cold stone next to you, struggling to regain its footing. Quickly you check yourself for injury and find that you have survived the explosion unscathed. Truly it is only luck that has saved you from the devastating effects of the explosion but the same cannot be said for the second Warbeast.
Caught also by the shockwave the second creature could not avoid two large pieces of its brother statue that smashed into it, fracturing one of its forearms and taking away its left eye and a large section of its forehead. It has been badly damaged but you are not yet safe. Before you can turn to run the monster struggles to its feet and then settles its remaining eye upon you. Damaged as it may be it has been animated for only one purpose, and that is to protect the Dragonseye. Shaking with a mindless rage it attacks.
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This remaining Warbeast has a combat value of 17 and an endurance of 12. If you defeat this creature turn to section 559. If however, it is the Warbeast that is victorious then it must be here that your quest ends. If this is so then it will be to another life that you should look for better luck and .
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This book, and its associated books and other documents in the Chronicles of Arborell series are the intellectual property of the author, Wayne F Densley, and all rights are reserved by him. Windhammer is best viewed at 1024 x 768 resolution. Any questions regarding the Chronicles of Arborell can be answered by emailing the author at densleyw@shoal.net.au
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