Several seven-foot tall wolf-faced beasts came into view. The Drolls were sniffing loudly, looking all around, and detected the Drelves’ party. A gaunt creature in their midst reminded Morlecainen of an undernourished Goblin. A humming of bowstrings produced a chorus of howls from the front rank of the advancing Drolls. Two fell lifelessly to the ground. Wounds only angered others. The Kiennite raised a wand and muttered garbled phrases. Flames came from the end of the device and struck the Drelvish lookout, who fell screaming from the tree. One of the Drelvish swordsman shouted and charged the Kiennite. Six Drolls were in position to intercept the suicidal Drelve. The blade of the charging Drelve’s sword emitted a greenish glow in the amber light. The first Droll struck him with a heavy blow and opened a deep wound on his shoulder.
“That’s a mortal wound,” Morlecainen surmised.
The Drelve shouted and returned the attack. His blade sank deeply into the towering Droll’s side. The blade’s glow deepened, and the angry wound on the Drelve’s shoulder closed. The huge Droll fell to the ground. The Kiennite pointed his wand in the direction of the charging Drelve. A ray of white heat struck the small warrior and knocked him to the ground. The air filled with the smell of burning flesh. The Drelve staggered to his feet and faced two more Drolls that had reached him. the first Droll thrust a huge blade into the Drelve’s chest. The four-foot tall warrior ignored his wounds, persisted in his attacks, and slew the first Droll with an upward stab into his chest. The Drelve’s ugly wounds disappeared again, and he turned to face the second Droll. The huge wolf-faced warrior also fell to the blade. The Drelve was now about thirty paces from the Kiennite. Spellweaver Purya pointed his wand toward the Drolls on the right side of the clearing. A Fire Spell enveloped and smote twenty Drolls.
Invisible Morlecainen said to himself’ “I can’t be left out of this.”
He raised his staff and shouted a command. A lightning bolt left the end of the staff and killed the Kiennite.
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