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thoughtlessly."
"I won't be caged!" Soego screamed, "Die!"
As Soego leapt at the priest, the two skeletons stood before their leader to
protect it. Yet it was all for naught, as Hargrimm cracked the tiles with its
staff. Raising one hand and snapping a command in an ancient, foreign
tongue, a nimbus of light swirled around the priest. With a crack and a flash,
a bolt of lightning shot down from the realms above and struck the man-rat,
enveloping his body in a pale flash.
Soego was thrown back with a screech. Laid flat on the ground, he twitched
and groaned in agony as the transformation receded. His torn robes
revealed pale, smoking flesh.
And the ghouls set upon him, devouring him alive.
I turned away from the grisly sight, tried to ignore the crunch and juicy
tearing of still-living flesh.
Hargrimm spoke with cold finality, "It is done, then. May the Silent King
protect us from such filth in the future."
I'll never eat a cranium rat ever again.
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Hargrimm was pleased when he spoke to me in the temple, "I thank thee for
thy assistance. Soego's infiltration could have done genuine damage to the
Dead Nations."
"I was just glad to help, Hargrimm. Now that me and my friends have shown
that we are harmless to your people, can we talk to the Silent King?"
Hargrimm's response was firm and its voice cold, "No."
The shock to its response shivered through me, "But- we unveiled the traitor
Soego! Surely we have earned your trust by now!"
Hargrimm shook its head, "No living creature may pass through the doors to
the Silent King, and again, I would not allow an audience even if it were
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