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eyes.<br />

What I didn’t consider was the chain reaction...<br />

WHACKOOOOM<br />

Wisps <strong>of</strong> particulate metal and seared s<strong>to</strong>ne fluttered <strong>do</strong>wn on us like petals<br />

scattered over the vic<strong>to</strong>rs, and Rubikon snarled, <strong>to</strong>ssing aside the last skull.<br />

He looked <strong>do</strong>wn at the smoldering remains <strong>of</strong> his guard.<br />

"Argh! How is this possible?!"<br />

I replied with invocations <strong>of</strong> slashing blades, shards <strong>of</strong> magic bolts, and<br />

finally... yes, lightning. Rubicon literally fell apart when the searing white<br />

bolt struck him, sending his parts scattering <strong>to</strong> the floor, still twitching and<br />

sparking with static electricity.<br />

Huzzah. Time <strong>to</strong> rifle through his corpse and take his stuff, <strong>be</strong><strong>cause</strong> that's<br />

what you <strong>do</strong> in these situations.<br />

A portable portal lens... a true prize that'd <strong>be</strong> useful in Sigil, and a scroll<br />

<strong>be</strong>aring the formulas for a powerful spell designed in the rigid alpha<strong>be</strong>t <strong>of</strong><br />

Mechanus. It'd take some time <strong>to</strong> decipher, but from what I could<br />

understand already it looked like it'd <strong>be</strong> powerful.<br />

"All right. Back <strong>to</strong> the engineering room."<br />

Fall-From-Grace looked up, her palms placed against Annah's arm <strong>to</strong> mend a<br />

broken bone, "And what <strong>of</strong> Ignus?"<br />

"We're leaving him <strong>be</strong>hind."<br />

It seemed <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> a<strong>not</strong>her person who said those words <strong>to</strong> the modron<br />

engineer, and when I think back on it, it seems like I'm watching the scene<br />

from outside my body. With heads bowed (except Nor<strong>do</strong>m, who chirped<br />

irreverently as always) I gave the command: grim, determined, my gut<br />

churning at the thought that there was someone still in the complex.<br />

"Reset the dungeon."<br />

"Collapsing current dungeon..." the room filled with a low thrumming sound.<br />

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