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Tuesday, November 4

Heart's Blood, Fire's Vengeance: Part 6b – In View of the Eye

Saggy, hooting lemures hopped through the portal behind the chain devil.

“Can’t you close the portal?” shouted Beldin. He batted aside an animated chain.

“The dagger!” shouted Sebastian. He clawed his way towards it, battling wind and chains. The portal was a roaring maelstrom of fury, belching demon after demon. “Remove the dagger!”

Vlad sliced one of the lemures in two. It melted away into a nauseating pile. “I can’t reach it!”

Sebastian moved closer. If he could just grab hold of it…

Chains snaked towards him. Sebastian put up one hand. “Magis arma!”

A glowing field of force deflected the barbed chain. He rolled back towards the dagger and grabbed it with both hands.

“I’m not…” Sebastian gritted his teeth. The wind was so strong that he could barely see. Tears streamed from his eyes. “…strong…enough!”

“No one is, mortal,” the devil echoed in his head. “Look upon me and despair.”

Sebastian caught sight of the chain demon’s face. They parted. It was his mother’s face. [MORE]

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posted by talien at 6:39 AM

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