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<blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 7623034" data-attributes="member: 143"><p>Chapter 309</p><p></p><p>Bredan could not remember ever feeling a pain like that which the mummy guardian had inflicted upon him. Every bit of his body felt like it was dying, and every muscle and organ and bit of skin was telling him that it was over, that he could do nothing more than collapse and accept the inevitable.</p><p></p><p>But Bredan had never been one to meekly accept his fate.</p><p></p><p>A strangled, almost feral sound issued from his ragged throat as he surged up to his feet. He swung his sword in a wild arc that had more power than precision behind it. The blade smashed into the side of the creature, but somehow its withered and feeble-looking body not only absorbed the blow but rebuffed it. Ash puffed out from its flesh where the sword had carved a narrow gash from which bits of pale bone were visible.</p><p></p><p>Bredan didn’t hesitate, lifting his sword for another strike. But this time the mummy was ready for him, and it caught the descending blade in its bare hand, arresting its motion as if it had been a bit of wood rather than a long shaft of forged steel.</p><p></p><p>The mummy’s lips twitched, and it uttered a single word of power.</p><p></p><p>The creature’s disembodied voice echoed through Bredan’s skull like the tolling of some vast bell. It pounded at his awareness like a sledgehammer, and it took everything he had to cling to the moment. He was dimly aware of Kavek and Kalasien both stumbling back from the reverberations of the mummy’s power.</p><p></p><p>Through the haze that had crept over his senses, he caught a hint of movement.</p><p></p><p>Reflex caused him to defend himself, and his own power, the gift of the book, surged at his call. He had used up most of that gift just surviving to this point, but there was enough left for him to throw up a <em>shield</em> between himself and his adversary. That proved to be just barely in time as the mummy’s fist smashed into the magical barrier with the force of a battering ram. The backlash of that impact seared Bredan’s already-raw senses, but the spell held.</p><p></p><p>Bredan struggled to get his sword up again, but before he could launch another attack his eyes met the gaze of the mummy. The twin points of fire seemed to draw him in, until there seemed to be nothing else in the world except for those sinister points of light. Against that dreadful glare his armor and his will were equally useless, and his muscles froze into immobility. All he could do was stare at the mummy as it stepped forward and lifted a bony fist to put an end to him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lazybones, post: 7623034, member: 143"] Chapter 309 Bredan could not remember ever feeling a pain like that which the mummy guardian had inflicted upon him. Every bit of his body felt like it was dying, and every muscle and organ and bit of skin was telling him that it was over, that he could do nothing more than collapse and accept the inevitable. But Bredan had never been one to meekly accept his fate. A strangled, almost feral sound issued from his ragged throat as he surged up to his feet. He swung his sword in a wild arc that had more power than precision behind it. The blade smashed into the side of the creature, but somehow its withered and feeble-looking body not only absorbed the blow but rebuffed it. Ash puffed out from its flesh where the sword had carved a narrow gash from which bits of pale bone were visible. Bredan didn’t hesitate, lifting his sword for another strike. But this time the mummy was ready for him, and it caught the descending blade in its bare hand, arresting its motion as if it had been a bit of wood rather than a long shaft of forged steel. The mummy’s lips twitched, and it uttered a single word of power. The creature’s disembodied voice echoed through Bredan’s skull like the tolling of some vast bell. It pounded at his awareness like a sledgehammer, and it took everything he had to cling to the moment. He was dimly aware of Kavek and Kalasien both stumbling back from the reverberations of the mummy’s power. Through the haze that had crept over his senses, he caught a hint of movement. Reflex caused him to defend himself, and his own power, the gift of the book, surged at his call. He had used up most of that gift just surviving to this point, but there was enough left for him to throw up a [i]shield[/i] between himself and his adversary. That proved to be just barely in time as the mummy’s fist smashed into the magical barrier with the force of a battering ram. The backlash of that impact seared Bredan’s already-raw senses, but the spell held. Bredan struggled to get his sword up again, but before he could launch another attack his eyes met the gaze of the mummy. The twin points of fire seemed to draw him in, until there seemed to be nothing else in the world except for those sinister points of light. Against that dreadful glare his armor and his will were equally useless, and his muscles froze into immobility. All he could do was stare at the mummy as it stepped forward and lifted a bony fist to put an end to him. [/QUOTE]
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