The huge rat and vile mound of quivering flesh that the tiny flying demon had summoned surge forward but Aric holds them in the doorway. He disables the rat with a single blow, then Chile springs past him and lays into the flesh-thing. As Aric finishes off the rat the monks team up to do the same to the fleshy abomination.
The summoned minions dealt with, this leaves only the flying imp. How much trouble can such a tiny creature be? An awful lot.
She is fast, she can fly and she attacks the party by throwing a dagger that magically returns to her hand. This is small and barely does any damage, but she is incredibly accurate with it and despite the group’s best efforts they can barely hit her back. Even when they do so, she seems all but immune to the damage caused by their weapons and fists. Brother Bother’s tiny lightning bolts seem to hurt her but it becomes apparent that she is healing very fast even from the wounds caused by these.
The dagger is not her only means of attack. She casts spells on both the monks that cause significant wounds. Although she needs to touch them to do this she does so almost with impunity, as she is so small and fast that they can barely strike her in return. At one point she belches forth a vile-smelling wad of phlegm at Gol’den Chile but luckily for him he is able to dodge it.
Aric realises that his arrows are having virtually no effect so he uncharacteristically switches to his sword; this is little better.
Thinking that while he can’t really hurt her, conversely she can barely hurt him now that she seems to be out of spells, Bother decides to investigate the bubbling orange pool by washing his hands in it. The effect is immediate and drastic: its freezing waters hurt him greatly and he is seized by uncontrollable wrath, attacking Gol’den Chile who is standing near him. The glowing waters dim slightly.
The imp unleashes a burst of terrible fear, but the adventurer’s stout hearts resist this and they are merely shaken. As she flies about the room throwing her returning dagger, Chile attempts to subdue the raging Bother while Aric continues to try hitting the demon. Things are not looking good. Maybe a new plan is needed …
Experience: 178 each.
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