Gol’den Chile has been sorely hurt by Brother Bother’s frenzied attacks and is forced to duck aside and drink his healing potion. Bother now switches his attack to the imp, at which point Aric – who had been playing dead – leaps up and also attacks her with his sword, although she moves too fast for him to hit.

Somewhat recovered, Gol’den Chile rejoins the fray with a new mode of attack – grab her! She flits about annoyingly but he is soon able to get hold of her and manages to keep her still. This enables Aric to land a heavy blow which clearly hurts her. However, as Chile wrestles the little demon into the central pool Bother switches his attacks to the half-elf and nearly kills his friend.

While Aric flees up the stairs to the pulpit Chile manoeuvres himself so that the demon is the closest thing to Bother. To Aric’s relief this tactic works as – mad with rage – the big monk starts battering the pinned creature. Aric moves to help Chile hold the demon under the water and although she almost breaks free several times and manages to hurt Chile a little with her claws, under a constant barrage of blows from Bother she eventually loses consciousness.

Any relief is momentary however as Brother Bother is still gripped by madness; as soon as the demon passes out he starts attacking Gol’den Chile. He and Aric decide to try running away, with the agile Chile interposing himself between Bother and the badly-wounded half-elf. However Bother is extremely fast so Chile is forced to confront him again; he is unable to grapple him and barely dodges a pummelling.

Perhaps seeing the frightened faces of his friends in front of him has an effect, or perhaps the madness was wearing off anyway, but a glimmer of Brother Bother’s sanity flickers in his mind. With great force of will, he is able to push back the rage and hold the blood-lust in check for a moment …

Experience: 400 each.