Kalmar and Gegen rallied behind Flindra’s mental shield and
steeled their thoughts against the madness.
They were soldiers and immediately counterattacked by filling their
minds with all things positive to counter the poisoned Darkness. Their efforts released her from having to
stave off the full battering. Just as
she had done when facing the evil seed, Flindra drove her focus deep into her
extended memories until she experienced the sense of oneness with all that was
now and all that gone before her. Due to
the overlapping proximity of Kalmar and Gegen’s thoughts, she dragged them with
her so they, too, became aware of the encompassing wholeness and
interconnectivity of life. Existence was
an exquisitely complex tapestry with the color and grandeur of the weft threads
fully interwoven and supported by the sturdy warp filaments, in a masterful
pattern of the Spirit’s design.
Fortified by this experience, the champions struck back at
the Valkea and through her to the Kwetwer beyond. If the power of the Nameless Ones was
experienced as a paralyzing coldness, the answering challenge of the Champions
was expressed as blindingly bright light, which produced a heat capable of
melting a cold and evil heart. For
several moments, the opposing forces cancelled each other into nullity, but
then Flindra, Kalmar, and Gegen drew deeper into their personal energies and
the crystals responded with a power increase of three to the power of three.
Within the confined sphere they had projected around her,
the Valkea could do nothing to hold off the energy of the crystals. She was in a furnace fueled by the focus of
the Champions and felt her will weaken.
The Nameless Ones had to rely upon her strength to keep open the hole
that allowed them to broadcast forth their evil energies, so they became unable
to respond to the Champion’s assault when the Valkea could no longer maintain
the connection. She had become so
dependent upon the power of the Nameless Ones to fuel her attacks that she had
no reserves of energy of her own to fight with.
Pushed by the growing force surrounding her, she collapsed inward much
like a hollow gourd will wither and shrink when exposed to heat and sunlight.
The Champions pressed inexorably onward with their assault
and the Valkea weakened and faded. It
was difficult to say when she actually perished – she merely vanished beyond
the limits of perception.
“She’s gone,” Flindra finally announced. “Let’s drop the barrier. Kalmar why don’t you assess the situation
around us while Gegen and I see what’s happening inside the caverns? We can enter the caverns now that the
Valkea’s power has been broken. Before
we attack the nursery we should be aware of the full situation.”
“An excellent suggestion,” Kalmar agreed. “It shouldn’t take me long to talk with my
men. Then we will end this horror.”
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