"Thank
you, Captain." Kalmar focused his
attention to listen for the drumbeat but instead felt his mind being drawn to
the place Flindra and Gegen were now seeing.
Deep within the heart of the cavern was a central chamber and it was
here that the drums were being sounded.
Men and women were running to the summons. All had grabbed some kind of weapon and moved
about in complete frenzy. All three
Champions were shocked to see the numbers present - hundreds of howling
monsters were running helter-skelter while they awaited someone to take
command.
"It's
not going to take long for this howling mob to make it to the surface
somewhere," Gegen warned.
"Wouldn't it be easier for us to attack them here and save our
forces inevitable casualties?"
"I
have an idea, but we need to make sure our forces are well away from the tunnel
entrances," Flindra said.
"What's
that dearest?" Kalmar asked.
"When
I destroyed the evil seed there was a burst of energy that not only hurled
Leitho and me back to our own reality, but it weakened the tunnel roof enough
that it triggered the cave-in that trapped us.
I believe we can generate a burst of energy, which will collapse the
cavern roof. We can put an end to these
monsters in an instant. It'll save our
soldiers from the horror of battling with these maniacs and it will actually be
a more merciful end to Valkea's followers.
The risk comes from the fact that we could trigger landslides on the
surface."
"It
sounds like a good idea. Let's give it a
try," the King agreed. "Allow me
to warn the soldiers so they can pull back to a safer location. They've been readying to do battle at the
tunnel entrance where we fought the Valkea."
Kalmar
drew his full focus back to the men gathered around the entrance. His image had actually vanished during the
conference with Flindra and Gegen. His
officers were huddled together in a deep discussion and he could see worry on
their faces - no doubt caused from his unexplained disappearance. "Forgive me for not warning you I was
leaving," he said. "I didn't
mean to alarm you."
Pender
smiled in relief. "There is no need
to ask forgiveness, Sire. We were just
concerned something bad had happened to you." Cherok and Boerger smiled and nodded in
agreement.
"I
heard the drums and joined Flindra and Gegen for they had located the source of
the commotion. The Valkea's forces are
gathering and are working themselves into an insane fury," Kalmar
reported. "The three of us are
going to attempt to create a cave-in to destroy them all to spare you the risk
and effort of defeating them. Flindra is
worried our actions might trigger a landslide here so I want all of you to
return to the road and then move into positions where you aren't beneath a
cliff face or talus slope. If we fail in
our efforts and the mob escapes, it'll also be an easier battle fighting them
on the level. Choose your positions with
that in mind."
"We
will, my lord King."
"Good
luck, gentlemen." He held up his
hand in parting and let his focus be drawn back to Flindra.
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