CHAPTER EIGHTY FOUR
The end of one great battle and a sign of something worse
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The two Volcanic Golems next to the one which was cursed
Were both fairly strong but still they didn’t look the worst
But they were standing guard while their more powerful ally
Slowly gathered mana from the dark and cloudy sky
Any moment it seemed it would unleash some awful force
And everybody knew they couldn’t let it take its course
And so they quickly implemented the plan Hawk had said
They’d close a portal right on top of old Kachanga’s head
Delilah and her husband, Log, were the first to begin
And joined hands to summon all the mana they had within
One grand attack aimed right had on of the weaker monsters
Leaving the second golem to Hawk and the others
They cast a spell they rarely used, one of pure energy
No skill or added discipline would be necessary
They simply fired together, all the mana that they could
Not sure it would be enough but hoping that it would
At the same time they attacked, Delilah, Hawk, and Belle
Were charging up a more specific sort of magic spell
Hawk was using her mana to create a hole in space
Where any normal matter would vanish without a trace
Belle surrounded it with electrical energies
And kicked the charged up void ball with all the strength in her knees
The two attacks contained the last of the team’s stamina
And when the dust settled, all that was left was Kachanga
The strongest golem didn’t even notice their attack
The explosion of its allies had just bounced right off its back
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And as it raised its massive arms the ground began to shake
They worried that their sneak attack may have been a mistake
But in the chaos caused by all the mana in the air
Boulder snuck around the biggest floating portal there
He readied an attack and gave his shouted to his nearby son
“Come on Pebble, make a hole right here and run”
As ordered, Pebble punched the ground with magic in his fist
Knowing that they might all die if his attack had missed
But sure enough, beneath the golems feet a hole appeared
And for a moment it lost balance where the ground had cleared
Achievement: Dig It
Good job lad, attacks like that are very hard to aim
You knocked that golem into the portal from which it came
Keep expanding your experiences in this way
And you’ll be as reliable as your parents some day
It stumbled right toward the portal Boulder stood behind
And everybody hid behind the first thing they could find
the golem tripped half way through the portal quite clumsily
And Boulder punched the portal so hard it made him dizzy
The space around it cracked, which made a scary, awful sound
The shock made the air heavy and it shook the melted ground
But when the portal disappeared, they all heard Boulder laugh
The great Volcanic Golem had been quickly cut in half
Achievement: Space Breaker
You’ve closed a little portal once before, but this was grand
Destabilizing space is hard for gods to understand
Whatever magic power you’ve unleashed is beyond me
That technique will probably go down in history
The mountain-turned-volcano finally began to cool
And Hawk summoned some water to harden the lava pool
The team sat down together, all exhausted from the fight
And with the fires gone, one again the sky was dark as night
The portals’ eerie glow was a bit less bright than the moon
But it was probably still some time in the afternoon
Delilah was the first to speak after a moment’s rest
“Pebble did quite well for such a big important quest”
She smiled at Twig’s young friend but soon her mood was dark once more
“I hope that none of you forgot what we’re all out here for
Rest up quickly and get ready, this took far too long
I doubt we’ll find another mountain full of things this strong”
She stood up and she pulled her worn out husband to his feet
Still restless despite the Volcanic Golems’ defeat
Hawk was just about to tell the pair of them to wait
When suddenly appeared her husband in a panicked state
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