Peering through the window Katarina struggled to make out the shapes inside. The glass was a different thickness from the top to the bottom so everything was distorted. The music range in Katarina's ears as she registered that there were two imps in the room! They were standing still though facing in her direction. Katarina hoped they hadn't seen her.
The grip on her spear tightened as she strained to see if anybody was hurt. She really couldn't make any other details out though except for a dark figure standing on one of the heavy oak tables back to the front door. The demons were at least 5 paces away from the figure.
Katarina felt the urge to yawn again. She just felt so lethargic right now.
No! There were demons in the inn and she needed to kill the vermin!
She gripped her spear in both hands now, her left hand in front and guiding the spear head. Roaring, Katarina rammed her left shoulder into the door. At the moment when her scream drowned out the music from Katarina's ears her energy returned. She stepped into the room and was slightly shocked that Eobard was the one playing the music.Well it made a little bit of sense. She really shouldn't be shocked but the tunes were so beautiful, much better than she had ever hear Eobard play. Yet he way he was hunched over the dark lute was unmistakable.
With a snarl, Katarina charged past the musician and stabbed at the imp closest to the her. The demon seemed to notice her but was too late. Sharp elven steel went straight into the imps throat and it fell, body limp instantly.
Were they really this weak?
Katarina felt more than heard the music change. It sounded sharp and dramatic now with a fast beat. In contrast, everything felt slow to Katarina and she could clearly see what was about to happen. Her body moved automatically, perceiving the threat. She twisted her spear free of the first imp and swung it at an arc from the neck of the imp towards the ground to her right deflecting the tail of the second imp who had turned to attack Katarina.
Before her spear tip touched the ground she rotated again and sent the butt of the spear in a sweeping strike toward the much shorter demon. The hard wood clipped the demon's ear and the imp was knocked to the ground from the **** of the strike. With one final roar she swept the spear across the imps neck with such **** that she severed its head.
The music stopped.
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