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Chapter 17 by SingingLark SingingLark

Will the adventurers recover before a new threat arrives?

Yes

Calcifer thawed the ice, and Liandra played the melody of life for them, a song that swiftly healed their wounds.

"Lets go, we need to leave before something else comes attracted by the song!" Altima ordered, and quickly the adventurers gathered.

They went deeper into the caves, threading with care. There were several groups of fiends, which they fought with tactics and skill.

Imps proved to be a far more devious opponent. Quick and nimble, Rodrik couldn't strike them with his sword, and Calcifer couldn't hit them in their flight. Altima and Nariel did hit them often, but there were several dozen of them...

Inspiration stuck Liandra from nowhere. She played a jig, and as if entranced the imps started to follow her tune, a deadly decision considering the sharp **** that soon befell them.

"But so far, these were all low level demons... we didn't find something that could be commanding them. A more powerful demon" Nariel said the words, strained. Calcifer agreed "yes, or at least a demonologist. They couldn't be just loitering about"

The next room gave the friends their share of powerful demons. There were several unholy denizens, but they were engaging in a wild orgy of sex and ****. Altima had cold huntress eyes, and motioned where each of them should be positioned. They took cover, and Nariel went forward.

A rutting pair of incubus were the first to fall, slit throats before they could even disentangle. A succubus died in orgasmic bliss, a dagger buried between her chest. A blade demon, her partner, fared no better, and supplied the rogue with ample stock of weapons.

It was an imp that sounded the alarm, but such a chaotic crowd had little hope of forming an unified defense. Nariel started to fall back as Altima and Calcifer started to rain arrows and eldritch fire in the orgy, picking victims with ease.

The danger didn't come from their numbers, but from the formidable power of some of its members. A hulking brute, two meters tall, endured Calcifer´s best effort, and Rodrik had to best him blow by blow. Nariel found his pair in velocity and finesse in a four armed knife wielding demoness, she was wearing a golden necklace laced with small diamonds. Altima eventually ran out of arrows, and joined the fray with her sword and agility.

Liandra once more proved decisive. Once all the enemies were engaged she started to play hymns to the gods, a fatal distraction to the demoniac foes.

The friends were exhausted. This had been a great victory, and they retreated to a side room, where they could see if anything or anyone came to examine the slaughter. This time they weren't so hurt that they had to resort to Liandra´s song.

Altima recovered a dozen of her arrows, not nearly enough in her opinion. Nariel took the four daggers the demoness was using, and found them perfectly balanced and wicked looking. Rodrik´s blade was ruined, so after some insistence he accepted taking a demon´s sword as well. Calcifer found a live female imp among the fallen, and took her in his arms.

"Here bard... this is four you. It is likely magical, maybe it was what made the demoness fight so well." Nariel handed her the beautiful golden collar the demoness was wearing, it could be worth a fortune even if it lacked any magic!

Should Liandra dress the collar?

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