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April 16, 102 P.A.
After defeating the Balrog the party decides to collect the head, in hopes of trading it in for the bounty later. Frank Hamilton starving and seriously malnourished, from his stay at the Millennium Tree, immediately feeds off the PPE from the fresh kill. He then opens the large cellar like doors leading down into a large dark tunnel. Frank activates his night vision to see into the tunnel. Takeo casts a globe of daylight, blinding Frank momentarily. They enter the tunnel, it leads directly under the first ring magic barrier (life drain). The party rides the wagon into the tunnel, when they make it about half way through they hear they sounds of digging and continue through the tunnel at their same pace. Moments later they see 16 ghouls digging their way into the tunnel in front and behind them. The party stops and prepares to fight (buffing) allowing the ghouls to advance on them. Despite the fact the ghouls were of low level, the party finds the ghouls more difficult to handle than expected, often failing to strike the agile ghouls. After the battle with the ghouls Runick decides to collect the heads of the ghouls. The party then decides to hang the heads around the wagon on display and they continue though the tunnel. At the other end is another large barn size cellar door, Frank walks right up to the door and opens it. Frank sees a Gallu Bull Demon, the demon turns to look at the tunnel.
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The Gallu sees Frank standing at the opening of the tunnel and the rest of the party back by a wagon covered in demon heads. Frank preemptively acts, immediately taking control of the gallu, with super telekinesis, lifting him off the ground. Armed only with a sword, the gallu begins casting every simple spell it knows. Meanwhile, Frank occasionally slams the gallu into the ground and the rest of the party attacks the gallu as it is helpless. The demon manages to phobia curse and luck curse Frank before casting a cloud of smoke breaking Franks line of sight and freeing the gallu of Frank's telekinetic grasp. Runick gets the help of a lesser earth elemental and the gallu demon decides it's time to flee. Successfully casting a teleport spell he leaves the with a threat, "Wait til your shogun hears of this, you will pay for this disgrace. I will see you bow to our power, mortals. For your power is weak compared to that of the flames of Hades. Thus, have seen the people." Then the gallu demon is gone.
They all get on to the wagon and continue south, the party makes it to the edge of the woods. Ahead of them the terrain is all plains and open fields, they continue. They finally arrive at the 2nd ring magic barrier, it is a Wall of Agony. The party sees a bird attempt to fly through the shimmering blue barrier, it drops to the ground in agony where it stays til it dies. Runick throws a rock through the barrier, it lands on the ground on the other side. He picks up a flower and throws it, it hits the barrier falls to the ground and quickly withers. Runick puts a flower in his canteen and throws it it hits the barrier and falls to the ground. He retrieves his canteen and looks inside, to find a withered flower. Runick discerns the is no way to go through unharmed, only in animate objects can pass. The party travels east along the barrier for a long time until the reach a large pack of 32 ghouls in front of a large river. The party decides to avoid them and back tracks their steps all the way back to the edge of the woods. They decide it is the best spot to eat and rest. In the morning the party decides to travel east from where they camped. They reach a river, the same one, and begin to follow it down southeast. Eventually they see the pack of ghouls from the day before, again they choose to attempt to avoid them. Takeo gets in the river and cast breath without air, he will swim to the barrier to see if there is a way through. The others decide it is best if they fly the wagon over the river, Trevor takes out the power armor and flies the wagon with the party over. This draws the attention of the ghouls and they begin advancing on the party the horses left behind. Trevor flies back to grab a horse and scares it, he attempts to grab the other horse but fails. The horses are more afraid of the large super tengu power armor than they are of the humanoid ghouls. Thus, they run toward the ghouls and are devoured. Trevor flies back to the others, they talk and wonder what is taking Takeo so long.
Meanwhile, Takeo had swam along the shoreline and had sensed an evil presence in the water, he sees an aquatics demon from hades. Takeo avoids him and continues, he sees one other aquatics demon blocking his passage to the barrier. Takeo engages in battle with the creature and easily defeats it, with its last action the aquatic demon calls for help. Takeo continues toward the barrier an inspects it. The water seems to flow through but when a fish tried to swim though it hit the barrier and floated away with the current. Takeo had his answer no way through down there, he turns around to see two aquatics demons swimming at him. The aquatics are too fast and they entangle Takeo up and drag him to the bottom of the river. Takeo lays there motionless, and fears his breath with out air spell will run out.
Trevor, Oliver and Runick decide that they will enter the river to look for Takeo. Trevor's sensors start going off and he warns Oliver and Runick of a group of aquatics swimming toward them in the direction of the magic barrier. Trevor tells them that they are moving very fast and he activates his flies through the water at top speed. Oliver and Runick figure they probably swim to slow to avoid the aquatics demons and decide to get out of the water. Trevor flies up fast and sees Takeo on the bottom entangled by two aquatics demons, He swoops down picks them all up and flies straight out of the water and lands on the shoreline next to the rest of the party. They cut the aquatics demons off of Takeo with ease, pick him up, and they get on the wagon and they move because the ghouls are now making their way across the river. Trevor now is pulling the wagon like a giant rickshaw, in the power armor. They continue along the magic barrier, being a round barrier after awhile the party is traveling north. they cross the river two more times. and the reach the woods again. They continue through the woods all the way until they reach the base of a mountain. Trevor stops and flies up the mountain to scout ahead. He flies up and sees a demon locust, he flies away from the mountain to look around. Trevor sees a small village not far off around the base of the mountain and a large building over by the ley line, the Shogun's Palace. They travel around the base of the mountain and stop in the woods outside the village. Trevor Leaves his power armor in the wagon with Oliver and Frank, as He, Takeo and Runick enter the village. The three of them go to the local inn. They ring the bell at the counter a man comes in, "Oh I am so sorry! We don't get many visitors here, well not since the 9 rings went up. You must be men of the shogun's. Of course your stay is free please treat this place as your own. Let me get you a room." Takeo interrupts the inn keeper and tells him there is a misunderstanding, "we" are not with the shogun we fight against him and the demons. The in keeper's face changes, " Oh... well you can still stay if you want but we don't want any trouble here. The shogun has made a deal with the demons to keep them from attacking us. They leave us alone as long as we live by their rules. Uh... I don't really want to talk to you guys anymore." and the in keeper turns and walks ways leaving the key to the room on the counter. The three of them leave the key and go to the market. Back at the wagon Oliver and Frank have started talking and Oliver tell Frank that the millennium tree leaves could cure him of almost anything. Frank offers to buy a leaf, Oliver tells him the are worth hundreds of thousands but sells it to Frank in good faith for a mere 250 gold. Frank rests under the leaf blanket, as it cures him of his curses the leaf is consumed.
Takeo Takahido Demon Queller lvl 6- Previous 44,750xp
+1175xp
Trevor Burnside Psi Tech lvl- Previous 31,956xp
+1725xp
Frank Hamilton Psi Slayer- Previous 9,679xp
+1200xp
Runick Skyknight Elemental Fusionist lvl 4- Previous 13,221xp
+1075xp
Oliver McPherson Techno Wizard lvl 2- Previous 2,600xp
+1050xp
