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-----From behind the wretch, they can see the other three undead warriors approaching. Back by the large house across the old village square four more dead horrors walk across the unkempt lawn in their direction.
-----Ignoring the retreating skeleton in front of him, Sol sees the other skeletons advancing on Raven and Zentil across the square. He runs directly towards them, brandishing his sword. As he's running, Sol quickly calls over his shoulder to Sarah, "Keep safe..."
-----Raven suddenly yells to Zentil, "Retreat back to the group!" He then runs back the few yards where the rest of the party stands. The elf follows along with him. They stop as Sol meets them.
-----They turn and look at the eight undead warriors stalking toward them. The dead ones almost look as if they are marching in their absurd pace.
-----"No doubt we�ve run into Trist�s bone-men," Raven says with a sneer as he looks down at his scratched arm. His eyes then light on the thing with no legs crawling toward the opposite end of the square. A look of disbelief crosses Raven�s and Zentil�s faces.
-----Looking back at the monsters heading in their direction, Raven says to the group, "Looks like we either make a stand or run for it." A savage look crosses his face. "What�s it going to be?"
-----Zentil replies to Raven by simply raising his long sword and eyeing the approaching dead with his green eyes.
-----Raven turns toward Thalog, Sarah and Amythiel and barks, "You spellcasters got any spells that will help?" He then waits their answer.
-----"No, I only have spells that work on the living." Sarah replies glumly. "But if you guys want to stay I'll rip them apart with my fingernails if I have to." Sarah gets her darts ready.
-----Finally, Raven turns toward Sol and asks, "Well, Sol, what do you say? Think we ought to attack or retreat more?" He anticipates the smile on the young man�s face.
-----Raven's anticipation is rewarded with a generous grin. No verbal answer is given, only a single step into a ready stance. His sword arm starts shaking slightly as the undead advance, and in response Sol begins to repeatedly mutter some sort of prayer under his breath. Slowly the arm stops shaking.
-----Sarah runs up behind Raven and throws her first dart at one of the approaching dead. The dart sails past the undead�s shoulder.
-----A growl escapes Raven as he lunges and draws back his new sword over his head. In a lightning quick move, the short sword arcs downward and bites into the decayed neck of the first menace. The slash neatly cleaves the skull of the dead thing from the rest of its body. The body noisily rattles as it hits the ground and lies still, while the jawbone of the decapitated skull chatters with a hollow sound as it continues to move.
-----As if encouraged by the ranger�s success, Zentil swings his weapon at another of the dead warriors. His blade rakes across the front chest area of the thing ripping open its armor and breaking a few bones loose.
-----Sol steps up and stabs at his opponent. The monster parries his thrust and its weapon emits a dull clang as it does. The young man quickly recovers and with a heave, brings his long sword into the worn armor. Sol�s blade cleaves inside the rusted metal and finds the ancient bones inside. The undead thing falls on its back, its body broken into two, its upper half still animated.
-----A second dart from Sarah misses another skeleton warrior approaching Raven. Again, Raven�s short sword flashes and the thing is brought to its knees. Bringing his left hand across, Raven destroys the monster with a crushing blow from the sword in his off hand.
-----The bone man facing Zentil staggers back from the slash delivered by the elf. It suddenly brings its weapon to bear, jabbing the old sword into Zentil�s abdomen. The injury almost brings the elf to his knees. Sarah throws her dart at the monster standing over the wounded elf and it lodges ineffectively in the thing�s armor.
-----The still animated skull by Raven�s foot misses the ranger with a snap of its jaws. Likewise the cleaved monster Sol hit misses the young man as it struggles to fight.
-----Sarah lets out a frustrated sigh as she misses another standing horror with another of her small missiles. She spies the skull by Raven�s foot. In a move that would do a warrior proud, she winds up and in a fatal descending motion, flings her dart at the animated head. The dart strikes the skull at an angle breaking the bone and burying itself somewhere within. The skull tumbles over, slightly rocking on the ground and lies still.
-----Raven, seeing Zentil�s peril, swings out with his left sword hand hitting the monster that faces the elf. The decayed body shatters from the force of Raven�s attack. Zentil sinks to his knees.
-----Sol sweeps his sword down at the writhing horror and the thing brings its weapon up and parries. Sol quickly steps back as it tries to return a slash at him.
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