The Mini-Adventure!

[Zaleramancer]

The guy goes down with a club to the face.

The other pair exchange a glance and move into action.

One of them darts forward with a sword, as the other hovers protectively with a shield.

[Philote]

As I travel down the hall, I begin to notice that there is no end in sight. For what I could see of the size of the building from outside, I should of had to reach a new hallway by now.

I open one of the doors in the hall, and like the ones from before, it seems to have been vacated in a hurry. Leaving the door open, I travel down the hall until I come across what I feared. I pass by another open door that has the same vacated room from before.

I can hear my friends traveling behind me, but I don't hear them from in front of me, so I am not just simply looping back to the beginning.

I take a risk and scrape off some runes on the wall with one of my arrows, hoping it will break the spell.

[Zaleramancer]

A shower of sparks dancing along the runes. The broken one glows brightly and then dims into darkness. A shudder seems to run along the hall, though you feel no shaking under your feet.

Marv notices a slight dip in the flow of magic.

Rory notices that he and Phi suddenly seem half a foot closer to each other.

[Philote]

That seemed to work, I think to myself.

I see that my friends have caught up to me, likely due to my breaking the rune.

I inform the bounty hunter of what I have learned, his expertise will be much better at breaking the walls.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

"These runes? Goodness. They sure pack a punch. Those cultists, huh? Sure know how to put up defense." Rory snickers.

"Now...to figure out how the heck to get rid of these things."

He backs up, and pulls out a throwing knife.

"Let's see if I can't break them."

He throws the knife hard as he can.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

"I wouldn't mess with them too much. They look fairly powerful."

[Zaleramancer]

The knife sinks into one of the runes. A shock runs through the wall.

A surge of electricity leaps from the ruptured rune, sending the knife flying.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

"Like I said...I wouldn't mess with them too much."

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 "WHOA!"

Rory drops to the ground, as the knife is sent flying back a triple the speed it was thrown.

From the ground, he calls to the others..."Little help here?"

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[Zaleramancer]

The sword bearing partner darts out with his sword, aiming for Jase's back.

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[Zaleramancer]

The unfortunate swordsman was knocked backwards, onto his shield bearing partner.

The lone cultist left lifts his club, obviously not enthused by his position.

In the back of the room, the armored figure shifts.

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[Zaleramancer]

As the last cultist goes down, the armored figure starts to clap.

"You fight like a wild animal." Says a cold metallic voice, "I'm impressed."

[Marvelous Miscreant]

I jam my magic blade into one of the runes and let my power course into it.

[Zaleramancer]

The runes spark and glitter, but the magic coursing from the blade subdues them.

Slowly, they fade.

Up ahead, you notice the hall finally ends with a large door.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

I smack the bounty hunter with two fingers, "Magic must defeat magic!"

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[Zaleramancer]

A drawn sword answered the warrior's question.

Your move, young warrior."