Medieval-ness... -- The Middle of Nowhere

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Date Posted: 10:29:34 03/03/02 Sun
Author: Human, Demon
Subject: Medieval-ness...

I slipped quietly down the dark hallway, broadsword held at ready. I strained my ears, trying to detect any approaching footsteps. None. I reached the corner and stopped. Lifting my sword high, I sprang around the corner, swinging my blade down to block any blow. There was no one, friend or foe, in the corridor. I was getting edgy now; for the past half-hour I had stalked the castle's dank halls and found nothing. No doors, windows, living or dead things. Just hall upon hall upon hall, branching out endlessly. Sighing, I leaned lightly against the wall. Making a chop at the corner with my sword to mark my way, I continued silently, not even the stone floor echoing my footsteps.

The dim gloom continued to shine, if you could call it shining, from the stone walls. Blocks, stones, hallways, corridors, gloom. Nothing more, nothing less. I wondered briefly if I would ever get out, or find my imprisoned friends and free them, or meet the fabled Dead Warrior-King, and have the chance to defeat him. I could, of course, turn back, but my code of honour would not allow it.

I padded down the mazeway, as I had begun to think of it, sword out and steady, listening for any sound. I felt like I would almost welcome a foe, or even a trap in the walls or floor. It was silent. I trod around the next sharp bend and sprang backwards to dodge the disemboweling slash of the demon's claws. Rapidly I moved to the attack, swinging my blade diagonally before me then stepping forward, turning a defensive move into an offensive one. The demon dodged with lightning speed and flicked out its ginsu-dagger claws at my throat. My sword rang as I blocked the blow. Springing to the side as the demon charged, I swung my sword in front of it. It twisted aside and tumbled, leaped to its talons instantly.

I paced away carefully, blade pointed towards the demon, backing into the hallway from whence it came. It bared its yellow fangs menacingly and snarled. I listened carefully for any possible thread behind me as the demon stalked forward. Nothing. The demon lunged again, claws extended. I flung myself against a wall and swung my sword with all my strength. This time I connected.

My blade sliced through a heavily muscled arm and into the demon's broad chest, tearing through bone, flesh, and organs until erupting from its back. The demon, cut neatly in half, fell with a sickening thud as blood spurted wildly, colouring the grey walls crimson. Then, as all demons did, it began to melt into a puddle of oozing black sludge. I wiped my sword off with a oil rag, saluted the growling pool of slime and gore, and strode away.

Now I was getting somewhere. I had met a guard, who had, no doubt, heard my approaching and went to kill me. I doubted that I would have any more demon problems... unless I met more than two or three at a time. Three demons against myself would be about even. Anticipating more action in the near future, I continued down the dark corridor...

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