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((OOC@misty_seabrz- It's the thing I thought of when I got the idea for the crypt, as I have the game..))

Amiric's eyes narrowed slightly. "Then one of us will have to check in there while the other slows these undead down; you take care of the former while I deal with some of these numbers and thin them out a little to keep them off our backs," he said quietly.

Amiric nodded slightly as he used a whip of shadows to sever limbs from the undead, though it didn't slow them down much. His sword, as he drew it, ignited with a clean silver-blue flame as arrows flew at him from the archers. He spun the sword in his grasp, effectively creating a 'wheel' of blazing energy to block the arrows and weapons as it spun freely on tendrils of shadows extending from his palm before the 'wheel' reversed its spin. He gripped the hilt as he whipped it across, severing several of the undead at the hips.

Amiric smiled fractionally as he cupped his free hand, a swirling ring of five small balls of darkness casting a faint violet light. "Barra Nl'gnos," he murmured, the sound rasping slightly in his throat as the spheres shot outward in cometary bursts of dark energy that detonated in flashes of bright purple light. "If we find whatever is raising them and destroy it, they will rest once more!!" he declared as the undead seemed to give them a chance to pursue or escape.

Tarik grissles at the poke, sensitive to their situation. "Ok let's go then. There is a town we will go through about two miles from here. Unfortunatly we cannot just bypass the towns because if the jagged mountain terrain."

He hands Aku a large bag of gold. "You will need to keep this. Slaves can't have gold. Especially if it is enough to buy a village."

They start walking the narrow mountain path. When they near the village, there is a gated check point. Tarik lowers his eyes as the approach the guard shack.

Tarik breaths out as they pass. So far so good. They walk through the residential section then to the market area as they walk to get to the other side of the village. It is market day and there are locals selling food and wears. Tarik does not speak. He just walks.

A large dog barks at him. It is a demon hunting dog, used to hunt down slaves trying to cross the mountains. He wants to go and squash the dog with a wave of his hand but thinks better of it and ignores it. The dog's master has chains in his hand that led to a couple of male demons that are shackled and stripped of their shirts as they are branded with their master's mark. Tarik can smell the burning flesh as the men scream out in pain. The dog master smiles a wicked smile as Ryuu and Tarik pass. Tarik seethed with anger but just kept his head down as they passed.

Amiric thought of something. "Maybe a little dark magic will work. Watch out, as this should eat away at the strength of the door a little; if it doesn't, I have another spell ready. "Ussvelusscal B'luth'ol!!" he murmured, a ball of energy the size of a golf ball turning a bright acid green before it shot at the door, which hissed loudly as smoke curled from the crater the spell created.

Tarik remembers Rio, a demon slave that spent his life as a slave even after the Fey were defeated. Then he remembers how Slayer tried to over throw him and enslave him. How ironic it was that Tarik was now Aku's slave voluntarily.

As they pass, Tarik flicks his finger under his cloak at the two slaves. The locks on their chains lossen enough that they can slide out. He speaks to them in their minds. "Be free when you have a chance. Your chains have been lossened." The two look at Tarik and Ryuu as they pass. Tarik leads them to the end of the market to where the food and tools are sold.