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“Blades of shadow surge forth and rend my foes,” Necrobix chanted.
Knives of death erupted from the ground and speared through the air, swallowing space as they came on in a black tide. This was different from before. Necrobix was no longer testing, no longer hedging. It was trying to kill the barbarians.
Which was why the barbarians smiled as if the world had finally become honest.
“That is more like it!” Greta shouted.
“Stop cowering and fight!” Thomas chimed in.
They drove power into their legs and charged. Axes met shadow.
The impact detonated. Fragments of night burst outward and shredded everything they touched. Slivers skated over flesh and parted muscle. Wounds opened like mouths across shoulders and ribs. In the beat of a heart, their bodies began to come apart.
There had always been a gap between the sides. The barbarians possessed the power of Heroes in their own right, but Necrobix was one of the Four Pillars of Hell. The demon had stood on the front line when the Oldest Ones were first sealed. It had been a principal in the Divine-Demonic War. If the fight had seemed even until now, it was only because Necrobix had been wary of the Abomination’s authority and had held something back. In an honest exchange, there was almost no path to victory for the barbarians.
And the barbarians knew this perfectly well, which was why they only...
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