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Stormbringer moaned in red ecstasy as Elric whirled
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the black rune blade into the hellish hordes
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With their numbers much reduced, strength poured into
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Elric's limbs. Bathed in gore, Elric cried out
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“Blood and souls for my Lord Arioch!” Suddenly,
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a new wave of the nightmarish creatures crashed
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into the wall formed by the weaving eldritch
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power of the Lord of the Seven Darks
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Moonglum dropped back and smiled when he noticed
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that the statue next to the edifice was
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was that of a beautiful woman. "Well friend
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Lady Chance has reminded us once again why
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fortune favors those with mighty swords and powerful
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weirds can rend the sky to places between
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worlds where even the Gods fear to go.
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The vile hosts falls at your feet. Your
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..." Moonglum gasped for breath. Elric killed the last
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minion of Jagreen Lern, Theocrat of Pan Tang
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Elric, still intoxicated by Stormbringer’s infusion of strength
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howled like Lemmy on amphetamines. He strode to
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to the statue and brought Stormbringer crashing down
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blue lightning arced between the stone and the
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blade, trying to resist it's slash, for naught.
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The stone was severed like flesh. Finally, Elric
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found his lust for battle satiated. However, Stormbringer
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still keened for blood and souls to eat.
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It was a call Elric could not resist,
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as Elric looked for new foes to slay
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he saw a red dragon and a werewoof.
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The werewoof was combing his beautiful hair, and
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singing "Lollipop, lollipop, O lolli lolli lolli. Lolliop
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"They were summoned by Theleb K'aarna!" said Moonglum.
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"No, I wasn't," said the warwoof. "I wouldn't
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get summoned unless I got promised a 401K
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a key to the infernal duke's washroom, free
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dry cleaning, and all the Mountain Dew I
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can bathe my mangy hide in. Only then
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would I serve a sorcerer like Theleb K'aarna.
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Theleb K'aarna was nonplussed, as Mountain Dew wasn't
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his favorite drink. He liked Mello Yello, and
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Pan Tang Orange Breakfast Drink. He also liked
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Tony the Tiger of Pan Tang's Frosted Flakes
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for breakfast. The red dragon smiled and said
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They're grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat! Theleb looked askance at the dragon,
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and summoned up a Trix Rabbit who wanted
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the secret to passing through the Maze of
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Yorryyrriann. Unpronounceable doom descended from the blackness above...
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Silly rabbit, Stormbringer's for Elric! The albino swung
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the black blade, cutting the Trix rabbit in
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twain. The Trix Rabbit's entrails wrapped around Stormbringer
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