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Chapter XXXXI
“I’m...... so... dizzy......*
*It is all right, just rest and don’t wake up.”
Gregory opened his eyes. There was Sarah, with a bowl of water and several wet towels, cooling his head. She was looking at him with a mixture of excitement and awe.
“Where am I? Are we back at the base?”
“Yes. It has been four days since your battle with Lucien and Khazard.”
“I fell asleep... after the battle...”
“Yes, Merlin said there must have been some dark magic on the sword you were stabbed with, because the wound healed quickly, but a fever and paleness accompanied the wound.”
“Where are the others?”
“They are downstairs. I will get them. Do you mind if I leave you for a moment?”
“Of course not. Go and tell them I am awake.”
As Sarah ran down the stairs, Gregory thought through his knowledge of all the spells he had invented for healing of various types. He had learned much during his days in the forests when he was a young boy. After thinking for a few moments, he figured out the perfect combination of spells, said the words, and felt the pain in his chest and head vanish. The dizziness left him, and he felt his strength returning.
“Gregory!! You are awake!”
The crowd of all his comrades, some wounded, some limping, and one being carried by two others, rushed in as fast as they could.
John, his face beaming, shouted, “I’m so glad you did*’t die! You saved the day in all those battles!”
“Well,” Gregory replied, “It is lucky I woke at all.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, it appears that you tried to stop me from waking up, so I could rest, right?”
“Yeah. We were very quiet all the time to make sure you would recover as fast as possible.”

12-Apr-2012 04:39:15

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“Well, it is lucky I woke up, because if I had been permitted to sleep a few days longer, I would have never woken up. That sword had an enchantment on it: eternal sleep. It forces the person affected to sleep, and if they are not woken within a few days, and remedied, they will sleep on, until their body starves. Luckily, I knew a spell for getting rid of it, and since I woke up, I was able to say the spell!”
The group was flabbergasted. That had no idea he was so close to never waking up again.
“Well, anyway, it is time for us to talk. We need to combat Lucien before anything else bad happens. Come along!”
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The nineteen young adults were gathered in their meeting room in their base, speaking about what they would do with Lucien.
“It is obvious what he intends to do,” stated John,” he means to just keep attacking the cities of Runescape until there is nothing left. Then, he will just move in.”
“True,” said Gregory,” and that is why we need to strike first. Ardougne is blasted, Varrock is burnt. Yanille’s walls are in pieces, and Falador’s city is ruined. This is only the first onslaught. The cities of this land cannot survive yet another assault.”
Eric interjected, “Gregory, would it work for us to try and sneak in on him? Get into his base and steal some of his artifacts?*
*That is exactly what I have in mind. But we will wait until he attacks again, then make our move. We cannot do anything until he is out of his base. If I once get my hands on the Staff and Stone, he will never withstand me.”
“How will you do it?”
“I will walk right into his base when he has been lured out, and steal the items of power in question.”
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12-Apr-2012 04:39:30

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“Well, last time it was an utter failure, this time it was a Pyrrhic defeat. We lost, but we drastically ruined some cities.”
“For sure. In the end, all the cities were saved, but we killed so many people that it was worth the loss. Besides, we can just summon more creatures to fight.”
“It won’t be hard at all. Attack, retreat, attack, retreat, and eventually Runescape will be ours!”
“Hahahahahahaha, then we will capture all the other Mahjarrat, put them in prisons, and then use them to rejuvenate us every 500 years.”
“And one of us will use Enkhara to propagate our race, so we can continue living forever.”
“...Which one of us will THAT be?*
The Mahjarrat glared about at each other, but Lucien broke the silence.
“Stop being fools! We will worry about that later, after we have finished defeating Gregory. After we have won, we will battle amongst ourselves until the victor emerges, then the victor will get Enkhara.”
“Fine then, that works.”
“Yes, that will be fine!”

12-Apr-2012 04:39:44

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Chapter XXXXII
A month passed. During this time, Gregory continued enhancing his power, constantly creating new enchantments and spells, and empowering his weapons and those of his comrades’. Also, during the quiet month, he was constantly summoning creatures to aid him in the great battle that would soon come. He had also summoned several hundred sleek wolves and set them free in the wilderness, using them as spies to seek out Lucien’s plans. Each day, he would teleport to a place on the edge of the wilderness, where the chief wolf would tell him all that the large group had learned.
Gregory knew just about every detail of Lucien’s plan, and the four Mahjarrat were foolish enough to summon their army right in the middle of the Wilderness Volcano, making no precaution to hide their operations.
The Mahjarrat had set up a portal system, which connected the Wilderness Volcano to Lucien’s Base. The four simply stood next to the Stone of Jas, summoning creatures as fast as they could and sending them through the portals. The army was growing by several thousand every day, and each creature was carefully summoned so as to be very strong and durable.
Lucien’s plan was to make one massive army, and simply march the entire force south to Varrock. This army would utterly crush Varrock, due to its size and strength, and then the horde would simply keep marching forward. Lucien and his companions figured that even Gregory would not be able to withstand the army with all four Mahjarrat and an army of several hundred thousand against him.
However, what the Mahjarrat did not reckon for was the fact that Gregory would also be making his own plans.
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12-Apr-2012 04:40:01

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Gregory was visiting the Wizard’s Tower, to ask for assistance.
“Hello Sedridor! I hope I find you well today?”
“Indeed I am doing fine. I am glad you could visit, Gregory. Your fame has spread far and wide ever since you saved the six cities.”
“Yes, and as a matter of fact, I have come to speak about that very topic. The assault was instigated by four Mahjarrat: Lucien, Zemouregal, Khazard, and Hazeel. They are planning to attack yet again, so I need your help.”
“Can’t you do the same thing as you did last time? You were quite successful.*
*Yes, but at least five out of the six cities were ruined, and I just barely won. Besides, in those cases, I fought six separate armies. This time it will be one massive army, and there will be many times as many enemies as before.”
“Well, in that case I commit myself and my tower to do battle against the Mahjarrat. This could mean the destruction of Runescape.”
“Indeed, it will...”
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12-Apr-2012 04:40:12

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Gregory visited the Legend’s Guild, the Heroes’ Guild, the Champion’s Guild, the Warrior’s Guild, the Void Knights, the Magic Guild, the Knights of the Round Table, the Elves, and even the Tzhaar to come in defense of the Wilderness Wall. They all promised aid, although the Void Knights were reluctant to leave their island, and the Tzhaar their mountain.
For all those that agreed, Gregory set up a portal in the center of their area, and told them that when it was time, a person would come through the portal and warn them of the danger.
In addition, Gregory obtained the aid of all the major cities of Runescape, telling them to always have warriors ready to teleport when needed.
Gregory obtained the promised assistance of about sixty thousand men, elves, and Tzhaar, and was quite encouraged by all the assistance he would have. He summoned several hundred undead creatures every day, in preparation for the battle to come.
He summoned about a thousand special demon artisans, which set to work rebuilding the Wilderness Wall in the places where Lucien would attack. They built it up fifteen feet tall, and six feet thick. Every twenty feet or so, there was a tower with braziers and other supplies that would be needed for the defense.
In front of the wall, he had dug five ten-foot wide ditches, filled with pitch and spikes. There were also all kinds of other traps to kill any creatures that stepped on them.
Daily, more reinforcements came early to help set up the defense, and the walls became more and more strong and defendable.
But time was growing short, the board was set, and the quiet would soon introduce the storm.

12-Apr-2012 04:40:30

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Chapter XXXXIII
The last battle -- had come. Gregory’s army was outnumbered five to one: he had about 120,000 troops, and the Mahjarrat had over 650,000. The enemy’s army consisted of 8 major troop types: tormented demons, ogres, red dragons, armoured skeletons, armoured zombies, skeleton mages, chaos dwarves, and hobgoblins. There was a variety of other specialized creatures, but the main army was made to fit one of the 8 types.
The army would march forward in 8 waves, with one type for each wave. The first wave was to be tormented demons, so they could effectively rip asunder the battle line of Gregory’s force. Next would be armoured skeletons, to provide a solid bulwark of force, then armoured zombies to support the skeletons. After them would come the chaos dwarves, hobgoblins, and ogres, and lastly the skeleton mages and dragons, which would simply shoot fire and magic over the heads of the melee forces.
The Mahjarrat had certainly thought out their battle plan well, and the type and order of their force would inevitably obtain a superb victory, but they did not look past the battle. They did not even consider what was in Gregory’s mind, or try to put themselves in his place. If one of them had attempted this, they would have quickly realized that Gregory’s goal was not to win the battle; that was impossible. Rather, his intention was to SLOW the battle, to stunt the progress of Lucien’s army enough so that he would have time to steal the Stone of Jas.

12-Apr-2012 04:41:05

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In front of the newly repaired Wilderness wall, the five rows of ditches were going to be very effective in slowing the enemy army. The walls were bristling with archers and mages, and the infantry and giants were on the ground, in front of the wall. Gregory’s 18 friends were also on the ground, and were prepared to fight and die for his cause.
“Merlin, I need you to do me a favor.”
“Yes Gregory? I would do anything for you now.*
*I need you to impersonate me. Take on my robes, use your magic as well as possible to change your shape, and impersonate me.”
“Why need I impersonate you? You will be at the battle, will you not?*
*Merlin... I will not be able to stay at the battle. Whether I stay or not, we will lose, because the enemy force is too great.”
“Are you saying that you called all these forces out here to LOSE? Was there any hope of success in the first place?”
“Yes, we will succeed, but not here. Just wait. We will win. But I need you to impersonate me so that the enemy is fooled and the allies are encouraged.”
“I can impersonate you in face and dress, but not in power. We all know that you are far more powerful then I could become.”
“But will you do it?”
“Yes... I will try.”
“Very good then.”
Gregory closed his eyes, deep in thought. As he did this, Merlin felt a fluid surging of energy rise up in him, and felt sense of power that he had never experienced before.
“Merlin, I have bestowed on you a great amount of my power, but it is only temporary. If I am forced to fight where I am, then I will take the power away from you immediately, so I can survive. This will make you very strong, but do not put yourself into a dangerous position, as I may be forced to take my power back at that moment. Now, disguise yourself.”
Merlin uttered a spell, and his face took on the exact resemblance of Gregory’s. As he changed his robes, Gregory transformed into Merlin’s appearance, and walked out of the tent.
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12-Apr-2012 04:41:55

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The army was near. The wave of tormented demons was only two hundred yards away, and a few feet behind them was the next wave, and the next, and the next. Looking out from the wall was like looking at a wave of black shadows, marching. The sky had clouded, and it was as dark and sunless as if they were in the wilderness itself, instead of just on the border.
Arrows whistled, swords banged against shields, and mages prepared their magic, as the Tzhaar muttered strange incantations in an ancient language. Gregory, in the guise of Merlin, walked south into the gloom when he saw the four Mahjarrat walking side by side. As soon as he was out of sight from the wall, he teleported: right into Lucien’s base.
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As Gregory appeared in the icy wasteland, using the appearance of a black knight, he was instantly stopped.
Another knight stepped up to him, and leveling his sword at Gregory’s neck, said, “Halt! Lord Lucien commands that all newcomers be immediately captured and taken to the prison.”
Gregory thought quickly and finally said, “I have nothing to say.”
“Very good, come with me.”
The guard led him to the prison, locked him in, armour and all, and only took Gregory’s sword. As the guard stalked away, the jail keeper said, “Sorry mate, but Lord Lucien is quite concerned with the idea of somebody breaking in, so he gave an order for anyone coming in to be imprisoned.”
“I’m sure it is fine.” As Gregory said this, he considered the most dramatic way he could get out. Should he hypnotize the jail keeper? Blast a hole in the bars? He decided to hypnotize the jail keeper as well as all the other black guards in the jail, and make his getaway quietly and efficiently.
He hypnotized everyone in the area, removed their memories of him having been there, had the jail keeper free him, and stalked out.

12-Apr-2012 04:42:04

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He walked straight to the room where he had last remembered the presence of the Stone of Jas, and after removing the locking spell that Lucien had placed there, walked in and shut the door behind him.
The Stone was gone.
Nothing was to be seen in the room, besides the plinth that had formerly cradled the Stone that could produce so much power. Gregory rushed out, and ran about the fortress, looking in every room, and imagining the terrible deaths that his friends were probably suffering at this very moment. As he ran, he stumbled headlong into a patrol guard, who exclaimed, “Wha... What are you doing running around in the fortress soldier! This is against regulations!”
Gregory said not a word, but instantly hypnotized the man, walked him into a room, and shut the door. Releasing the man from the spell, Gregory yelled, “Where is the Stone of Jas!!!”
“I can’t tell you, it is a secret!!”
Gregory silently morphed into his own form, and began to conjure up a spell, as his eyes darkened and his hands started to glow with power.
The man whimpered, and finally burst out, “I’ll show you!”
Gregory relaxed the spell, returned to the form of a black knight, and said, “Take me.”
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12-Apr-2012 04:42:15

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