"Crystallica, hault!" shouted Yoro, gently pulling on the bridle and causing the white horse to advance no longer. He hopped off of her and said, "I won't be long." He lead her over to a large puddle (which a beetle would consider the Grand Canyon). She began to drink up the water.

Yoro stepped into the tower. A piece of wood hanging from the wall fell. Yoro jumped back, startled, crashing into a door. He heard a loud "BAM" from behind. He turned to the door. He tried to open it. There was no avail. He knew then and there what kind of door this was. On the other side was a piece of wood that dropped to barrage the door. When he crashed into it, he knocked it down.

This would not be a problem. "Steel," he said, cupping his hand into a fist. There was a "crack" on the other side of the door. Yoro pushed it right open, stepping over the broken board covered in chains. He turned the corner and pulled out his thieves kit. Yoro did this all as if he had done it before, but it happened to be his first time. He grabbed a lock pick from inside of it, then began to tinker at the lock of a door. He door went "click," so Yoro walked right in. Inside was a room full of gold. "Jackpot," he said.

Belschazzar came across the old tower which he had ridden of life many years ago. when he got closer to it he was somewhat suprised to see a horse drinking from a nearby puddle, but did not kill it. he was currently to furious at the fact that somebody had intruded on what he considered 'his' land as he entered the old tower.

Belschazzar could hear noise and crashing throughout the tower's halls as the person made themselves known. His spines wriggled with anticipation of a kill as he neared the source of the noise. "Jackpot." He could hear the voice of a man in the treasure room as he approached it, finding a man standing in front of the gold in awe. "You must be here to die." belschazzar said evilly before striking at the intruder with his spines.

"You must be here to die." Yoro slowly turned around to see a demon that towered over him. The demon jabbed him with his spikes. "Oww!" yelled Yoro. Yoro crossed his fingers to heal himself. "Winged Warrior!" he shouted. He sprang off the ground and began to fly around the room. Yoro went close to the ceiling and pulled out his bow. "Steel!" he shouted, causing chains to lift from the ground below the demon.

Yoro then fired a barbed arrow right at the demon. He had a large target, and if the chains were strong enough, he'd get a good hit.

Belschazzar dodged the arrows as he licked the blood from his spikes. This pest was beginning to truly annoy him. "Kor Shala" Belschazzar shouted as his body became engulfed in flame. "Dos zhal el! heethir'ku" Belschazzar yelled before he pulled out his mace and charged at his enemy who had nowhere to fly to. What he had said earlier was in drow and translated to "You shall die shapeshifter." He usually shouted in drow before killinbg an enemy that truly annoyed him.

"The chains! He walked right over them! That's impossible!" Yoro could do nothing else. His magic did not work and his arrows missed. Yoro left his wings and ran to the other side of the room, shifting on his feet. "Coward, fight back," said a voice in Yoro's head. "Aurox?" thought Yoro. "You're still here?"

"Tsk tsk. You're always getting into trouble. Fight back for once."
"He's too strong for me," thought Yoro, whom was now very discouraged.
Aurox's form then appeared in front of him. He seemed completely solid. Yoro felt very weak, then immeadiatly passed out. Aurox grabbed a katana made completely of mana. He cut himself across the air, bringing a scar to it, and causing blood to envelop the blade. Aurox licked it it. "I live for pain," he said. His black wings seemed to reflect the demon's personality. Aurox then began to charge forth at Belschazzar.

Belschazzar smiled as his enemy approached him head on with a blade of mana. Belschazzar roared before revealing his wings and using them to temporaril confuse the enemy before launching himself at the intruder. The enemy seemed to slowly advancing and becoming a more intruiging for during this combat, but Belschazzar still despised him for intruding. "Dosst golhyrren zhal naut xund pholor uns'aa!" Belschazzar shouted as he swung his mace, followed by the spines on his back.

Aurox sank into the ground as a puddle of darkness. A voice filled the air. "I am nothing. I am simply a shadow. I cannot be harmed. I am a demon who feeds off the soul of a pathetic human. There's no point in trying to hurt me. Flee. Unless you'd rather negotiate. After all, you and I are a lot alike..."

Aurox's puddle vanished, then he appeared in front of Belschazaar. "Your choice?"

Some strange inclination to head for this tower had come over Nuada as he lay on the side of the road, cradling his spellbook as he drifted to sleep. Under his eyelids, the image of a tower flashed before him, startling him awake. He sat up quickly. His feet seemed to move of his own volition, sending him west, until he saw the sun setting behind a large, earthen tower. He saw a flash of light from the inside, and then a yell. It was a deep voice, demonic.

Crystallica, Yoro's horse, was outside of the tower, drinking slowly from a puddle of water. Nuada patted the horse, his eyes scanning the area. They came upon a window of the tower, and he saw another flash of light, and a yell. This time he recognized Yoro's voice, and saw the body of a large demon.

"Not again..." whispered Nuada. It looked like it was time to save Yoro's life for the... Nuada had lost count. The Cleric found a door and slipped inside. He was in a dark room, and under the door closed in front of him was a sliver of light. Carefully, Nuada pushed it open, and he stood facing the back of a great demon. Yoro lay on the floor in front of the beast, and a strange figure stood shimmering in front of it.

Quietly, and knowing that the shimmering figure would not give him away, Nuada crept around the demon, pulling out his spellbook and muttering "Waíse heill," and directing the spell towards Yoro's unconscious figure.

Yoro slowly opened his eyes. "Hmm, you again," said Aurox. "We've got to stop meeting like this." Yoro looked over to Nuada. "Thanks," he said. Yoro stood up. He put his left hand's index and mid fingers to the ones on his right hand. An aura appeared on the cuts across Yoro's body.

"So much treasure," said Yoro. He looked at Belschazaar. "For some reason, it seems I wanted to die." Yoro shrugged. "Heard a rumor about a treasure room hidden in this tower, came on over, only to end up in this one." Yoro laughed. "Oh yeah, I forgot." He showed Nuada the fish. "The fish I stole." He grinned.

"Now I fight," he said, stepping closer to Belschazaar. "Time to kick it into overdrive."

"I agree!" Belschazzar's voice boomed as he brought his mace at both the first intruder and the second one. He let out a roar followed by an evil laugh as his body slowly became engulfed in flames. "Let us kick it into overdrive!" His voice boomed once more with his demonic tone as his body seemed to rip apart as his true demonic form made itself known. He let out a roar as he beat his spikes tail against the ground, leaving a small hole in the ground. "Come on!" He said as he turned and swept his tail at his enemies. He then quickly engulfed his monstrous body in flames and watched the two intensley. "If you though I was tough before, I am just getting started!" A malicious grin came upon his face as he stared at the two foes.

"I haven't EVEN started yet!" said Yoro. He ran forward and jumped high into the air. He came down with his sword, then jumped back and fired a Shadow Arrow.

"Oh yeah!" he said, full of ecstasy. "Time to try the chains again," he thought. "Steel!" Chains flew from the ground to latch onto Belschazzar. "Hit this time..."

As the intruder jumped into the air and brought down his sword at Belschazzar who picked up his mace and knocked the blade aside. He was mildly suprised when the inruder used a shadow arrow on Belschazzar who dodged it, getting down on all four like a beast before stnading back up. He let out a laugh as the intruder captured him with chians. "Fine, I'll play full power then!" Belschazzar shouted as the chains heated until red hot. Spikes ripped through parts of his flesh as his spikes grew to form to the demonic body. The chains broke and Belschazzar thre his flaming body at his enemies.

Yoro dodged, ever so slightly, out of the way. He turned. "How does this guy get away from every attack? It's pure powerplay! There has to be an explanation..." Yoro looked above. A light fixture with unlit torches. If he could lure the demon under it then break the chain, he'd have a chance at a win.

"Come over here, loser!" he taunted. Yoro grabbed his boomerang and dagger. There had to be a way to connect them. Yoro looked around. In one of the several piles of treasure was a necklace of beads. He ran over and attatched the dagger to the boomerang by putting the necklace around, then flipping it around and doing the other half, then going on until it was very tight.

((Can't post until Belschazzar does.))

The demon started to attack with tons of power. Nuada yelled, and threw himself under a pile of treasure. Hopefully, this demon wouldn't attack him if he was under this. He could feel the heat of the demon, and the power of Yoro's attacks as they flew past each other. Carefully, every so carefully, Nuada let himself fall into darkness, where he chose a form; this time, a mouse, small and easy enough to get away from the demon. There was a small flash of light (unnoticeable under the treasure) and a little mouse scurried under the heat and fury.

The white mouse managed to slip under a crack in the door, and made toward the horse. There was another flash of light, and Nuada stood there. He was shaking. As he had passed under the demon, a surge of evil energy had rushed into the mouse's body, and it had the suddent impulse to bite Yoro. But Nuada the Mouse fought it off, and scurreid outside.

The light of battle still shone from inside. Nuada stroked Crystallica gently. He didn't know what to do. He could've tried to help Yoro, but this seemed like a powerful demon, and Nuada's spellbook was still lacking. He would have to do something, and quick, or Yoro could die...

Belschazzar wondered where the other intruder was for a moment until his attention was grabbed by the first one. "Come over here loser!" He shouted, obviousley trying to grab Belschazzar's attnetion. "No time!" Belschazzar shouted as he flung his monsterous body at his enemy with full force. He knew this must be a trap, but he wanted to see what would happen.

(sorry for shortness)

Perfect. He charged right at him. Yoro tossed his boomerang at the lights, knocking them down and sending them crashing thanks to the dagger cutting the weak chain. Yoro dashed over to a pile of gold and dove in, hoping to hide himself. He curled up into a tiny ball and stayed quiet. Yoro pushed close to the wall to be fully surrounded by the treasures. "Can't.. breathe..." He moved his arm out to make some room for air.

Belschazzar allowed for the chandelier to land on top of him, because now he had a bigger weapon. He grabbed it by the top when he stood and looked for his enemy. He let out a soft growled followed by an evil laugh when he figured out where hisenemy was. He could see an arm moving gold aside to make air. "Come out, come out, wherever you are." Belschazzar said as he slowly approched the pile. He lifted the chandelier into the air and brought it down on the gold where his enemy was, the gold being blown aside.

SMACK! The coins were sent flying. Yoro grinned with his new Searing Dagger in his hand, found in the pile. He then jumped up to stab Belschazzar. "Like my new dagger? It stings when a demon makes contact with it!" Yoro grinned. "Gaah! So much pain! Can't focus! It's tearing me apart!" said Aurox.

((Sorry, but you didn't give me a good opening.))