Rise of the Blade - Charles Moffat [96]
"Nice hammer," Chev commented and immediately won Tempus's admiration.
"Thanks," the god responded and turned back to Corellon. "If you're so worried about distruction, we can take this battle outside."
"Are you challenging me to a duel?" Corellon demanded, his sword materializing in his hand.
"No, although I might take it up with you on a later date just to see how long it would take me to beat you to a pulp. I was suggesting that Chev and Korehren have their little fight outside, away from your precious tower."
"Strange that no one ever asks my opinion on this," a black-skinned elf commented. He stood and his skin shifted colour to a white as he mimicked Chev's form. "Surely I should have been asked more formally as this is rather abrupt and I do have a busy schedule. So many people to corrupt, so little time."
Chev lowered his sword at the god, sizing up the the energy strands that swirled around the being. "Care to take this outside?"
"And if I don't comply?" Korehren said with a charming smile at Corellon.
The leather-clad elf looked at the god of war and a silent agreement passed between the two. With a smile, Tempus hefted his hammer in one hand and pointed it at Korehren's head. "How many powerful beings do you want helping Chev? If this building gets destroyed, he'll have both me and Corellon helping him. Who knows who else might decide to help out?"
"Cyric? I'm sure the god of murder would side with me. Lloth might decide to pop up too for all I care. Then again, we wouldn't want a godwar on our hands would we? We'd destroy half of Toril with such a fight."
"You'd be the first to fall," Corellon promised. "Why not let the future show what it will and have your little battle outside.
Chev ignored the banter and searched for a weak spot in the god's defenses. The problem with fighting gods he realized immediately was that they regenerated faster than trolls and were a lot harder to hurt in the first place. He concluded that there was no weakspot, but rather something more important. Taking four steps towards the god, he stabbed with his sword, but not at the god himself.
His blade bit into the thick strand of magical energy, and he forced his will upon it and redirected the power towards himself.
In response Korehren charged the warrior and stabbed him in the side with a wickedly curved sword.
Chev ignored the injury as the energy passed through his sword, down his arm and repaired the damage done. Grabbing another thick strand, he pulled the god with him as he rolled backwards and over the fountain balcony.
Falling once more, the glowing warrior grabbed a strong hold around Korehren's thickest strand and kicked himself away from the god, stealing the strand. Together the two beings tumbled downward, but in those mere seconds, Chev felt the power of god-hood fill his veins with energy and when he landed it was on both feet with sword in hand.
Korehren smiled and his magical energy swirled around him and cloaked him like armour. He bound and interlaced it with knots that could not be pulled away, creating a fabric of writhing energy.
Chev studied this for only a moment and then did the same, but placed the strands under his skin rather than around it. He could feel energy escaping from him in the form of light and understood that there was only so much power that he could hold within himself without exploding. He was tempted to throw raw energy at Korehren but knew it would only weaken himself and at most stun his opponent. No, it was much better to simply let Korehren bleed out his energy until there was none left.
The two beings faced off against each other, Chev with Gravebringer and Korehren with a curved longsword outstretched before him. Immediately, the warrior concluded that Pierce would be a better fighter than Korehren had he the god's magical strength and speed. The lesser power had skill indeed, but he used it unwisely with showy swings and no true skill.
As they came together, Chev blocked and turned the curved sword aside easily, following up by kicking Korehren