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Sylquis's eyes were grim. "I see." she replied. Then she turned to address Arlyth, still nude in his bath. "Child, other then defending yourself, did you touch any of them? any? It's very important." Arlyth shook his head, "N-no ma'am," he stammered. "...The only thing that touched them was my blade, and my spell..." he swallowed. Sylquis turned back to Alliene. "You must destroy the corpses immediately; it may already too late. I assume you ordered them burned?" her tone was urgent. "You did not touch them did you, Alliene? With your flesh I mean. Burn your gloves with cleansing fire. Then purify your hands in holy water. It's very important. The taint is poisoned..." the cleric shuddered. "Someone bathe the boy's blade in holy water as well. That will need to be cleansed too."
A scream was heard. And another. "Damnation!" hissed the cleric. "LORD AAAAAAAALAERTH!" a servant was screaming, "A DEMON! THERES A DEMON! ITS KILLING EVERYONE!" the servant was hammering on the other side of the door, and then his voice was cut off by a scream. Sylquis exchanged a swift look with Alliene. "A Pit Fiend... You must destroy that piece of flesh, and the corpses. If you don't; you won't be able to destroy the beast. Once the corpses are burned, we may have a chance of overcoming the demon... if not..." she swallowed. "What are your orders Matron? I can stay here and ward the rooms; guarding them, protecting our family in the room, but that will give the beast the run of the keep... or... I could help track it down with you."
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