Chapter 4.30

Chapter 4.30
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Chapter 4.30 is the 36th chapter of Volume 4 and Book 5, The Last Light.

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Venitra defeats everyone in the inn and chases after Ryoka. Zel and Ilvriss best Ijvani with the help of Xrn. Az'Kerash contacts Pisces so he doesn't hold up Venitra. Ivolethe freezes Venitra but is exiled from innworld for it. Ryoka reaches Teriarch but dies on his doorstep.

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The fight between Regrika and the Gold-rank adventurers continues in the inn while Erin is still in shock over Ulrien's sudden death. Ulrien had been the first to agree when she asked for help. As Regrika is hit by Halrac and Revi she manages to stab Moore who punches her in retaliation, but Moore breaks his fist on her. Revi pulls Erin away from danger as Jelaqua rampages against Regrika, but her blows do little and Regrika beheads the Selhpid and kicks her body across the room.
Regrika suddenly pauses to talk to her master when he calls. Az'Kerash reads her memories to get an understanding of the situation and orders Venitra to hunt down Ryoka instead who's still in Celum. He intends to assist Ijvani in dealing with the Drakes and also orders her not to kill Erin Solstice.
Zel lands in the streets of Liscor after falling out of the sky from being teleported by Ikriss. Ikriss casts [Grand Fireball] at him but he survives the blow. Ilvriss lands on a nearby roof and the two group up to fight but some of the nearby apartments are on fire. Ikriss begins to summon Golems and wall off the two Drakes. Zel tries to attack the mage but it's just an illusion and Ilvriss uses one of his rings to call his aides. Zel wishes he was fighting Regrika because his [Dangersense] tells him that she's far too strong for the gold-ranks to handle.
The fight in the inn resumes, Moore and Seborn struggle to harm Regrika and Erin hits her with a chair from behind. Jelaqua gets up and charges Regrika but gets knocked back down. Moore escapes outside through making a hole in the floor and is followed by Typhenous after his spells fail to harm her and she throws Halrac into a wall while telling the room that she can't be harmed because she was made perfect. Erin tries to slash her with her knife and follows up with an ineffectual [Minotaur Punch] but breaks her own hand. Halrac uses [Piercing Shot] and the arrow embeds itself in her chest, crazcking her armor.
Regrika chases Halrac who dives out of the inn, Erin makes to follow but Revi, who's been cut in two grabs Erin with her only arm and asks her to be sewn back together. Rergrika returns before they can finish saying that the adventurers fled down into the dungeon and advances on the two, but Bird calls out from behind her and shoots ineffectually after introducing himself. Bird then throws the poo he has in his hand angering Regrika and she chases him outside. Erin finishes stitching up the Stichgirl and Erin tells Revi that she thinks she won't be harmed so Revi escapes through the hole Moore made when Regrika returns. Erin asks Regrika who she is and Regrika just tells her that she's here to kill Ryoka before she walks through the door to Celum. Regrika breaks through the window of Stitchworks.
Zel and Ilvriss are still struggling to find Ikriss through her illusions while she hits them with spells. Ilvriss' amulet can only search ten feet and his retinue are dealing with the golems that Ikriss had summoned. Zel decides to out himself as a target so that Ilvriss can find the mage but Ikriss suddenly stops and all of his projections turn top look at Xrn. Xrn tells them that Klbkch is on the way with soldiers but Ikriss argues that as long as Xrn doesn't get in the way she'll kill Zel Shivertail for her. Xrn stares at the air and tells Ikriss that she has been ordered not to fight unless she's attacked first. Zel notices and attacks the invisible Drake that Xrn is staring at. Ikriss teleports away and as Xrn turns her head Ilvriss throws something at the spot she's looking at, disurpting Ikriss. Zel and Ilvriss manage to catch the mage and begin to kill him. Ikriss' voice changes and she calls out to her master for help and is teleported away. Xrn and the Drakes pass the surrounding walls on the way to the inn when they're met by the arrival of the Guardsmen and the Antinium Soldiers. Zel orders Zevara to send everyone over level 20 to the inn to handle Regrika.
Regrika heads towards the Frenzied Hare where Ryoka is with the Horns. Regrika tries to kill her immediately but she escapes and immediately chases after her. Ceria manages to slow her with ice but Regrika just unleashes a spell, [Mists of Madness] that Az'Kerash had embedded into her body and chases after Ryoka. Pisces manages to flash step behind Regrika and stab her with his rapier after resisting the spell, it does nothing and Az'Kerash orders her to chase after Ryoka and ignore him. Pisces manages to flash step around her blows and manages to use [Bone Fracture] on her arm causing a tiny crack. Pisces realises she isn't a Gnoll and asks who made her but Az'Kerash tells her that he'll deal with him and has Venitra continue her chase. Pisces attempts to attack again but he stops suddenly and asks who's speaking to him.
Venitra finds Ryoka and begin to crush her fingers but Az'Kerash asks what she's doing. She tells him that she's dealing with Ryoka but Az'Kerash points out there is nothing in front of her and then the illusion of Ryoka disappears revealing a mocking Ivolethe. Az'Kerash loses his temper and has his Chosen scry for Ryoka. Bea finds her heading towards the High Passes and orders Venitra to use her [Haste] spell to catch her. Az'Kerash decides to risk killing Zel and gives his four chosen some of his few [Greater Teleportation] scrolls remaining. He plans to teleport them to Liscor and have them kill Zel and as many Antinium and Drakes as possible. Bea is to focus on the Antinium and lesser soldiers, Kerash and Ijvani to deal with the gold-rank adventurers and Oom to deal with Zel. He tells them to try to avoid wasting the return scrolls but not to risk themselves if they might die. He hopes that Erin isn't a casualty but understands if she is.
Ryoka had been running towards the High passes ever since she wrote her letter and left for Celum leaving Ivolethe behind as her double. Ryoka tries to be faster, tries to run with the wind as Ivolethe taught her but then she sees Ivolethe fly past her and realises that she's out of time. Venitra calls out from behind quickly catching up to her. Ryoka calls to Ivolethe for help but she's gone. Suddenly Relc kicks Regrika and tells Ryoka to run while he fights her. Relc is unable to scratch her with the unenchanted spear that he's using and tries to punch her instead. Regrika manages to cut him and he retreats, Regrika let's him go and manages to catch Ryoka five seconds later.
Ivolethe and her sisters watch as Ryoka's caught. The other Fae caution Ivolethe not to act, that interfering isn't worth it for a mere mortal and that their king is watching. Ivolethe agrees that acting isn't worth it for Ryoka as she is, but Ivolethe begins to interfere anyway for what Ryoka might become and for her friend. Ivolethe tells Ryoka to bear witness to her magic and she freezes Venitra but then the world pauses and Ryoka feels a presence. Ivolethe falls from the sky and shatters into melted water. Ryoka begins to run as the ice around Venitra begins to melt.
Ryoka runs into Teriarch's cave and wakes him by tripping his detection spells. He lazily asks her why she'd tempt his wrath by returning but Ryoka screams at him that all her friends will die because of his birthday letter. Teriarch's still confused until Ryoka shouts out Az'Kerash's name and the [Mark of Death] bursts her heart, killing her.