Maro snapped out of it, he didn't care that much anymore… he just went "hmmmmmmm" over and over as he thought of what they could do. He kind of got excited again, this was going to be a good fight, either in death or victory.
The demon took a look at Kadrin and smiled "Dwarves are still around I see, guess we didn't do a good enough job of killing all of them, HA HA HA, time to finish the job"
Kadrin was pissed, this monstrosity was one of the original demons responsible for killing his people… it was directly to blame… He fumed and charged with a war axe in one hand and a shield in the other.
The demon blew him back with a roar of fire, Kadrin's shield barely kept him from getting toast…
Maro tried Vanguard charge again, only for the demon to parry his axe with one of his Claws
The demon laughed loud and hard "good, help me get back into shape"
[Blood Rush] [Consecrated Ground] [Holy Judgement] and [War Cry] were cast consecutively.
Gurda, Maro and Kadrin charged at the laughing demon.
The demon focused on parrying Maro's Axe covered in Holy Judgement, while letting Kadrin and Gurda hit it, only for the demon to heal immediately.
The Amazonian Witch kept casting charms on her allies and curses on the Demon… the demon just laughed as he toyed with them. Curses were demonic in origin, it was nothing for it.
Gnarlo, in the shadows, could not see any openings, so he looked around the room for some clues. If Maro didn't rush in they could have taken their time to look at the murals surrounding the demon before attacking him… idiot.
The Gnome stared at the walls in silence as the intense fighting was going on in the middle of the large room.
The Murals around the room started off with the invasion of the demons and how the city and fort fell after one another until they reached here… looks like they were under siege for years… It showed this demon, leading an army of lesser demons… There was a great fight and then what looked like a Dwarven Paladin order wrapping him in chains and sealing him away.
He couldn't read Dwarvish and he couldn't bother Kadrin right now, but the last mural showed the Paladins taking a golf ball sized purple crystal out of the demon and putting it in a stone chest before they sealed the chambers.
Gnarlo's eyes darted left and right, he spotted the chest it was on the other side of him… this stone was connected to the demon somehow.
Just as Gnarlo was about to slip over to the chest unnoticed, Maro was blasted in that direction, blowing up the chest. Intense purple light filled the room as Maro picked it up wondering what it was.
"It's related to the demon, they took it out of him after sealing him!!" Gnarlo shouted
The demon roared and threw Kadrin at Gnarlo, knocking them down. The demon was desperate to get it, but Gurda bloody and bruised held him at bay by cutting off its tail, the demon roared and grabbed Gurda and snapped her spine in half… tossing her aside.
Quickly Maro thought the stone looked like it was related to the Orc Necromancer's stone as well so he poured as much Holy energy into it as he could. The orb rumbled, the evil purple energy was being burned away from it… it wasn't fast enough.
The demon started sprinting towards him, so Maro cast Smite on the orb as it was going down the demons gullet. Aggressive holy energy smashed into the orb, purple smoke flew out of the orb and covered the entire room in a thick purple fog…
The demon roared, "GIVE THAT BACK" fire erupted out of him, the demon started inhaling the purple fog as fast as he could but it was inefficient and not as concentrated like it was in the orb.
But still, the demon started growing, getting more powerful.
While the demon was sucking in air the orb had been cleansed and was emitting a bright holy light, it responded very well with his holy power. Still vision was poor due to the immense fog, but vision was getting better, the demon was inhaling it as fast as Maro was cleansing the fog.
The Goddesses' energy surged again but she couldn't properly speak due to the dark energy of the room… but it was enough, Maro felt her intent.
Maro saw Gnarlo get up and slip into the shadows by the corner of the room… he took the orb and threw it at Gnarlo.
"Gnarlo, Goblin Dicks!" he yelled
Gnarlo caught it and used his stealth skills to slip behind the demon and he jumped up to climb him quickly, the demon was still inhaling the fog, could feel Maro but couldn't lose focus of absorbing the fog. He burst fire from all over his body.
Gnarlo held on to the demon's horn and threw it into his mouth as the demon was inhaling it… Maro cast Smite on the stone… in an explosive eruption of light the demon started convulsing as it shrank smaller and smaller until it exploded purple blood all over the party.
The Gnome flew away severely burned and unconscious
Silence as everyone waited for a follow up of some sort… nothing… The demon was truly dead.
Kadrin slowly stood up, in pain… he walked over to where the demon exploded, kicked around the flesh and bones until he found what he was looking for.
He grabbed the demon's skull by the horns, set it aside and then pissed on it. Maro went to heal Gnarlo back to tip top shape and then against all common sense, he healed Gurda's spine as well.
Gnarlo then pissed on the skull and Maro joined after he was done… The Witch abstained but Gurda also peed on the skull.
Gnarlo made a faint whisper "I wish she could pee on me" no one heard it.
"We have our fucking second settlement!" Kadrin declared
The Goddess was happy, more memories were coming back to her as well as some power… Maro was crude but he was an effective champion. She didn't give him any gifts this time around, he was already a pain in her butt.
It took another couple days but the Mountain was fully explored and cleared of any disgusting filth. No unique treasures here, just more dwarven shit and lots of gold.