Astra Rebels

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 4629

Fred thought that he must be careful not to become overconfident. Though the armour was wonderful, it would not render him totally invulnerable. Perhaps its previous wearer had made the mistake of thinking that, and found out his error when he faced Minestus. For how else had the armour come to be in Minestus's hoard?

While Fred attempted to find his way back to the dragon's lair, Rift frantically continued his search for the Crystallic. "You fool!" he shouted at Astra. "I was going to use it to take us out of here. Now we are both going to die." "You don't even know for sure that the Crystallic can do that. Perhaps it can only be used for transformations." Astra didn't really believe that, but if her words worried Rift then so much the better. She realised now that when she had attempted to wrestle the Crystallic from him, it had signified that she was no longer prepared to let him be her master. She went on: "Anyway, don't bother to find the bauble on my account. I'd sooner die a free woman than live as your slave. I've decided that, whatever happens, I'm not going to dance to your tune any more."

Turning her back contemptuously on Rift, Astra looked around the cavern, dimly lit by the flames of the dwarves' torches. The battle was too confused for it to be possible to get any clear idea of who was winning. There still seemed to be an awful lot of orcs, though. Astra saw that not too far from the dim corner in which she and Rift lurked was the body of a slain dwarf, his battle axe and shield lying by his side. Astra's eyes lit up. Though a sword was her weapon of choice, a battle axe would be a most acceptable substitute. As an unarmed non-dwarf, Astra had not been of interest to the orcs till now, but she did not care that to take up a weapon would make her into a target; indeed she would almost welcome death as the solution to her troubles.

She might have no great liking for dwarves, and feel a thorough loathing for Tarin in particular, but she had heard enough tales of the atrocities committed by orcs to be in no doubt on whose side she should fight if she could get hold of the weapon.

  1. Astra dashes out in an attempt to grab the axe and shield before anyone can intervene.

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