Into The Abyss (Demons of Astlan) (83 page)

The knight was still in shock, not even thinking he just mumbled, “The armor, keeps me safe in any environment.”

“Good, that’s what I had hoped.”  He looked over to his demon friends.  “Tizzy, Rupert, Antefalken get ready to play catch.”  He gestured to the ground at Talarius’ feet.  The other demons nodded; Tom couldn’t read their expressions well: Antefalken and Rupert seemed somewhat in shock and Tizzy seemed bored and, well, sort of like nothing unusual was going on.

A spark started between Talarius
’ feet, and then it was a flame.  By the point that the knight realized there was a fire at his feet, the fire had turned into a ring that began expanding between he feet.  It looked like empty space below, well empty except for a few balls of fire. 

“Talarius?”  The knight looked to Tom.  “Time for a vacation!
  Off you go…into the Abyss!”

With
that, the hole widened and Talarius fell through it screaming.  It was going to be a long way down.  Tom gestured to his friends. “Make sure he doesn’t hit ground, OK?”  Rupert laughed and dove in followed by Antefalken and Tizzy.  Tom began quickly pulling his mana net out of the priests and Rod members he had infiltrated.

Tom turned to Barabus and Iskerus and said.  “Don’t
worry; I’ll try to keep him safe.”  They simply stared at Tom in even more shock.   Tom reeled in the last of himself, took a last gulp of super mana and then severed the links, all of them, yanking his links back, pulling the holy arrows along with them into his two hands.  He didn’t want anyone following them back into the Abyss.  With that, the naked human looking demon stepped over the gaping hole to hell and let himself fall through into the Abyss.

The hole shrunk and closed behind him.

The Demons of Astlan continue in Volume II:

The Heavenly Host.