Monster's Curse

by Michael Hudson

Chapter 39

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Tame tensed, waiting for the thing to attack him. It lunged forward and he just barely managed to dodge. He planted one foot on the ground and took off. The danger from an animated suit of armor that was this articulate and fast, not to mention armed, was simply too great for him to challenge. Especially since it is so ready to kill me.

When he turned the corner though, no further clanking followed him. He looked back around the bend to see it standing resolutely in the middle of the hallway, its blade still drawn and to the ground. For a moment he was tempted to go back, to see if he could abuse this fact, but he knew better. Without a proper weapon, he was not to fell this beast, not now.

He sighed to himself and went back around the bend, deciding that retreat would be better than death.

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