A Warrior's Redemption (The Warrior Kind)

"Father John, you do know who likely wrote this don't you?"

"But of course Roric it would appear that Satan himself did seeing as he is the only one that could make a statement like that other than the Great Creator."

"What worthwhile wisdom could you even hope to glean from such a source of heresy?"

"But of course you're right Roric. It would be far more likely to lead to deception than any manner of hidden truth, which goes the same for these other works as well. They are inconsistent at best. Come let us be about the destruction of all of this before we are enthralled by it any longer!"

With that said Father John turned and strode away towards Seth, who against orders had been loading himself down with gadgets and pretty looking devices. Father John despite Seth's protests began to take the gadgets back from Seth and throw them back onto the piles of artifacts littering the room.

Following Father John's example I turned from the books and hurried to a lighted display I had seen on the wall at the far end of the room. Taking my ring off I placed it into a key hole made to fit its exact shape. Another display came up on a shimmery looking crystal that showed a vertical row of colored lines. I moved the dashes that were on the lines in the blue areas, until they were all the way into the red areas with just the pressure of my finger on the screen before me as Thaddeus had instructed me to.

I took the ring out of the key hole and the display began to pulse on and off causing the lights in the room to flicker. Running back across the gallery towards where we had entered I ran past the books on their pedestals and through the piles of artifacts eager to get away from the confusions of this place and how it had threatened to overcome my better judgment.

Father John had already dragged Seth out to the entry point into the room and away from his spoils, which he was none too happy about.

"Roric, call this guy off before I'm forced to hit him!"

"Be quiet! You knew we came to destroy this place and all its contents. Nothing leaves this place Seth! Nothing!" I said roughly.

Somewhat sheepish looking Seth nodded in response. We donned our disguises once again, and I pressed the ring with my thumb and the wall before us became translucent and we walked through it into the welcoming coolness of the night.

The natives were still whimpering and wailing in fright on the ground and we exited the clearing the same way as we had come into it. Just as we reached the end of the clearing and the beginning of the forest the ground shook violently and a great explosion ripped through the night air behind us.