plug your

ears boys!i ’
m
gonna cast a
SOUND BURST i n there
and do some
SONI C DAM AGE!

I
TS GO TI
ME!!

the handlers bust down the door to fi

nd the HIDEOUS MENACE ofGHASTS and GHOULS!
 oue good men immediately
engage the enemy i
n this
M AZE of EVI
L.

for the undead have

masters here.
BELSEM ETH PREI STS!

the bull-whi
p ensnares a ghoul!Demas,wi
th cunni
ng agi
lty fli
ps between two others!
 THE STEELY DEATH BLOW!

CURSES!

by the true and

ever-burni ng LIGHT
of COREAN,turn
from here and go
back to your graves!

ASSASsI
N!Asssassi n!Assassi
n!!
GUIDE THI
S DAGGER-

i
nto the hearts of those COREAN FOOLS!
 your dark sorcery
i
s no match for a
quick step,PRIEST!

there i
s a pri
ce to
pay for wickedness,
and it begi
ns with
the sting of my
STEEL!
EE
CK lets see i
f
there isa
brain left
i
n there!
KK
!

the handlers fare well

i
n these opening moments
of battle.di
spatching
these undead i
n
SMOOTH MANNER.

huh?.
..
OH.
..
o

but alas the

tide turns
often in
battle,and by the slayers
generally DARK WI LL,FEAR TERRIBLE.
..
EVI L.
..
WITHOUT shall fi
nd a home CREATURES. .
.all
M ERCY. in your heart! around me!
 demas runs for hi
s li
fe
BE AFRAID! a vi
cti
m of a FEAR SPELL
BE VERY
AFRAID!!

bi
lgorod sends
bursts of
energy tearing
through one of
the dark priests
and rassasi
slashes through
another ghoul!
 OAH!

KKCCHHHH!!

the momentum of the battle has clearly shi

fted si
des,as haajii
s suddenly trapped i
n the PARALYZI
NG GRI
P of a GHOUL!
 i
tis ti
me to PURGE
with FI
RE!

frozen from
paralyzation,
haajiis unable
to defend hi
mself
as the ghoul
RIPS OUT
HIS THROAT!
 as haaji
's warm blood dri ps from hi
s
fangs the ghouls let thei
r VICTIM FALL!

HAAJI
!!

another comrade taken

out!THI S M ADNESS
M UST END!

with a wave of
his hand,bilgorod
stops the assasi ns
dagger.
Rassasi '
s anger
fuels a swift strike,
and another evil
pri
est FALLS!
the fear spell wears off
and demas finds himself
i
n a state of confusion.

what i
s
going on?
why was i
afrai
d?

AFRAID?
I'
LL SHOW
YOU DAMN
why was i DOGS WHO' S
RUNNING? AFRAID!!

tired of
running
SISSY
BABY?

are you tired

of this dagger
yet DEAD ONE?

rassasispies out the clever pri

est
hi
ding behi
nd the ruined moathouse
column.

come to me my
ASSASINS BLADE! prepare
to submit
to the
AVENGERS
MIGHTY
WILL!
 i
n one swift moti
on,rasasipummels the
pri
est across the head wi
th the pommel
of HI
S SWORD!
NEVER!

ACHK!

bind the
priest wi
th
these manacles
rasasi!

now
STAY AYE!
dead!

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6
 you,MY FREI ND,are
going to visi
t the canoness
at the temple of corean.i
'm
sure she has a NICE COZY cell
for you there!

-wait.
.
there!
it looks ONE STILL
as though LIVES!
were about
fi
n - WAIT!

I'
LL
GET
HI
M!
AAOOOHHHH!!!
GA
 there is
always
payment
for progress
rasasi.
ithink the laws of
that's reali
ty
the last demand it.
of them!

again we have and battle

purged foul grounds has the
of EVIL.
..
but at highest fee.
what COST?

he's
dead.

".
..
and IWI
LL.
..
"

shi
ning one.
here lies a
true and noble
soldier of your
creed.please
welcome hi m to
the house of
corean BY ".
..
do not
YOUR ANGELS' DESPAIR.
"
TRUMPETS! " iknow,vali
ant one.
..
"
 let's get to the
the hell horses
OUTTA HERE! HANDLERS!

RI
GHT!

rasasicarrying both the bound

with short unconci
ous body of the belsameth
dispatch the pri
est and hajji
's li
feless form.
handlers make
thei r way from
the gloomi ness
of the crypt.

THERE!
Ispy that
vi
llai
nous
once outsi
de.
..
wrack!

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 the wrack i
s
AWAITING us!

GOOD!

Ihave something
for that
DAM NED CREATION!

through
wind and
rai
n..
.

.
..
from the
cauldron
of celesti
al
matter..
.

,
,,
bring forth
my bidding -
A BADGER!

bi
lgorod begi
ns hi
s ASSUALT!

AAAROARRRRGG!!

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 hearing the tortured
cries of the wrack,
demas and rasasi
rush toward the
creatures location
i
n hopes of putting
STEeEL to
DRAGON FLESH!

Alas,bi
lgorod's magic energy blasts have sent the cowardly
creature beneath the surface of i
t's watery home.

CONFOUND I T!
iwasted a scroll
on that lily
li
vered BEAST!
 not far from the moat house,
the handlers make camp,
exhausted from the day's
events and full of remorse
for their fallen comrade.

do not despair.
..
that i
s what COREAN said to me.
do not despairindeed HAAJI,for IWILL
resurrect you.ISWEAR. .
.

.
..
you
WILL li
ve
AGAIN!

HAVE the handlers lost another partner

i
n the fi
ght against EVIL? or by the GRACE
of COREAN,wi ll haajibe allowed to
return to hi
s body and draw hi s sword
once againin the face of tyranny?
FIND OUT NEXT ISSUE!