Chapter 36: Showdown Against the Vampire Lord!

Jedebiah himself hovered in the air, very close to Durri. His eyes were as black as obsidian, and his breath smelled of rotten roses.

"I can see heat," he breathed. "You have none. I thought perhaps you were a newborn vampire, come to take my power, but unaware of a vampire's full abilities. Yet... your flesh is clay. You're a golem, not an alchemist. What exactly were you planning?"

Durri grinned.

He popped the Sunlight Potion out of his hand and pulled back his arm to throw it.

Another blur of motion, and Durri slid to the ground.

Jedebiah hovered in the middle of the room, holding the potion. "This hurts just to look at, and you were planning on 'throwing' it at me!? Guards, kill them all!"

Mere moments had passed since the vampire's first motion, and Hudson and Shudon were only now springing into action.

Gnomes swarmed the room, dozens upon dozens in heavy armor, each wielding a silver hammer in each hand.