You have completed your casting.
A silver runestone, a pinch of sulfur, and a browning mandrake leaf flare brightly and vanish!
You concentrate... feel your way about the area, anchoring yourself...

     ......-----******))))) BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMM!!!!! (((((******-----......

A dazzling shield of energy erupts and grows in size, surrounding the area.

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c kill laikos
You pass through the shimmering shield, creating a tear which seamlessly fills up again.

 A Gang of Thieves                                      -      N      -
(-------------------------------------------------)     - <---(M)---> -
 WARNING: You are in a CHAOTIC PLAYER KILLING room.     -      -      -

  You step into a large but well hidden room.  Deep in the tunnels of
Vesuvius this band of thieves have their hideout.  Along the walls are maps
and diagrams of cities.  Along the walls are several cots and right on the
post of each one are holsters for the thieves to access their daggers
inquickly if woken from their sleep.  You wonder why a band of thieves would
pick such a dangerous place to have a hideout, most likely because no one
would think to be on the lookout here.  Theres no telling what might happen
if you're found here.  
     The severed wing of Commander Ssryth is lying here.
(  2) The corpse of Commander Ssryth is lying here.
     The severed head of Commander Ssryth is lying here.
(  2) (Red Aura) A shield of wood, charred black, has been dropped here.
     (Red Aura) A halberd of a strange alloy has been left here.
(  2) A camelhide rucksack bulges in odd ways.
     The severed leg of Commander Ssryth is lying here.
(Red Aura) *A hell hound is here, mucking on the souls of the dead.
(Red Aura) A small elemental, a living cloud of ash, haunts the tunnels.
A thorny, red-veined vine twines its way around your feet.
You trip over an unnoticed coil of rope, triggering a snare trap.
A thick, meshy web falls from somewhere above you, entangling you with sticky ropes.

[*]<3977hp 3387sp 3063st> You begin to speak the words of the spell...
A hellhound begins casting a spell...

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You have completed your casting.
A silver runestone, a sunstone, and an astral bauble flare brightly and vanish!
Your dark power stops a hellhound's heartbeat for the space of seven seconds!
Your blood freezes as you hear a hellhound's death cry.
You receive 0 archon points.
Laikos's form shimmers and returns to his normal shape.
Laikos's disembodied soul rises from his ravaged corpse.
'Ah, Laikos.' the incarnation of death says. 'We meet again.'
The incarnation of death swings a Scythe of Soul Rending in a long, lazy arc...
Laikos collapses lifeless to the ground.
The severed leg of  falls to the ground.
Laikos blinks rapidly, several times.
Laikos stiffens for a moment, then blinks and shakes his head.
Laikos stiffens for a moment, then blinks and shakes his head.
Laikos stiffens for a moment, then blinks and shakes his head.
Laikos shivers as a wave of goosebumps washes up his spine.
Laikos's feet rise a few inches above the surface.
Laikos turns translucent.
Laikos's spirit disappears with an ear-splitting BANG!

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The corpse of Laikos contains:
     a CPKed gold hoard worth 3,453,185 from Laikos
     1,585 gold coins