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The guards started forward again. This time many more came at once. Sauros raised his blade to the guard position then he glanced at Javin. Something was wrong. He stood slack, his eyes were scrunched tight as if he was in pain, and his head tilted back.
Then his mouth opened wide in an unnatural rictus. A sound came out that stopped the guards in their tracks; a sound so intense the walls and floor began to shake. The guards in front began to fade from view, and Sauros saw their eyes open wide in surprise as the violent shaking grew in intensity. His crystal seared to a white heat just before he felt them all vanish!