The Last Oddetsey

[alex_holt]

The door breaks down and leads to what would have originally been some rather forgettable corridors, but further down to your left you see that a huge section of the complex you are in has been crushed away by what appears to be a titanic armoured knee attached to legs measured in kilometres. This complex itself was truly huge, and staring across the crushed building you see several other rooms like the one you started in broken apart as well as floors and floors of offices. There is no sign of sentient life nearby although a few crow wheel overhead and on the edge of your hearing the distant sounds of a city...

Caspasian is suddenly beside you, vanishing from the room below. "Thankyou my friend - you are a true ally of the Trans-Solar Host after all! Let me restore a gift to you in thanks!"

With this he touches the depowered sword and energy pours from his fingers into it and suddenly the sword begins to glow.

"I have instilled some of my essence into it, it may not be what it once was as a holy weapon, but it should help in your fight against the darkness. It has the power of solar fire - at your will it can be as hot and as radiant as the sun should you wish it at the merest thought. Use it to drive back the night! Have you any last questions before I leave friend of light?"

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Meanwhile, the Professor tests his power gems on the corpse of the Pig-Dragon:

The Ruby creates a fairly conventional if very fine hot-laser which cuts through effortlessly.
The Emerald proves to be a concussive sonic blast funnelled in a narrow cone, and could be used non lethally should you want.
The Sapphire is some kind of unusual energy "cold laser" which super cools things to the point where they become brittle and shatter. The cut is less precise than the ruby, but less damaging to the rest of the object.

(In addition to a laser of choice, the cane also possesses a sword blade, a selection of manual tools and a helicopter blade that could also work as a bullet shield)

The Pig Dragon is dissected somewhat by the time the Professor is finished testing his new gems, and he extracts an unusual bezoar in its digestive system which could probably be used in healing some more obscure ailments.