Roach is sent away, flying due to the explosion Miko squeezes roach, making it spit fire with a "woosh!!", pointing to the piece of cape that's held in place by the bottle's stopper, like some kind of Molotov cocktail. Miko: Now, if my knowledge of demons is of any use, this should work. Roach: What the-Help! Help! I'm being oppressed!
Miko reaches to the lower part of the forcecage to grab the roach. Miko takes out a bottle with a label that reads "AGED DWARVEN BRANDY"ĭemon-Roach: Ooo, yeah! Take it off, honey! Miko: I did buy something on my trip up to the dwarven lands! Miko: Encumbrance issues aside, I'm sure there's some way a 10-ft pole could get me out of this. Miko: It is at times like this that I wish I were one of those adventurers who have purchased the entire list of available mundane equipment, "just in case". I must escape to warn Azure City, but how? or rather it would, if these bars of force were in any way vulnerable to being cut by my blade.
Miko: Of course, in order to get any decent smiting in, I'll need to get out of this cage. Miko: I pray in thanks, and further ask, as always, that all who stand in opposition to the holy work of the Sapphire Guard have their evil plans revealed to the light of day so that your paladins may smite them. Miko: As it now seems probable that their destruction of Dorukan's Gate was at Xykon's behest, I take these events as an answer to my prayer, hoping that I be the one who is able to punish them as they so richly deserve. Miko: Thank you for seeing fit to put me in position to unravel the danger posed by this lich, the goblin priest, and their obvious lackeys, the Order of the Stick. Miko: Oh mighty gods of the South: Thank you for giving me this opportunity to personally thwart the plans of the most direct threat to Soon's Gate in the history of the Sapphire Guard. Xykon: I tell you, it's the little day-to-day surprises that make unlife worth unliving. Xykon: My money is on death knight, but hey, maybe it's one of those weird "Oriental Adventures" undead. Xykon: When Reddie and I get back with the rest of the army, we'll kill you and see what kind of cool obscure undead creature pops up afterwards. Xykon: That forcecage should last for like a day and a half, give or take a few hours. Xykon is leaving, while leaving Miko inside the forcecage on her own.