Drizzt - 04 - The Crystal Shard by Dads

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echoing through the chimney.

"Biggrin?" asked Wulfgar when he came up.

"Must be," reasoned Drizzt. "Think you can fit through the chimney?" The barbarian nodded. He hoisted Drizzt up first - the drow's left arm still wasn't of much use to him -

and followed, leaving Guenhwyvar to keep watch.

The chimney snaked up a few yards, then came to an intersection. One way led down to a room from

which the voices were coming, and the other thinned as it rose to the surface. The conversation was loud

and heated now, and Drizzt moved down to investigate. Wulfgar held the drow's feet to help him inch

down the final descent, as the slope became nearly vertical. Hanging upside down, Drizzt peeked under

the rim of the hearth in another room. He saw three giants; one by a door at the far end of the room,

looking as though it wanted to leave, and a second with its back to the hearth, being scolded by the third,

an immensely wide and tall frost giant. Drizzt knew by the twisted, lipless smile that he looked upon

Biggrin.

"To tell Biggrin!" pleaded the smaller giant.

"Ye ran from a fight," scowled Biggrin. "Ye left yer friends t' die!"

"No . . :' protested the giant, but Biggrin had heard enough. With one swipe of its huge axe, it lopped

the smaller giant's head off.

* * * * *

The men found Guenhwyvar diligently on watch when they came out of the chimney. The big cat

turned and growled in recognition when it saw its companions, and Wulfgar, not understanding the

throaty purr to be a friendly sound, took a cautious step away.

"There has to be a side tunnel off the main corridor further down," Drizzt reasoned, having no time to

be amused by his friend's nervousness.

"Let's get this over with, then," said Wulfgar. They found the passage as the Drow had predicted and soon came to a door they figured would lead to

the room with the remaining giants. They clapped each other on the shoulder for luck and Drizzt patted

Guenhwyvar, though Wulfgar declined the drow's invitation to do likewise. Then they burst in.

The room was empty. A door previously invisible to Drizzt from his vantage point at the hearth stood

ajar.

* * * * *

Biggrin sent its lone remaining soldier out the secret side door with a message for Akar Kessell. The big

giant had been disgraced, and it knew that the wizard wouldn't readily accept the loss of so many valuable

troops. Biggrin's only chance was to take care of the two intruding warriors and hope that their heads

would appease its unmerciful boss. The giant pressed its ear to the door and waited for its victims to enter

the adjoining room.

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