“Gus!” I said thoughtfully, “I want you to take a quick flight over their formations. See if you can find a spot to drop Berfert where he can do some proper damage.”
“Right, boss,” the gargoyle grunted, lumbering forward.
“Wait a minute,” I said, a thought occurring to me. “Tanda, have you still got the invisibility sheet with you?”
“Right here!” she grinned.
“Good,” I nodded. “Gus, take the sheet with you. Keep it in front of you as long as you can while you’re checking them out. There’s no sense drawing fire until you have to.”
The gargoyle accepted the sheet with a shrug. “If you say so, boss,” he muttered. “But they can’t do much to me.”
“Use it anyway,” I ordered. “Now get moving.”
The gargoyle sprang heavily into the air and started across the meadow with slow sweeps of his massive wings. I found it hard to believe anything that big and made of stone could fly, but I was seeing it. Maybe he used levitation.
“All set, youngster,” Ajax chortled, interrupting my thoughts. “Anything else I can do for ya?”
“Not just now, Ajax,” I replied. “But stand by.” I was glad that portion of my concentration was free now. This next stunt was going to take all the energy I could muster.
I focused my mind on the grass in front of the advancing left wing. As testimony to the effectiveness of my efforts, that portion of the line ground to an immediate halt.
“Say!” Tanda breathed in genuine admiration.
“That’s neat.”
The effect I was striving for was to have the grass form itself into an army of Imps, rising from the ground to confront the Empire’s troops. I chose Imps this time instead of demons because Imps are shorter, therefore requiring less energy to maintain the illusion.
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