Infernal Portal 4

Infernal Portal 4 is the portal located on the upper right part of The Wizard in the Tower map's pentagram.
==Enemies==
*Plague Demon (Hard- 600 Gold, 65 XP, 40 Energy, 7 HP, 8 HP NM)
*Hellhound Pack Leader (Hard- 675 Gold, 73 XP, 45 Energy, 8 HP, 9 HP NM)
==Transcripts==
===Introduction===
A figure lies sprawled on the ground, facedown in the crimson grass. The kind on his bare back and limbs is marred by red wheals, like the wounds inflicted by a savage beating. Flies buzz around him, some settling down on the patches of raw, red flesh. At first you take him for a corpse, one of the demons' victims left to rot. Then you hear him moan.
"Help... me..."
The man raises a weak, trembling arm -- the hand beckoning and beseeching.
You're about to dash to his side, when Hugh grabs at you.
"No," Brachus says. "That's not a human."
There's a hiss of annoyance from the prone figure. He scrambles to his feet, revealing an infernal face above a festering body. Other demons emerge from behind the portal, and surge forward to support him.
The diseased fiend points a gaunt finger at you as his allies draw near, and mutters a word in his own language. The buzzing insects around him coalesce into a dense clound, and fly toward you.
You companions back away a step, no doubt sharing the same thought that's in your own mind -- that the flies may beat some form of demonic plague on their tiny bodies. But you hold your ground, and allow a smile to cross your lips. In the same summer that you began your magical training, the countryside was beset by flies...
Your hand glimmers with golden energy, as you cast the first spell you ever learned.
There's a crackling noise, and a series of sizzling pops as dozens of insectile bodies are fried in turn.
The plague demon hisses in frustration once more. Then the demons charge.
===Conclusion===
"Burn his body," Brachus says, "if you don't wish his contagion to spread."
You nod, and gesture for yourcompanions to move back. Once they're at a safe distance, you conjure up a globe of flame around your hand -- and hurl it at your demon's corpse.
The putrid stench of his cremation is overwhelming, and a moment later you're all hurrying away -- filling the stinking air with curses.
Category:The Wizard in the Tower