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MAXINE

I ducked between its legs, slicing its shin. It didn't react to pain and it confirmed my thinking. They couldn't die. They had to be stopped somehow.

I looked around for any hints. A statue with a long sword approached me, lifting it above his head. I ducked, hiding behind one of the raised platforms they had been standing on. That was when I caught the writing.

"To stop the gatekeepers, you have to…" it stopped there. "I have to what?!"

Another shorter statue with a club swung at me. I dodged running to the next platform. "...find the points…" this one said.

The answer was scattered around their platforms. I was running from one to the other, "...that controls… …how they move… these points are… vital… strike where… it's true…and victory… will be… yours."

"How helpful," I said, sarcastically. I was running out of energy and sweat was dripping from my head.

I scanned the status for a sign of these points. I spotted one who had a black patch right above the heel of his feet.

"Her