The Margon demon clutched its neck, slumping to the ground. As its life force dissipated, its body gradually took the shape of a humanoid creature with grey-blue skin that was smooth and hairless, and with vaguely defined facial features, much like melting metal.
"It's a shape-shifter! A big shape-shifter!"
Cries of alarm from the Scholar rang out behind, and the battle erupted in an instant.
With a roar, Bruto hurled his hammer, flipping another demon to the ground.
"For Moradin's beard!"
Not waiting for his weapon to return, the dwarf charged forward with his shield, toppling another demon. His hammer reappeared in his hand, and Bruto swung it furiously, hammering it like it was a mass of iron. With each of his strikes, the demon pinned beneath him gradually reverted back to the shape-shifter form, like a mound of clay.
"These guys are so ugly! Never mind the beards!" Bruto complained loudly, "They don't even have a single hair on their bodies!"
