The Spook's Nightmare
“They’re immune to salt and iron, which makes them hard to deal with – though they’re vulnerable to a silver-alloy blade. You have to thrust it into the heart of the creature when it’s fully materialized. The good news is that we spooks have such a blade …’ By way of demonstration, he reached across for his staff, and pressed the recessed switch so that the blade emerged with a click.
‘As my apprentice already knows, they usually confine themselves to two shapes – a black bull and a huge hairy man.’ ‘What’s the main threat when it’s in the form of a bull?’ I asked.
‘It bellows loudly and the sound draws upon the dark energy at its disposal. It often fills its victims with such dread that they’re unable to move. Then it charges, goring and trampling anything in its path.’ The Spook fell silent and seemed deep in thought. After a while I prompted him: ‘What about the hairy man? They call it the Cruncher here.’ ‘That’s an apt name for it, lad. The buggane takes on that shape to dig its tunnels.
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