As his soul floats down the River Styx, he is pulled back to earth by Hecate, who gives him a Mistform body to inhabit, and keep her son company in his exile. Knowing Alabaster won't use the spell with his life in danger, Claymore attacks Lamia, and is subsequently killed. Unfortunately, no sooner had Alabaster found the tome with the appropriate spell, than Lamia catches up and takes Claymore hostage. When Lamia and Alabaster fight, the doctor gives the demigod an idea as to how to defeat Lamia once and for all, and using his last bullet to slow the monster down, the two retreat back into Alabaster's house.

After a conversation with the demigod boy, who explains the circumstances of his position, it transpires that Lamia allowed Claymore to escape so that he would lead her to Alabaster, and inadvertently destroy his defences by carrying a spell somewhere on his person. Upon reaching the house, Claymore is let in by Alabaster's Mistform guardian whom Alabaster created to deflect suspicion. Trying and failing to gauge any weaknesses Lamia might have, the doctor decides to go to Alabaster's address. Claymore shoots Lamia repeatedly with a nine millimeter pistol, but it has little effect. After Claymore refuses to give her Alabaster's address, Lamia uses a spell to set fire to the coffee shop, killing the manager, Burly Black, who was Claymore's only friend in life. Lamia is already at the shop, waiting for Claymore, and before long the two get into a heated argument that results in Lamia using the Mist to cut the doctor from the mortal world. The next day, Claymore goes to a coffee shop to continue work on his next book. Claymore retreats to his heavily security-ridden house, where he is called by Lamia, who wants to know the address of Alabaster, but he hangs up on her and goes to bed.ĭuring the night, Hecate pulls him into a dream where Alabaster is speaking with her, and witnesses Alabaster asking Hecate to intervene between himself and Lamia, who by this point evidently wishes the boy harm, but Hecate refuses. Alabaster gives the doctor a card with his address on it before leaving. Alabaster asks him a question about death, making the doctor somewhat nervous, given Alabaster's abrupt shift from fawning fan to a disturbingly serious adolescent. Claymore meets Alabaster after giving a lecture at an auditorium in Keeseville. The Heroes of Olympus The Demigod Diaries Son of Magicĭr.

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