"Y-you're welcome," Leila replied with a pained smile since she had taken some damage earlier. But before she could get up as well, the illithid, after opening the portal, flicked her sword a distance away with his mind. He then bulked up and used his mind to telephatically move Leila towards him, with a fast enough speed that Vreskrr and Alionna couldn't do anything to stop him.

"G-gah, w-what are you--"

Leila gasped for breath as she haplessly tried to pry his bulky hand off her throat. But with her being unable to enhance her strength and him being in a bulked up strength, it was a useless effort. So Leila decided to stop fighting to conserve her energy. If she fainted, then all would be lost.

He then threw her back over his shoulders, before walking slowly back towards the portal. Leila knew if they went through that portal, she would be lost forever, and she would be subject to all kind of terrible things the illithid will do. Illithids weren't exactly creatures that care much about morality after all.

So she concentrated what remaining strength she had and elbowed the illithid on the back of his head as strong as she could. Amazingly, it worked, and the illithid, with a groan, stumbled down, losing his grip on her. She quickly used the opportunity to step on his head to stun him even further before running back towards her group, taking her sword on the way.

"Ha...ha...ha...that was close..." she panted, using her sword to help her stand.

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