The magic missile struck the shambling corpse and it staggered and then began to shake. The shakes grew rapidly until it seemed the zombie would tear its self-apart. Which is exactly what it did. With a popping sound the zombie exploded into four parts showering part of the beach with blood and the parts of its body.<br/><br/>The construct created by Crystal stopped, seemingly confused by the sudden disappearance of its assigned target. For a moment or two there was silence and then from high in the mountains came the sound of drums being beaten. The sand on which the blood had landed began to shift, to heave oddly reminiscent of water boiling.<br/><br/>Then where each of the four parts had landed hands appeared and then arms as four new zombies clawed their way out of the sand. Seeing a target the construct attacked the nearest zombie the remaining three zombies continued their pursuit of the elf.<br/>