Silent Acacia was close to the detting a good look at the room.
“A kit? Could there really be some meism hidden here?”
Meanwhile Cye already rubbed her hands, happily looting. The oons dropped nothing special, leaving only the elites.
Cye sent a prayer in her heart as she reached out quickly.
“Haha! It’s unon!”
Everyone looked at the blue sparkle in Cye’s hand, gradually growing numb to her luck.
“e on, show us!”
Cye grinned as she posted the item’s information in the party chat.
[Assassin’s ring of dark magicCategory: Unon
Level requirement: 7
Agility +5
Critical ce +4%
Effect: Critical attacks have a 30% ce to deal an additional 10% (PDMG) dark damage.
A ring only worn by the members of Bck Bone.]
Bloody Edge and Silent Acacia looked at each lints in their eyes.
“A game of dice, gentleman?”
“Sure.”
The loot distribution in the party was set to leader’s decision, thus the two thieves had to ask C to roll the dice for them.
[Bloody Edge: 76]
[Silent Acacia: 45]
“Haha, mine!”
Bloody Edge grinned as he received the ring. He looked at it happily, eager to put it on soon.
“Let’s tinue, guys! I o reach level seven.”
The others rolled their eyes. They realized that when Radiant Shield or Bloody Edge fot their rolepy, it was better not to a all.
With her attempt Cye drew a green-magid which was quickly given to Balm, allowing the young mage to heal eveer.
During this time the rest of the party was already busily searg the room, looking for ahod to turn off the trap outside.
Liam stayed quiet for a few minutes, notig how the party appeared eager to figure out the solution by themselves.
He tried to strike a delicate baween clearing the dungeon quickly and not taking away the fun for the others.
But even so he didn’t expect Watchful Eye to suddenly state calmly:
“I found it.”
The taciturn man was kneelio a stove made from stone, his hand rummaging through the old firewood.
Suddenly a click could be heard. The floor o the stove sank, turning into stairs.
“Hmm?”
“This doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the fire outside.”
“Who would’ve expected a secret pathway to be hidden in this humble kit? What might we find after entering?”
Fortune spoke as if telling a story, suppressing her excitement. She khat secrets equaled clicks!
The others looked eager to explore as well, looking at Silver Bde.
“Acacia, you go scouting.”
“Sure.”
The thief eealth and sneaked downwards. A moment ter a shout could be heard.
“You e down. There is no danger!”
The party trusted their scout, desding the stairs quickly. At the bottom a small dark room awaited them, taining only a single skeleton in long white robes.
Balm skeptically stared at the skeleton.
“Are you sure it won’t wake up suddenly, Acacia?”
“Of course, look.”
Silent Acacia took out one of his arrows, poking the skeleton unceremoniously.
“As dead as it gets.”
Suddenly he pushed toly, causing the skeleton to tilt.
“Ah!”
Balm flinched, expeg it to stand up, but only a low g could be heard.
A ring slipped from the skeleton’s finger, rolling on the smooth stone floor towards Quickstep’s feet.
“Let us not disturb the dead in their eternal rest.”, said Radiant Shield solemnly.
But Silent Acacia only rolled his eyes and leaned down as he took a letter from the skeleton’s hand.
He sed it quickly.
“Something something, Reyr is crazy, this ring is the key, know what to do with it…”
Silent Acacia wasn’t oo dive deeply into lore. It was enough to opeter oer a quest for everyone.
[
[Step one: Bring Rayr’s cursed ring to Svapharel in Duabalis City.]
[Hint: Don’t let the holy nephilim see you.]
Silver Bde quietly reached out with her hand, taking the letter from Acacia.
“Looks like that’s it.”, announced Cye unhappily.
“Somewhat g for a secret room.”
Everybody agreed with Quickstep but there was nothing they could do. The party returned upstairs, still with no clue on how to pass the fme wall outside.
But after a few seds Watchful Eye finally found something.
“There is a button here.”
“Where?”
“Within the fire bowl.”
“Oh, in this one as well.”, announced Balm, pointing at another fme.
“Careful, friends, do not act rashly.”
“Do we have to press all of them? Maybe in a certain order?”
Liam watched as the party was brainst, but he khat only trial and error would allow them to figure out the solution. Thus, he decided to shorten the process.
“We o press all the buttons at the same time.”
“But isn’t this fme dangerous? How six of us sacrifiuch HP?”, asked Cye with a frown.
“It’s alright. It’s time t out our secret on.”
Liam grinned as he distributed stalks of red herbs to everyone. Bloody Edge wasn’t part of the party when they gathered the herbs, cheg them curiously.
[Fiery TacariaCategory: on
Effeegate oack of burn.
Take this if you have no water nearby.]
Liam calmly expined his pn:
“Ok guys, six of you stand nearby one bowl eay signal, press the button quickly, don’t keep your hands within the fme.
If you are too slow, the burn effect will stack, and you will waste resources.”
Cye and Balm shifted their bodies, staying at the back of the group, whistling ily. The rest of the group didn’t care, plying with Liam’s orders.
Everyone sharpeheir ears, ready to move swiftly.
“Ready? 3, 2, 1, go!”
Six hands plunged into the fires. Ign the heat, they pressed the buttons and quickly retreated. With Liam’s reminder no one accumuted more thaack of burn, nothing a single herb couldn’t heal.
A momehe bck fmes flickered. A breeze seemingly blew through the dining area as the fire extinguished.
“Good job. Let’s go!”
The party jokingly gratuted each other as they tinued.
Meanwhile, in the first room of the duen grumpy figures gathered.
“Damn, how you be so useless?”, hlorious Sunshi his subordinates.
“Boss, how is this our fault?”
“Of course it’s your fault!”
Fat Tiger frowned as he looked at his alley.
“Don’t get agitated. We never expected to clear the dungeon on the first try.”
“But it sure would help if we were the only ones in here!”
“You’re n, but we already got a head start. Others still o figure out the traps and meics. It’s only a matter of time until we get the first clear.
But we got hasty after knowing that someone came in, leading to failure.”
Glorious Sunshiook a deep breath, gradually calming down.
“You’re right. However, that Mirage has duped me twiow. I won’t let this slide.
“We think about reveer. Let’s focus on the dungeon now.”
***
Liam didn’t know that he had been targeted. Right now, he followed the party upstairs, walking briskly through a corridor, bck fmes running along the walls.
No monsters attacked them until they reached a vast empty hall, a single delier spending a bit of light. Right below it stood a statue, its back towards the group.
“Hmm? Who put this thing here? How ugly.”, ented Cye as she circled the statue.
“Such big wings and a white robe, it looks like the nephilim outside.”
Silver Bde frowurning towards Bleary Mirage:
“Didn’t you say the holy nephilim sent someoo take down Reyr? Could it be this guy?”
“Good guess. You’re correct.”
“Oh, so this Reyr guy turned his attacker into stone?”
While the party studied the statue, Silent Acacia was already looking around, ign the lore.
He noticed three rge doors leading towards three dires, the statue’s palm pointing at the one upfront.
“Guys, look. The statue might be pointing out the way.”
“Hmm makes sense.”
With Silent Acacia’s words, Cye looked at the statue’s open palm, suddenly shivering.
“Ewh, this guy is missing two fingers.”
Bleary Mirage owards Acacia.
“You’re n. But the door is blocked. We only pass after the statue opens it for us. And to do so, we o retrieve its two missing fingers.”
“Got it. Those are behind the other doors, aren’t they?”
“Yeah.”
“Friends, let us rescue this fallen priest and bring ao this dark curse.”
“My bde is ready.”
Radiant Shield and Bloody Edge spoke up, ready to go, each of them approag a different door, causing the others to chuckle faintly.
Liam shook his head as he retrieved more of the Fiery Tacaria, distributing them among the party.
Silver Bde watched his as with an ominous feeling.
“Why would we need so many herbs?”
“You’ll see…”