“Are you familiar with Dragon’s Lair, Mr. Adra?”
Gytha asked the half-mer as the three of them slowly walked downhill from the entrance of the cave. The place is dark and humid, with grey rocks jagged every side around them, except for the pathway which is quite neatly carved as steps of stairs.
“I’ve been on one once, yes.”
Adra’s eyes wander all over the place as if he’s checking for something. Might be for traps, might be for clues, might be for patterns. He was even pretty careful with where his foot lands.
“A raid is what’s this type of commission called. Dragon’s lair contains many treasures, ones that could forever change a man’s life. But to finish it, it’ll require a lot of power, knowledge, and luck.” He went on.
“Well… we might lack one of those three…” The girl let out a faint laugh.
As they went deeper, the passage became warmer and warmer, which is weird since the temperature outside is somewhat cool with all the fog and
Gytha’s fireflies flew towards Adra after she was done reciting her spell. They coated his body layout and radiated him under the same green light. The half-mer could feel the empowerment from deep within, his movements became times lighter and his strikes became times stronger. It was the most powerful blessing he ever received. But then again, the guy is a lone wolf most of the time. “This power… how did you—” He was having a hard time believing it. But looking at how Staas is, it became easier to accept it. Of course, his aide would also possess incredible prowess. "Forget it..." “I see another room!” Said Staas looking far to the front. “Good! They should stop coming when we get there!” Adra didn’t know what would be in that room, but he knew what kind of fight they’ll experience there. With Adra now being empowered by Gytha, cleaning the mob (low ranked monsters) was a lot easier and faster. Staas might be insanely strong, but he’s not as
As Staas continuously pumped the buffalo’s body with his hammer, Adra got busy throwing magic with the storks. Gytha sure did a good job in limiting their movements, yet those birds could still attack them with their magic. Although the way Adra’s skills work is a huge advantage when handling water magic. He could easily nullify water projectiles to a certain degree by turning them to ice and shattering them. “Eat ice! Bird brain!” The half-mer swung his spear horizontally, creating water out of the curves of that swing, which came out as crescent-shaped waves. These waves coursed through the air and crashed themselves at the three storks. However, before they arrived to wet the bird’s feathers, Adra froze them to ices, creating a devastating impact since avian’s hollow bones aren’t good at dealing with blunt hits. “Mr. Adra, I’ve extended my shackles!” Gytha’s green roots continued to grow to the point where the storks could no longer span th
With the end of the first boss fight, the door was finally opened. The three raiders quickly went out of the room, leaving all the enlightened torches and the buffalo's corpse behind. The door they used to get out was carved and made exactly identical to the door they used to get in as if the two can be used as both entrance and exit. Then as soon as they arrived outside the room, they spot some kind of circle within the reach of light, with flickering firefly wanders above them painted by the shade of fresh blue. “What’s that?” With a face full of wonder, Staas pointed at the circle. “A type of teleporter that will send you out from this lair. After every boss fight, you can choose whether to stop the raid or continue to the next boss.” Adra explained while putting some item he fetched from the boss into his [Adventurer’s Bag]. Those are loots that he has yet to explain to the two. “Although, walking back to the entrance is also an option if you haven't yet
The [Inventory Ring] shone and a tiny black portal got opened before Staas' hand. He thrust his spear into that hole and it quickly got absorbed into the ring. His hand then dived into the portal and pulled out another trick from his arsenal. A hammer made out of winterstone brought its coldness to the entire room. *Crack!* As the hammer crashed its head to the ax ogre, the sounds of broken bones echos through the entire room. That fat body flew like feathers and found itself kissing the edge of the wall. The place trembled, and dust began to rain the swamp dirty. “Holy shit, Staas! I told you to be careful not destroy this cave—” Adra paused, his eyes suddenly grew wide. After hitting the room’s wall, the knife ogre immediately fell flat to the swamp water. The mangrove roots and wall indeed cracked and broken after receiving the end of Staas’ attack, yet a glimpse of light quickly coated those damage and repaired them back to normal. Adra ha
“Another door? How many more?” Staas asked.Finished with the second boss, they’ve now arrived at the entrance of the third boss. This time the door is painted in gold with carvings of snake, lady, and child. As always the torch at the sides of the double door lit up as soon as they came in front of the door, as a sign that they’d reached the checkpoint and safety from the roaming monsters.“1 more after this,” Adra answered. “If we manage to beat this golden door, we’ll meet the platinum door where the owner of this lair resided. Probably with all of the other wyrms.”“Whoa, halfway complete! Then let’s end this!”This time, Staas is the one who opened the door and the first one to enter the room. He's quite excited as so far the fight has been a lot of fun for him since the enemies didn’t falter from him punishing them. He had a lot of hope for the boss behind the golden door,
“Alright… alright… All-father bless me, please bless the decision I'm making.” The room was dark and misty, Gytha didn’t know where the Lamia was, nor did she know if turning off her charm would expose Adra to the aphrodisiac or not. The girl isn’t that keen of a person, she didn’t realize that her nose no longer smell Lamia’s scent. Although it's hard to blame her since she was never able to experience it with her always outside the range of the boss stench. “There!” She undid her spell, and light began to crawl back into Adra’s eyes. The half-mer was no longer affected by hypnosis. “Whoa, that was… weird…?” Adra felt his body cooling down after leaving the charm, as Gytha’s blessing turned up his temperature a bit. It’s probably like you’re about to catch a cold. “Mr. Adra!” She’s glad he didn’t get swiped by the aphrodisiac like before. “What should we do? We got separated from Staas! I can’t even hear his voice anymore.” “Hmm…” Adra began
“Last one eh…? Never thought in my life I’ll finish a lair with only three people, nor I ever finish one in the first place…” The three of our riders stood in front of the last double door, this time it was made out of pure platinum, something that only exists in a lair. The door was times bigger than all the previous doors, with a lot more detailed carving and fuming with the flow of magic. All kinds of dragonic patterns along with the story of them massacring merfolks farms can be seen drawn from top left to top right, bottom right then bottom left. “You’re the one guiding us throughout the raid, be more proud of yourself!” Gytha put a smile of encouragement for the half-mer. “You’re damn right about that!” That cheeky face finally back after all the tenseness since the first step they took into the lair. “But… this is the last stage, the ultimate challenge. We don’t know how many wyrms are in there.” “Well… I have no intention of turning back after
“All-father?” Adra curled his face, feeling ever so confused with what he just heard. “Does the All-father follow you around, Gytha?” He muttered to the girl, hoping Yllynmawr won’t take any offense from his rudeness. Adra has far strayed away from the path of faith. His history made him no longer care nor rely upon both the Goddess and the All-father. This drove him clueless about Staas long slumber, what form he’s taking or how he created the elements along with all the 9 essences which are now spread across the Champions of Elements. “Uh…” Gytha was conflicted about whether she was supposed to tell him about Staas or not. “It’s the other way around.” But seeing the King of Wyrm just blatantly greeted Staas, the half-mer won’t be getting out of this cave without knowing who the All-father is. “Huh? Is He like guiding you or something?” Adra was still left clueless. “Just be quiet and listen.” Hushed the girl with index finger stood before her lips.<