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« on: October 29, 2003, 09:46:01 am »
\"I\'m not going in there I\'ll probably die!\" said Bernif.
\"grab on to me and you won\'t die\" said Ykesha
\"ok....\" said Bernif reluctantly.
\"Don\'t worry about me cat\'s always land on their feet\"
Caddix laughed.
\"I will go too\" said Kishin.
Thye jumped in the empty well and instead of falling to their doom like Bernif had expected, they slowed down and came to a gentle landing on a rickety wooden board connected to a narrow path next to a wall of rock.
They climbed down and went along the narrow path and after a few minutes along the path Bernif slipped and almost fell to his death when Ykesha grabbed his hand.
\"You alright Bernif?\" he asked.
The rest of the journey was uneventful when they finally reached the end of the path they found a ladder which they climbed down.
At the bottom of the ladder they met a bulky man.
\"I am Zak the immortal gaurdian to the Catacombs!\"
he said
\"Hey, have you seen an old man go past here?\"
\"I am blind and rely on my sense of hearing to gaurd this place. I have not heard anyone coming past .
If they have they were silent enough to prevent me from hearing them.\" he said.
\"Ok....\" said Ykesha \"but may we get past?\"
\"No..\" said Zak dully.
\"What must we do for you to allow us to get past?\"
\"Beat me in a duel!\" said Zak
\"But you said you are immortal!\" Exlaimed Caddix
\"Exactly! No one is allowed past unless they beat me in a duel and because I am immortal no one can do this!\" Zak laughed.
\"Hmm... He\'s blind and he looks a little slow, let us not dawdle and run past this foe!\" said Ykesha
\"I heard that! now you must die!\" Yelled Zak
The adventurers ran as fast as they could into the depths of the Catacombs Zak did not follow as it transpired he could not fit through the door to the Catacombs.
The Catacombs were like a labyrinth, they ventured into the catacombs and after hours of journeying they found a room that looked like it belonged to an alchemist
and in the center of the room was.....
\"Zonor..! What are you doing here!\" said Caddix
\"So you got past my gaurdian I told him not to let you in here, What an incompetent fool!\" Said Zonor Harshly
but then he stopped and reached out towards the adventurers and then suddenly retracted his hand
\"No! I will kill them first!\" said Zonor
\"N.....o!\" he said.
It was very strange he sounded like he was having a conversation.........with himself.
A strange light surrounded the heroes and they were all teleported ,including Zonor, to the outside of the Sanctuary in the very center of Hydlaa.
\"I....AM.....POSSESSED!\" Yelled Zonor
\"WHAT?\" the advunterers yelled
\"BY.... THE....OLd.... QUEEN....OF....THIS......LAND\"
\"SHE WILL KILL YOU!!\"
\"shut up old man!\"
Zonor started chanting a spell.
\"NO I WILL NOT LET YOU KILL THEM!\"
and with his last ounce of might he cast a spell which turned him to stone and trapped the evil essence of the queen inside him.
Both souls ,the queens and Zonors were destroyed in this stone figure.
Zonor\'s statue was placed on a pedestal and a fountain was built around him and to this day that statue is there.
All of a sudden the grass was green, the sky was blue,
and the scent of blooming flowers filled the air.
\"so what do we do now?\" asked Bernif.
\"I guess we start a life here....\" said Ykesha.
In time more ships came to the land of Hydlaa and they liked the land so much they didn\'t leave most of them settled down and had families and now Hydlaa is a peaceful place full of flowers. Or is it?
THE END