Chapter 94 - Loot and chill
[Quest completed: Cleared The Decayed Catacombs]
{Skill points awarded: 3}
“Well done, everyone,” Scarlett said as they climbed up a set of mossy stone stairs, exiting into a dilapidated, ruined temple. What had once been its main gallery and the aisles running alongside it were barricaded by broken-off fragments of the ceiling and the altar at the end of the hall could only barely be recognized as one. Behind what had presumedly been a statue of whatever deity was worshiped here, the light of the midday sun made its way in. “This will be the last excursion of this trip. Soon, we will return to Freybrook.”
“Already? And here I thought we were on a roll,” Rosa said. The bard went over to sit down on a piece of rubble next to what might have once been part of a wooden bleacher. “Sure you don’t have any more strange places you want to show us?”
“We do not have the time,” Scarlett answered, observing the woman strum her instrument for a moment. “Passage through the Kilnstone has already been arranged for the evening.”
She shifted her attention to a large opening in the wall near them, through which the sprawling hills outside were visible. This temple was about an hour away from where there had once been a minor village settlement. Both had apparently been abandoned a few generations back when there had been rampant monster issues in the region. The catacombs beneath the temple had turned into a dwelling space for the undead after a while, but it was nothing their group couldn’t handle. It had also been an easy find, with the map Scarlett bought in Darkshore.
All in all, they had stayed in this region for four days now. This was the third dungeon they’d cleared in that time if you discounted the Zuverian crypt where they picked up the seal piece. The gains from these dungeons were a lot better than the ones in the Freybrook area, so it was worth the time spent traveling around Darkshore’s countryside.
[Name: Scarlett Hartford]
[Skills:
[Greater Mana Control]
[Greater Pyromancy]
[Greater Pyrokinesis]