Chapter 127 - Is it graverobbing if they’re undead?
Scarlett and the others entered a dark room made of precisely cut gray stone and which looked like it had seen no living things passing through it for ages. The air was stale, with overturned shelves and tables spread out before them, covered in the dirt and dust that had accumulated over the long years.
Adalicia conjured a set of small orbs of light that lit up the space. The orbs were a curious sight on their own; somehow both incredibly bright in the light they provided, yet when you looked at them, they appeared little stronger than ordinary candles.
At the far end of the room, there were a couple of slab-like coffers next to a pile of what might have been broken magical equipment lying in the corner. Scarlett scanned across the walls, noting several empty sconces and some with cracked dark green crystals in them. Zuverian carvings were etched into the stone here and there as well.
Fynn pointed towards a long corridor leading out of the room. “The undead is down there.”
“Then let us first deal with it before we investigate this area,” Scarlett said.
They moved forward as a group, with Fynn and Shin at the front. As they reached the corridor’s mouth, Adalicia somehow made her light bend so that it didn’t travel too far. That was certainly convenient.
Scarlett pulled out her enchanted glasses and put them on, peering down the passage. There was a chamber beyond, consisting of a vast hall that had pillars running down the middle. Rows of stone seats were arranged in front of a grey dais that stood atop a platform at the head of the chamber, with a skeletal shape floating in the air above it. The figure was dressed in worn red robes, holding a long staff in its right hand.
It was this dungeon’s last boss. A lich.
Normally, an opponent like this would call for a bit of caution, but…
Scarlett glanced at Adalicia and the rest of her group.
Both pyromancy and lumomancy—one of Adalicia’s specialties—were counters to undead, and Scarlett’s party was pretty good at teaming up against lonesome opponents. Not to mention that Adalicia was a grand wizard. The woman might not focus on battle magic, but she was still a pretty powerful mage in her own right. In the game, a grand wizard or mage was at minimum level 60, so if Scarlett’s estimations were correct, Adalicia would either be similar to Garside in strength or stronger. Considering this dungeon wasn’t at the same level as the Howling Gale’s Haunt, they didn’t have too much to worry about.
She gestured for Fynn and Shin to proceed. Rosa used her magic to buff their group as the two young men moved ahead. Scarlett had already used the [Charm of Expedient Change] to equip everything but her [Tiara of Lost Benediction] and followed behind them.