The heat went up a few notches, so much so that it was a bit difficult to breathe, the explosion shook the entire arena and ma.s.sive pieces of rock and a stream of lava fell from the ceiling, and that reaction was even more prevalent went the boss fell to his knees, and spontaneously combusted into a towering pillar of flame and lava. Except for Zareth who was right at home with the flames, I flew backwards a bit, keeping a close watch as the boss buried, until all that was left was ash and a few glowing materials on the ground. The temperature dropped a bit, but the heat was still prevalent. I dropped down from the air besides Zareth as we both stared at the remains of the boss. I didn"t know what to say, or maybe I had plenty to say, but I just wanted him to take the initiative. After all Zareth was not a player, he"s an indigene of LDO, a part of this world.
"So...you"re part elf." He said, it was more an astute observation rather than question, but since this got the ball rolling, there was no problem with it.
"Yeah I am." I answered back.
"I thought as much…..how can a stuck up self centered elf be chosen by the wind elemental dragon, she"s supposed to be the most clear headed out of all of them. But she"s also the most unpredictable so I guess that counts as a reason. But still, an elf of all things, what a loss."
I was dumbstruck, I opened my eyes and blinked it a few times, very much shocked by the stream of insults I just received. Though I"m not just an elf, but this b.l.o.o.d.y dwarf just called me stuck up, he doesn"t even know me!
"Wow! I just realized that you"re a very small man, very small!" I said to him as I turned to face the loot from the boss, except Zareth stepped in front of me in an attempt to square up, his stocky form definitely eclipse mine by a wide margin, but his head only came up below my chest.
"Did you just call me short ye blithering tree hugger!" he said to me with a dangerous glint in his eyes.
I guess I was right about my deductions, or rather all of the fsnatsy Novels I"ve read so far were never wrong. There were many things dwarves will never tolerate; somebody stealing their gold, messing with their forge or precious metals, spilling their wine, and above all, a taller person especially an elf making fun of their height. But if this guy thinks he has a short fuse and an intolerance for someone messing with him, then he"s not met me at all. So allow me to introduce myself, my name is...
*VOOOOP!*
A blast of air escaped from my body and pushed him back, there wasn"t too much power behind it(probably because I can"t really control the wind or air properly yet), but it was still unexpected, so he was pushed of his feet and his wide rump came to land solidly on the ground before me.
"I came in here to help you! Granted you might have been able to beat the boss given enough time, but at the very least a little bit of grat.i.tude would have been appreciated. But the first thing you did was belittle me and make fun of me because I"m part elf. You"re a rude sonavab.i.t.c.h! Now if you want to sc.r.a.p, then I"m more than willing to go toe to toe with you little man, but that would be after we get the f.u.c.k out of here, granted we get and share the loot of course." I said to him with a smile on my face as I turned the loot on the ground.
There were five memory disks, two of them were skills, two were blueprints of some sort, and the fifth had a symbol of demon with horns. That"s probably a quest item, but I really have no need for it. I picked up one of the skills and the blueprints without even checking what they were, then there were also three weapons on the ground. One was a hammer, the other a spear, and the last was a pair of gauntlets. And then finally there was ring, which should be the only equipment here.
I picked up the ring and the gauntlets, turned to Zareth who was now on his feet and looking at me with narrowed eyes. I gave him a smile and then slowly turned around to look for a way out. I didn"t have to wait long before a s.h.i.+mmering spell circle appaeard a few feet away, probably a teleportation circle or something of the sort. I walked towards it while raising my hand up in the air.
"See you on the other side Zareth, and don"t take too long, your father is waiting for you."
A bright flash of light sweet through my vision as I suddenly found myself in front of the entrance of the dungeon. The dwarf that I followed here was nowhere to be seen, I took a seat as I face the system alert that popped up in my face.
[YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE SOLO DUNGEON: FORBIDDEN CAVES OF STONE & LAVA/ REWARDS: +10% EXP ADVANCEMENTS, +3 SKILL COMBINING GEMS]
The rewards weren"t as generous as the Nereid dungeon, but at the very least it was something. I was still looking for the dwarf who brought me here to save Zareth, but I still couldn"t find him. One flash of light later, and Zareth was standing besides me. We looked at each other for a moment, almost as if we were daring each other to say something, then he sighed and said to me.
"I"m sorry for me rudeness, this here dwarf doesn"t have to many good memories of ye elven folks. I reckon all ye fair skinned long eared jerks are the same, but I still apologize. Also thanks for coming, but the dwarf that brought ye here is a slave merchant who sent me down there to retrieve the memory disks of this here demon general. It teaches a ritual to summon the infernal creature from the very depths and bowels of h.e.l.l itself to rain chaos and destruction and grant it"s summoner three infernal wishes of the worst sort. I came here to stop it."
[QUEST FAILED!!]
I guess Zareth"s not the son of that dwarf, but seeing as quite a few people in town already knew the dwarf as someone who cried wolf, I reckon Zareth is not the first son to have gone down there in search the memory disk. It was weird because obviously most of the people who go in there end up thinking it"s a false alarm and that the statues have not awakened, so there was nothing to be gained. Both the son and the person who has to save the son end up finding nothing, the AIs of the game know this, which means the only people capable of falling for this trick over and over again were without a doubt the players themselves.
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Zareth probably triggered the dungeon, waking all of the statues. But he must have been there a while, and I suspect gone in through a different entrance than I did. While most dungeons have similar laws to other games, in LDO dungeons don"t reset, not unless there"s a functioning ecosystem within the dungeon.
"So what now?" I asked him as I s.h.i.+fted my gaze to the town.
"I need to get back to my planet and submit the disk to my King, however I"m wanted on this planet, especially by the elves. So I need safe pa.s.sage off it, and a direct path back home. I have no contacts and no money, is there a way you can help me, on avatar of a dragon G.o.d to another?" he said to me with a focused gaze.
"I have a s.h.i.+p...that sails on the seas for now, plus I have too many eyes on me and a close connection with elven government. Getting you out might be easy, but it won"t be low key and you would probably draw attention." I said to him as I made my way towards the town.
"So you"re saying you can"t help me, as an avatar you"re bound by honor and duty to help me, we have to..."
"I didn"t say I wouldn"t help you Zareth. Everything that has to do with the elemental dragon G.o.ds have to be kept secret. After all the elemental dragons are the bad guys, and I rather not leave your safety in the hands of people we both won"t be able to trust. I don"t know you, I don"t trust you, but you"re an avatar just like me, and we both have the same mission. I rather get you off this planet myself." I said to him as he fell into pace besides me.
"And how do you hope to do that?" he asked me.
"I already told you that I have a s.h.i.+p."
"That sails on the seas!" he replied back indignantly
"Like I said...it sails on the seas!.....for now."