9 Secrets Lordan holds

By luck I escaped the deadly chamber ,and I got another potion,but still I m tempted to explore the fancy chamber and the feeling is unbearable, I needed to see it and explore it.I wanted to know what is behind that warded chamber in the center.The fancy room with the marble steps looks expensive even from the outside. No doubt there are valuables in its which will make me rich, and which I can settle down peacefully afterwards.

I climb the staircase, the strange symbols and runes on the staircase engraved mysteriously. The runes are beautiful and deceitful upon the portal, which almost looks like a mirror of plasma or a giant light source. I 've seen something like this once before, in a warlock's private chambers. It's neither a riddle nor a barrier, but a very dark curse known as 'Rosiang',Starlung's powers were even more remarkable than I knew.

It's said that blooddust from one of cycle's of seven moons is required to activate the spell. How this was accomplished, i can only imagine.

It's like casting illusion spell on everything ,and the moon as the source of reflection . Then, the one who wishes to enter must injure himself and drain his blood into a little monster that emerges from the portal. As this thought crosses my mind, a little ugly monster swims forward inside the barrier, staring at me with hungry eyes, a creepy grin marring its blood-red face. The monster resembles a dog head and a body of a man, but he have a tail,and had long ears as well as a single horn at his forehead. His face is red blood and he wear a fancy tailor made cloak. I wonder if the monster realm tailor are more advanced than the human. . The monster is guarding some secret , whatever is in the chamber is worth it.

I position myself for the defence, what if the monster attack me, but to my surprise it seem the monster is friendly and it rises the tails and move from left to right the long hairy tail. The monster rush toward me,and sat down in front of me with his tongue out, just like any dog would do.

The monster can even talk like human, he ask for one gift, he said he can give me anything i likes, but if he is not happy and satisfied with my gift he will killed him at the spot, and he had to solve a riddle too. He paused for a while and said, My name is Lordan, and this swamp is named after me by my followers, long ago I'm a fabulous and a famous God,but as I tried to overthrow my boss, that's is Anubis, he striped me of my god title and turn this land into a swamp . The vampire you met , Starlung is my half brother. And both of us are cursed by the great Anubis that we can never die, even if we die,we will be ressurected again when the next moon rise. We are undead.

It reminds me of my greed back then when I receive a similar cursed . .

Lordan , speak in a loud voice, your gift please?

I open my bag and gi through the things I have in my bag but have nothing to give as I have to be careful , so I decided to give him the 2nd potion I recently got,by almost losing my life . He grabbed it from my hand , the potion and he look straight me in the eye and said, now listen , 'what have four legs, had one head and a skin but can't talk nor move'

if you failed to answer it, I have no choice but to consume your soul.

I talk to myself,. Huh, ancient god are stupid, they still think theirs trick are difficult.

I straight away gave the answer, a Bed. As I have already knew the answer. I grin .

Lordan was shock, he smiled and he handed me back my potion which i gave him earlier ,and also he gave me his cloak, he said you are indeed a good and a brave hunter, I can read your mind, I did asked you such stupid question just to take my time to reach your inner mind. I see vengeance and hate but of pure love and you will accomplish it and also you have a similar fate as mine.

And the cloak ,will come in handy only when it's needed most, saying thus he disappeared just like a smoke from a cigarette dissolved in the air.

I stood still , still in shock and my perspective toward the ancient god are wrong. My cloak is all torn so from the falling so, I decided to replace it with the magical cloak, as soon as i wear it ,I can feel some tingling sensation.

Now back to where I left , I began to fantasize,whatever is inside is surely worth it.

I feel strong enough to withstand whatever's danger comes. I walk towards the portal where the chamber door can be open by blood key,i draw my dagger, i cut steadily into my palm and press my injured hand against the portal. The runes glow a bright red as my blood drains slowly into the portal's mouth, the door beast sucking hungrily like a leech at my cut. My hand is a pale grey color and I feel light-headed before the door keeper is finally satisfied.

Now I'm like a sick person, as I was about to collapse my new cloak, produce a dark green colour fumes and out of sudden I feel so strong again. But my vision is still not normal, I see some kind of black orb circling in an orbit .

The portal and the entire door vanish completely and my hand drops of its own accord. I use a small cloth to stop the bleeding and bind the wound, then I stand still for a while and wait for the black orbs dancing around my vision to disappear.

And now I have the access to the chamber.

I step across, and step into a room filled with a glorious supply of weapons and armor of all type from all generation . Completely wonderstruck and fascinated, i take an extended tour of the room, testing the best of the plunder as i proceed.

Few particular items catches my eye as i pass through the armory. In the defense section, i find a suit cunningly crafted into a full-body set of enchanted armor ,made up of the strongest material, covering everything but neck and head. It is both light as a feather and stronger than anything i've ever owned before. I move on to a display of weapons, a particularly brutal pair of stunning gloves catching my interest.

A small bowl holds three small spheres, a weapon common to many hunters' arsenals. They explode into a torrents of small, fast-moving marbles when activated. Finally, there's a peculiar disk hanging on the wall, which expands into a shield. Sadly, i need to keep my supplies down to a reasonable weight. And i can choose to take the suit, the gloves, or the shields and marble grenades.

I prefer the extra security of the suit for it will give me an advantage to preserve my energy and will give a tension if I fall down from a high point,I will fill less pain and trip-grenades.

The offensive possibilities of the gloves appeal to me and the shield is a good match for my sword and will help the next time i must fight against a group of enemies.

I raise the shield, slipping it over my arm as its perfect balance and well-built grip help me settle it onto my arm. This shield would probably make a good discus to throw in a tight spot, as well. Strapping the shield onto my back, I stand straight, adjusted my blade and my rifles, I discarded some useless thing from my bag, discarded the stale quick MRE ration. Now i reach the door of the centre chamber.

Before I do anything I checked out for any sigil of sign or spell, but I didn't find any. So it means it's like a normal door , locked by a normal lock.

The lock opens easily, and i push the doors gently open. As soon as the door open, I'm in shock and my joy knew no bounds, I'm speechless.

The vast room is filled with an awesome display of riches. Orderly piles and columns of big large chests contain jewelery, crafted pieces, diamonds, and extravagant figure filled with various stones. A pure golden statue of the gods . A human size chess board with the complete chess pieces as big as a human. I'm speechless overcome by surprise and even forgot that I almost died and need to hurry.

I could definitely use this to replace some of the money I lost when my village was destroyed. I thought. I tear down a section of the curtain. With my short magic spells which I recite from my book,in a few seconds the large sheet of curtain is being turned into a large carrying bag, so as to stuff in all the treasure I could grab.

I grab whatever I could carry ,but i mostly choose the stones and the diamond . I took six statues of animal, decorated by precious stones and a bundle of secret manuscript. But I'm not that greedy because of the cloak I'm wearing ,this magical cloak even regulate my temptation. I walked toward the exit. To exit from the castle I had to take the lift , I'm not sure if that will work or not ,if that didn't work I will have to use my teleportation runes.

As I exit, i notice that the castle is really starting to shake itself apart. The floor rattles, and as if on cue, a large chunk of stonework drops from the ceiling and lands right next to my feet. I leap down the stairs, toward the lift , keeping my balance as debris crashes all around me. Sprinting towards the front of the floor, my throat and eyes start to fill up with dust.

Great smokes of dust are forming in the floor beneath me, and the double doors at the entrance are blocked. A massive pillar has toppled, effectively barring them. As i look for another way out, the roar of falling stones gets louder. It's as if the castle itself were intent on swallowing me, a monument to Starlungs eternal desire for revenge.

The building seems to be collapsing from the foundations upward. Very likely, the only escape now is by the the balcony in the other chambers,means I had to go up taking another route. As the escape through the lift failed. As I rush forward, a massive chandelier adorned with spikes of glass suddenly disconnects from the ceiling above and falls in my position.

It falls around me, hitting the floor with a tremendous clatter. I use my shields to shield face as the glass shatters, flying in every direction. Carefully standing, I complete my journey to the ladder's feet. I climb swiftly and reach the balcony.

For a brief, bizarre moment, I notice a magnificent chess set pulsating with energy and a tag above it reading Distinguished Master of the Game,but quickly turn my attention to more important matters, such as surviving! And to escape I grab the rope, lying nearby, i prepare to lower myself down and drop to the ground of another chamber, so as to perform the teleportation magic,as I needed a plane surface and a water source to do so as I have to teleport to a new destination. To set the destination I needed any kind of natural water.

Before i can move, however, a gigantic crack rings through the air. I turn in horror to see the steeple crumbling off the castle's pinnacle, heading straight towards me. I leap unceremoniously into the surroundings sewage, and the steeple obliterates the little balcony as if it had been glass. As i fall, i try to flare my robe out to slow myself, but meet with little success.

I falls into the stale stinks canal water system with a gigantic splash, my momentum carrying me into its depths. Bubbles break the surface as I battle to escape the deep canal of dirty water. I finally make it back out and haul myself away from the water and onto slightly more ground level.

Barely conscious after the fall, i roll over onto my back. My chest rising with ragged breaths, my vision is replaced with a pounding darkness.

Luckily all my belongings are intact and I had a little smile. I reach my bag for a candle and a lighter ,I light up the candle and now I take the runes from my neck dip it in the dirty water, and begin the process of interlocking the two runes to activate it and setting a new destination. After about a minute I manage to activate it, and within a second after I read out the proper spell, I was transported outside the castle, at the place where I left behind Judas, as I turned back, I can only thanks my luck, because the castle had crumbled down and is being ripped and is in ruin. Lucky for me I managed to bring out some precious item with me and also my life.

I felt so , weak and my vision begin to dim, and my senses are becoming dull. My heartbeat beats slower and I fall down flat. I look up the sky and all I see was a million of tiny stars and a large moon. And the last thing i see are Judas's frantic eyes. His screams for me to remain awake go unheard as the deafening silence of unconsciousness overtakes me. I rest my head on my trusted companion small arm.

As I close my eye's, I felt something being pulled away from me.

It was my soul being taken out from my body, I looked down and saw Judas crying loudly ,and my face calmly sleeping. And from the west , a black large giant emerged and he marched forward Judas,and the sky turns blood red, the moon becoming like an eye, as like a mighty wizard about to activate the illusion magica and caste the magic on all creatures.

Suddenly I was sucks in to my mortal body again. I realised it was all a near death distorted vision .

I slowly open my eyes, and says Judas, I can't die.