A Looter in Covetous

oday I met my old friend KugelBlitz again. It had been a long time since we had been going on adventures together. I had grown stronger and more experienced in the meantime, and we wanted to take the opportunity to explore Covetous together. It seemed like Covetous had become my favorite dungeon. Of other dungeons I knew little. After carefully checking the entrance area for people with ill repute, we entered and passed the first caves, slaying lots of Harpies and Rats. Today I reached the exit of the first level for the first time. We passed a winding path in the middle of the mountains and fought our way through the second level. I never had been so deep in the Covetous Dungeon. After exiting level two, we reached another mountain path and finally stood in front of a strange gate guarded by two white statues. What would expect us behind this door?

The dungeon here looked different to the previous levels. Carefully we stepped into the dimly lit hall, looking out for monsters. Suddenly a ghoul appeared. It was a monster of the undead kind, one which I never had seen before. It was quite tough, but we defeated it with combined forces. After going through several doors and littered rooms, we reached another big hall with a large red carpet on the floor. Blood had been spilled here. From out of the corner of the hall we heard a strange noise, like evil laughter. A rotten grey figure appeared out of the shadows, attacking us immediately with powerful spells! It was a Lich! My health quickly dropped despite of my resisting spells skill. We fought side by side, but we didn't have a chance to defeat this undead monster. We quickly ran towards the door to escape into the next room.

I managed to run through the door, but KugelBlitz was stuck inside the hall. A stranger named Drool stood in his way, blocking the exit. KugelBlitz could not follow and died a few seconds later by the spells of the Lich. While I had to hide to prevent the Lich from killing me, I watched Drool looting the corpse of KugelBlitz. After the scum had grabbed a few items, he recalled out and vanished. This was a most cowardly and dastardly deed! It seems there are worse things in Covetous than Rats and Ghouls.
As soon as my health was stable and the poison had worn off, I investigated the body of my friend. The looter had stolen magic weapons and a bag of reagents worth roundabout 1000 gold pieces! I saved the remaining items and ran through the hall towards the exit of the dungeon. There I met the ghost of KugelBlitz. Another adventurer cast the gate travel spell which transported us back to the city of Occlo. There my companion was resurrected by a friendly peasant and I returned the remains of his body, or what was left of it. Should this fellow named Drool cross my path again, he shall have nothing to laugh!

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