The Terathan Dungeon

he pirates were well prepared for this trip. But not well enough, as it seemed. They had a hard time even getting close to the dungeon entrance. The biggest problem during the whole trip haven't been the dangerous monsters themselves, but looting scum who were hiding like vultures waiting for careless adventurers to die. Finally all the pirates had got past the dangerous Terathans and gathered in the northwestern corner of the Terathan fortress, where a ladder led down into the darkness.

After they descended some dangerous creatures awaited them, similar to those they had encountered at the entrance area. Terathan Avengers with their deadly poisoned weapons and strong blows and Matriarchs with extremely high magery skill had to be slain down there, before they could continue to explore the depths of the dungeon. Their goal was to reach the so-called "war zone", a place where the endless war between Terathans and Ophidians was happening.

Finally they reached a great hall where really Terathans were fighting against Ophidians, but they both would turn immediately on any intruder.

As they headed back to the entrance they came across some scum whose business was not to fight bravely, but to block the way of damaged fighters, or lead dangerous daemons and avengers into the area and hide, just to loot the bodies of the victims afterwards. Two of the looters were slain by the pirates, but the pirates also had to grieve some losses. Adventurers beware when you go down into the terathan dungeon! The most dreadful spiders ar the humans, and their most deadly weapon is not a blade, but conniving cowardice!

In the end only two out of eight pirates left the dungeon without dying. Hawkeye had poisoned and slain two looters and survived. He counted his gains after the trip: 253 gold pieces and two murder counts.

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