Quest Item
Sekrety Bessmertiya
Type
Book
Rank
Unique Artifact
This book, though written in a foreign tongue, appears to contain what the writer believes is the secrets of immortality. How much of this is truth or lies is uncertain. This item’s true powers cannot be revealed by less than Divine rank skills until they are discovered by its owner. The only clue to its true contents is a smudged name on the inside cover, ‘—sputin’.
Requires: 200 INT
Well, shit. Some of those were pretty badass. And the quest items were definitely a good bonus. Problem was, I needed to find the quest they went to! But the Grimoire of the Ant? Oh, HELL no! That thing was going to be locked away somewhere nice and safe, where I won’t ever have to hear or think about it again. I was NOT going to have those creepy fuckers around my people.
What injuries we’d taken during the fight were minimal. Though I am sure Yukiko and Nithroel did not enjoy being kicked in the face by the thrashing Queen, it didn’t have the same impact as her full attack or if she had started using spells. Sure, my DPS was crap for this fight, but locking down the enemy allowed us to kill her with only minor injuries, easily healed. So it wasn’t long before we were ready to go, having only rested for a bit to recover our MP some.
Walking through the door that had opened for us, we found ourselves on a set of stairs, spiraling upwards. Exactly one hundred steps, no more, no less, found us upon a landing made of stone, in a chamber that just barely held all of us. A door made of obsidian sat before us, and, like all the others, it opened at our touch. There was a bright light, and then we were back outside the dungeon, exactly where we had entered it.
The guard outside the entrance of the dungeon nodded to us. Of course, the guard wasn’t there to keep anyone out, but more to just let anyone who overestimated their abilities have a second thought before throwing their lives away, and keep the unwary from entering by accident. He promised that he would send word to the Princess that we’d conquered the dungeon, and come through intact.
As we rode away from Black Rock Hold, we talked about what we had found in the dungeon. Specifically, about this ‘Firewatch’ perk, and what these quest items might lead to.
Nithroel shook her head, and said, “I am not familiar with this order of knights, nor of the kingdom mentioned. If it was from a time before the Scourge, then only a few places may still have memory of them. I would suggest exploring the Royal Library back in Wyrmwood, or seeking access to the legendary archives of the Dwarves. Otherwise, you’re looking at trying to find undiscovered thaigs that may or may not have been broken open and filled with Terrors and Terror-spawn.”
I frowned as I considered that. “Well, getting access to the royal libraries shouldn’t be too big a hassle, since I’m a knight of the realm, and the Princesses are fans. Probably would be something I’d have to do myself, though, not sending someone to research for me.”
“We’ll see if the Dwarves have anything in their archives, first. The Hardbottle Clan is apparently some kind of big shots, so we may have an ‘in’ there, once we complete the quest by bringing Brylres the heads of her former team. This is something to think about over the long term. For now, we have a long road ahead of us. There will be plenty of time for wondering as we’re wandering later.”
With a laugh, we set off, heading away from the Tribeslands that had given us so many interesting adventures, and more than a couple unanswered questions, and looking towards the distant mountains, where the dwarven kingdoms awaited us.
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