A dragon? It's clear you've never seen one yourself Pyoh, if we were to encounter a dragon right now, except if one of you have a hidden power of class A, we're done for.

Nhieling looked around, the temple was calm, too calm. Even in ruins there is always the sounds of the animals living here... Even with his excellent hearing, he couldn't hear anything except from the wind passing through the holes in the walls.

Well that's true. And I'm sure Bex and his partner are that strong. I think... He looked at the temple and saw a small door. Let's go in then. He hurried into the door. He opened it and saw that the whole room was a labyrinth! Aw crap! He turned around to the group and shook his head. Well, which way do we go? I'm sure this demon and artifact are in the middle.

" I would say split up but that would be the stupidest and most idiotic thing ever." The aura here was bad and the room was sort of dark. It reeked of acid too." I will start marking all the choices we make but judging by this demon's intelligence maybe we should be careful of traps."

Nhieling stopped, and started concentrating.

I can feel him, or maybe it's him, there is a lot of demonic energy here, but I can't feel any presence, probably a nest of low level demon. There is just one, a lot stronger than the others, it come from under us. There must be an underground cave under this temple, a deep one, but we'll have to take care, there is probably demon everywhere....

" Well since there are demons every where shouldn't we be more on guard or something? Also why does it reek of acid?" It's not that dark if we light a match. As she reached into her pouch Alice also pulled out some smoke bombs. " Want any?" Now where are those matches?

Matches would be good. Taurou watched her dig through a pouch and produce smoke bombs. She held them out and he shook his head. Sorry, none for me. I'm willing to fight with whatever comes at me. He looked at the rest of the group. Anyone else want some?

"Splitting up would be a bad idea"I said.We were already hostile to these demons.

I scanned the for any suspicious movement or activity.None..
Though this aura time and again fluctuating signaled to an ambush.We weren't the hunters here,but the prey.Most of the group was exasperated while some eager to fight.As we proceeded further however the demonic ki became more absolute.It was heavier than usual,almost intruding with our senses,till the prime beast was exposed.

"A fiend"said the hell child finally conversing.

Yes it was for a fact a fiend.The origin of fiend in hell was perhaps the most questionable and unjust among others.They were never human to begin with,oblivious of their vile acts and sins committed inadvertently.
This demented creature was damned to stray from heaven,to be reborn in hell.
To forge one was an applaud-able task in itself since their creation was always marred with a weakness.Not one,but many animalistic creatures or barbaric human souls were fused together,while each of them was still in consciousness.Drawn to the vortex of hell,trapped and suffocated in a body undesirable to their liking,they often rebelled within the demon's conscious mind.Making him an easy pray to even the weakest attack at times.

Nonetheless his hide was like a stoned fortress of impenetrable defenses.His strength was a bargain for the souls sacrificed .

In a demon militia these were ranked the lowest,acting as watchdogs and sacrifices for greater causes and attacks.In our case an ambush.This fiend sat dumbfounded in front of a room,undoubtedly the item laden inside.
Without a doubt he was not our target,but a bait.

"There are more than one here.Its an ambush.I'm afraid to counter it,someone will have to take the bait." I said judging the situation.

" Why can't I just send a golem? I'm sure these low level things are stupid enough to fall for it." She motioned her hand for one of the wood golems. " This should do right? What do we do after we send one in?"

"This would be perfect,although do diverge his entrance from our current position.Once they fall for our counter bait,they would expose themselves.Then its time for us to attack."I said as I judged the situation

Of course unlike drogans I was now working with mages,each with his own unique ability and strengths.Their abilities would be put to good use,as each of us would have to enter the direct attack soon.

" What's its weak point though? That skin looks tough and I doubt one of us will be in front of it to attack its stomach." Lets see the common structure to an earth golem was... If they were going to discuss more than Alice would make more golems. " Also do we split into groups when it comes to attacking?"

Taurou, who was quietly waiting for a chance to speak, spoke now. I would like to split up for my own reasons. I don't mind if one of you tag along, but I heard something else was in this labyrinth and I would really like to find it. Knowing that he had joined this quest to help out Alice, he sort of felt bad for abandoning them for his own purposes, but he was sure it was close enough to acquire and return before the battle went too badly.

Suddently turning to Taurou, Nhieling asked :

Oh?.... What kind of "something"?

It's a type of armor. It covers the shoulder down to the outter part of your arm. It has a black gem which helps create a weak barrier. It'll weigh a tiny bit but it shouldn't make that much of a difference. He started rummaging through his pockets, And the barrier isn't that much of a hindrance to many types of attacks, but it should help me quite a bit seeing as how I get myself into a lot of tight pinches. His eyes lit up and his ears flickered as he pulled out a scrap of paper with a picture. This is what it is.

Spoiler:

Taurou laughed. He was eager to get the item, but wasn't sure what was guarding it. That's one reason why he wanted to go alone. Another reason was so he could avoid chaos and accidentally destroying the artifact that was being worn by a demon. Sure, he said stuffing the picture back in his pocket. He scaled the walls next to the group and sat down, letting his legs hang freely over their heads. He pointed left. Go that way and take the next two rights if you wanna come. He then slipped off the wall, behind it out of the sight of his group.

( OOC: Guess what I just had? A power outage! Anyway for those who want to do something but can't because their schedule doesn't coordinate just join the side quest.)
" Wait up!" Alice followed the path Taurou had specified. In case they needed to she had left the earth golem and brought Terra with her. Let's see left and then 2 rights. After she got there she called out. " Hey where are you?"

Taurou started walking down another hall when he heard Alice call out to him. He tossed the scrap paper to her in a balled up shape. He continued walking and found a small little hole in a wall. He climbed through and saw a small goblin like creature wearing the artifact he was looking for. Found it! He called out to Alice. The creature was about 2ft (for those who don't use metrics) tall and had a massive helmet on that looked more like a shell than a helm. It carried a spiked cudgel and a small slingshot on its side. Its skin was blue and ears were long. It only had small, raggedy pants on and was over weight.

This looks quite deadly, despite its size. Taurou stated. He stretched then ran at the monster.


[OOC That sucks! Evil power outages!]

Alice picked up the scrap paper. " Well that's useful." As she watched him spot the demon and challenge it she couldn't help mutter " Knew it. Well better make sure nothing tries to leap out of the darkness."

The smaller demon saw as the unknown creature approached it. It prepared its club to hit it the moment it came.

He wanted to finish off the tiny goblin quickly so he wouldn't harm the precious artifact. The goblin swung its cudgel at Taurou as he approached but he jumped it easily landing behind the goblin. He said, Poen a dioddefaint - Gladius Fulgoris!

A blade made out of electricity extended from his hand and he swung down at the goblins forehead. The goblin nimbly dodged, but still took a large amount of damage. The arm that was holding the cudgel was sliced clean off with a crackling sound of static. The goblin screeched in pain and looked at Alice. It picked up the cudgel from its other arm and charged at Alice, its tongue flailing and his severed arm stump splattering blueish black blood as it ran.

" How annoying, Taurou did you really have to cut him? Terra 5 arrows of Earth." The only reason why Alice preferred blunt weapons was because it knocked the enemy out. No blood involved. Judging by the attack I would say... She jumped on top of Terra using it as a footstool as it used its magic and climbed on to the wall. If the demon hit the wall then she could attack it from above.

The goblin seeing Alice and Terra up higher, tried stopping short but skidded along and met the wall. He fell flat on its back, dazed. Taurou ran over to the goblin before Alice finished it off and took the artifact. Once Acquired, Taurou backed up as fast as he could before Alice and Terra cam crashing onto the goblin.

" Hey Nim self destruct!" Alice dropped one of her unimportant golems on to the demon and waited for it to explode. The explosion wouldn't hurt that much but it would have knocked the demon out. 1...2...3... There was a small flash and then a small explosion. The demon was knocked out. " Did you get it?" asked Alice as she climbed down the wall.

Taurou looked at the small explosion with interest. Before long, he held up his reward proudly. Yes, I did! Magica Armatus. Magic Armor. He slipped the shoulder armor on and moved around a bit. Feels good. He said, still moving his arm a bit more. Feels like cloth but, he tapped it with his knuckle. A sound of reverberating metal was made. It's as tough as metal. Seems well made. He nodded. Ready to go get your dream reader? He walked out of that area.


Sorry about that "side quest" by the way. He said looking back at Alice.