Just as this is said, Christian suddenly slips into an overlooked ravine they were walking towards. Yelping, he immediately grabs onto the wet ledge of the ravine, holding on to dear life.
“Y’know, I’m not much of a miner,” Christian began, in hopes of sparking a conversation. “But I’m not totally sure if the terrain here is normally this smooth.” He notes as they continue to walk downward. Indeed, there weren’t many hiccups in their journey in the cavern. Felt more like a hike...
They began to dwell further into the underground of the island, in search of more treasures. The air dampens as they enter the deep caverns. Little dirt is seen in the dark areas of the caves- only the grey, hard cobblestone.
Christian, having not forgotten the attack from the bat, wanders...
“An... Anyhow, let’s keep digging!” Christian insisted, pulling out his pickaxe. “I’m sure there’re more things to dig up deeper in the caverns, after all...”
The sparking stick fires the flaming ball and, quickly thereafter, the bat went ablazed. It squeaks of suffering before it burns to death and drop to the floor.
“It’s dead... Good.” Christian said as he felt his face for any cuts. “God, I hope that thing isn’t feral...” He pondered aloud.
Miraculously, Teruya’s blind dagger swing didn’t hit Christian‘s face- the bat was swung away and flew right towards a dirt wall. Christian breathed a sigh of relief. “H-Hey, thanks, bud. I apprecia-” He said before he eyes at the bat, who eventually got back up and started flying again. “It’s...
As they got closer, however, they suddenly hear the sound of squeaking. Small, little animal-like squeaks that caught both of their attention. “Do... do you hear tha-”
Not a moment later, Christian’s face was suddenly assaulted by a blue-looking bat, who flew in to bite him. Christian screamed...
After a bit of time, they eventually grabbed their fair share of the contents hidden within the areas of the underground. Their pockets filled with several clumps of iron, Christian kinda struggled to walk alongside Teruya. “Ergh... I-I think I mined too much iron. I think my thighs are...
Very quickly, Christian turns his eyes on something that interested him. It was a vein of iron ore, shining from the light of Teruya’s torch. “Oh! Ore!” He exclaimed as he pulls out his pickaxe and approach this vein. He starts picking it away like he did with a tree- pick and pick and pick, he...
He stuttered a bit, confused why he considered his warning as a ‘joke’ before he gave up and followed alongside him.
As they eventually make their way to the underground, where natural light comes to die here, they find themselves in an abundance of cobblestone and various patches of dirt...
After freeing himself from the fire, Christian glares at Teruya, who was laughing at his expense. “Oh, shut the hell up! I could’ve burned to death!” He yelled as he rubs the dirt off of him.
Suddenly, the wand fired a orange, fiery projectile at Christian where he, having not expected this, didn’t react in time to dodge it and was hit by it in the chest, causing his dry clothing to be set on fire! “AH! WHAT THE F#CK!? GAAAAAHHHHHHH!” He screamed as he immediately went to the...
Christian laughs as he came up with a joke for it. “Hey, maybe you can use that as a magic wand or somethin’? Maybe call it a Sparking Stick?” He joked, making a smug little grin in the process.
They quietly approach the chest, seeing that it was made with a iron frame and a near-rotting wooden base. Christian kneels down and shakes the top of the chest for a second. “Just checking to see if it’s locked.” Christian told Teruya, in case he was curious why he did that, before he proceeded...
Eventually, after his arm had healed completely, Christian narrowed his eyes and see something else in the shadows. It seemed to be... a chest! “Uh, hey- hey, Teruya,” He said. “Shine your torch over there. I think I see that chest the Guide was talking about.”
From the few pots he broke, he finds himself in front of a pile of spare copper and silver coins, a few slender but still usable arrows, and a glass bottle containing a illuminate lime liquid inside. “Hey, what’s, erg, that?” Christian managed to speak out as he’s still trying to deal with the...
“So long it gets rid the sting of it,” Christian notes as he unwraps the wound on his arm. “I’ll be fine with it.” Then he sits there and pours the healing potion over his arm, where it pulsates and begins to close itself, leaving Teruya by himself to break some of his own pots.
As they walk closer towards the mountain, they noticed that the cavern entrance, as the Guide had said, contains a bunch of brown clay pots just sitting there in the open. “Huh... the Guide wasn’t kidding.” Christian noted as he approached the clay pots. He attempts to reach his hand into the...
“Y-Yeah, I totally forgot to ask him.” Christian said, noticing that Teruya is staring at him. He then points to a small mountain, with a noticeable cave entrance, from afar. “Anyhow, is- is that the land formation he was talking about?” He asked.
“If you ever need my assistance, please let me know! I am the Guide here.” He said as the duo exited. “Yeah, thanks!” Christian blindly responded. He then walks away from the house and proceeds to dwell further into the greenlands of the forest.
As they walked, Christian still felt the sting...