The Cursed Paradise (Edentia Online)

Chapter 17

△20 Octodia 1656

Alpha has introduced us to his sub guild [Empty Sky], it was taken from japanese word "Sora"; has two meanings which are "empty" and "sky", that's where the name came from. He is the leader, and Erenna as the vice leader. They want to take me and Jotan into the [Treasure] dungeon, the [Treasure] dungeon could only be accessed by purchasing the [Treasure] dungeon map.

"I wonder why do you take us here..what's in there ?" I asked.

"Well, since it was undiscovered..we could get a greatest treasure here..And it will worth the map price." Alpha replied.

"Yeah, we got Jonathan too..he could open the door riddle." Erenna rubbed her head, A riddle huh ? so that seem legit if the dungeon were undiscovered. "But, if you solve it wrong, and transferred into a trap." Erenna swinged her whip, and twisted Jotan's arm. "I'll kill you alive." Jotan freaked out, he tried to release the twist. "Nah, don't worry..we still need you." she giggled.

"You creep me out." Jotan patted his chest.

Alpha scrolled the [Treasure] dungeon map, with his bow on grip he waved an arch, the arch were red in color. The dull map turned into holographic style, the red arch swirled into a colorful portal with golden lines. As we stepped to the portal instead of walking passed it; like ordinary portal, we're sliding along the tunnel. At the end of the tunnel, a slight of light came out. Then we fall hard on the ground, it was inside the cave area, water trickled from stalagmite fell upon my head, the cold feel flowed. In front of us there was a blinking door in different color with a puzzle box in the middle. Jotan stepped forward, his pointy finger scrolled the riddle, the hard part is you only have one attempt to try.

"Done !" Jotan said

◎Transfering to the [Treasure] dungeon

The door opened, with a picture of dark hallway. When we stepped inside, light torches lit up. Alpha picked a torch, he swinged to reveal the dark area, something leaped from the darkness.

"Watch out !" Alpha gestured his hand in front of us, it's a scally silinder thing that crawl. Alpha look closer, the scales grow bigger. "It's...it's a snake !" he leaped backward, prepared his bow. Accidentally the torch fell, as fire spread around us the shadow of gigantic cobra revealed. "Brace yourselves !" he paused for a while. All of us prepared our weapon. "Ready in 3...2...1.." he said.

Surprisingly the room fell into darkness, the light goes up again, we were in a different room filled with plenty of gold coins piled in mountain. Gold ! it's the treasure room they talked about ! abundance of money. Jotan tripping over the coins, he slided around.

"Wheee ! it's fun !"Jotan said

"Wait for meee" Erenna replied, she sliding around the corner.

While three of them swum over the coins pile, I was walking to the white stone table in the middle, slowly I reached there. An iron chest with wood carving, a padlock hung at the chest's mouth, I pry it up with my sword but it can't be opened. The head of big golden snake emerged out from the coins pile to be surprise, it rise higher until the roof top, it's body were made of gold coin being absorbed around us. While Jotan, Erenna, and Alpha realize what happen they gape their mouth wide.

"Iza watch out," Jotan said, he grabbed me. "I got you"

Alpha draw his arrow with a gesture, he aimed at the snake's head. "Silent Hurricane !" in a flash it only penetrate the scale. "Damn it !" he said.

Jotan drew his sword, he strach his head think about a strategy. "If it can't be destroyed on the outside," he jumped on the snake body. "Destroy it inside !" he leaped on a pillar, "Slicing style ! Flying sword !" he rocketed to the snake's mouth. It gulped him in a second.