I snuck around the ruined city for a little bit, seeing the familiar monsters from before....I guess they were all over the city.
I tried to see if any of them had some pockets.....but I couldn't figure out where they would keep their treasure....
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Eventually I jumped down into a pool room....and there I found a group of adventurers fighting! They were sitting outside of the old city gates.
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"Don't panic fellow adventurers, I'll help!"
Seamlessly I joined their adventuring....obviously impressing them with my great new armor. I could tell they felt safer with another gnome around.
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The wood elf was extra fancy! But I couldn't let myself be distracted....I was on a mission....a mission for treasure....
Then I saw it....as everyone was fighting more creatures.....I saw a crown on the ground!! It was ground treasure! The best kind of treasure!!
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I stopped fighting and snuck over to it, quickly putting it in my pockets before anyone noticed.....it was probably worth at least 40,000 platinum!
More creatures were defeated and eventually I also found a torch. It was even better than my velium rapier! Double treasure!!
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As the night went on and we fought more, everything seemed to be going great....until suddenly things got quiet. Where were the creatures? We had fightin to do!
It seems Varzi had gone into the city to find more creatures, though that had been entire minutes ago! She was never gone this long!!
Then word spread through the group. The unthinkable had happened. Varzi.....had been captured!!
I knew what I had to do....I was the only one sneaksy enough for this mission..... I had to save Varzi!!
So I snuck into the city looking for where they were keeping her. That is when I saw it....
It turns out elemental monsters don't take prisoners!! Varzi had been murdered!!!!!! The horror!!!!!
I sneakily drug her body back to the group so we could make a grave. It was the least I could do.
But Dagmore the dwarf had other ideas. Using his dwarf magic he revived her! It was a miracle!!!
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We celebrated for a little bit as Varzi recovered from being dead. She was so thankful for my bravery, she even rewarded me with an entire pile of gold!!
Everything seemed to be going great! We continued hunting more monsters like nothing had ever happened. That is....until I heard a vwoosh behind me coming from the group....
When I turned around something didn't seem quite right.... they were all gone!!!!! I had been abandoned!!!! All I heard was a faint echo coming from the entrance "woops, sorry gnome!".
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I tried to climb back out the way I came, but it was too tall for a gnome.....I was trapped....alone....
The only shred of hope I had were the rumors that there was a way out deeper in the city.... but I'd only seen these gates and the death pit!
It was my only chance though. I would have to go deeper inside. Deeper than any gnome had gone before.