Chapter 11: Continuing The Journey
Continuing with his mission turned out to be more difficult than Link had imagined. First, it had to be explained to Pill that there had not been mountains of treasure in the Water Temple.
"Ah, well." Pill sighed, rather disapointed. "There's always other places. But listen, mate, if'n ye ever need to get someplace, or if, maybe, ye wanted to become a treasurehunter, just le' me know. We could get rich, you and I. Just a thought."
Then he had to break away from all the Notones who wanted to thank him and congratulate him on a job well done. The news had aparently spread about his heroic deeds, and so the Notones's attitudes towards him had much improved. When Link finally managed to escape, he found Hero waiting for him by the gate.
"Oh, Link! You were wonderful." She exclaimed, doing an odd little dance of excitment. It is quite something to witness a spider dance. "I heard the whole story." She continued. "Everyone around here is talking about you. You really are a real hero."
Link smiled as they once again set out together. Their next destination was the Lucan Mines. The Lucans were a hardy, tunnel dwelling folk. They dug out caverns and halls to live in. Most of the kingdom's wealth came from their mining operations. Recently, however, something had been disturbing the earth. Cave-ins were happening much more frequently and violent tremors often swept through the land. The Lucans knew something was terribly wrong, but they refused help. They were a proud people. Hero explained all of this to Link as they traveled, then she wished him luck as they neared the foot of a tall mountain.
"The Lucans live inside the Red Mountain." Hero explained. "The entrance is near the top, just follow the path until you reach it. This road is not very well kept, so please be carefull Link."
Looking ahead at the forbidding mountain, Link started on the road alone. Looking forward to his next adventure.