Chapter Ten: The Underground Temple

"Man I didn't know there was a shop in the inn too," Tabby said as the four walked through a little weapon and armor shop. She squealed looking at a toy dagger. "I. Need. This!" She told Darwin with wide eyes as she grabbed the dagger.

Darwin rolled his eyes as he looked into his money bag. "We have five hundred gold, how much is it?" He asked as he watched Blain and Brian look at the swords.

"A hundred and forty gold," Tabbitha replied bouncing in place as she was practically begging Darwin to buy it making him groan.

"Fine," Darwin replied giving her some gold watching her run off to pay for it. He shook his head before walking over to Blain and Brian. "Find a sword you like?" Darwin asked Brian looking up to the knight.

Brian nodded, picking up a bronze sword. "This will do." He told Darwin as Darwin gave him the money to pay for it.

"Now, we only have two-hundred and twenty gold," Darwin told Blain as Brian headed off.

"Um, can I get new clothing?" Blain asked shyly holding out some light blue, Morning Vestments. Darwin blinked as he couldn't say no and gave him the gold as Blain ran off.

"Eighty gold..." Darwin sighed as he put back his money bag. Paying for others was expensive. "Is everyone satisfied?" He asked as the three came back with their new gear. They all nodded with smiles making Darwin shake his head again and leading them out of the shop.

Now that they were all settled with their new gear they left the inn. "This way, the ring's pointing us in this direction," Darwin told them as they started walking. It wasn't long before they started seeing a group of trees.

"In there? I don't know Darwin." Blain said getting nervous, standing behind Brian as the cleric peeked out staring at the Strange Grove.

"We have no choice, don't be a scaredy-cat," Tabby said patting Blain's back before being the first one to enter the Woodlet, followed by Darwin and soon the other two.

The four walked down the path, looking around for monsters in case they would be ambushed. So far everything was quiet, too quiet. "Guys I have a bad feeling," Brian told the others.

"Just be careful, you don't know what might happ-eeeeeeeeeeennnn!" Darwin said before the ground gave out under him, sending him falling down a hole.

Tabitha grabbed Blain since he was the closest and jumped out of the way before the ground went out from Brian's feet too, sending him down with Darwin.

"Darwin! Brian!" Blain shouted as the two stared down the hole. "Are you guys alright!?" He called out hoping to hear an answer.

"We're fine!" Brian called back, but they could hardly hear him. "We seem to have fallen into a temple of some sort!" Brian called to them making Tabitha and Blain look to each other.

"Can you find a way to get back up here?" Tabby called to them, earning some silence for a bit.

"No! We'll find a way out! Try to find a hidden entryway or something up there!" Brian told them.

"Okay! Be careful!" Blain called to them before they got up.

"Alright, let's get digging!" Tabbitha said grabbing Blain's hand as the two kept moving forward to try to find a safer way to get their friends out.

Meanwhile, down in the hole, Brian was looking up at the light from where they came from. Darwin was sitting on the ground looking around their surroundings. It looked to be an underground temple, but what was a temple doing here? Darwin stood up wiping himself down from dirt before stepping towards the temple entrance. "We have to keep going..." He told Brian making him nod and follow after him as Darwin took out the ring. He felt the ring pull towards the temple. "Well, this is the way to go." He told Brian as the two entered the temple.

Darwin looked around at the architect of the temple. "Do you think this could be one of the temples those six gods stayed in?" Darwin asked Brian as they looked around.

"I don't know, but it's a possibility. Want to put on the ring and ask?" Brian asked making Darwin shake his head quickly.

"Yeah, I don't want to be possessed just for a yes or no question," Darwin replied as the two pushed open a door.

Inside the room were caskets with runes surrounding each one. "There's ten of them, do you think these are the heroes who locked those six away?" Brian asked placing a hand on one of the coffins.

"Who knows, but why would they be sealed in?" Darwin asked touching one before the room started to shake. "W-What's happening?!" Darwin exclaimed as he stumbled over to Brian.

"The ceiling's coming down!" Brian said pointing up to the slowly moving ceiling.

"Quickly! in there!" Darwin points to a hole in the wall as the ceiling started going down faster. The two had to go down on their knees as they crawled into the hole just before the ceiling fell down completely. "That was close." Darwin pants as they stood up in a dark room.

"Yeah, but I can't see," Brian replied before they heard giggling around them making them stand against each other back to back. "Who's there!" He called as the giggling kept going.

Darwin held out his staff and lit the room up, both screaming when they saw two children in front of them. The room lit up revealing the two mii children. They just giggled and ran off in different directions making them look at each other.

"Why are there random children here!?" Darwin asked making Brian shrug. "Can we just continue and not follow them? I don't want to split up." Darwin whined making Brian pat his head.

"Come on, we'll follow one of them for now, I don't want to split up either," Brian said as he started following where one of the children went making Darwin groan and follow after him.


~Reviews~

u/9530073/Fireking492 (Fireking492): This is a great chapter, the ring stuff was the best part! I'm glad to hear you can most likely update more frequently right now!

Yeah, I plan on focusing on two stories at a time since I've been overwhelmed with all of my other stories, lol