Ch. 8
Ian and Gina had been walking for about 10 minutes when they finally decided to light a lamp. When the light spread around them they quickly noticed the walls around them were made of a black crystal. It was smooth yet rough, you couldn't quite tell. It reflected the light from the lamp like a mirror. Ian took his belt knife and tried to scratch it. His knife didn't even leave a mark. "Damn, that's not good there are probably trying to stop us from breaking through" Ian mentioned a little louder than he expected. Gina then quickly turned around thinking she heard something. "Did you hear that noise, it sounded like tumbling rocks", Ian gently ignored her and said it was just her imagination. As soon as they turned around the saw a large group of giant red eyes starring at them. The light showed them that it was a group of 4 giant spiders. Each spider was about a foot in length. They had large venomous fangs. Behind them Ian and Gina noticed a gigantic spider web. Gina then drew out her mace and shield just as one of the spider leapt at her, she smacked it away with her shield. Ian drew his knife with lightning speed and cut one of the spiders in half with a powerful stroke of his blade. But Ian had thrown so much strength into the blow that it knocked him over as well. "Ahhhhhh, help me Gina", Ian yelled as three spiders leapt on him. "Be right there Ian" Gina yelled as she smashed a spider against the wall with her mace. Just than one of the spiders bite Ian on the left arm. Gina quickly ran over to him and killed the rest of the spiders. "Oh my god, my arm a I cant move my hand and its moving up", Gina ran up to him and looked at the bite. She knew what was wrong; these spiders have a very strong paralyzing poison. Soon Ian would not be able to move at all, and his heart well stops beating. There was only one thing to do, she explained to him that she would have to cut off his arm, without the antidote he would die in a matter of hours. He said it was OK. She started a fire and sterilized his knife blade. She then cut his arm off. He yelled so loud, she thought her eardrums would explode. Almost instantly she cast a spell to seal the wound up. They stayed there for a couple hours in tell Ian was able to walk again.
Ian and Gina went on again with various battles for the next couple of days, but for all they new they could have been going in circles. Ian stayed in the back for most of these battles. With only one arm and a knife, he wasn't able to do much. He just only hoped he would still be able to lift the sword.
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William and Kevin had spent the whole time in the temple exploring all the secret passageways. Kevin found his biggest interest in an old library built to the god Sol. There were many magic books and scrolls. None of them could compare to the book that belonged to the wizard Gandalf the White. He could only decipher a couple pages but they held spells he never even dreamed of. William on the other hand liked exploring the rooms that held secret passageways and how they worked, because he is a gnome. On the ninth day he found a room with a chest in it. He is a gnome and couldn't get it opened, ti must have been magically locked he thought. If that is the case I bet it has something shiny in it, better go get Kevin. He then ran off to find Kevin and show him the room and the chest.
Ian and Gina had been walking for about 10 minutes when they finally decided to light a lamp. When the light spread around them they quickly noticed the walls around them were made of a black crystal. It was smooth yet rough, you couldn't quite tell. It reflected the light from the lamp like a mirror. Ian took his belt knife and tried to scratch it. His knife didn't even leave a mark. "Damn, that's not good there are probably trying to stop us from breaking through" Ian mentioned a little louder than he expected. Gina then quickly turned around thinking she heard something. "Did you hear that noise, it sounded like tumbling rocks", Ian gently ignored her and said it was just her imagination. As soon as they turned around the saw a large group of giant red eyes starring at them. The light showed them that it was a group of 4 giant spiders. Each spider was about a foot in length. They had large venomous fangs. Behind them Ian and Gina noticed a gigantic spider web. Gina then drew out her mace and shield just as one of the spider leapt at her, she smacked it away with her shield. Ian drew his knife with lightning speed and cut one of the spiders in half with a powerful stroke of his blade. But Ian had thrown so much strength into the blow that it knocked him over as well. "Ahhhhhh, help me Gina", Ian yelled as three spiders leapt on him. "Be right there Ian" Gina yelled as she smashed a spider against the wall with her mace. Just than one of the spiders bite Ian on the left arm. Gina quickly ran over to him and killed the rest of the spiders. "Oh my god, my arm a I cant move my hand and its moving up", Gina ran up to him and looked at the bite. She knew what was wrong; these spiders have a very strong paralyzing poison. Soon Ian would not be able to move at all, and his heart well stops beating. There was only one thing to do, she explained to him that she would have to cut off his arm, without the antidote he would die in a matter of hours. He said it was OK. She started a fire and sterilized his knife blade. She then cut his arm off. He yelled so loud, she thought her eardrums would explode. Almost instantly she cast a spell to seal the wound up. They stayed there for a couple hours in tell Ian was able to walk again.
Ian and Gina went on again with various battles for the next couple of days, but for all they new they could have been going in circles. Ian stayed in the back for most of these battles. With only one arm and a knife, he wasn't able to do much. He just only hoped he would still be able to lift the sword.
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William and Kevin had spent the whole time in the temple exploring all the secret passageways. Kevin found his biggest interest in an old library built to the god Sol. There were many magic books and scrolls. None of them could compare to the book that belonged to the wizard Gandalf the White. He could only decipher a couple pages but they held spells he never even dreamed of. William on the other hand liked exploring the rooms that held secret passageways and how they worked, because he is a gnome. On the ninth day he found a room with a chest in it. He is a gnome and couldn't get it opened, ti must have been magically locked he thought. If that is the case I bet it has something shiny in it, better go get Kevin. He then ran off to find Kevin and show him the room and the chest.