Suddenly, everything became calm again and everything was back to normal, except the sun, which was now one third across the sky from its position behind the hills. The door witch as previously hidden from sight, withdrew into the temple wall leaving a large opening.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" asked Yoshimo.
"This place is creepy," said Eberk.
"Talk about it," said Tordek, "now let's make a plan so we don't get lost."
"Let's all tie our selves together with the rope that's in the wagon," suggested Lidda.
"Good idea! I'll go get it," said Naull just before she disapperated.
When Naull came back with the rope, everybody tied them selves together, or at least they tried to.
"Ok now, Eberk tie this around your arm and hand the rest back to Lidda," said Tordek.
"Hey Lidda! Take this, tie it to your arm, and hand it back to Redgar," said Eberk throwing the rope back to Lidda. The rope hit Lidda in the face.
"Hey! Be more careful next time Eberk!" yelled Lidda, "that hurt!"
"Sorry Lidda, I didn't mean to hit you," said Eberk apologetically.
"Here you go Redgar," said Lidda handing the rope carefully back to Redgar while she glared back at Eberk. Redgar handed the rope back to Yoshimo and Yoshimo handed it back to Mire who's arms were to thin, so the rope kept on slipping off.
"I'll help you!" said Naull, "contractio" she said as she pointed her quarterstaff at the slipping rope on Mire's wrist. The rope shrunk to just the right size to fit Mire comfortably. After Naull was finished tying herself up, they all started to head into to the temple. The temple halls were lit with burning torches and were amazingly clean although they looked like they hadn't been traveled through in years.
"Hey guys!" Lidda yelled as she peered down at the dimly lit floor, "look at this!"
"Hey! It looks like foot prints," said Redgar, "Zuru must have come through another door." There was what looked like rather large footprints in the dust.
"Yeah, he must have," said a deep, distant voice.
"Wah? Who was that," asked Eberk.
"It's me," said the voice, "ZURU!" Zuru popped out of one of the halls that protruded from the entrance hall. In the dim light, Lidda could see he was wearing a cape and a red head loop.
All of them once again drew their weapons, slipped off the rope, and prepared for battle. This would be a tough battle, but this time they had Mire who had once again turned into a boar and Lidda who drew her ruler sized sword.
Zuru stuck out his hand and a sort of transparent burst of green shot from it. It hit Tordek in the arm, which caused it to wiggle around uncontrollably and fall off onto the ground.
"Don't worry, it'll grow back," said Zuru as he used both hands to fire a red blast that narrowly missed Lidda and hit the wall behind her. Lidda tried to slash Zuru with her sword but missed and fell flat on her face. Tordek flung his War Axe with his remaining arm and it jabbed Zuru on his shoulder, which healed immediately. Lidda rolled under Zuru and made a huge cut in his left leg, which, once again, healed immediately but this time, Lidda saw, under his cape, a small but rather bright red ball implanted in his back. This she told Mire whom then rammed him in his stomach, which didn't heal but did not kill him. He tried not to flinch in pain but he couldn't help but to curl his mouth and let out a small yowl as Mire flung him against the wall. Redgar then found the red ball and stabbed it with his great sword, which made Zuru then let a large yelp of pain. Zuru fired another red beam and hit Yoshimo square in the chest. Yoshimo collapsed to the ground and started to twitch badly. Then he started to float in the air like a toy doll. When Zuru finally let him to the ground, he started to do the same as him; Zuru had caught him and was now turning him against his friends.
Yoshimo suddenly fired a green burst heading for Mire but missed and hit a large boulder that split in half on contact. Kerwyn also saw the red ball with Redgar's great sword protruding from it and jabbed his rapier into it, causing it to dim greatly. Zuru then fired a large purple beam at the ground, which exploded into a purple blaze and knocked out all of the challengers.
When they all regained conciseness, Zuru had left and taken Yoshimo with him. As they were putting the rope back on, they began to talk.
"That chicken left without even winning," said Eberk.
"He's probably heading for the treasure right now," said Naull, "we've got to get there before him!"
"Wait!" exclaimed Kerwyn, "there's blood going back to the way we came from."
"Maybe he gave up," said Eberk.
"He probably went back to repair his life factor, he'll be back," said Naull.
"You mean that red ball that was implanted in his back?" asked Lidda.'
"Yeah!" answered Naull, "that's his life factor, it keeps his healing ability and magical powers."
"Hey my great sword!" exclaimed Redgar, "and your war axe Tordek!"
"Oh! Hand it to me will you?" said Tordek rubbing his shoulder.
"Here you go," said Redgar as he handed Tordek his war axe, "how's your arm by the way?"
"Gone," said Tordek.
"Heh heh heh! Funny Tordek, funny!"
