He hadn't gone far into the dungeon. He could go back, he could run away.
Nothing was keeping him there. Link shook off the feeling of dread and
pulled the steel ring on the door, opening it. A cold chill passed through
his body as he looked into the room.
The room was empty, void of all life; even the small tentacle creatures that had been bouncing around the rest of the palace weren't in this room. Link took another step in to inspect the room more thoroughly when suddenly bars slammed down behind him, closing off his exit. A door across the room followed in suit and Link was locked in. "Beautiful!" he cried the desperation in the pit of his gut growing thicker.
He pulled his blade out of its scabbard. What was going to happen? Suddenly four figures dropped from the ceiling landing on floor. Link followed the beasts with his eyes and to his horror saw paper thin decaying flesh covering their whole bodies stretched over bones. They were dead, or were recently dead. The skeletal demons pushed themselves from the ground and eyed the only living being in the room.
Link pulled his shield to bear and backed away. How could he kill things that were already dead? Probably just like everything else, with the sharp end of the sword. The skeletons started slowly approaching Link. "Come on guys, just a little faster I'm not getting any younger."
He ran at one of them smashing his shield into its rib cage and cleaving its skull in half with his sword. The skeleton crumbled to the ground. Link smiled and turned just to have the other three jump on top of him bludgeoning him with their bones. Pain engulfed his body tearing his tunic and bruising his body. Link struggled to slam the blade of his sword up into the gut of the skeleton. The monster reared up and fell to the floor yellow goo pouring from the broken bones and torn skin.
The other two continued relentlessly pounding their limbs into Link. Link kicked up into the closest one's ribcage, sending him flying back. With the time he bought for himself he turned and sliced into the next skeleton. The beast hit the ground spewing the yellow ooze from its cracked skull. Link turned to the last one and saw that it had become impaled on a jutting bone from one of the other monsters.
The doors slid open and Link continued on through the palace.
He moved along through the dungeon, his lantern lighting the way. The skeletal attacks became much more frequent giving Link the practice he needed with his sword and shield. What had the East Palace been used for back when? He had heard it from somebody, probably somebody in the bar. What had they said? He turned and haphazardly cut into the skeleton to his side. Oh yeah, something like the playground of the Hylian knights. Or the training grounds. He laughed to himself and sliced into another of the skeletons. "I wish I had this kinda practice before I saved Zelda from the Castle. Would've saved me a lot of time."
He continued along until he reached the center of the palace. Or what he guessed was the center of the palace. In the center of the great room was a raised platform, which on top held a giant chest. Around the base of the platform two skeletons patrolled. Link reached into his bag of weapons and pulled from it his boomerang, hoping that his practice with the sword hadn't dulled his competence with the curved piece of wood.
He threw the weapon and watched as it lodged itself into the skeleton head dropping the dead thing to the ground. The other turned quickly and ran for its fallen compatriot. Link wasted no time and slammed the hilt of his blade into the skull of the next. It fell back a step and then slid down the blade of Link's sword as he slammed the weapon up to its hilt into the enemy. The yellow goo that kept pouring from the wounds of these creatures now covered his sword; Link looked at the blade and then slid it back into his scabbard. He retrieved his boomerang and then headed up towards the giant chest just wondering what the box held inside. Link bent down to heave the box open and then took a step back looking in disappointment to find that the chest was locked. Not with a normal key either. This thing needed a whopper key. He backed away and then ripped his sword from its scabbard shoving the blade into the keyhole. A spark shot from the tip of his sword and suddenly intense pain entered his body lifting him from his feet and smashing him into a wall fifteen feet behind him. His body dropped to the ground and then smoke began to file from his charred tunic. What the heck was that? He thought to himself. He got up and walked over to a door across the room. He needed another key, and that's what he would get.
A/N. Sorry that this was shorter than most of the other chapters, and I'm sorry that I've taken so long to get this out. Man, I can't tell you how hard it was to write this without making it to boring, or making it sound like a walkthrough. Luckily in my process of figuring out how to write this chapter I have already written Link's fight with the Armos Knights, and if I don't say so myself its pretty good. Well thanks for bearing with me in all the time its taken. Hopefully the next chapter will be out soon.
The room was empty, void of all life; even the small tentacle creatures that had been bouncing around the rest of the palace weren't in this room. Link took another step in to inspect the room more thoroughly when suddenly bars slammed down behind him, closing off his exit. A door across the room followed in suit and Link was locked in. "Beautiful!" he cried the desperation in the pit of his gut growing thicker.
He pulled his blade out of its scabbard. What was going to happen? Suddenly four figures dropped from the ceiling landing on floor. Link followed the beasts with his eyes and to his horror saw paper thin decaying flesh covering their whole bodies stretched over bones. They were dead, or were recently dead. The skeletal demons pushed themselves from the ground and eyed the only living being in the room.
Link pulled his shield to bear and backed away. How could he kill things that were already dead? Probably just like everything else, with the sharp end of the sword. The skeletons started slowly approaching Link. "Come on guys, just a little faster I'm not getting any younger."
He ran at one of them smashing his shield into its rib cage and cleaving its skull in half with his sword. The skeleton crumbled to the ground. Link smiled and turned just to have the other three jump on top of him bludgeoning him with their bones. Pain engulfed his body tearing his tunic and bruising his body. Link struggled to slam the blade of his sword up into the gut of the skeleton. The monster reared up and fell to the floor yellow goo pouring from the broken bones and torn skin.
The other two continued relentlessly pounding their limbs into Link. Link kicked up into the closest one's ribcage, sending him flying back. With the time he bought for himself he turned and sliced into the next skeleton. The beast hit the ground spewing the yellow ooze from its cracked skull. Link turned to the last one and saw that it had become impaled on a jutting bone from one of the other monsters.
The doors slid open and Link continued on through the palace.
He moved along through the dungeon, his lantern lighting the way. The skeletal attacks became much more frequent giving Link the practice he needed with his sword and shield. What had the East Palace been used for back when? He had heard it from somebody, probably somebody in the bar. What had they said? He turned and haphazardly cut into the skeleton to his side. Oh yeah, something like the playground of the Hylian knights. Or the training grounds. He laughed to himself and sliced into another of the skeletons. "I wish I had this kinda practice before I saved Zelda from the Castle. Would've saved me a lot of time."
He continued along until he reached the center of the palace. Or what he guessed was the center of the palace. In the center of the great room was a raised platform, which on top held a giant chest. Around the base of the platform two skeletons patrolled. Link reached into his bag of weapons and pulled from it his boomerang, hoping that his practice with the sword hadn't dulled his competence with the curved piece of wood.
He threw the weapon and watched as it lodged itself into the skeleton head dropping the dead thing to the ground. The other turned quickly and ran for its fallen compatriot. Link wasted no time and slammed the hilt of his blade into the skull of the next. It fell back a step and then slid down the blade of Link's sword as he slammed the weapon up to its hilt into the enemy. The yellow goo that kept pouring from the wounds of these creatures now covered his sword; Link looked at the blade and then slid it back into his scabbard. He retrieved his boomerang and then headed up towards the giant chest just wondering what the box held inside. Link bent down to heave the box open and then took a step back looking in disappointment to find that the chest was locked. Not with a normal key either. This thing needed a whopper key. He backed away and then ripped his sword from its scabbard shoving the blade into the keyhole. A spark shot from the tip of his sword and suddenly intense pain entered his body lifting him from his feet and smashing him into a wall fifteen feet behind him. His body dropped to the ground and then smoke began to file from his charred tunic. What the heck was that? He thought to himself. He got up and walked over to a door across the room. He needed another key, and that's what he would get.
A/N. Sorry that this was shorter than most of the other chapters, and I'm sorry that I've taken so long to get this out. Man, I can't tell you how hard it was to write this without making it to boring, or making it sound like a walkthrough. Luckily in my process of figuring out how to write this chapter I have already written Link's fight with the Armos Knights, and if I don't say so myself its pretty good. Well thanks for bearing with me in all the time its taken. Hopefully the next chapter will be out soon.