Chapter 2
We're am I? Nergal's eyes slowly adjusted to the brightness. "Hello traveller" Said a an Al Kharid voice, I am "Kashif of Al Kharid, and who might you be stranger". "I'm Nergal, now leave me" "Don't you want to know how you got out here Nergal". Nergal attempted to draw his sword but realized it wasn't there when his hand met the empty sheathe "What did you do where's my sword and other effects?" "You were robbed and a carriage came out here and dumped you in the middle of the desert, we are currently by Bedadin camp. I'm a slave here and you will be soon if you don't leave… here take these waterskins and follow the ocean north then you will find a cave if you enter you are sure to perish amongst the sand" Kashif handed over the waterskins.
Nergal walked north his lips cracking from the dryness of the desert all he had seen for miles were camels and driven sand and the occasional palm tree or cactus. Nergal had thought to himself that he must have been on a footpath because of the driven sand. Nergal felt an extreme pickup of the dry desert wind on the Nergal looked on the sunset and seen a wall of dust and sand. Nergal ran as fast as he good looking for any cover at all but failed to see any of either side of him, he looked to the north and adjusted his eyes "There" Nergal shouted running towards a cave. Nergal darted inside the dark cave, He walked down a long tunnel passing burrows he walked for ten minutes then came across a group of beetle like creatures they all lunged at him but there attacks were futile, Nergal unarmed raised his fist and swung at one of the green six legged creatures head its skull caved in with a loud cracking sound, gore poured from its head he through his fists at the other three beetles and he relentlessly crushed there skulls with a single punch.
Nergal wiped his blood and gore covered hand onto his shirt and starting going deeper into the cave. Nergal walked for another ten minutes or so and came across a corpse, the corpse had been wearing some rare and powerful armor known as rune and also a red long sword was laying next to the twisted deformed corpse. Nergal had recognised this weapon as a dragon longsword a very expensive weapon few could afford and very few of these weapons were known to the land of Runescape. Nergal had stripped the corpse of its avatar and replaced his tattered clothing with the superior armor. Nergal had put the dragon weapon into his sheathe and walked even deeper. Nergal knew there was something special about this cave it had been deserted and there had been creatures he had never seen before. The walls were covered in blood and the ground littered with bones. Nergal came across another group of beetle like creatures and they all attacked in sequence, this time they had made contact and had knocked Nergal to the dirt Nergal got up and swung his newly found weapon crushing down on the much stronger beetle creature he quickly stabbed and hacked away at the creatures and they all were eventually dead. Nergal looked ahead and seen a much larger beetle creature four or five times the size of the group he had just killed the larger beetle stood with four creature half the size of it. Nergal thought to himself, where I know I've heard of beetle creatures like this in the desert before but… what were they called? Kalocs….? Kalphrits?… Then it hit him the creatures were called Kalphites and the largest one was the queen, The Kalphite queen… the toughest known monster in Runescape.
For the first time since he was a child fear had struck Nergal. Nergal drew his weapon and darted in behind the queen and her four guardians he stabbed the weapon into the back of the one of her guardians, suddenly he was knocked off his feet and felt a sharp pain climbing from his ribs up, the Queen had struck him in his chest shattering three of his left ribs. Nergal stood up in great pain and began to hack away at the guardians trying to rid them of the dungeon first he hacked them away with petty ease and then turned his attention to the dreaded queen. The sharp pain shot and throbbed through him, Nergal ignoring the pain, he had much worse growing up during his clouded childhood. The green beetle resembled the others he had killed but was far stronger and larger. Nergal swung and sliced at the creature, the volley of attacks proved futile against the beetle despite his constant barrage he had not even cut an inch into the creatures think hide.
Nergal collapsed he began bleeding from the mouth, Nergal thought that his lung must have been punctured from the blow to his chest. The Kalphite queen hastily charging and attacking at Nergal, He was knocked to the dirt again, Nergal stabbed the sword into the stomach of the beetle and blood poured from the wound. Nergal took three more stabs to the belly of the beast before rolling over and moving to the side, he got back to his feet and the beetle had tackled him hard, Nergal had remained on his feet and spit up a quart of blood. Nergal knew he was going to die unless he got help quick, enraged by the Kalphite, Nergal went into a state of berserk never minding his defence and blindly attacking the creature, Nergal had was giving the creature hell until it sliced through the kidney area of the armor and cut a large gash into Nergal's side. Nergal fell back towards the wall and blood poured from the new wound in his body, Despite his pain and rage Nergal stood up and side stepped towards the creature then rolled back under the queen's weak point he thrusted the sword up into the creatures ribs and twisted the blade ripping apart the lungs of the beetle, blood oozed from its wound right on top of Nergal. Nergal got up and watched the creature struggle to stay alive, it was dying the beetle took four steps towards Nergal and collapsed.
Behind the corpse of the Kalphite Queen was a pedestal with the rare and powerful dragon chain armor along with the rest of the set, the medium helm, the square shield and the plate legs. This was indeed Nergal's greatest achievements, he had defeated the Kalphite Queen and her minions single hand. Nergal walked towards the avatar of red armor and stared at it with awe, He took the armor from its ancient resting place and stripped from the rune armor then strapped himself into the newly acquired avatar.