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Chapter 6
We entered the next room. Even though the stairs took us downwards, we kept going. Going back would just make up lost.
Soon, we saw light. The room was fire-lit...and filled with stronger monsters. Skeletons of the dead, most likely ones who were stuck down here, roamed the whole room. Reddish bats also flooded the room. Though the maze wasn't much of a challenge as we could see, the monsters would be a problem.
"You have heal right?" Crono said calmly. I looked at him and nodded. "When we get down there, start healing the skeletons." I gave him a 'what are you, NUTS!' look and he just laughed and replied with. "Trust me." I sighed and walked after him.
Once we got down, the skeleton soldiers and archers looked at us with there angry red eyes. Before we knew it, we were showered with arrows. In addition, an army of skeleton soldiers marched towards us.
"HEAL!" I chanted, and before I knew it, the skeleton soldier I had just healed, vanished into dust. "Whoa.."
"They're undead. So what would usually save a human would kill them." Crono explained as he set an archer skeleton on fire.
Before long, we had fought our way through the army and had a breakaway. The maze made it incredibly easy for us to find the exit to the next level of the pyramid.
Quickly, Crono started searching franticly for the switch while I healed Crono AND the skeletons continuously. I was getting very tired.
"I FOUND IT!" Crono exclaimed as he stood up. "Go!" I nodded, killed another soldier with my blade and ran into the room. Crono cast Firewall to stall the monsters before following Raijin and I in. The door closed behind us and for the moment we were safe.
"It's another flight of stairs leading downwards..." I said in a hushed voice. We could here the scramble of monsters on the other side of the road. The stairs were dust covered and narrow. There were only two torches that lit the way and the stairs seemed to go in a spiral downwards.
"Well..." Crono took a deep breath. "We have to advance..." I nodded but knew that we were both doubting our situation. Suddenly, the noise on the other side of the door stops and there was silence. "I guess they gave up." The silence however struck fear into both of us.
We could hear moaning and grunting below us. It was faint, but it was enough for me to know that there was more than one.
"You don't think..." Crono broke the silence between us.
"Mummies..." I said, gulping. I took a deep breath and started going down the stairs slowly.
"Wait!" Crono grabbed my arm. "Are you sure?"
"Mummies are undead too." I said. "I'll just heal them."
"They're stronger monsters.." Crono whispered. I smiled weakly at him.
"We'll just have to see how strong they are then." I pulled my arm away from the wizard and started walking again. Crono pulled Raijin along behind me.
Even though we looked all over the long stairs...we did not notice the fresh footprints in the dust.