"Come on, people," I said.
We got a tip from Despair Town that there was another town in Deathtamoor's realm which had this gold mine. Legend suggestyed that a sage's treasure is inside the mine. Not wanting to pass the opportunity that this treasure can help us defeat the Dai Maou Deeathtamoor, we set out for the next town. We were restricted to ground travel, as Falshion could not sprout his wings and the flying carpet could not fly.
Of course, we were attacked by monsters every so often, such as animated skeletons and human wizards; we used our skills to defeat these monsters.
After a few hours, we finally arrived at the town. It looked a lot more prosperous than Despair Town did.
"Welcome to Greed Town," someone said.
"Greed Town?" asked Hassan.
"Sound shifty," said Muriel.
Someone called out to us as we were walking.
"Hey," said this old man. "You wanna step on my carpet, you better pay me."
"No thanks," said Barbara.
"We have a strip club here," called out someone else.
"A strip club?" asked Chamoro. "Gotta check it out!"
"Careful," I said. "I don't think the people in this town are honest."
Chamoro went inside this wooden building.
A few minutes later he came out. I could tell that he was mad from the look on his face.
"What a damn rip-off!" he yelled. "Why can't I get a break!"
"Please visit our casino," said this lady. "It's the pride of our town."
"Hey guys," said Terry. "I say we all head to the casino."
And so we did. There was a bar serving alcohol, and many table games available and even a monster arena. The others were soon playing the gambling games. It was a welcome rest compared to what we had been through when we first arrived in Deathtamoor's realm.
I decided to gather some more information from the people living here in this town. They did not seem to mind living under the Dai Maou's rule. I heard more information about the sage's treasure and the sage himself, whose name was Masarl.
And I heard that inside the mine, there was a clue as to where Masarl had hidden his treasure.
At the end of the day, I met with the others at the inn.
"Tomorrow morning, we will explore the mines," I said. "We need more info on the sage's treasure."
"I wonder if it's another powerful weapon," mused Terry. "Deathtamoor would be running scared if I were to acquire such a weapon."
"We'd better get some sleep, dudes," said Hassan, lying down on the bed.
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The next morning, we all set out for the mine located next to greed town. Nothing but bare rock lined the tunnels, which were supported by thick wooden beams.
Suddenly, we were ambushed by these slug-like creatures with thick lips. One of them emitted a sweet-smelling breath, causing Hassan to fall asleep. Chamoro cast Defeat, decminating this group of monsters. I followed up with casting Lightning and we continued on.
We came across more monsters as we walked through the mine. We fought these animated skeletons that could cast Stopspell to seal out spells, these living flames that breathed fire upon us, these man-shaped creatures with blades and mechanical devices grafted into their bodies, these armored warriors who swung with heavy blades. One annoying enemy was this rock that could cast GiveLife to revive all of its fallen allies. We used our skills to defeat these creatures. The Heallus spell, which Barbara and Chamoro knew, was very helpful in these battles.
After walking through these tunnels, we came across this treasure chest. Opening it, it was empty except for a note.
I know where Masarl hid his treasure
- Morgan
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We left the mines and went to Morgan's house in Greed Town. He was the richest man in town, and as such lived in this huge house. He wore this expensive-looking silk robe and was pudgy and bald.
"Excuse me, sir," I said. "Do you know where the treasure is?"
"You saw my note at the mine, right?" asked Morgan. "that will be five thousand gold."
"Five thousand gold?" asked Hassan.
"Here," I said, giving him the gold.
"The treasure is at the bottom of a lake in the middle of a forest northwest of here," said Morgan.
"Thank you, sir," I replied.
We then left Morgan's house.
"What a greedy man," said Barbara.
At least we have a lead to the sage's treasure," said Muriel.
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From Greed Town, we set off to the north and west, fighting off monsters as we traveled inside the wagon. A few hours later I saw a patch of forest ahead.
Approaching the forest, we arrived at this small lake. A whole bunch of people were there.
"Looks like Morgan told these people the treasure was here," said Chamoro.
"As long as it can help us defeat Deathtamoor," I said.
"I wonder what the treasure is," said one of the people here.
"Maybe it is a huge golden nugget."
"Or a beautiful piece of cloth."
"Would you sell your soul for this?" a young man asked us.
"Uh, sure," I said.
Then I heard this sound, like a waterfall cascading. I looked and saw the lake draining. The lake receded and receded until we saw the sandy bottom.
In the center of the dry lakebed was this treasure chest.
"there it is!" someone yelled. Everyone descended towards the treasure chest.
As we went down, I could hear screams and shouts.
I looked and noticed the people were fighting each other. They looked berserk, as if they were gonna kill each other!
As the others fought each other over the treasure, I saw an opening. Dodging the pounches and kicks being thrown by everyone around me, I got to the treasure chest and opened it.
It was empty.
"it's empty!" someone yelled, only a second after I found that out.
"It was empty all along," someone else said.
"We were gonna kill each other for nothing!"
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We were back in Greed Town. Word of what happened had gotten here just as quickly as we did.
"We were insane with greed," said this rich-looking man. "We must reward you."
He then gave me this Dragon Robe.
"This was made by the sage Masarl," he said. "If you take down the Dai Maou, it will help."
"There must be something back at that lake," said Morgan.
"I guess it will not hurt to check it out," I said.
"We were so stupid," said this lady.
"Deathtamoor appealed to our basest feelings," said a man.
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We went back to the dry lakebed where the empty treasure chest was, the same treasurew chest that the people of Greed Town were going to kill each other to possess.
"There's nothing," said Terry.
I examined the bottom of the treasure chest. Suddenly, it fell down into this hole.
There was a stairway, wide enough for the wagon.
"Well, people," I said. "Maybe we'll find out more about the sage."
And so we went down.