Light and co. had been able to progress further into the ruins. They had encountered a couple more spiders, and had made it about 5 floors below.
"Ugggghhh… Are we there yet Lilly? I'm Starrrrving…." Cooper groaned, and all their stomachs growled at once, them all looking at each other.
"I guess we could stop for a moment…" Light said, as he sat down on the floor, taking out a few slices of melon. and started to eat the melon, while the rest of them sat down as well, each pulling out different foods; Cooper grabbing out some melon as well, Aqua had baked potatoes, and Lilly had sunflower seeds. As they ate, they all were watching each other's backs, just in case some of the spiders came back and attacked them.
After eating, they all got back up, and continued down a passageway that led them to another staircase going downwards.
"Jeez, how far down does this dungeon go Lilly? This is the sixth staircase that we've been down!" Light said, as they were walking down the stairs.
"There should only be one more staircase after this one, but that one's really far off… Anyways, hey Aqua? Did you ever give Cooper that mana potion before we came in?"
"Oh! Thanks for reminding me about that Lilly… Here Cooper, I have extras if you run out of power." Aqua said, as he pulled out a bright blue mana potion, and gave it to Cooper, which he drank.
"Also, have any of your poison resistance potions run out yet? I have a few more but…"
"I don't think mine has, but hand me an extra one to hold on to just in case." Light said, as Aqua handed him the potion. They had reached the bottom of the stairs, and went to the right, and then came to another group of spiders.
"The induderssssss! Get them!" One of the spiders screeched, as all five of the spiders came crawling at them. Of course, Light knew the types of spiders now, so he was prepared. Three of the spiders were a greenish gray color, meaning they were poisonous, and the other two were a bright green, meaning they were slime spiders. All four of them were prepared, and all ready for battle. The two slime spiders came after Light and Cooper, spitting slime balls at them from a distance. Light and Cooper were able to dodge them, and continued forward, Cooper completely crushing the spider underneath the weight of the hammer, which made slime spew all over the place.
"Gross… Spider slime…" Cooper said, as he started to wipe off the slime he got on him. Light on the other hand, was having a little trouble hitting his spider. Light kept dashing toward him, only to retreat back because the spider kept spewing slime. After a bit of that, almost the entire area where the spider and Light were standing was covered in slime. But then Light got an idea; he dashed forward, and jumped on to the slime, making Light dash forward much quicker. When he reached the slime, it was about to spew more slime, but before he could, Light used the flat side of his sword to hoist the spider into the air, and then Light jumped up and sliced it in half.
"Hah! How do you like that!?" Light Laughed.
"Oh! Very impressive Light! Your one spider definitely matched my three spiders that I killed!" Aqua said, as Light looked over to see Lilly brushing off her clothes, and the three dead spiders still spewing a bit of blood.
"Rrrrggg… Anyways… let's move on toward the bottom before I get mocked any more by this bozo."
"Hey, I think I see something ahead!" Lilly said, as she dashed forward, Light, Cooper, and Aqua being stunned for a moment because of how fast she ran, but then ran after her. She led them into a giant room, with four different beacons in each corner, all of them unlit. On the opposite side of them was a giant door, embedded with jewels, but most of it was covered in spider webs.
"Ah, I know what this place is! It's the final puzzle in the ruins. You know all the traps that we accidently set off before? Well, basically, if you didn't die from those, you had to pass this puzzle, to see if you were worthy to wield the sword. Anyways, in order for the test to start, we need a me- OH SHOOT! I FORGOT THE MEDALLION IN THE VILLAGE!" Lilly yelled, as she started to run off, but light had been able to catch her hair before she could run off.
"OW! Hey- that hurts Light!" Lilly yelped.
"Jeez, calm down will you? We already have the medallion… Right Aqua?" Light said, as he continued to hold Lilly's hair, her whimpering from time to time.
"Right, I've got it right he-"
"Right here." Cooper said, as he snatched it out of Aqua's hand, and placed it in a hole in the middle of the door.
"H-hey! I was goanna-"
Suddenly, four of the gems started glowing brightly, than four different colored lights came out of the gems, and then went down four different passageways. Light let go of Lilly's hair immediately after that, and they all just stood there for a few moments.
"Uh… Lilly? What just happened?"
"Ow… oh, the test began… But i'm not telling you anymore until you apologize for pulling on my hair! That was near my ears you know!" Lilly said, as she started to pout, which then Light groaned.
"Why should I? You were about to leave, finding out it wasn't there, and then return!" Light said, as Lilly was still pouting. Light groaned again, and then went over to her, and started to pat where he was holding her.
"I'm SORRY. Ok? Was that good enough? Do you need someone to kiss you? Someone like Aqua?"
"HEY!" Aqua yelled.
"Nah, Aqua looks to professional, and Cooper… well, it would be like taboo if I kissed a young boy… So… I guess you'll have to do!" Lilly said, as she pounced (Yes, pounced, she's a cat remember, and she also flirts a lot.) on Light, which made him fall over, while Lilly kissed him.
"Wa- hey! St- STOP THAT" Light yelled, as Lilly continued to kiss Light.
After a bit, Lilly finally stopped.
"Anyways, what we need to do is split up, and go to each of the four corners, and retrieve the light that came out of the gems, which should light the beacons. So…"
Lilly looked around at the areas where the lights went to, and stopped at one of the entry ways, which was very high.
"Ok, I'll head up that one, since I'm such a great climber…"
"We haven't even seen you climb." Cooper said, as he looked at the other entry ways, and stopped at the one that had a tiny hole to crawl through.
"I'll take that one over there; I highly doubt any of you would be able to crawl through anyway.
"Right…" Aqua said, as he looked at the last two; one of them looking normal, and the other went straight, but then went down, and went into some water.
"I'll take the one with the water, Light doesn't know any magic, and I know a spell that will allow me to breathe underwater for a while. Also, we should all take one of these." Aqua said, as he pulled out four smooth white stones.
"Uh, what is this Aqua?" Light said, and he put it into his hot bar.
"They're just return stones. They will teleport you back to the room you were most recently in, besides the one you're in right now. Just throw it on the ground, and you should get teleported back." They all put one of them into their inventory, and nodded.
"Once we get back here, we should find out who, or what is behind the disappearance of the supplies at the village." Light said, as he started to head down his passageway. "Alright, good luck everyone!" Light said, as he ran down the hallway.
Light didn't have that difficult of a passageway; he had to fight a few monsters, doge some traps, and jump over a few holes. When he turned a corner, he saw the bright light hovering up ahead. But as soon, as Light took a step the floor in front of him collapsed, but when he stepped back, the floor came back up. Light then jumped over the part that made the floor fall, and ran up to the light, which was glowing a bright green. Light went up to touch it, but it suddenly disappeared. Light figured it had lightened up the beacon, so he grabbed the stone, and was teleported back into the main room, where he saw the other three standing there.
"Wait, did you guys have to wait long?"
"Nah, we all got back around the same time; mine was easy; I just had to crawl left, right, then straight, and I found the light, which was a bright orange." Cooper said, as he pointed at the beacon that was glowing a bright orange.
"Mine wasn't hard either; I had to do the same as you Cooper, except underwater, and I got the bright blue light." Aqua said.
"Mine was sort of difficult, I had to climb up there, and then climb across a few gaps, and then climb up to get the white light." Lilly said.
"Well, mine was-"
Suddenly there was a giant rumbling in the room; the door was opening. The four gems lit up, and then the door started to open, rumbling as it moved. The door to whatever was causing the Nekordians so much harm was beyond that door.
