Dungeon Trekker & the Ancient Mystery [Karasuhime X Lullaby]

[Plague Raven]

After traversing through the pyramid-like tomb in the middle of the desert, the adventurer known by some as Silvertruth had accessed its very core - where the treasure lay. He had to traverse through strange beasts - Sarcophagus Mimics, Jar Mimics, Medjeds to get here, but his stamina was restored and he was ready to face the boss of this joint.

From the ground tunneled a great, humongous serpent.

"Apophis..."

Silvertruth wielded two weapons - a trusty axe and a long-ranged whip, fit for large monsters. From beneath the sandy ground, mummified zombies rose to support the serpent, as did the previously-mentioned Sarcophagus Mimics, which were much like standard mimics, except with power to match their fanciness.

The minions were a distraction, but they were not the best of distractions, being rather grounded. Apophis on the other hand, while having moves focused on burrowing and rising, was good with jumping and was big enough to reach quite a height.

Thinking quick, Silvertruth thought of something. First, he used his whip to grasp and throw the various lesser monsters at Apophis, damaging and threatening it. As soon as Apophis was provoked and charged, he threw his whip again, wrangling the serpent's neck and manipulating his movements to evade the charging beast that burrowed into the soil. Clinging onto the which attached to Apophis, he used his axe to cut the lower body of the serpent, but his scales proved too tough, merely flaying a small portion of flesh away.

Soon, Apophis jumped and resurfaced, tossing Silvertruth to the side onto what appeared to be rock shelves containing tomes and vases. In order to avoid the minions that frolicked the ground and fight Apophis alone, Silvertruth chose to fight while prancing along these lines of shelves.

Whenever his lower body was within reach, he would whip the flayed flesh, paining it, and soon, he threw his axe at great speeds into the pained serpent's maws, where clamping its fangs only served for the blade to slice through its gullet and push its way out of its scaly body.

As it bled blood blacker than night, all Silvertruth really needed to do was keep fighting until it bled to death, since its flailing and hard scales made it impossible to give it a quick, painless death. Jumping down to the opposing side of the shelves to use them as a barrier, Apophis burrowed to reach him, but the scars and bleeding only accelerated with the coarseness of sand. His reduced movement made him more predictable, allowing Silvertruth to land the final blow as he sliced through the beast's emerging head.

Apophis struggled to move, and soon, ceased altogether.

~~~

The battle was done for as the mummies returned to the ground and the mimics returned to slumber. Jumping back to the centre of the room, Silvertruth gazed upon the chest that the now-dead guardian serpent protected, opening it....

 

[Lullaby]

With the Guardian Serpent slain, nothing stood in Silvertruth's way as he went to open the ornate stone chest that stood in the centre of the room. The chest was well-decorated, beyond what one would expect of a treasure chest. Into it's sides, picture were etched depicting strange creatures and seemingly important events. The chest's lid meanwhile were decorated with text in a long-dead language, accompanied by hieroglyphs.

Though, as Silvertruth opens the chest, he finds not the treasure one would expect from such a well-decorated chest. Instead, it turns out the chest was actually a stone coffin, and within it, Silvertruth finds a body. But an extremely well-preserved body at that.

Lying in the coffin is a girl, seemingly about Silvertruth's age, but she's shorter than he is. She's wearing a mostly black-and-white outfit (outfit similar to this) and has long, messy pink hair, extending to about her waist. At first, it appears as though she isn't breathing, but after a few seconds of exposure to the air, her breathing starts. The girl Silvertruth has found is certainly alive, but is she awake?

If Silvertruth were to linger, he'd soon get his answer as the girl slowly opens one eye, revealing their shining gold colour. The girl doesn't appear to be fully awake, judging by how she closes her eye again soon after. Shaking her would probably wake her up properly, but she might also wake up by herself if Silvertruth does nothing.

With the girl's awakening however, something changes in the room. The stone shelves began to lose their rocky appearance, slowly getting replaced with wooden shelves lined with tomes and other items. The sand that covered the floor melted away, revealing a shining floor of marble. It would seem that, with the girl having been awoken again, the tomb itself was waking up also, restoring itself to it's former glory.