Lore/Story For The Wynn, A Wynncraft Story Is Out (8)

Krisstal couldn't shake that uneasy feeling about her friend. His hand was pressing on his rib this whole time and he smelled... like sewage, even though the smell was faint. She dragged Skywalker outside the bakery after excusing themselves.


'Okay, what's going on here?' She gave him one of her looks at him. Skywalker was now faced with what he dubbed 'Krisstal Glare'. Immediately, feeling the intimidation coming from her eyes.


'I... I... had an accident. I was trying to help someone out in the sewers but I slipped and fell...' He sheepishly smiled, that was partly true at least. He wouldn't dare to mention anything about Ooni, Waront or Herobrine. She would kill him if he told her he busted someone out of jail just because he listened to what they had said. Herobrine, well he was threatened to keep quiet.


'Someone got stuck in the sewers? Who exactly...' She eyed Skywalker suspiciously.


'Well...' Skywalker tried to think of a name when suddenly his hand was pulled, the two looked at a red hand, the blood stain was as large as an apple. Krisstal shrieked a bit while Skywalker look at his own bloody hand, his eyes widen in horror. The cut he got from that blow was a lot more serious than he initially thought.


'Okay, I am going to buy some healing potions for you, you sit there and wait.' Krisstal said, hurried to the Potions Merchant's store at The Plaza. He tried to stop her saying that he got some himself, but she was lost in the crowd. Skywalker winced a bit as he sat down, the pain somehow intensified by a million while he was so aware of the wound, but seemed like there was nothing but a slight sting back when he was at the sewers or in the bakery. He drank two health potions and hoped a scar won't appear after he got healed.


He saw her friend purchasing a few health potions when the horrible memory decided to play again and again in his mind. 'a girl friend very close to you... to be harmed, physically and mentally... a girl friend very close to you to be harmed, physically and mentally...' he wondered if Herobrine said girl friend or girlfriend.


'We are just friends anyways...' Skywalker shrugged the minor choice of word off, his mind quickly shifted back to what Herobrine said. He hated to keep secrets, it made him feel guilty and uncomfortable all the time, yet this time, he couldn't do anything about it... he could almost felt tears leaving in his eye sockets.


He felt his fear bottling up, as if ready to overwhelm him at any time. The sense keeps replaying in his mind and he felt pressured but couldn't release it. His head felt like it was being squeezed tightly.


'Here, drink it. I'm going to bandage your wounds a bit here.' Krisstal said, wrapping the bandage around his trunk while Skywalker lifted his shirt and jacket up a bit. He wished that the mental pain will ease like his physical pain that easily.


Krisstal, on the other hand, was sighing at her patient, he had once again injured himself as always, probably due to his impulsive and recklessness personality. She wondered what was going on in his mind all the time, the male in front of her always looking for adventure with no regards of his life. She scolded him days ago about him being so thoughtless about his own life, and even she knows it's a bit annoying, she decided to confront about this again with him later.

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Hearolie was on the Emerald Trail once again, he had two bows strapped to his back, the thunder powder tied tightly at his side while holding the unidentified leather chestplate. He finally understood what Therck meant by unidentified weapons being useless, he was charging at a spider back in Nivla Woods a while back, holding his unidentified bow and pulled the bowstring, no arrow shot out like his old one. He proceeded to just beat the spiders with the limbs and notches while Hatath was brewing the medicine he promised in the tent. Hearolie returned with the young soldier who apparently was called Gordon after they cleared the spiders surrounding the area. Hearolie also tried to put the leather armour on, but apparently some magic or enchantment prevented anyone from wearing it, he could hold it but every time he tried to wear it, the armour wouldn't move an inch. Gordon informed him how the Item Identifier is not in the town but rather on Emerald Trail itself, in fact, a Potion Merchant, Item buyer, Weapons Merchant and Item Identifier are all in close proximity with one another, located right in between Ragni and the woods. Hearolie was astounded how he missed so much even though he has been on the same trail for two times. He mentally noted to be more observant in the future.


It was just a little after the sky started to darken when he had to excuse himself and return to the city and sure enough, as Gordon had told him, the Potion Merchant shop, the Weapons Merchant tent and the Item Identifier house were all in the opening. Hearolie was dumbfounded how all of them could have missed it as he went inside the Item Identifier's house, greeting the guard next to the entrance.


The Item Identifier was an elderly bearded villager. His blue robe had golden lining and also have a brown rope using as a belt. Hearolie handed in the unidentified bow to the villager first, whom took it and placed it on an enchantment table, muttering in their strange language and then he saw so far the most occult thing ever. A magical bluish aura was emitted from the enchantment table and swirled around the weapon before entering it. The bow then glowed the same blue colour until that glow grew fainter and fainter until it was no longer sparkling. Hearolie picked it up and saw an unfamiliar language carved to the weapon itself. Seeing the puzzled face on Hearolie, the Item Identifier requested to take a look at the bow.


You got "Aldorei's Training Bow". Its status is that it is a unique bow with a fast attack speed with no restrictions. Its stats are additional one fourth mana regeneration and one dexterity. Furthermore, you got a seven percent increase in health regeneration. Mana is basically what you humans called stamina, the same thing basically.'


'Oh wow, is that good or bad? And wow, you speak our language!' Hearolie asked, taking the bow back, immediately trying it out by shooting down a few mods outside the fence gate.


'One at a time. First of all, for the weapon being good or bad depends on the status and stats, technically, for the status, mythic weapons are usually the best, though also the rarest to come by, but weapons of higher status usually have more restrictions, unlike your bow. For status, it's the same, usually higher positive and less negative values are better, but it's random honestly, you can give me emeralds so that I can try to re-enchant or some people call it rerolling, same meaning, the items for a chance of changing the stats again, whether better or worse stats is pure luck.' The Item Identifier explained.


'I see...' Hearolie replied, absorbing all the new information he had just heard.


'For your second question. Yes, almost all of us villagers, at least the ones that do trading such as the merchants, Item Identifiers, Powder Masters, Item Buyers... do speak both our own language and yours, for communication purposes. I do believe some villagers speak our own language when trading to confuse humans for fun. Speaking of trade, you haven't pay for the identification.' The villager had his hand open as if waiting for the payment since forever.


'Oh right, sorry. How much is it?' Hearolie said, fishing his pockets for the emeralds.


'That would be twenty emeralds.' Hearolie handed him the emeralds, realizing that is more than half of what he got. 'How much for the chestplate then?'


The villager took the leather chestplate and observed it for a bit. 'Thirty emeralds.'


Hearolie wondered how these prices were made, but he has no bargaining power like Reygina, plus he doubts he can do anything with ten emeralds short. So he excused himself and left the house, and continued his walk back towards Ragni. He took one more look at the unidentified chestplate.


'This item's powers have been sealed. Take it to an identifier to unlock its potential.' He read out the words on it. He looked forward, just in time to see a person who had caught the attention of his eyes, that unsteady gait could only be one person...

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Reygina was walking down the path when she saw Hearolie rushing towards her, she left a finger to her mouth, indicating her friend to be silent as Wolfred was sleeping in her arms yet again, her upper limbs have become his heavenly sleeping place.


Hearolie greeted her with a nod and turned around to see her brown leather backpack. He opened her bag and dumped his stuff in her bag, saying thank you before Reygina could protest. He then took the bag off her, and proceed to help her carry the bag himself. Reygina sighed, not sure if she should thank him for helping her, or complain him for how rude he was.


In the end, she told him something different. 'Wow, you idiot! Way to disturb my baby,' She punched Hearolie with all her can, but she knew her noodle arms will do no damage to him.


'Nah, you should be thankful. You are so useful… I mean helpful! I couldn't have taken so much stuff back safe and sound without you.' he said, teasing how useful Reygina is.


'I hate you so much...' Kicking him this time but he didn't even flinch.


'Yeah yeah... You said that every other day since we met.' Hearolie laughed.


The two had passed the East Gate when they saw Skywalker and Krisstal outside the bakery. Seeing the other male with a few newly added bandages, they asked if he is alright.


'I'm fine, now that everyone is here. What have you guys been doing? Maybe we could write it down, it might help us to review what we have learned later on, such as your bag Reygina.' Skywalker asked, they began to take turns to share their story, Skywalker leaving out the same parts when he told Krisstal to them. Krisstal also left out the part about the detailed recipe of the chocolate she was taught, however, she shared other kinds of pastries she also had learn there and then. Hearolie left out information about the medicine Hatath was making as well, hoping to surprise Reygina tomorrow.


Reygina was about to write down what they learned in 'Ragni's Records', but Hearolie cast her a look, mouthing some words to her. She immediately stopped, realizing this isn't her book anyways. She then gave the dog to Hearolie who happily cuddled it while she took her own notebook from her bag and wrote everything down, from the corruption able to affect non-living things such as corpses or food to the Nivla Forest. Reygina mentally reminded herself to meet with Enzan tomorrow as she decided to do something with Ragni's Records. She suddenly let out a yawn and began to feel herself dozing off.


'Must have used a lot of energy to do what you have done today. You should rest. I'll take you and Wolfred to the dormitories.' Skywalker observed. 'Hearolie, you should give me the chestplate and the powder, we wouldn't want to carry them around if you don't need to. Meet me here in a few minutes.' He escorted her and Wolfred to the building they had been to a few days ago down the street.


Hearolie decided to tell Krisstal about the medication to her. 'Actually, tomorrow morning, I will bring Reygina to the forest. There is this guy named Hatath who is a herbalist. He found out Saccharum, a plant we got that has the ability to heal and help recover the sense of balance, and probably some more properties will be discovered by him sooner or later.'


'And why should I let her go with you?' Krisstal asked. Hearolie knew she was suspicious of this guy. All of them knew Krisstal is a very evidence-based person, which means she only makes judgement and decisions based on the facts and evidence she knows.


'Hatath is a medical student for Ragni's hospital. In fact, he has been one of the many suppliers for resources of plants and herbs to cities for a long time, I'd say at least a decade. From what he told me.' One look at Krisstal and he knew that wasn't enough to convince her. 'You can come along and decide what kind of person he is tomorrow.'


'Okay then. I'll go with you both.' Krisstal said, and Hearolie knew she wouldn't change her mind.


'Hey there, I heard you need help? I'm in.' They heard Skywalker's voice and turned around to see him talking to two of the Ragni's guards.


'That's great. Head to the North Gate, you will see a female lieutenant called Jenprest. She will give you the details then and there.' One of them replied. They bid farewell and Skywalker was met with puzzled faces.


'Oh right. Well, here’s the news. Apparently, the Ragni military has been requesting help to help clear out sewage from the sewers, but no one is up for the job! Will you be up for the job? I am.' He said, but deep down, he just wanted to get his mind occupied.


'Sewers? Eww, no thanks... I mean I can see why no one does that job. Imagine all the poop and pee you can see.' Krisstal shrieked, her body shuddered at the thought of it.


'Well it's not like we got something else to do now, do we? I'd say we do the dirty work, who knows what rewards we can get. It's still relatively early...' He looked around for a clock till he spotted one, 'it's just half past six anyways.'


'No, if no...' Hearolie shook his head.


'There are lots of monsters.' Skywalker interrupted, knowing just what to say to change his mind.


'Okay! I'm in then. Where are they?' Hearolie asked, tugging his bowstring.


'Seriously? That's all you need to say to convince him?' Krisstal thought to herself in disbelief.


'Well that's two, Krisstal if you are going to stay behind, well... feel free to do whatever you want.'


Krisstal, however, disagreed with him. 'Someone has to take care of you...'


'Very well then, time to go to the North gate.' Skywalker said. 'And I'm fine...'


They went ahead and soon saw the lieutenant that they need to meet with. Jenprest wore quite a unique outfit compared to the normal recruits. She wore a low-cut brown vest that slightly shows her cleavage and belly button over her grey unbuttoned waistcoat with customized short sleeves attached to it. Her grey helmet covered her brown hair that slightly hid her right emerald eye, completed with black pants and chocolate colour gloves and boots. A Potion Merchant behind her has a green and white stall.



'Soldier! Good timing. We've been requesting help for ages.' Jenprest said, her eyes showed relief.


'Looks like we have a blocked pipe in the sewers. No wonder no one wanted the job. I'm going to need you to get your hands dirty. I'll need some assistance with the blockage.' She turned and began to search for something in the crates.


'I need to get something for this mission so meet me up the hill at the sewer entrance, just right of this big drain here.'


The three humans obeyed and began walking up the stairs right next to the giant pipe, moss and water vapour made the surface a bit slippery. Some zombies tried to attack them but Krisstal just tripped them and pushed them to the edge. The zombies slipped and fell down to the ground. They reached the top where a dark hole met their eyes. It seemed to lead travellers further into the mountain, sounds of animals that dwell inside caused reverberation that travelled across the air. Hearolie wondered if this is actually a pipe itself that leads to the outside.


'Ah you're already here. Coming up behind you soldier!' The familiar voice of the lieutenant reached their ears. 'Here's the brief. We get in, deploy small explosives to dislodge the blockage and get out. I will come with you guys.'



She was finally at the entrance of the hole with them. 'I forgot to mention this won't be without danger. There are all sorts of nasty things in this sewer. Keep your wits about you. Right, let's go!'


The three of them nodded, acknowledging and expecting some levels of dangers. 'Yes, madam.' Skywalker replied as the four soldiers entered the pitch black cave.


The sewers were much larger than Skywalker expected. He thought it would be just like a small rectangle pipe like the one he was in earlier, but this pipe, if it is still considered one, is as large as a room with the ceiling reaching around ten meters tall. The sewers themselves have candles lit at the sides, like the one Skywalker been through. Moss, vines, leaves are all over the place. Hearolie shuddered a bit when he saw cobwebs dangling on the edges of the mossy stone bricks. Krisstal believed that the humidity was enough to support the plant life, though she wouldn't be so certain if they could grow here for long if they have noses. The stench was horrible for her nose; she was surprised the others didn't seem so affected. Patches of grass were on the ground, with some even growing out of the stone bricks. She also wondered why Iron bars of all things will be at the walls, she wondered if it was meant for people to hold them as support in case the pipes got slippery.


They jumped across shallow pits of water when suddenly something jumped right at them from their sides. Skywalker got jump scared and he found himself frozen on the spot, unable to move at all due to the shock. Krisstal shouted his name to try to snap him back to reality but in vain. Hearolie immediately shot an arrow with his new bow, the arrows sailed and were shot twice as fast compared to his Oak Wood Bow. Aldorei's Training Bow's faster attack speed proved useful, the thing that attacked them was soon utterly destroyed. It was a bunch of brown and round spheres, and Krisstal held her breath knowing what it is.



Jenprest took a closer look and let out a sigh. 'It's corrupted sewage, been one of the main reasons why we have slow progress when cleaning the sewage. Careful for...'


She suddenly stopped mid-sentence and yelled. ‘Sewer bats, look out.’ Skywalker, having already recovered from the previous encounter threw his dagger at the bat, slicing off the wing as the bat crash-landed into a nearby water pond failing to fly. The dagger landed at the end of the wall. He quickly ran to pick it up when all of a sudden out of the corner of the eye, a strange figure caught his attention, it was a strange monster he hadn't seen before. It had no eyes but just huge white lens, it carried a large bow and the whole figure was black with grey bones visible. But what scared Skywalker the most was the huge sadistic smile on its face. It then immediately disappeared in a small cloud of black smoke just like it's sudden appearance.


His whole body tightened, feeling himself gasping for air and his heart pounding against his rib cage, while he sat on the ground looking at the black smoke getting fainter until it was no more. His friends caught up, oblivious to what he just witnessed. He really felt his day couldn't get any worse. First an organization, then Herobrine, now this monster. He felt so terrified yet he couldn't relax.


'Hey, what happened? You okay?' Krisstal asked, seeing him like that frightened her a bit. She could feel his pulse racing when she grabbed his hand.


'No... no... There was something that suddenly appeared and disappeared. Some black skeleton monster.' He said, his grip tightened.


'You're in shock. Do you want me to escort you back outside? It's okay really...' Jenprest asked, even she felt a bit uneasy as if someone was watching them.


'No, I'm fine. I'm...fine' Skywalker said, with difficulty saying it clearly to them. 'Let's just get this done. But I have a bad feeling about this... I can sense it...'


The others exchanged a worried look while he stood up, remaining silent and kept walking along the straight path ahead.


Around the corner, a small obstacle awaited them. The road ahead was nothing but small platforms. Small streams of water that flowed from the sides and ceiling splashed droplets onto the mossy stone surface. It would be quite the challenge to parkour through without slipping.


'Watch your step.' Jenprest said, leaping onto the first stone, and steadied herself to hop onto the next one.


Hearolie went next, looking at the platform in front of him and took a deep breath. He leapt off the edge and realized he jumped a bit too far, his shoes couldn't get the traction needed as he slipped forward, luckily he was able to grab hold of the platform Jenprest was standing on, who immediately pulled him up.


Letting out a sigh of relief, Skywalker went next. This time trying to not repeat his friend's mistake, he just jumped slightly off and landed perfectly onto the stone. He looked at Krisstal who seemed to be a bit worried.


'Everything's going to be okay Krisstal, you can do it.' Skywalker said.


'Coming out from you?' Krisstal asked in an ironic way.


She jumped and landed on her feet perfectly, however with the leather boots proved to be a poor choice of hers. The leather was damp and soaked from the sewers and she lost her balance. Skywalker grabbed onto her to attempt to pull her back but lost his footing as well as they both crash into the water below.


'You two alright?' Jenprest asked. Already at the other side, she looked down to see if the other two are alright. Hearolie leapt to the other side with no trouble this time.


'We are fine, you two go ahead. We'll catch up very soon.' Krisstal said, coughing. Skywalker helped her up and looked for some way to get back up.


'Alright then, we'll be right ahead.' Hearolie said, casting a more look to ensure they are fine.


The two walked ahead, Hearolie recalling something that puzzled him a bit.


'Lieutenant? What does the rank lieutenant mean? I thought from what Vade, Enzan and Therck said the only ranks are General and Commander, they never mentioned anything about Lieutenant.' He asked.


'Well, lieutenants are basically the third highest ranking in a team. It was a relatively newer rank implemented. Since the human population had finally grown and more people are able to join the army and fight the corruption.' She replied.


'Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. I head raids are less of a threat now from citizens.' He said.


'Yep, it's still happening and still a threat. But the damage is much less severe than decades ago. We started to have a fighting chance and sometimes even no casualties. Ever since Bob vanished, some people felt being a soldier is the right thing to do, following his footsteps and to honour him, protecting their friends and family. I joined the army because of such reasons.' Jenprest said with a small smile appeared on her face.


'Yeah, that nice.' Hearolie chuckled.


'You... oh my god...' Jenprest said, but stopped while pointing at something ahead of them horrified.


Hearolie looked ahead and jaw dropped. Something or someone is walking in front of them, he or she didn't look at them but just as he or she was about to hit the wall, the person just phased through it as if there was nothing. Faint black clouds appeared and disappeared at the site where that person disappeared.


'Must be an illusion...' Jenprest said, breaking the silence. 'There is no way a person can do that.'


'Are you sure...' Hearolie asked, trying to process what happened. He could have sworn whatever that thing is, it was wearing black.


'Black skeleton monster...' The words from his friend appeared in his mind. Could it be…


'Let's not spook your friend further... And it is an illusion.' Jenprest said firmly, Hearolie just nodded, agreeing it is the best course of action.


'Hey, what's going on?' Krisstal asked, puzzled at their uneasiness. She and Skywalker finally caught up with them, wondering why the two are just standing there.


'Do you feel like there's something lurking that doesn't want us here?' Jenprest asked.


'Yes, I do.' Skywalker said, holding his soaked jacket.


'Let's just find the blockage and get out of here...' Hearolie said.


'Agreed, from what I heard, the blockage should be just right ahead.' Jenprest said. But suddenly, sewer bats appeared and corrupted sewage rose from the surrounding waters and stone. They all took out their weapons and prepared for a fight.


'Jenprest, go ahead and find the blockage. We'll handle them.' Skywalker said, Jenprest considered it for a while and nodded, going ahead of them. Some bats swooped down to attack the archer lieutenant, but Hearolie shot them down before they have a chance.


'Krisstal, let's combine our attacks like in the mines.' Skywalker said. They did the hand signs and let out their attack.


The combined attacks knocked their enemies back. Some got thrown back into the surrounding candles. They caught on fire and soon the flames crackled and incinerated them to death.


Hearolie, with his new bow, found that arrow storm wasn't even necessary. He just shot arrow after arrow. Soon, all the enemies were defeated. Securing their weapons, they went ahead to meet up with Jenprest.


'Nice job, Anyway, I've found the blockage. It's right up ahead.' Jenprest said, pointing to a large boulder upstream. Stone platforms were again the only path up.



'Here's a small explosive. I placed, well threw one at the blockage already, if that alone doesn't work, use this.' She said, giving it to Hearolie.


'Sorry dude, I think I bruised my knees just now from the fall. Krisstal seemed to have sprung her ankle as well. We won't likely make it this time. It's up to you two.' Skywalker said while supporting Krisstal. Suddenly, loud squeaks and the sound of rushing water filled the entire sewer. Out of nowhere, a swarm of sewer bats had swooped down from where they were, their fangs and claws ready to unleash their wrath.


'We'll cover you, hurry!' Jenprest said, taking out her bow and began shooting down the fliers.


Hearolie nodded as he began his ascent towards the TNT. He saw a button next to the explosive Jenprest had placed and pressed the button under the TNT. He immediately quickly went back down to the ground through jumping the platforms, almost slipping at the last one. The TNT went off and the shock wave caused by the shock wave almost knocked Hearolie to the ground.


The blockage was clear as evident with the dirt, stone and sewage being interspersed everywhere. Water instantaneously rushed out of the newly cleared pipe with a loud whooshing sound, the water current and pressure that had accumulated for a while was so strong, it swept away the four humans instantly. The remaining sewer bats immediately fled the scene, not wanting to perish. Hearolie held on to Krisstal to prevent her from drowning by keeping her above the rushing waters, while Skywalker and Jenprest try to not drown by treading water. They stayed afloat as best they could as the water carried them to the drain pipe behind them as darkness awaited them. Then without warning, it seemed as have reached to the pipe they were in, as they began falling down into the unknown, as the darkness swallowed them.

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Skywalker opened his eyes, feeling cold. He got up and looked around. He saw his three companions unconscious, Krisstal lying on top of Hearolie's chest like a pillow while Jenprest got caught in some iron bars. He tried to stand up but fell down immediately. Seeing blood now dripping from his old chest wound and legs, his black sports pants ruined and tore. He knew they have to find a way out of the spooky sewer even though the blockage is clear anyway. He took two healing potions that Krisstal bought him just now to drink, he was going to save it for later but this is an emergency.


He was about to drink the second potion when the black skeleton figured reappeared, with it turning its back towards him. Skywalker threw a healing potion at the figure, it disappeared immediately before the bottle even reached it, as if it was just an illusion the whole time. The bottle sailed and crashed into the floor, the potion seeped into the ground while glass shattered and scattered everywhere.


'Could that monster been watching us while we were out cold?' He thought, hoping the skeleton didn't do anything to them while they were unconscious.


Feeling the pain ease up a bit, he stumbled and kept the remaining bottle inside the ripped jacket. He woke up Krisstal who complained about having a huge headache, she sat up and seeing how she was on top of her friend, she blushed and immediately jerked away. She immediately fed Jenprest a healing potion as she moaned on agony, indicating she was regaining her senses. Skywalker shook Hearolie and saw a long cut across his arm, luckily it didn't seemed to be very deep. He took out a healing potion as Skywalker helped him on his feet. He thanked him and found the other two companions even though with numerous marks of injuries and still okay.


The four of them took a while to rest and shared their own adventures inside Ragni for the first time. They laughed and the atmosphere became less spooky.


'Come on, let get going. We have to get out of here. The blockage is cleared, now all that's left is to find an exit.' Skywalker said, looking at the far end of the pipe. A wall is in front of them behind the leaky ceiling, indicating a possible turn in front of them.


The others got up and organized themselves, their ruined clothes and soaked bodies strive them to find some warmth fast before hypothermia occurs. If that happens, they are in grave danger.


'Sadly, I haven't been to this part of the sewers before, this is unfamiliar terrain even for me. We were originally supposed to walk back the way we came in. But that's no longer an option.' Jenprest said, 'Keep your wits about you.' The others nodded.


'Right, let's go!' Jenprest said as the others followed as they reached to the end and made a left turn. Bone crawlers, some relatively giant silverfish monster, crawled out from the water while appeared out of nowhere. Moreover, a few Rotting skeletons, who wore eye patches and had grey leather armour appeared. They welded a bone as a club and it's golden tooth added to its creepiness. They moved towards their targets, preparing to kill them, but got defeated and utterly destroyed instead.



Ahead they saw the pipe ahead blocked off by iron bars. The four looked at each other with confusion.


'These bars, is it put here naturally?' Skywalker asked, walking towards the bars at a quicker pace than the others.


'I don't know, like I said, unfamiliar terrain.' Jenprest replied, looking for a way to go around the bars as the others walked closer.


Skywalker was first to inspect the bars, a hopper was dug into the ground with a behind it.


'Slay! Get one skull in the hopper.' Skywalker read it out, drawing the others' attention.


'What? The bars might be naturally present, but this hopper and sign clearly isn't.' Hearolie said.


'Where can we get a skull...' Krisstal asked out loud, her question had no answer, not until she touched the iron bars. The road behind them was instantly blocked by another set of iron bars that appeared out of nowhere, they are trapped. Skywalker immediately turned to look at Krisstal, horrified to see a rotting skeleton behind her, who seemed to be unaware of the danger.


'Krisstal, duck!' Skywalker yelled and threw his dagger at the skeleton, it hit its black eye patch as Jenprest destroyed it with her archery. She thanked her best friend while she looked around her environment to see if there are any hostile mobs left. Sure enough, a second rotting skeleton was hidden in the shadows behind them. She immediately charged straight for it and unleashed her attack spell to finish it off.


There was a brief moment of silence before it was broken by an emerging Skeleton Reaper, which is a skeleton with a grey hood and black clothes that covered the rest of the body. His movement was faster than anything the newcomers had ever seen.



Hearolie shot two arrows at the new opponent, but to his surprise, the reaper managed to block one of his arrows with the scythe and darted to the side quickly and dodged the other. The scythe had a long marble colour handle with black leaves that swirled around it. A miniature version of a skull with the same gold tooth as the rotting skeletons and blood red eyes at the end of the pole is used to attach the grey blade.


‘It’s fast.’ Hearolie shouted, seeing how the reaper now moving around trying to land an attack on them.


Skywalker threw his dagger at it, disregarding the fact it puts him at risk him being defenceless against attacks. The reaper seeing the oncoming attack was able to swiftly use its scythe to strike it away. With precision, the dagger landed on the other side of the iron bars, a place none of them can reach.


‘Are you kidding me?’ Krisstal said, facepalming at his fail.


Hearolie and Jenprest burst out laughing, hearing Skywalker said how not only its fast in movement but also in attack speed.


The reaper tried to swing its blade down at Skywalker, who attempt to snatch its weapon. He got hold of the weapon and suddenly felt numbness in his hands, the pain soon followed quickly as he hissed in pain and released his grip, it's like electricity is being emitted from the weapon and shocking him.


‘Oww, what was that? I felt as if the weapon had electricity.’ Skywalker shouted, Krisstal stood forward and blocked the second attack that was meant for him. Sparks of electricity appeared at the point where the two weapons interacted.


‘That means his attack is thunder element based. That explains his faster attack speed but lower damage.’ Jenprest said, ‘This is going on long enough, let’s finish it.’


The archers drew their bows as Krisstal used her spear to lock the reaper’s scythe in place. With its scythe now unable to block attacks, the arrows did damage to it. It hissed in agony as Skywalker performed a dragon tail sweep on it, causing it to fall flat on the ground. Krisstal delivered the final blow by driving her spear into the ribcage. The reaper was dead and began turning to dust. Nothing but the reaper's skull remained.


Tossing the skull to the hopper. The iron gates immediately opened, allowing the humans to pass through the seemingly dead end. Skywalker picked up his dagger while looking ahead. Stalactites were ahead of them, mushrooms and candles were everywhere at the sides. They looked around trying to figure what where to go next.


‘Hey, I think we need to go up.’ Krisstal said, observed an opening above them at the end, however, it was beyond their reach.


Hearolie looked at the stalactites and shot an arrow at one of them, several rocks from the giant stone began to crumble and fell to the waters below. ‘These big rocks seemed like they can fall any moment.’ He said, noting how much damage was done to the structure with just an arrow.


‘The pillar seems very unstable…’ Skywalker said, remarking how there was a thinner section at the base and top of the massive pillar in the middle. ‘I think maybe if we make this pillar fall, the shock wave may be enough to collapse the stalactites to the ground, properly giving us a path to parkour our way up.’


‘Let’s give it a shot, better than twiddling our thumbs.’ Jenprest said, ‘what do we need to do?’


‘Maybe you two archers can shoot down some of the rocks at the top of the pillar, make it even thinner than it is. Krisstal and I will chip away some rocks at the bottom. We just make it slightly thinner to allow us to push it forward.’ Skywalker said as he hammered some stones away.


‘I hope it falls in the right direction.’ Krisstal said.


The archers began shooting the top, causing cracks in a few parts of the structure and removing the connecting bits of the pillar to the ceiling. Soon the pillar was ready to fall.


‘Alright that’s enough. Now, let's use our spells at the same time. We will aim at the bottom while Jenprest uses hers on the top to give the push we need.’ Skywalker said, the other nodded and did their signs for their respective spell.


‘Three.’ Skywalker began the countdown. The three recruits prepared their spells as Jenprest used a Spider Jump spell to gain height, her head almost made contact with the ceiling.


‘Two.’ Jenprest found herself eye level with the target she needs to hit and did the hand signs for the spell Creeper Dart.


‘One.’ They prepare to unleash their attacks.


‘Whirlwind.’


‘Arrow Storm.’


‘Bash.’


Jenprest released Creeper Dart in silence, she didn’t like to shout her attack out, it’s like telling your opponent what will you do. But she admits, shouting the attack out loud did give her morale, a boost in the fighting spirit. The attacks hit their marks, the pillar immediately fell forward and crashed with a deafening sound. The entire area shook and rocks began crumbling from the ceiling.



‘Take cover everyone.’ Hearolie shouted, barely audible with the crashing rocks everywhere. They hid in the sides where there was a small opening, as Skywalker predicted, the stalactites also began to loosen from the ceiling and they too fell to the ground below. Water splashed everywhere as the four heroes waited until everything seemed to quiet down.


The dust and ashes cleared slowly and gradually after the noise stopped for a while as they took a look outside while covering their mouths and noses with their clothes. The stalactites were a lot larger than they thought, but they did provide the road they need.


‘Careful now.’ Hearolie called out, ‘you two okay to parkour again?’ He asked his two friends.


‘Yeah, only at a slower pace though.’ Krisstal replied, climbing up the first stalactite.


‘Why is there blood here?’ Skywalker asked, pointing at the red liquid on the stones. The blood had made a trail precisely where they need to go.


‘Who knows…Let’s just get out of here.’ Jenprest said already way ahead of them.


Skywalker shrugged the thoughts off and jumped to the next stalactite. Jenprest and Hearolie waiting for the two of them.


As soon as the four of them gathered at the last platform and stepped forward, darkness and blindness surrounded them. They tried to take their weapons to prepare for an attack but realized they couldn’t move, as if invisible binds were holding them in place.


‘What’s going on…’ Skywalker asked, struggling to even talk. The others were unable to give a reply. Forthwith, the same black skeleton seemed to come out from the ground and walked forward, its body merging perfectly with the darkness.



‘Release me…’ It said with the voice of a woman. Krisstal and Jenprest would have screamed if they could move their mouths. Skywalker seemed strangely calm whereas Hearolie was struggling to run away.


The black skeleton was soon gone as with the black mist and the invisible grip. The four of them collapsed to the ground, gasping for air.


‘Well… That was scary, and its a girl?’ Skywalker asked.


Krisstal wiped tears from her eyes, ‘I just want to go home…’


Hearolie comforted her, saying they will let out of here, one way or another.


‘Since we have moved up in altitude, we must be closer to the surface than we were just now.’ Jenprest said. ‘Come on.’


They stepped through the blooded path, trying their best to ignore the skulls that are at the side. Skywalker shuddered at the sight of spiderwebs, recalling his first trip to the sewers, and that thought leads to Herobrine once again, the thing he was trying to forget by coming here in the first place. They walked through the path and found themselves at a large pipe with overgrown vegetation and iron bars once again. Skywalker halted them for a second, the others looked at him, wondering why he was doing so.


‘What is this weird sound? It sounds like running water.’ Skywalker said, the others also tried to hear the sound of running water. A whooshing sound that sounded faint at first, but grew louder at the second. It could only be one thing.


‘The pipe is flooding! Run!’ Jenprest said, immediately pushing them forward. The others picked up their pace and began running as well, ducking under leaves and wines while leaping through bars and holes. They were moving along fine until Krisstal got her foot caught by a lily pad and she fell due to already sprang ankle. She yelped in pain while watched in horror that the water wave is nearing. Hearolie immediately turned around to help her up, Jenprest and Skywalker already made it across a big gap in the pipe, which could be where the water wave will be drained.


Skywalker was about to help Hearolie but he halted him, telling Skywalker to get Krisstal across, he did as he told and the three of them watch in horror as the giant wave swallowed their friend.


‘You got caught in the water!’ Skywalker yelled, hoping to get a response. He could felt Krisstal’s fingernails digging deep into his arm, but the cold water and concern of his friend had numbed the pain from her grip. She was shaking, struggling to stand up after what happened.


‘Hey! I’m fine. I caught some leaves before falling any deeper. I’m waiting for water to evacuate… and then hopefully be able to climb my way back. Worst case scenario I have to backtrack my way back to the area with the stalactites, that massive cave in we created might open up a new path.’ Hearolie said, his voice echoed across the pipe.


‘You might have to try to escape the water again when you’re back. We don’t know how often water passes through this pipe.’ Skywalker said, trying to hear where Hearolie might be but in vain, the echoes are too strong to accurately hear him and estimate his location.


‘We’ll wait for you.’ Krisstal shouted, still clutching to her friend’s arm.


‘Thanks, everyone. I’ll get back as soon as I can.’ Hearolie shouted. ‘I’m going to be quiet now so I can concentrate on getting out!’


The hole became silent, apart from faint grunting noises, indicating Hearolie is trying to make his way back.


‘Crazy what had been through, huh.’ Skywalker said, ‘You want to take my jacket? You always wear a skirt and you are freezing right now.’


‘Yeah… thanks. I hope he’s okay.’ Krisstal said, using Skywalker’s jacket as a blanket. It got holes in some places from their adventure just now, but it’s better than nothing.


‘Get some rest in the meantime, I think we are very close to the surface now, I can hear zombies.’ Jenprest said. She had placed her ear at a wall at the end of the tunnel.


Skywalker and Krisstal began dozing off while Jenprest just sat down and daydream, looking at the pipe they had just run.


It was around half an hour later when she was again alerted to yet another rushing sound. Water once again travelled through the pipe and went down to the hole that Hearolie fell.


‘This is the sixth time, the pipe is filled with water every five minutes apparently.’ Jenprest thought, standing behind the sleeping pair as if watching over them. She was deep in thought when she saw Hearolie appeared at the far end of the tunnel, exhausted and cold.


‘Ah, you're alive. Looks like we underestimated the amount of sewage. Glad you made it back safe and sound. Hurry up and get here before the next wave of water comes. You only have a minute left.’ Jenprest shouted, waking both Skywalker and Krisstal up. They cheered immediately, glad to see their friend once again, the whooshing sound once again grew louder as Hearolie sprinted across the entire sewer pipe without slowing down. He jumped and slid over the obstacles with ease and regrouped with them way ahead of the sewage.


‘Let's get out of here. Do you still have the explosive I gave you?’ Jenprest asked, leading them to the end of the wall. Hearolie nodded and took out the explosive he had from the start.


‘Good, let's use it on this wall, it looks like we can break right through…’ Jenprest said, she took the TNT from him.


‘Won’t the water soaked the TNT and rendered it useless?’ Krisstal asked, seeing how wet the explosive had become.


‘It’s made waterproof, so the explosive should not be affected by the water we were in.’ Jenprest said while setting the explosive. Once she was done, she and the others quickly hid behind the corner to shield themselves from the explosion. The explosive set off with a thunderous noise and caused what felt like a small earthquake. It felt as if the entire mountain shook from the blast.



‘Wow. The explosion appears to be more powerful than expected! I didn’t think it would be this strong…’ Skywalker said, his ears ringing from the explosion.


‘It… It couldn’t have…It could never be this powerful…’ Jenprest trembled with fear. ‘This explosive can blow up rocks and walls but not this much…’


The four peeked out from the newly formed hole they made. It led them directly outside, the entire entrance was a giant mess, rubble and debris lay waste to the surroundings. The iron bars that were sealing the entrance of the giant pipe also got affected, the middle part of it being blown wide open.



‘Oh no, oh no no no! Did we just open that? Come here immediately.’ Jenprest said, still trying to process what went wrong.


The four humans regrouped. Jenprest still shaking her head in denial, as if something terrible had happened. ‘Oh no... This is very, very bad.’


‘What’s wrong Jenprest. Why are you like this?’ Hearolie asked.


‘This was sealed for a reason. It used to be the old Ragni prison.’ Jenprest replied, pointing to the iron gate and to a giant hole behind them.


‘It has a horrible history. People hid here during raids.’ She said, pointing to the now large hole at their right where the surrounding water seemed to flow into it. Skywalker peered into the abyss from the side. It was like looking at a bottomless pit.


‘But over 100 years ago, the horde found it and killed hundreds. Now the dead remain in there... Corrupt. It was sealed to stop them from attacking the city. Rumour has it that Bob, the hero of Wynn, was born in that very prison.’ Jenprest continued, she clapped her cheeks, wondering what her next move should be.


‘Oh no… What should we do then?’ Krisstal asked, realizing the danger Ragni is in if the situation is not monitored or controlled as soon as possible.


‘There's nothing for it. We have to act. I will inform the high command. You... You go in and defeat the leader.’ Jenprest said, pointing at the deep hole.


Hearolie tried to enter the pit, but an invisible field is preventing him from entering, it’s like a giant force field is surrounding the hole. ‘Wait, how come you can go this close Skywalker?’ Hearolie asked.


‘You usually need a special key to access these dungeons, there is more than one dungeon in the entire world. However, you don’t have the right key, you still can’t enter these dungeons. How did you get your key, Skywalker?’ Jenprest asked.


‘Oh? Because…’ Skywalker tried to find an explanation. He found the keys that Ooni given to him after he freed him from prison, but he couldn’t tell them he got the keys like that. ‘I found them outside of town one day. Someone must have dumped them on the ground.’ Krisstal eyed him suspiciously while the others nodded.


‘Jenprest, could the leader’s identity and the reason the explosive was so strong was caused by the black skeleton woman we encountered?’ Skywalker asked, hoping to give them a solution. ‘When we were out, she might have cast some magic or rigged it to be this strong to free herself.’


‘That’s possible… I fear we face a much worse enemy than a blocked drain…’ Jenprest sighed. ‘For now go back and rest up, I’ll handle this now. Thank you so much for your assistance, we will reward you greatly for the assistance. It may have been unexpected experience and more dangerous than expected and for that, I sincerely apologize.’


‘It’s fine. Then we leave this to you, we’ll be back in the morning to check things up then.’ Krisstal said. ‘Thank you for guiding us through, it was quite the experience.’


‘You’re welcome, I’ll see you tomorrow morning here with the reward then.’ Jenprest said, bidding farewell as she hurried back to Ragni. The potion merchant was long gone.


‘Let’s call it a day, I need a bath and sleep.’ Hearolie said. He yawned, feeling the built up fatigue finally affecting him.


‘I’m first dude.’ Skywalker said, already racing back to the town.


‘No way bro.’ Hearolie laughed, running after him.


Krisstal decided to take a stroll as she let the two boys ran back to town. She took one final look at sewers and felt an uneasy sensation like she did when she first saw Skywalker, she wondered what is with him today. She hoped tomorrow will be a better day for all of them. She let out a sigh and walked back to town.

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And thus Sewers of Ragni has come to an end. First and foremost, sorry for not having the monthly uploaded or update again, holidays spend with family and friends (real and virtual) and I was making sure I improved the spelling and grammar for this chapter. Some mistakes are too stupid to be left uncheck and I apologize for the bad experience. But this is it, this was done and rewritten from start before the game’s economy update so the new stuff were not added yet, don’t worry, they will be in the future in a more natural way in the following chapters.


Thank you every officers, admins, builders... that has created and developed Wynncraft. Do share important information about Wynncraft, such as easter eggs and time lines or even 'wynn'consistencies. As these information will help me improve my story greatly. Thank you once again for reading till the end. I do not own anything except this story. oh and if you are interested , I could add you as characters in my story, just send me your name and a screenshot of your character (with or without gear) in wynncraft, preferably you front, side and back. It would be a bonus if you can list out the names of your gear and mount. (Makes me able to write your character a lot cooler than just saying your name.) Feel free to talk to me about things not related to Wynncraft as well, I would never mind changing topic anyways. Thank you all and may the force be with you.

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