Lore/Story For The Wynn, A Wynncraft Story (9)

Sorry for the long wait, exams have taken a lot of my free time, but enough said the chapter is about our heroes' first dungeon run and without further ado here it is...

Spoiler: Witherhead's Wrath

Reygina woke up with the sun’s rays shining at her. Seeing her up, the dog pounced on top of her immediately and licked her.

'Good morning Wolfred, thanks for the kiss.' She giggled. Wolfred ran down the stairs to wake up her other friends.

She looked next to her to see Krisstal lying on her stomach, her snores irritated her ears. Limping towards her friend, she pulled her cheek until she saw Krisstal glared at her with red eyes, the brown hair that she dyed before dropped down to her shoulders in a mess. She always got up on the wrong side of the bed, something Reygina took note of for years. Reygina’s ears received the habitual grumbling when Krisstal wakes up, knowing it will be some time before the muttering would stop.

‘Hopefully, her grumpiness is going to die down in ten minutes, and if she doesn’t fall back asleep.’ Reygina thought as she changed into her street clothes. Wolfred could be heard downstairs as Reygina chose an apple for her breakfast in the pantry. A raw beef marrow bone that was put in a clear container was on the other side of the cleaned table.

‘That’s very nice of the guards, giving something to feed Wolfred. Stay here today, Wolfred. I can’t protect you, not until I'm cured.’ She could hear the boys eating downstairs as she signalled Wolfred to come up. The canine quickly hopped towards her as she laid the bone for him to chew, Wolfred’s paws held the bone as if hugging it.

‘Hey there! Morning. Are you girls ready for today? Skywalker, don’t just go upstairs please...’ Hearolie asked, waiting at the base of the stairs.

Reygina looked at Krisstal who had already dressed up and got her spear. Reygina used her wand to act as support as they both slowly walked down the stairs.

‘So what are we going to do today?’ Reygina asked. Her three friends cast a look at one another.

‘Today, I will be taking you to meet someone, he may actually be able to cure your disability. He’s a medical student for Ragni's hospital, a practitioner of using herbs and plants as medicine to heal.’ Hearolie said. ‘Wolfred, we are going to Nivla Forest. Don’t worry, we won’t be going too deep into the forest. I’ve practised a bit with my new bow, we are more equipped and prepared now. If we are lucky, we might found something new…’

‘Oh, thank you Hearolie.’ Reygina smiled as she patted his shoulder.

‘You’re not welcome.’ Her partner laughed, her hand began automatically hit his shoulder rather than patting it.

‘Krisstal, let’s head back to the dungeon, we need to help control the monster population. Let's head back and tell Jenprest.’ Skywalker said.

‘Right, let’s get going. Let’s get to the armoury first, buy some new gear. We should have enough emeralds for a few things.’ Krisstal wore her leather boots and headed outside.

‘Sky, if I could get more emeralds, I could have identified this leather chestplate for you… A shame I couldn’t afford it, you need it more than I do.’ Hearolie handed the unidentified clothing to him.’

‘Don’t worry, we will identify it we get the cure then.’ Reygina replied.
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At the armoury, Krisstal and Skywalker were checking out the armour and gear, already bid farewell to their friends.

‘Let’s see… I say we can get the birch wood weapons, I buy the shears, you can get the spear variant.’ Skywalker gave his emeralds to the shop owner, his eyes gleamed at the sight of the emeralds.

‘Yeah, we also got enough to buy all the new armour… I’ll get the “Battle Leggings” and I already got boots from that cave dweller. You apparently have enough to get the “Plains runner” and “Solidified Chestplate”...’ Krisstal calculated.

After everything is all set, the duo went to the entrance of the large sewer pipe where Jenprest was.

‘Hey, you two… Where’s your friend?’ Jenprest asked, looking around to see Hearolie.

‘He’s busy taking care of someone, don’t worry. We will get this done.’ Krisstal replied.

‘Alright then, here… Take these emeralds and this key, one for each of you.’ Jenprest handed them the green currency and a key for each of them. Jenprest told them she will keep the third one and decided to give Hearolie it later.

‘What is the key for?’ Skywalker asked, realising it’s the same key Ooni gave him. His words echoed in his mind. ‘This special key will allow you to access the old Ragni sewers. It sounds like nothing, but the sewers got taken over by a terrifying crea-... Eh, nevermind. Anyway, there's a lot of treasures there if you're up to the challenge. The coordinates are written on the key. I recommend you level up a bit before trying.’ He hoped he ‘levelled up’ enough now, yesterday’s sewer trip was one of a kind.

‘Ah yes, well…’ Jenprest pointed to a villager standing inside the sewers. ‘The entrance to the dungeon is guarded by a Key Collector, who will not allow you to enter unless he is given a Decrepit Sewers Key, which is this dungeon’s name. To acquire a key, you have to kill a Decrepit Sewers Key Guardian, an uncommon mini-boss that spawns around the Emerald Trail and the plains north of Ragni. The Guardian has four forms; once its health has been depleted three times it will become passive and drop the Decrepit Sewers Key. However, one free key is also given as a reward for completing the Sewers of Ragni quest, which are the keys you two are holding right now.’

She then pointed to the villager next to her. ‘A Potion Merchant, located next to the entrance will sell healing potions to any challenger in need of them.’

‘Why would you let them use this as an opportunity for business? Surely the King won’t allow that… It’s such a threat.’ Skywalker asked, seeing the Key Collector eying them suspiciously. He wore the same blue robes like the Item Identifier Hearolie mentioned.

‘Yeah I agree… However, the stubborn villagers believed that it is us humans’ fault that this chaos happened, no matter how much we argued and proved that magic, not from us, was involved. The King decided that this is the best way to apologise to them.’ She sighed. ‘Not much we could do, from another point of view, it does attract newcomers to fight monsters that might potentially be a threat to us if left unchecked, so it’s not a complete upsetting ending for us.’

She took another look. ‘This isn’t the only dungeon out there… But I won’t tell you anything, of course, wouldn’t want to spoil the surprise and sense of exploration, plus the people near those dungeons would know a lot more in detail than me. This isn’t the first time this dungeon is open actually, nor is this the first time the villagers wanted to do business with this method. It’s like a cycle…’

She sighed. ‘The pipes got blocked, we clear it, something happens that causes the sewers to be exposed, monsters from the sewers threaten Ragni, villagers blame the King for the insecurity and danger and demand compensation, this becomes a dungeon, villagers charge recruits and gain profit from it, recruits go and kill the sewer monsters to control the population, the dungeon is closed once again when monsters are in low numbers, and then soon some pipes get stuck, at the same time, the monsters magically appear and grew in numbers yet again… Even if we cleared the dungeon this time and close the pipe, it’ll be open again sooner or later. The sewage system is too large for a complete do-over, plus even if the pipes are fine, the monsters will still find a way to the surface. But if it means protecting Ragni, none of us will stop fighting.’

She looked at the entrance of the pipe once again. ‘One last thing, see that Dungeon Merchant? He’s at the small shop located on the side of the entrance. You get rewards every time you beat the dungeon, and you can exchange some of the rewards with him to get awesome prices.’ The dungeon merchant wore a black and blue robe, a hood was over his or her face, giving people a mysterious sense, silent and still as he’s just a statue.

‘Well, it’s time to send you in. Are you two ready? I won’t be with you this time. This prison... The filth of Ragni was once used as a prison for it's worst criminals, but now it houses a greater evil. After the corruption, dead inmates now trap any soul in oubliettes and await them to join their ranks.’ Jenprest said, her expression was firm.

‘Don’t worry, we can handle this on our own.’ Krisstal patted the senior’s shoulder. ‘You ready dude?’

Her friend nodded in response, as the two ventured into the sewer. They reached towards what seemed like a bottomless pit where the Key Guardian blocked their path. Knowing what must be done, they gave the two keys to him.

He nodded and said, ‘You have access to this dungeon… This time only.’ With a final look at their superior, the two jumped into the hole.

‘Bless them Salted. Please make sure they will be alright...’ Jenprest prayed, hoping they could overcome this dungeon like others before them.
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Reygina and Hearolie reached the forest with ease, the new path built was wider and trees were cut down to make it more spacious, more sunlight shined on to the road brighter than ever, spiders now couldn’t sneak attack as easily as before. Some fences on the side were built to slow the spider’s down. The spiders were no match for the archer’s new tools. Suddenly, a nesting spider appeared, but it looked different than before.

Reygina screamed even louder than before as she hid behind her friend. First, she had tried to pet a grook that she thought had run away, it turns out to be a zombie grook and it caught her completely off guard, it almost bit her hand. Reygina made sure to check twice before touching a chicken next time. Next, she saw heads at the front of the forest when they first arrived. Then she had all these creepy crawlies coming for her. Hearolie saying she’s attractive to them didn’t help her felt any better. Now, she has this nightmare to witness.

‘Wow, for a nesting spider you are big and scary… and ugly.’ Hearolie commented on the new nesting spider’s look. Its fangs and legs are much larger and muscular than it is previously. It’s black abdomen now got a cracking pattern. Suddenly, a smaller forest spider appeared beside it. The two exchanged a glance and the nesting spider begins its attack.

‘That’s a young forest spider, same as forest spiders but weaker.’ Reygina said, pointing at their new opponent.

‘Right, thanks a lot. Need some help here.’ Hearolie said, firing at the nesting spider. Reygina covered their flank while Hearolie cleared the way.

‘Fascinating! The monsters seemed to change appearance every now and then, this is the first time a Nesting Spider looked like this. Before it just looked like an ordinary spider…’ Reygina commented.

After that brief encounter, they reached an area where webs were across the top of the trees. A recruit was tangled in the web, suspended high above them.

‘We have to help her…’ Reygina said as Hearolie took aim at the sides of the web.

‘No, don’t. It’s too late for her.’ Gordon appeared from the side. ‘The spider venom had killed her long before she was cocooned up there. We were too late. However, it isn’t too late for this man.’ He led the two humans away from the main path, where a man was grabbing his leg and wincing in pain. Gordon continued to tend to his injuries while swiping a few spiders with his weapon as best he can. The injured man greeted the two.

‘Hello! Young traveller. My name is Ope. I was recently bit by a spider! Can you believe it? I know, shocking. Anyway, I'm not fit enough to venture into an infested cave filled with creepy crawlies to get the medical herb to cure myself. You look like you work as a soldier of sorts. We can clearly see that. You soldiers never had fashion as your strong suit. Anyway, the cave is a bit further away from us but the only way in is through the rooftops. I started building a way up in this tree just behind me, good luck!’ He said pointing to the south.

Reygina was about to climb the tree but Hearolie stopped her. ‘Don’t be foolish, I doubt you could go far, we don’t know what lies ahead.’

‘I could use your “Healing” spell actually, it could perhaps heal some of his damaged skin and tissue.’ Gordon said as he poured water onto the wound to wash it. Reygina could see two red marks and a swollen leg twice the size of normal. She immediately rushed to aid Ope while Gordon defended her and Ope.

Seeing everything is fine for the moment. Hearolie began to climb the tree, it was easier than he thought, but he had to wonder why would Ope be building on this tree in the first place. He followed the steps until it led him to the top of the trees. Only some stone towers were seen from up here, and they are even taller than the tree he was on.

Next to him is a slightly cleared path made of leaves, he darted ahead as fast as he can when suddenly he saw a cobweb in front of him. He slowed down just enough to see a forest spider making its way down to attack him but before it even touched the ground, Hearolie had shot it down. He was glad he slowed down, that surprise attack might actually cause him to panic and fall. Ahead he saw how the path has ended and an opening to the infested cave Ope was talking about.

‘That’s a long way down… Hope the webs at the opening will slow me down enough.’ He jumped and soon felt the webs binding to him, he had successfully broken through the cobwebs while the webs slowed his fall, acting as a parachute. He bounced up and down a few times on the white surface. The cave was infested with forest spider eggs, lime in colour with green spots, protected by thick threads of silk. He could see shadows of baby spiders from inside the egg, ready to burst out of their eggs. Hearolie hurried towards the end, avoiding any contact with the webs, as forest spiders emerged from the eggs around him, but he paid no attention to them. At the end of the spider cave, he saw the familiar tall perennial plant in front of a small pool of water. Using his bow as an axe, he hacked some of the Saccharum and collected them, knowing the spiders had caught up, he unleashed ‘Arrow Storm’ twice at the crawlers. He looked to his left and saw the stone path that leads to the exit was blocked by webs.

‘Easy solution.’ He thought, firing more of his spell at the fragile blockade. He rushed through the new opening he made and reached the surface, where three people greeted him.

‘Nice job. I've literally been sitting here for hours, maybe not hours, at least five minutes!’ Ope said as he took the medical herbs from Hearolie.

Gordon glared at Ope for his rude response, he was about to speak his mind but Hearolie gave him a sign to just tell him to ignore the impolite reply. Reygina just sighed at the unthankful attitude.

‘Thanks, even though it took you a while I'll give you a small reward. Take that money and head to Detlas won't ya? You can maybe buy some better clothing, because you need it.’ Ope handed Hearolie the emeralds. ‘Gordon told me you were looking for Hatath, right?’

The duo nodded, it was why they are here after all.

‘Hatath is a friend of mine, I help him collect Saccharum and other plants like mushrooms for his research purposes. I was going to collect these herbs for him but I got bitten, unfortunately.’ Ope said, ‘He is at the Powder Master, I’ll take you there now.’ The three soldiers nodded and then followed Ope deeper into the forest.
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Two splashes echoed across the pipe, as the two humans stood up and hurried to the side where solid ground is present.

‘You dare enter these sewers, human? These pipes once hid the civilians of Ragni during raids... Now it just holds corpses.’ The words reached their ears in the form of a spooky voice, sounded like from a female ghost.


Skywalker and Krisstal looked around, the pipe they are in as just as large as the ones they went yesterday, only this pipe is more much flooded. Erosion has caused parts of the sidewalk and iron bars to detach and sink to the bottom. Moss, leaves and candles were everywhere, just like every other sewer pipe. ‘If these walls could talk…’ The words reached their ears in the form of the same eerie voice.

They parkoured to the end where they saw a sign, it read: Slay! Get [18 tokens] to the hopper to open the door.

‘Tokens? What are they?’ Krisstal thought. Some movement next to Skywalker who was still investigating the sign caught her attention, it was a skeleton with a gold tooth and red eyes, about to charge at them with its wooden shield.

‘Uh oh, this must be a “Skeletal Guardian” Reygina’s book must be talking about. Strange how it never mentioned about the dungeons themselves though, it’s ripped out as well.’ Skywalker thought, kicking the pile of bones down after slashing his daggers at it. The skeleton dropped a gold block after it disappeared in a puff of smoke.

‘So this is a token... and we need to get 18 of them to that hopper.’ He pointed at the hopper at the end of a small canal.

Small prison cells were everywhere, only beds and overgrown plantlife remained in these cells that once held people. The room was full of other monsters apart from Skeletal Guardians, Wailing Skeletons are those with bloody skulls, their red chestplate and black garments hid their dry boney bodies. Their spears ready to attack the heroes as they rushed towards the humans upstairs from both sides.

Skywalker moved around, evading attacks while slashing at their enemies, but they prove to be tougher than the zombies he had fought, that’s for certain. Some Skeletal Guardians blocked his attacks while another monster immediately tried to pierce him.

Krisstal was swinging her spear left and right, picking up another token from a Crumbled Skeleton, which has red eyes, mossy skull and leather garments of black, brown and green. It’s dagger dropped where its owner had fallen. She ducked once again as the speedy Tormenting Ghosts floated around, their red eyes and evil-looking heads attached to their pale white bodies with no limps, showed their intent to inflict harm above all else. Krisstal was glad these ghosts were able to be destroyed, she hated enemies she couldn’t take down for good.

The two collected enough tokens soon enough as they sprinted towards the end of the canal. Skywalker defended them as Krisstal put the tokens inside. He rushed towards a Crumbled Skeleton, kicking for its legs while simultaneously using his daggers, one to block the incoming dagger attack from the skeleton whereas the other slashed at the skull, performing a finishing blow at the skeleton as it fell down onto the floor and disappeared forever. Krisstal used her new spear and sliced down onto a Tormenting Ghost with the sharp end, using the other blunt end to sweep a Skeletal Guardian and a Wailing Skeleton off balance.

A pathway opened behind the hopper, a few Sewer Rats were swimming between the waters that connected the canal towards the new pathway that leads them further into the sewers. They hurried into the new road as fast as they can, fighting against the water resistance as the opened passage closed behind them, effectively separating them from the monsters.

They let out a sigh of relief, but then the same frightening voice was heard yet again. 'The forces of the Humans could not save me when I hid here, and they can't save you either.'
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‘The Powder Master's allow you to apply or remove powders from your weapons and armour for a price of emeralds. Most Powder Masters also have a Powder Manual near them, which are books describing how powders themselves function.’ Hatath explained to Hearolie and Reygina. Ope had already gone to continue building his tree while Gordon has excused himself and continued on with his patrol.

‘Adding Powders, which means to add powders to a piece of equipment. Upgrading Powders refers to the ability to combine multiple powders into one of a higher tier. Combining four of the same elemental powders is guaranteed to produce a powder of the same type that is one tier higher. You can also mix different types of powder elements, but there is a random chance of what type of powder it will produce after combining them. Removing Powders, meaning to remove powders from your equipment. That’s the simplified version of all this.’ Hatath concluded.

The two humans looked around the small Powder Master’s hut in the middle of the forest. The Powder Master wore the familiar blue robe with gold outlines. The small wooden hut has books, a small short table covered with a blue cloth and gold edges has green particles leaking out of it, the floor has some red and purple carpet. Powders contained within item frames were raised outside with a pole, acting as a sign for travellers to know what place is this.

‘Hey, we could add our powders we got from Therck to our equipment!’ Reygina said. She took out the blue bag of powder she had carried with her. ‘Let’s see if we could find a better wand first though. You could add your earth powder to your new bow though.’

‘Yeah… I think I shall do that, but I’m low on emeralds.’ Hearolie said with his bag of powder now in one hand.

‘Allow me then…’ She took the green powder and faced the Powder Master and cleared her throat. ‘Why hello there, good sir...’

Hearolie giggled a bit, he knew what will happen soon. He could just hope the Powder Master would still welcome them after the bargaining…

Hatach meanwhile decided to collect some ingredients to make the medicine for the mage. Her slower walking pace had been a problem since the spiders were everywhere and they couldn’t outrun them. ‘Let’s see here, what do we need now…’
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‘Wow, Reygina would be screaming her head off if she sees these rats.’ Skywalker commented, he much preferred to leave the sewer rats alone if they are not aggressive to them, unlike his friend who seemed to bat the rats away as if it was some kind of sport.

‘Well she isn't here, and unlikely will want to be here.’ Krisstal replied as they passed through yet another cobblestone outcropping.

‘Yeah… tell me… Woah!’ Skywalker paused as they reached the end of the path. The top of the pipe seemed to have been completely destroyed, lamps around the area gave them an overview of a section of the old prison. Wines dangled from the ceiling whereas water streamed from all sides in the large room and from the pipe they are at, towards the stone floor of the prison below. None of them wanted to explore the room though. Numerous sewer rats were down there waiting for anyone stupidly willing to go for a swim. The broken pipe is the only thing that allows them to cross the gap, pools of blood were on some of the platforms, from what remains of the pipe.

‘Huh, it’s a sign again. “Parkour! Go through the parkour to continue”.’ Skywalker read it out loud, the sound of rushing water drowned his echoes.

‘Better get started then…’ Krisstal murmured, hopping onto the parkour course with Skywalker following behind shortly. ‘This isn’t so bad.’

‘Yeah, much better without the slippery surface like… last… time…’ Skywalker paused, his eyes fixated on what appears to be a metal weapon, strongly embedded underneath the pipe. Given how dim the room is, it’s a miracle to notice anything beneath them at all.

‘What is it? Come on, we have to go.’ Krisstal said, turning back to check on him. She almost slipped on a puddle of dried blood but managed to grab hold of something to prevent an accident. She soon joined Skywalker who pointed at the item that caught his interest. It was a steel sword, and a big one in fact, at least from where he is looking it seemed to be. It’s brown handle and simple grey hilt combines with the silver blade. For Skywalker, it seemed to be out of place and he is determined to find out why it is there, but to do so, he needs to get it first.

‘Just leave it Sky… Jenprest would be worried sick if we don’t get out of here soon.’ Skywalker nodded but he insisted to still try to take the sword first no matter what. He laid on his stomach and reached for the handle even though he struggled a bit. Eventually, his hand finally touched the sword and he saw the surrounding blacken. He looked around but saw nothing but darkness except that a divine voice spoke to him, unlike the voice they kept hearing in the sewers.

‘Crumbly steel sword of the...’ Skywalker kept looking for the source of the voice but it seemed to have come from every direction.

‘Hey, you ok? Hello?’ Krisstal’s voice reached his ears and he saw the surroundings returning back to the prison.

‘Huh… yeah. Just… away with the fairies.’ He shook his head and realising his hand still attached to the weapon. With some help from Krisstal, they managed to pull the steel sword out from the remnants of the pipe.

‘Wow… this is a good sword…’ Krisstal helped Skywalker to pull the weapon on the platform. They laid it at the edge of the pipe and quickly examine it.

‘Ho ho, I’m going to practice with this later.’ Skywalker was surprised that the sword isn’t as heavy as he thought it is, nor is it as huge as he thought. Its size is the same as a standard sword, like the ones he saw some assassins or ninjas carried on the streets of Ragni. He fastened the new weapon to his back.

They turned around and continued towards the end of the pipe, another sign was there to greet them. ‘Slay! Get [26 tokens] to the hopper to open the door.’

The large room behind the sign showed more of the old prison, rotten and corrupted. They attacked the Crumbled Skeleton that was heading for them as they scanned at the room. There was a giant tower in the middle, marked by emerald blocks on top in a strange pattern. Climbing up that tower would lead them to either side of the prison where they have to fight their way through hordes of monsters, after passing the corridor and another set of stairs, they would be at the uppermost level of the prison.

‘Well then… we better get…’ Skywalker saw flames heading towards them from the side and he pushed Krisstal away, feeling his back burnt a bit. He bit his lip, not wanting to shout right next to Krisstal. Krisstal now enraged, threw her spear at the flame caster, a skeleton that looks exactly like a Skeletal Guardian, the only difference is it wore a purple robe with a long rod, a little flame was lit at the end of the rod. The spear landed its mark, the Blazing Skeleton was stunned by the attack. Krisstal proceeded to grab the skull and smashed it against the wall, killing it and retrieving her spear. Another skeleton foe was nearby but she kicked it and sent it tumbling down the stairs, broken into pieces once it impacted with the stone floor and died.

‘You okay?’ She frantically asked while checking his wound. His orange neckerchief now charcoal black from the flames.

‘Yeah… I’ll be fine.’ He drank a healing potion, he couldn't believe he had reacted in time, the flames came out of nowhere, and so sudden. His thought connected to Herobrine yet again, about his heightened senses.

‘We better start moving then, you can lean on me…’ Krisstal offered her hand and pulled her friend on his feet.

‘No… I’m feeling okay now. Thanks. Stick together this time.’ He stood up as the sword handle touching his burnt skin. It hurts, but he’d have to endure it for the time being.

Krisstal nodded as the two set off, they reached down the stairs and destroyed the rats with ease. Monsters they encountered previously were present as well, some so focused on getting them that they just passed through water that leaked from the ceiling without flinching. Skywalker and Krisstal walked down the remaining stairs and kicked, slashed, covering each other’s flanks as they collected more and more tokens, with and without the use of spells. They entered the large tower in the middle by following a trail of blood, the smell emitted from the ground stinging their nostrils. Inside, skulls were cast around a sign, even two perfect sets of skeletons were there, though luckily not corrupted.

Krisstal read the sign in front of them as best as she can, since some letters were missing and the sign wasn’t written neatly. ‘Witherhead did this, she leaves them to wither away.’

‘Wow… it’s a girl? Who knew these monsters could even have gender. Who’s Witherhead though...’ Skywalker thought out loud, his friend just shrugged. Skywalker started jumping from the small ledges to the top with some simple parkour yet again. Krisstal was beginning her ascend when a Blazing Skeleton decided to sneak attack them. It failed miserably as all of its bones clanged together with every movement. Skywalker threw his daggers at it, hitting its head and cutting its arm off simultaneously, the puff of smoke indicated its defeat. Krisstal finally made it to the top was just in time to see a swarm of Tormenting Ghosts and Howling Skulls, which is just a floating skeleton skull without the jaw, coming from the top level. Picking his daggers from the floor, he and Krisstal exchanged one look and as if both read each other’s mind, they simultaneously released their only spell with all the stamina they had left, sending the monsters flying and turning them to nothingness. They turned left as they found themselves looking at a long passage, Skywalker assumed prison cells were here a long time ago but was sealed off and became part of the wall now, just like in the room where they did the parkour.

Right next to the corridor, a skeleton was guarding the area, standing from a small platform that was suspended midair by wood. Krisstal knew none of their attacks would reach it, it was seemly out of their range, she quickly warned Skywalker not to throw his daggers for the sake of defeating it. There is no way he will be able to retrieve them and being unarmed now is the worst case scenario.

‘Just ignore everything and rush.’ Krisstal pointed to the pressure plates on red clay at the side. ‘And don’t walk on them, we don’t know what they do.’

Her companion nodded and with a countdown, they sprinted across as fast as they can. The skeleton was alerted and began to shoot fire at them but failed due to the human’s speedy gait. Halfway there now, they carefully avoided the pressure plates while maintaining their speed. Out of nowhere, a Skeletal Guardian spawned from the ground and used its shield to knock the shocked human to the ground, Krisstal used her spear to block the skeleton, but out of the corner of her eye, she could see flames assimilating from the wand of the other skeleton. Skywalker instantly spun and kicked the skeleton hard, launching it towards the soaring flames, however, the flames just incinerate their enemy completely while still heading towards them. Skywalker knew they won’t have enough time to get out of there.

‘Krisstal, please don’t kill me.’ Skywalker slammed onto the pressure plates beside them, hoping it would not be a trap while pulling Krisstal close to him, if anything, only he will get hurt, not her. Unbeknownst to him, she felt her cheeks heat up. As the pressure plates sank underneath the floor, a stone wall sudden rise up next to them and the wall blocked the two recruits from the flames who are on the ground, shielding them from harm. Skywalker could feel the intense heat even when the one-meter wall was present, hotter than those from the Blazing Skeleton.

‘This must be a Flaming Skeleton.’ Skywalker said to Krisstal, arms still around her. She came back to reality, a bit shocked from his embrace. ‘We better run the moment it stops, the flames seemed to die down a bit with every second.’

Krisstal nodded and crouched, ready to burst ahead. The wall sank back to the ground just as the Flaming Skeleton stopped to recharge its attack. They sprinted ahead and climbed up the stairs, using their spells to finish off a few Tormenting Ghosts whereas ignoring the Flaming Skeleton completely. On the top floor finally, they give a quick scan around the environment.

Krisstal nudged Skywalker as she pointed to the middle of the room, it was a hopper, where the tokens were to be put so they could proceed forward.

‘I got 11 tokens. You?’ Krisstal replied her amount, figuring out they need 3 more.

A Blazing Skeleton and two Howling Skulls suddenly spawned. Their last obstacles in this room hopefully.

‘Which one you…’ Skywalker asked but Krisstal was already charging ahead, brutally beating the Blazing skeleton, simultaneously kicking one of the skulls to the nearby wall, stunning it.

Skywalker just blinked at the ferocity of her attacks. ‘Okay then…’ He said to himself, throwing his daggers at both of the skulls, they hit their marks. The one near the wall was defeated while the other one charges right at him in rage, the dagger still stuck in one of its eyes. Skywalker smirked as he jumped up, a flying kick was received by the remaining Howling Skull. It got hurled to the wall hard and shattered it into bits. Meanwhile, Krisstal pounced forward after the skeleton managed to push her back a bit, she used her spear to knock the wand out of the skeleton’s hands and she twirled around it, stabbing its legs and then its head, defeating it definitively.

‘Got the tokens?’ Skywalker let out a breath, glad it’s all over for now. He collected the two tokens form the skulls whereas Krisstal pocketed hers and the two proceed to the hopper. With the tokens now put inside, the pathway opened, revealing an empty hallway at the end.
A strange door was next to a button. The door had logs as its frame while the door itself was made from smooth stone blocks in a plus shape.

‘Boss room. Witherhead…’ Krisstal read the sign, the pathway behind them now closed, no turning back now…

‘Well, you ready?’ Skywalker asked. ‘Witherhead… She must be a formidable opponent to be the boss here… Wonder what her origins are…’

‘We can find out the finer details after we defeat her. If we don’t stop her now, the sewer monsters will overpopulate and terrorize Ragni.’ Krisstal protested. As if proving her point, a Wailing Skeleton spawned out of nowhere below them. She gave him a thumbs up, signalling she is ready to kick some ass, Skywalker just chuckled at the response, he pressed the button and the unique door opened, nothing but darkness welcomed them.

‘Well… Here we go.’ They entered the dark room, the door slowly closed behind them.

Witherhead’s voice spoke to them in the darkness. ‘You persist through the sludge, now you will join me like the rest!’ The floor beneath the two humans suddenly opened up, they fell down and met Witherhead face to face as they landed on an arena. The arena is large and circular, with water around the edges. Witherhead Spawns crawled their way towards them, preferring to attack in close combat.

‘Witherhead is it? Stop this right now, or we will engage you.’ Krisstal said, drawing her spear as the Witherhead Spawn got closer inch by inch.

Skywalker saw the same red clay blocks and pressure plates in front of them, with Witherhead’s weapon being a bow. No doubt she is an archer and attacks with arrows. The wall will be built when the pressure plates are triggered, shielding them from her attacks, but probably not from the Witherhead Spawns.

Suddenly, he realised she looked all too familiar. ‘Did you tried to scare us yesterday? Were you the one causing all this chaos? Bringing harm to Ragni?’ He asked harshly, he always hated anyone who harmed others for no logical reason.

‘Indeed so, but if I am going to butcher a town for the corruption, adding two more humans won’t be too bad. You humans do have a quote I believe: “The more the merrier.” Well, it is merrier for us.’ Witherhead laughed, spawning Witherhead Spawns again. She fired an arrow, engaging them in battle officially.

Skywalker managed to use one of his daggers to deflect the arrow, seeing electricity pulsating from it. ‘Electric type attacks… And… Take Cover.’ Seeing the hand signs of ‘Arrow Storm’ is performed, he and Krisstal managed to trigger the wall in time. The arrows’ force could be felt, getting shot will not be good. Krisstal managed to clear the minions while Skywalker observed their combatant. She could only use her spell once every certain amount of time, they could use that period to deal maximum damage to her. He quickly told her of his plan and they both agree to attack her from both sides at the same time. The wall had soon dropped as the two rushed towards the sides, Witherhead fired arrow after arrow at them, but she could only focus on one target at a time. Skywalker threw one of his daggers at her, she hissed in pain as she used her bow to block the warrior’s advance. The ninja repeatedly used spells at the skeleton, even if it’s the same one, damaging her a good amount. Spawning her minions again, she managed to push the girl back, forcing her to backflip away as her creatures assaulted her. Turning around but saw the ninja nowhere, she immediately felt a sharp pain at her back, the dagger that was at her shoulder now gone as well. She turned to see the boy trying to outspeed her shots. She felt her bow gained some energy and fired her spell attack at the ninja, he skidded to a stop and managed to activate another wall, safe from harm.

Witherhead was annoyed and outraged, she was being bested by their teamwork. She saw, however, a window of opportunity. Distracted by her spawns, she shot an arrow at the warrior, the girl sadly never saw it coming, nor was the warning from her comrade. The arrow pierced through a Witherhead Spawn and at her thigh. The electricity surged in her and she dropped her weapon, the spawns climbing onto her and attack her. Witherhead charged her bow for her attack spell and fired, only for the other recruit to shield his friend, taking most of the damage, although most of her spawns were also killed in that attack and a strange sword on the male’s back protected him in some areas, she dealt a lot of damage to the boy nonetheless. Witherhead laughed as she waited for her spell to recharge, deciding to finish them off together. Krisstal looked at the now injured Skywalker, furiously stepped forward, she again stabbed Witherhead’s chest, while kicking her bow away, the spell fired off course, while Skywalker drank a healing potion to regained some strength back. Krisstal used her spells and kept Witherhead from having a chance to use her bow against them. Spawns that appeared were either kicked away to the water or were pierced by the sharp spear. This kept on as Witherhead felt her defeat was evident, she wasn’t able to break off from her opponent’s ferocity and brutal strikes, she dodged and strike back harder every time. Although she managed to land a few shots at the warrior, the warrior held on strong. Krisstal felt her strength slowly fading as she felt every last bit of mana leaving at a rate far exceed she could compensate. Skywalker finally managed to get up and rushed to aid her, her body finally gave up as she mustered all she had and jabbed her spear as hard as she can at Witherhead, Skywalker used what stamina remained to unleash as much Whirlwind spells as he can. The thunder damage stunned their foe as she dropped her bow. Witherhead screamed as the spear and the ninja pounced at her, she knew she was done for. Before she felt at consciousness faded away, she saw something that surprised her, the one called Skywalker’s eyes glowed white, even if just a second. She knew something was different about him, different from all of her the opponents previously. She wondered what was the meaning of the phenomenon as the combined attacks finished her off, defeated again.
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‘Come on… Where are you?’ Jenprest looked at the sewers, the Key Guardian simply looked back at her as if he doesn’t care anything. Perhaps she should have gone with them, perhaps she shouldn’t even let them enter in the first place, perhaps…

‘Hey there, are they back?’ Jenprest jumped a bit and turned to see a female mage, alongside with Hearolie. ‘Are they okay?’

‘Umm… Hopefully?’ Jenprest sighed. She explained how it has been some time since they entered the dungeon, briefly explained about the decrepit sewers dungeon to them. ‘Formerly used as a prison for the worst kinds of criminals and now overrun with skeletons, ghosts and other malevolent undead.’

‘We have to go in there. They might be in trouble.’ Reygina said. She was glad the cure did work for her, even though the side effects were horrible. Seeing what ingredients were needed to make the cure apart from the Saccharum was revolting, she vomited and had a severe tummyache and she couldn’t stop embarrassing herself. It was the worst sixty minutes she had to endure for the medicine to finally take effect while the side effects subsided.

‘We need a key for you though, I’m out of keys for now. I usually stockpile them by killing Decrepit Sewers Key Guardians. They look like… exactly that one.’ Jenprest pointed to a skeleton, the skeleton had a broken skull revealing its brains and wore iron armour. What makes it stand out from the other monsters is a key it was holding.

Reygina seized the opportunity and sprinted full speed, her advancement surprised it. The skeleton immediately tried to attack her but their distance was in the human’s favour. It couldn’t even get close to her as the mage spammed her basic attacks while moving back bit by bit. Hearolie just smiled as he fired arrow after arrow at their surrounding mobs, making sure to not hit the key guardian. Soon the skeleton realised death is imminent as its life has been depleted three times, every time it died once and was revived immediately, an armour piece was gone, making it weaker each time, it dropped the key and ran away, Reygina picked the key up while Hearolie shot the Scared Skeleton.

‘We are all set, let’s go in…’ Hearolie was caught off by emeralds raining around them, powders, health potions and even gears dropped on the ground. The three picked the items up as Skywalker and Krisstal suddenly appeared on the floor as if being teleported here. Krisstal had passed out from fatigue while Skywalker tried to pull the arrows he had on them. The three of them wasted no time.

‘Get him to the hospital.’ Jenprest ordered as she immediately scooped up Krisstal and carried her to Ragni’s hospital.

Reygian healed Skywalker as he began to explain what happened inside. ‘I’m going to investigate the origin of both her and this weapon.’ He tried to stand up but pain washed all over him.

‘Yeah bro, but not now though.’ The tall archer carried him over his back, with Reygina guarded them as they enter the city.

‘Funny how we all ended in the medical institution within a week. We should do something else less dangerous next time.’ Reygina said. Hearolie laughed realising what she said was right, they had quite the adventure till now. Skywalker gave them a weak smile as he closed his eyes, he knew he is finally safe, especially when his friends are here.

With the decrepit sewers dungeon now completed, the adventure in Ragni is about to end. I would write one more chapter about the discoveries and add some plot regarding the strange looking sword they had found next time. The heroes are beginning to be exposed to Wynn’s secrets and stories, with Witherhead being part of something much larger. I probably will change my characters appearance (you can check in skindex, just type the name of the characters).

Thank you every officer, admin, builder and others who created and developed Wynncraft. Do share important information about Wynncraft, such as easter eggs and timelines or even 'wynn'consistencies. As the information will help me improve my story greatly. Thank you once again for reading until the end. I do not own anything except this story. If you are interested, I could add your player characters as characters in my story, just send me your name and a screenshot of your character (with or without gear) in wynncraft, preferably your front, side and back. It would be a bonus if you can list out the names of your gear and mount. 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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