It was time to go the past monastery, still the same and with more splash of wafting decay from the surroundings. Foggy too and vision was clouded a bit. The fallen enemies were decaying fast and made an unpleasant smell for your nose to enjoy at.
The two displayed masochism but was still not enough and our valiant heroes were mildly puking on the wayside. They have been defeated but not fallen. They covered their exposed defenceless noses right after they were in the midst of such madness.
"Man, my breakfast was puked. I think I need to eat my ration later." Rick felt that his energy has left him, sad as his precious food has left him.
"Rest in peace," or so Ren have said. As food was scarce in the first place. They both continued their travails in walking towards the entrance of the catacombs and then rested on it's entrance. It was not the most pleasant place to eat but Ren has to replace his escaped energy source. The one that got away.
He ate the ration and both were full. There were mildly negative status when one was hungry and that was a debuff in stamina and overall endurance and strength. If one entered the famished state then sickness was more lethal than usual. A mild cold could get you incapacitated.
The problem was after this, they would get in touch of the darkness and embrace the deathly hug of such unwanted creatures. Some might be rotten in their faces and leaps at your face with maggots crawling and lively in their flesh.
Ren then summoned the 2 skeletons for him to get protected. They would shield him more or less. Or they would die in scolding when some maggots would splash in Ren's bare face. Such unwanted hugs must be stopped at all cost!
They still has to step on the first step and they immediately knew such wails were piercing their very souls. Making them to bite their lips and summoned their non existing courage. It would do well if they would at least have a good look before they would jump in. Though they have to clear everything up and no tomb goes unturned. Even angering the restless rotten inside, it's no big deal.
And so they started with entering the first floor. They saw immediately some rotten inside and were groaning. They were attacked by skeletons and Ren was troubled to get ambushed. And so he was wary to even approach them.
He immediately used Weaken and Drain while firing Soul blast at them.
The enemies were felled immediately and then they looted them. Several gold coins were present in them. The tombs in the side then opened and a roar was heard. Making the three to step back like a tactical retreat. With just enough roars from several other tombs, they decided to retreat a bit. Making the other rotten to jump at the two. Rick and Ren almost dashed on the side but the 2 skeletons were proactive and blocked them. Making the two saved at last.
Ren then attacked with his sword and it froze the enemy. Rick on the contrary electrocuted the enemy like it was a roasted meat for the meal. Though unappetising enough and could be better off left uneaten.
The graves inside came disturbed and it opened up for no good reasons. What good must it be? They left the graves inhabited or so they left them. The fallen warriors of the past has now been reawakened and were angered by such disturbance. If Ren would have a word, then that was to tell them to go back to sleep.
They grabbed their weapons. Ready for an impromptu fight. "They just woke up and a fight already? They must be propped up and took some briefing before they do this huh?" Ren was surprised.
"They sure did!" Rick chuckled then fired some flames spell at them.
Then something in the dark. Screamed from their backs. Bellowing scream was heard and their voices were making their hairs to raise up like an alarmed squirrel. They were soon haunted with running freaks that were aiming at their location.
The skeletons protected them but they were outnumbered. More came and it went leaping at Ren. He was left staggering with fear evoked in his mind. He blocked one's bite and he saw its majestic face. One rotten with maggots nearly kissing Ren's face. The enemies surrounded them and it nearly made Ren freak out of his precious predicament. Such vindictive soul was being helpless in such cases and the ambush was left him unprepared. One was hugging him, one was nearly on his face. Others were biting his leather bracers. He could not ask for more!
"He.....help!" Ren roared and he watched Rick in the same predicament. Making him angered by it and then forcefully gripped the head and snapped it. The others went crazy and attacked him but he slashed his sword like a butcher in a meat shop. A ludicrous way of telling but he indeed made them armless and legless bunch that still crawled on the floor.
If not for his fear for the jump scares, then something not the same would have happened. Or the same but slightly different. He stabbed their heads and experience points made him happy. With that Rick burned them to crisp with his weapon. He wanted to burn the Hell of them into charred entities. The smokes were wafting with crispy meat. But unsavoury for the moment. It was not even appetizing for him to smell.
The three went to open some graves and they looted some gold. Some weapons too. Sometimes gold, sometimes a jump scares rotten. It would be good for the heart if they were not that way. Or so Ren thought. Some were in the barrels that gave either gold or the cheeky ones. One might try to hug Ren but Ren did not want to get hugged anymore.
The three then went to the second floor below and then Ren remember his old enemy–stairs.