"Ohhh," Seraphyra murmured playfully, lifting something from a wall with her tail. "Master will like this."
It was a crystalline orb embedded within a strange rock formation.
She plucked it free and inspected it with narrowed eyes.
"Such a greedy little human," she mused affectionately. "Risking his life and still collecting shiny things."
She continued moving, casually retrieving relics as she went.
A silver dagger half-fused into blue crystal...
A metallic shard tinging faintly...
A bracelet carved from unknown bone...
She stacked them carefully in her coil.
"He better praise me properly for this," she whispered with a mischievous smile.
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Meanwhile, the terrain along Gor'thala's route transformed dramatically.
The crystalline ground gradually flattened as the cold intensified further.
Up ahead was a body of water.
A stream stretched across the cavern with its surface eerily still.
The water glowed faintly blue due to the ambient light.
