RUINS OF SESS'INEK

 

The group make their way towards their old raft, which they find broken. Agis manages to patch it up, and so their new journey begins. They decide to avoid the open lake, sticking to bordering the land heading towards the south. They notice catfishes are 2 and 3 feet long, and numerous, in the area they are going through. After a while, Sir Frederich spots the ruins. They make their way and arrive at its entrance. The ruins are completely covered in vines. Through their journey there has been the constant sound of cicadas. Agis checks for trails and deducts that rodents and snakes have been in the area. The doors of the ruins lay one on top of the other and seem rotten. Sir Frederich attempts to open them, they fall at the same time and break in pieces, rotten wood spilling along some termites. Inside, darkness greets the trio. The floor shimmers, reflections of the outdoor light.

Sir Frederich goes in, and as he steps indoors something raises in front of him, a greyish substance that strikes like a snake. Pheara faces two strikes from this type of entity. Agis attacked from behind with his bow, Kelar attacked using his crossbow. The three snakelike grey oozes raise and prepares to engulf their prey... Pheara gets engulphed by one of the grey oozes. Agis and Kelar fight it but realize they are not haring it. Kelar decided to light an improvised torch by strapping rags around the light crossbow’s bolt tip and setting it ablaze. He hit the ooze, but it did not flinch. Trying to get Pheara out, Agis was able to push his arm inside the ooze and grab her, taking her out. The ooze leaped backwards, as if in pain.

Meanwhile, Sir Frederich battled an ooze as well. His strong and certain hits only made the creature split for seconds. The creature did not seem to be harmed at all by his blade. He decided instead to punch it. Punching the grey ooze proved effective, as his fist’s momentum made the creature leap backwards.

Kelar and Agis kept battling the first wounded grey ooze, but then the third ooze leaped over Pheara, engulphed her again. Pheara desperately tried to get out of the thick blob without much result.