I wake up, and don’t remember going to sleep. Last thing I remember, I was typing out my last message to you. I can’t explain it. I’m supposed to be resistant to sleep.
I mull over it while walking over to the stairs. I still don’t have an answer, as I descend further into the black depths.
I fall down the stairs, and wind up in a mess at the bottom of the stairs. I look around, the room is filled with water. There are a few trees around, and a couple monsters, but not many. I can sense something strong nearby, so I immediately cast detect monster.
There’s a number of snakes, nagas, and dragons. Nothing I can’t handle, but there’s also a human. I decide it’s time to try calling Spoiler again.
“Hello, Spoiler speaking,” He answers.
“Hi Spoiler,” I say. “How are things?”
“The usual,” he says. “Not much changes up here. What do you need help with this time?”
“Well,” I start. “I’m on a level almost completely covered in water.”
“Ah,” He says. “That could be a few things. You know detect monster, right? Is there a human nearby?”
“How did you know?” I ask.
“It’s Medusa,” He says in a quiet voice. “Don’t go near her without a blindfold. She can instantly turn you to stone if you gaze upon her face.”
“I don’t have a blindfold,” I say.
“Do you have a towel?” He asks.
“Of course I do,” I say. “I’m a hoopy frood.”
“That will do,” he says. “Wrap it around your head and face, so you can’t see. Also make sure you can float over the water, don’t try to swim across.”
“Ok. What do I do when I get to her?” I ask.
“You still have your silver dragon mail, right?” He says. “That will act like a mirror, and she will turn to stone instead.”
“That sounds almost too easy,” I reply. “All I have to do is make it to her, and she automatically turns to stone?”
“That’s it, kid,” he replies. “You can do this, now go out there and do it. I’ve got cows to chop up.”
With that, I hear a click and the line goes dead. Spoiler really isn’t much for small talk. I pull out my bag of holding, and pull out my boots of levetation. I slip them on, and float over the water, toward the buildings on the far side. I try to avoid the eels, and kill snakes when I can hit them with magic.
I take care of the nagas with my spell of death, when they get close enough to hit. I pass some broken down walls, and small rooms, before finally arriving at the main building. It’s built of solid rock, with barred windows in a few places. I move carefully, wearing the towel over my eyes.
I find a door, locked, but my key easily unlocks it. A kraken inside is no match for my death spell. There’s another door, and five dragons await me on the other side. I cautiously open it, and start firing death.
I get to the room Medusa is hiding in, and slowly open the door. Nothing happens, she’s still standing there. I fire a bolt of magic, thinking she might be a statue, but she’s not. Spoiler lied to me. I hit her with a ray of death, and see her image fade from my mind. Time to take off the blindfold.
I go through the rest of her stronghold, destroying statues as I go. There’s a few scrolls I grab, a can of grease, and an empty sack, but otherwise it’s not a very promising haul.
I head down the stairs with a heavy heart. I’m starting to feel unprepared for the dangers that still lurk ahead.
I come out in a twisting hallway, rather than a room. The walls and floor are black stone rather than grey. It has a very ominous feel, and I decide to play it safe by putting my bag of holding inside the empty sack I found. I use the grease on my armour, and sack, until it’s empty. I keep the empty can, just in case.
I cast magic mapping,and start exploring. It’s a giant maze, but I don’t want to miss a good item by going straight to the stairs. I slowly go through the area, killing the few monsters I encounter until I fall down a trap door.
This time I don’t cast mapping, it’s easier to keep track of where I’ve been this way. It doesn’t take long to go through the maze and find the stairs down. Still nothing good. Maybe I should just skip through. But no, I still need supplies, I have to explore.
I find a spellbook of cancellation, but it’s much to difficult for me to cast. I go down another few floors without anything interesting happening.
I get to an area full of monsters. The maze is just a small area, and it open up to a huge castle, surrounded by a moat. I stand outside, casting my cone of cold inside the walls. The spell freezes part of the moat in front of the massive door. I hide around the corner until I build my magic energy back up, then I break it down with a blast of magic.
The room beyond is fairly boring, and I quickly move on. There’s a narrow hallway, with barracks on either side. I use my cold spell to kill them all without having to go inside the rooms. At the end of the hallway is another throne room.
This isn’t the usual room I’m used to seeing. The carpet is still purple, but the walls are adorned with hundreds of skulls, and the throne is made up of a mixture of gems and bones. I sit on the throne, not sure what to expect. It vanishes, like usual.
I explore a bit more, there are four rooms in the corners, and one of them has a large locked chest. Inside it I find an iridium wand, which I identify as a wand of wishing, with three charges.
I don’t waste any time in deciding what to wish for. I get a pair of gauntlets of power, a robe, and a new weapon, a silver saber named Grayswandir. I have heard it’s one of the most powerful weapons I can get.
I’m still burdened, so I go through my pack. With a deep sigh I let go of my dagger collection, and all my books. When I can finally move freely, I use my magic marker to write a blessed scroll of charging, and charge my wand of wishing. I put my recharged wand into my bag of holding.
I find a secret door, and put on my levitation boots, expecting water. It’s a long hall, with a few dragons waiting behind what I assume will be secret doors. I start down the hall, and a trap door opens beneath me. Good thing I was floating in the air.
I continue to where the dragons are. Two on either side. I find the secret doors, kill the dragons, and go in. Four secret doors later and I’ve found stashes of food, weapons, gems, and armour. I get a few precious gems, and a helm of brilliance.
I go to one of the corner rooms and lock myself in. It’s time to enchant my weapon and armour. After blessing the scrolls I do have, and enchanting everything as much as I can, I feel protected, and dangerous. I’m ready to move on, but I can’t find the stairs. I remember the trap doors, and decide to jump down one of them.
First though, I need my usual nap. I have the feeling that things are going to get dangerous really quickly after this point.
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