10 The Treasure (1/2)
Disturbed and worried Dean looked to the golem
”Why are you smiling?”
The golem took his last breath before telling Dean
”You....you're the one I was looking for... keep my core....no matter what.”
The golem suddenly ripped out his core from his body, giving it to Dean with both of his hands as he made sure to grasp Dean's hand into taking the core.
The golem's body crumbled into rocks, a block of rubble now appeared in the room.
A lingering thought was heard by Dean
”Revenge will be your guide. But be wary of the scams that will follow.”
”My core has a strong amount of qi. Make sure to share it upon your group if you want them to heal faster. Using the crack you made, split the core in half. Inside is a key. Beneath my corpse is a trapdoor that leads to the treasure.”
The sentences were short but Dean could only hear half of the words.
A headache ruptured his mind as his 5 orifices started to bleed when the blue light shined the most.
His last thought was a blue orb melting into his stomach.
....
Having just woken up Ivan looked around.
Pierre, Anne, Ayesha, Rose and Christian were still knocked out. The only reason Ivan woke up was that Dean didn't knock out Ivan too strongly but just enough for a short time.
Looking across the room it was a hideous sight
The room was painted with blood everywhere.
Could golem's bleed?
Ivan knew that the dried up blood probably came from the knocked out people but the dried blood was only part of half the blood in the room.
Ivan went to a small puddle on the floor and glossed his finger over it.
”Still warm.”
This meant the fight didn't happen to long ago and the blood was still in a liquid state.
Looking even closer he saw a rubble of rocks in front of Dean.
Dean lied down face first on the ground in a puddle of blood.
In his hand Ivan noticed a small key. Flipping Dean over he couldn't help but want to slap him
”This idiot nearly got us killed...but as long as we aren't dead then that's fine.”
He took note of Dean's pulse and found that it was already stabilized.
His face was washed with something similar to water that stopped his face from being dyed with blood but that couldn't be said for the rest of his clothes.
His robes were ruined with rips, cuts and holes all over them.
He looked more pitiful than Christian but a sigh of relief was released from Ivan.
The reason for that was that the damages actually done were healed. Scars could be seen all over his body with one scar on his face.
It ran down from the left side of nose to the bottom half of his lips.
Taking at the mess everyone made he sighed
”We have a lot of cleaning to do.”
Ivan organized the area as there didn't seem to be a foe in sight.
One corner was for the injured where he could replace any bandages.
Another was for any medicine, food or drinks that they still had.
Cleaning the Looking carefully at the blood stains he found that the fight must have been very insane.
Taking a gander around the room he accidentally tripped.
”Who the hell placed- What?”
Taking a closer inspection there was a small lump beneath the carpet.
Tearing the carpet open with a broken blade he found a trapdoor. A lock was placed and taking note of the position it had on the room it was in the center.
”Was this why the golem stayed in the center?”
Taking a look back he finally realized what the key was for.
It was the key to lead to the treasure room.
He could take the key and run for the treasure but... his friends.
They all went through a life and death battle with everyone betting their lives on the line.
To just selfishly take it without taking consideration of the others that did the same is what a scum would do.
I, Ivan am not some scoundrel.