255 Its A Trap! Or Two? (2/2)

When it finally got near enough, Lycster widened his eyes in shock. It was an army of scorpions coming towards them! Unlike the ones they encountered in the Bleak Lands, these ones were small, with a black exoskeleton.

There were thousands of them, maybe more.

As her Kyu form ears appeared on the top of her head, so did her nine tails. Vy's sharpened nails were white in colour. She combined the two flames together. Her eyes flicked upon. She brought the flame close to her lips and blew on it.

Instantly, a stream of blue flame shot through the air and torched every single scorpion. For those that got too close to Vy, Lycster and Aether took care of them. But the fire was able to take out most of them.

The smell of smoke and burnt scorpions filled the air, making it difficult to breathe. Aether turned his attention to the blocked pathway leading up to the Pharoah's Chamber. He consulted the map for a while, hoping to find an alternate route.

With the scorpions taken care of, Vy turned her attention to the wall. Just as Aether was about to suggest an alternate route they could take, Vy placed her hand on the limestone wall. She summoned her blue fire once more, allowing it to spread throughout the wall.

Cracks began to form and soon enough, it came crumbling down.

-I guess that's one way to get through it,- Aether chuckled.

”Efficiency is key right now,” Vy replied with a grin. She turned back to Lycster, ”We don't have time to waste, let's get going.”

Together, they quickly ascended the steps towards the Pharoah's Chamber. On their way up, they noticed even more murals. While these were more well kept than those at the entrance, some of them were still missing important pieces.

It was difficult to tell a full story with the missing pieces, but some important details were preserved. Aether noticed that in one of the murals, it mentioned that Pharoah Netiri had a companion.

-She did not take a male mate, her companion was a woman.- Aether explained as they continued up the stairs.

”A female companion?” Lycster asked.

”Relationships are complicated,” Vy lamented, ”But love is blind.”

-Indeed.- Aether agreed. -But it seems not everyone took it well. It seems like it was one of the reasons for the attack. That, and the death of a nobleman who was to become her husband.-

”Death by?” Lycster asked out of curiosity.

”Poison, maybe? Poison's a woman's weapon, as some like to say,”

Aether scanned through the murals and the writing. When he found the answer he was looking for, he chuckled as he caught up to them.

-Death by combat.-

Vy stopped in her tracks, laughing, ”Combat?”

Her laughter echoed through the hallway, but she could not help herself.