Chapter 95: The Vampires Crypt - I (2/2)

Once everyone was off to one side, Merlin swung the door open before retreating behind the wall A rain of arrows flew through the doorway, colliding with the staircase on the other side of the rooht of a familiar red tint on a couple of the arrohile the rest seemed to just be normal

"An arrow trap and shi+eld-punishers This crypt is definitely out of place, so on here" Merlinhis head into the other room, he quickly inspected the arrow trap from a distance "It looks like the trap is spent, no automatic reload"

Once they heard that, everyone stepped away from the wall Their expressions were a h they were now more thankful that Merlin took his ti to be the thief of your party, aren't you?" Merlin asked, reer Alvira nodded her head in response, to which he continued "Alright, well disar to be your ain once you enter the thieves guild, but it's good to learn ahead of time"

Merlin walked over to the arrows that were shot out,their impact with the stone steps but a couple survived Merlin picked out a handful of arroo of which had the red tint, the rest were just normal

"Nora, these two arrows are special, notice the red tint These are ignition arrows, and they'll set anything that they hit on fire as long as the target is flammable, this includes wooden shi+elds and fabrics We only have two so make them count" Merlin handed her the two arrohich she put in her quiver He handed her the pile of normal arrows as well "And these are just teular arrows"

Merlin was a little worried that they would think of him as bossy if he kept this up, but he just wanted to help theroup was coood teamwork from what he saw earlier, so Merlin considered theht direction The best part was that they were friendly to his group, it was hard finding trustworthy allies with potential

The group walked into the next roo to be sick This room was full of bones, some seemed to be wolf bones, while others were clearly hu from chains on the other side of the room, and a black puddle underneath thehts that the black ooze was just old blood, which is why the place reeked so heavily of rust

Merlin took a look around the roo sure not to step on any bones There were a feeapons laying about, but none of them were considered iteood condition anyway,chipped or bent if they weren't coated in blood and rust There were a few supply crates laying around, and upon peeking in it just see to go out on a lihouls" Merlin commented as he walked over to the arrow trap

"They clearly aren't picky with their food" Tiny retorted, he slowly made his way over to one of the two doors that lead further into the crypt

The rest of the group followed Tiny, who had chosen to walk towards the door on the right side of the room, rather than the one opposite to it on the left, Merlin stopped inspecting the arrow trap and walked towards them

Merlin noticed that Nora didn't see well He orried for her, this was the worst kind of place for her to be in Virtual reality could potentially work as some kind of exposure therapy for her, but it was best done inher, so Merlin wanted to get this over with quickly

"I can hear chains being rattled around This rooroup She had her ear to the door, just like Merlin had done with the first door

Merlin thought it was cute that she washim, he had told her to learn but he expected her to just watch what he was doing, not try it immediately for herself He didn't hate people ere dedicated on i with the door last ti with interest

"I was turning the handle while trying to feel for any resistance, like a tripwire or otheras simply as he could, but it was rather difficult without practice in a safe environ first, it'll be easier to explain if you see it"

Alvira et into position She stood on the opposite side to him where she would be able to hear a click if there was one Merlin began repeating his previous actions, slowly turning the doorknob while feeling for any resistance

This time however, Merlin didn't hear the click, and there didn't seeh to peek inside

Inside the roo in, Merlin could see what he thought to be a few ghouls chained up to the wall

"No traps, but it looks like we've got ghouls inside, but they're chained up" Merlin whispered to the group, who all started peeking inside, opening the door up a little each tiht illu on here?" Alvira asked while staring at the ghouls froroup wanted to be the first one to walk in, so Merlin took the lead again As he stepped into the rooainst their chains They looked like they were being starved, perhaps sohouls