Master Of None

Walker looked slightly dejected that there was not more but thought of this as valuable information. Cursing the world was never done and none of them could think of a time when it had actually happened. To the best of their memories, they had never heard of the world cursing someone in this way. It was a curse lost to time.

"Let me adjust my question a little bit. Have you ever found anything on the worlds curse before?" Walker watched as Zenith reacted. He wanted to try to see if she would be hiding anything since this could be a very big secret that any kingdom may hide from their people. It was a dangerous notion that the systems they unlocked could be rejected for something else. 

"No. Not that I have found."Zenith didn't appear to be nervous or hiding anything which put Walker at ease. "But, we have found pictures on walls and had some of the code breakers decipher scrolls that spoke of people becoming monsters after bad occurrences in their life.

"That sounds a lot like the worlds' curse then…" Walker was sure that it was the world's curse or at the very least related. "I think this was a very good ruin to find. But I think that is all there is for the reading- ah, there's something small on the ceiling." Walker glanced up to see a phrase. 

"What is it? What is it?" Zenith was again filled with energy since it was an additional surprise. 

"To any who wander to my crypt. I hope you find me in rest. I will have dies with great regrets and my body may attempt to rise and fill them. If such a thing occurs my staff and robes are sealed away in the foot of my coffin. Please take them as a thank you for putting me back to slumber. Anything within my crypt may be payment to this end."

"He knew he was going to rise up. His regrets made him rise. Leader, that is very valuable information. Many of the cemeteries are blessed yet some undead still manage to crawl from the earth. If they have strong regrets that could be what surpasses the blessings." Su had heard at the church that the undead would always rise in the cemeteries even without outside influences. However, it was all too common for those that perished in accidents or while young to rise. This made for a complicated burial and watch of the gravesite.

"Brother, are you interested in the staff and robes? They must be fire elemental and very powerful since this is a crypt for a great flame mage." Onyx had also started to pay more attention while absorbing the light elemental mana from the mana crystals that Walker had given him. 

"Of course I am. I would be lying if I wasn't interested. They could be the best staff and robes I have ever found. But the problem is that I am looking for materials for an all elemental staff. Not just a single fore elemental staff and robes." This was bittersweet for him but he was excited none the less. 

"Then we should go check them out. I am interested too. If you do not like them and sell them to the high forge to research they would go for a very good price." Zenith spoke matter of factly. 

"I'm surprised you wouldn't want to take them as a finding for this exploration." It was a sensible thought since the dwarves had found the ruins. 

"Since I'm the one in charge of it I can care less. I can't use it and I don't know of any fire dwarf fire mage in the city let alone ever. So, enjoy them. But if there are any ores or scrolls I want them. There are more than just a staff and robes in those chests unless the other two are empty. And before you ask, yes, I have found ruins with empty chests because it was a false burial to throw off grave robbers." Zenith looked more annoyed than anything explaining that there were false ruins around that were used to hide others. It sounded like a major problem for a map maker like her. 

Walker pulled out a piece of jerky from his inventory and started to snack while he watched Zenith finish the sketches with propionate dimensions and even attempted rune copies. The rest of their group soon finished up their rests and snacks before the eager Zenith pushed for them to return to the burial chamber. 

"I have opened stone chests like this before and they are always full of things that rotted away. But look! There are the same runes as the walls so everything inside should be the same as the day it was put in here. These chests alone can make or break a merchant's business." The slightly evil look on Zeniths' face didn't go unnoticed by them, yet they chose not to dwell on it too much. 

Zenith started by measuring and sketching the detail of the stone chests. They were sealed with a few runes but she easily cut through them releasing a small burst of air that had been trapped within the stone chests. "Now we can see what we have here." 

Zenith pulled out a bunch of books from the first chest. "Those look to be journals. They are all listed with various monsters and how to defeat them." Su had taken one and skimmed through it. Strangely they were readable for her. 

"They are also enchanted with magic. Even I can read them without an issue. Very valuable for sure. I will need to gove these to the archivists and researchers." Walker didn't fight her on this. He knew that he would most likely be able to get a copy. "Next chest then!" 

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