Lots of phrases, actually, plenty of them.

Should you do not like phrases, then you definately… Ought to rethink your leisure selections.

This chapter has plenty of dialogue between the Golden Head and Dale, and plenty of lore and background exposition, just about, it is a world-building chapter.

It was fairly easy, however I vastly expanded upon the lore that’s confirmed this chapter to try to make it extra attention-grabbing and extra self-contained too.

So hopefully it is nonetheless as enjoyable however not as overwhelming as earlier than.

In case of questions, you may simply ask, it is probably not that arduous…

Peace!

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[Quest completed! Rotten Tomb]

[The Miasma has been drained and the village is safe… For now.

Your body has developed a certain resistance to Miasma and as a consequence, the Skill, Miasma Immunity 0-Star has been generated.

You have acquired the Item, Nameless Golden Head.

You have acquired the Item, Caladgolg the Rainbow Sword.

Your wounds will be restored.

You have received 7 Levels worth of Experience.

]

[You have Leveled up!]

[You have Leveled up!]

[You h…]

[+14 to all Stats]

“Phew…” Dale exhaled as he sat on the bottom

‘My physique is in shambles and I do not really feel protected resting right here, however I’ve no alternative, I must take a breather…’

Sadly, this wasn’t the top for poor Dale…

“Child, do not relaxation but, that is simply the beginning.”

“So do not get your hopes up since that is removed from the top.” The Golden head mentioned because it checked out his expression

“… Give me… A fucking break…”

The top checked out him and set free a sigh, saying:

“Look… Child, I wish to calm down similar to you, particularly after every little thing I simply went by, however time is just not in our favor right here.”

“Fortunately, it appeared a few of the previous mechanisms of this place nonetheless labored, in any other case our plan would’ve been nothing however a joke.”

“And when you thought this was onerous, simply wait to see what else I’ve to share… Child, this place is just not a tomb, this place is a jail.”

“This place has a really intricate structure, constructed to utilize the lingering energy inside all the our bodies buried inside to maintain the creatures inside it at bay.”

“That’s precisely what the primary 5 flooring are, they’re the locations the place these our bodies are saved, as even in demise they keep on with their oath…”

“Even when that has been desecrated…”

“You must’ve observed how the primary 4 flooring are completely different from the fifth, proper?”

“At first, this place was certainly only a easy bodily jail, issues can be thrown inside and left to rot till they discovered a technique to cope with it…”

“However over the centuries, as they have been compelled to accommodate stronger and stronger creatures, and likewise because the older ones have been both killed or exterminated below the facility of time… They have been compelled to enhance their methods, and that was how the present format of this place was constructed.”

“In complete, this place has 10 flooring… And as you’d anticipate, there’s something on the final ground, however that is not the sole factor accountable for what occurred right here right now.”

“As you may see, this space was severely completely different from the others, and that is as a result of that is the beginning of the sixth ground, the place the place the creatures they could not cope with have been saved.”

“In the event that they have been nonetheless right here, the sixth ground would’ve seemingly turned similar to the Fifth after it was deemed unsuitable for the creatures if ought to’ve contained, or as their strategies improved… However they… Sigh.”

“Properly, you may see they don’t seem to be round anymore, in any other case issues would not have develop into like this.”

“Nonetheless, they weren’t negligent.”

“Because of their efforts, flooring 6 to 10 have been sealed off as a way to comprise this stuff, and for a lot of a long time, they did their job completely.”

“Till it did not anymore, regardless of how good they have been, issues ultimately decay, we have been simply unfortunate that the issues inside have been nonetheless amidst us.”

“Prior to now, the Church of Ju-Arkesios collaborated with them, ensuring to correctly comprise and to keep up the structural integrity of the place of their absence.”

“Albeit as soon as once more… I am not seeing any clergymen round except I get blind.” It mentioned sarcastically

“We could have foiled its prisonbreak makes an attempt, however all the Miasma was sucked again into these sealed flooring, one thing these creatures will certainly use it to free themselves… Quickly sufficient at that.”

“…”

Dale did not say a lot, solely pondering over the unusual head’s phrases.

“I can see it in your face, you should be asking your self the place did they get the instruments to free themselves?”

“A prisoner may strive widening a gap on the wall with their very own power, however that might take time… A really, very very long time.”

“And the reply… Is the Miasma.”

“It was made by a fancy ritual, changing a part of my power into what you noticed earlier…”

“Why not… Simply defend your self?”

The top appeared oddly pissed about his query.

“It appears I am not the one individual blind right here…”

“As you may see, I’m a head, a single, although good-looking, Head.”

“There aren’t actually that many strikes I can make use of to defend myself… What am I purported to do? Headbut these abominations again into the darkness?”

(Jaw-Jitsu, get on my stage MF)

“…”

Dale tried to course of every little thing after which he requested:

“Simply what’s down there?”

“I personally do not know.”

“50 or so years in the past… Uh… That appears a bit low, I’ve truthfully misplaced depend…”

“Anyway, a very long time in the past, I used to be positioned on this very room as a way to suppress one thing within the absence of the gatekeepers.”

“At first I believed this might be a easy operation… 20-minute journey ?”

“I anticipated somebody from the principle Church to come back after a couple of weeks… Months at most.”

“However ultimately, I obtained trapped on this darkish gap for what seems like an entire century.”

“By the appears to be like of it, one thing occurred on their finish they usually could not come, inflicting this shit to escalate to this state.”

“It’s irritating, and likewise regarding since given the character of my existence, they would not depart me be for lengthy… I do know all the professionals and cons of this reality…”

Albeit the Golde Head was talkative, he did not thoughts its phrases, the extra it spoke, the higher…

Albeit his fingers have been beginning to get chilly…

So with the intention of ending this dialog sooner, dale requested once more:

“So let me see if I obtained every little thing proper…”

“One thing occurred a really very long time in the past and the clergymen left this land, leaving you behind to comprise no matter was taking place right here of their absence.”

“They labored along with the Southern Wall Corps to handle all types of doubtless harmful creatures, sealing them underground till they discovered a technique to cope with them for good.”

“Sure, although change that “Probably harmful”, they have been far more than simply that.”

“… The plan was to come back again quickly and to cope with the mess they left behind, however they did not come again as a result of causes unknown to us…”

“Why not cope with it on the spot? Was there a necessity to keep up this place continually?”

“Look, you are lacking one thing.”

“The rationale it was sealed already meant that it was inconceivable to be handled by regular means… When you have an escapee that’s continually making an attempt to get himself free, then you definately want somebody to counter his efforts in any other case, in the future, one thing will occur.”

“That’s about every little thing I do know, there could have been different causes however… Sigh…”

The golden head stayed silent, after which replied:

“Look, I’m a… Urg… I am a Head.”

“Nobody is aware of I can speak other than the Popes, so, nobody would of their proper thoughts converse with a head that might in any other case keep on a pedestal all day lengthy.”

“The whole lot I do know comes from their very own mouths after they resolve to admit one thing to my Boss…”

“Oh child, the issues they’d inform me… I’ve the strangest to the stupidest of tales… Even a couple of kinky ones…”

Dale grew to become confused.

“Who’s your Boss?”

“… Actually man? Are you actually asking me this?” The Golden head requested in a monotone

“Is it uh… God?” Dale requested awkwardly

“OF COURSE IT IS MAN!”

“Bro, settle down, that is my first time speaking with a golden head so minimize me some slack…”

‘I used to be by no means the non secular sort both… I solely ever prayed after I wished an merchandise to be dropped from a loot field…’

The golden head rolled its eyes.

“It does not actually matter, now what I’m, and hopefully, this stays between us.”

“I don’t know if that previous coot continues to be alive and kicking, but when his successor is in any method as annoying as he was, then it is in your personal good you retain quiet about this… Our good…”

“Buddy, you don’t have any thought how a lot ache I might undergo in the event that they have been to seek out out this occurred…”

The Golden head regarded round warily earlier than whispering:

“Someday, they locked me up inside a darkish vault for five years as a result of somebody managed to sneak contained in the holy chambers, virtually stealing me!!”

“Are you able to consider their audacity?!?!”

“…”

Dale was silent…

“So uh, yeah.”

“Lengthy story quick, I do not know what occurred outdoors and never a lot in regards to the particulars of what occurred over right here, however I do know it is harmful.”

Nodding, Dale obtained up from the bottom as he continued to ask:

“What was the factor I fought and what precisely was taking place?”

“That huh… That was a Shadow… A shadow of a once-great man… Merely a replica greedy on the straws of his legacy.”

“You recognize who it’s… The person who this tomb was devoted to.”

“He was the individual that took down what was locked on the tenth ground, however he did not have what it took to finish it, so he went out to arrange, however within the course of, he died.”

“He additionally slew a number of of the opposite creatures on the decrease flooring for good, he was the individual that rid this place of a lot of its residents…”

“However of their place, he additionally stuffed them up with much more bothersome creatures.”

“He was the individual that commanded the development of the seventh to tenth flooring, all as a result of his fixed conflicts…”

“And ultimately, his physique was buried right here to seal all the creatures he could not finish for eternity… In their very own phrases… Let the our bodies of 1 Million lay the inspiration for a Billion.”

“A mountain of corpses, urgent down the darkness beneath us.”

“…”

“Do not be unhappy, that’s the destiny of all mortals anyway, and I’m certain he’s considerably happy with this end result, every time could he be.”

“Not solely he however all of them.”

“That Shadow you noticed contained hint recollections of this man as a result of it grew from his physique.”

“His physique, nonetheless, was little greater than a shell, his true recollections have been contained inside the sword you might be holding.”

“However after a long time of abrasion, most of them have disappeared…

“I witnessed it when his physique crawled out of its tomb and likewise witnessed because the legacy he left behind was eroded by the purple mist…”

“But, by some means, his persona was nonetheless considerably there.”

“The proof of that’s the reality you are still alive.”

“What do you imply?”

“If that shadow was really a full-fledged monster, it might’ve attacked you the second you slashed at it as a substitute of speaking… Even when it deliberate to coerce you into slashing me in half with that dammed slab of iron.”

“But, it nonetheless stayed nonetheless even while you moved that sword like a rattling snail…”

“I consider its physique could have partially been there from the very starting, providing you with probably the most fundamental of suggestions crucial so you can make use of what was as soon as his.”

“He taught you the best way to wield the sword simply so you can take his life once more.”

“I see…” Dale spoke as he grabbed Caladgolg

‘Somebody with a conviction so robust it might even affect a monster?’

‘He was fairly the man…’

However the head was not over but…

“As for my folks, I can not see them abandoning me except the pope was killed…”

“Urg, that is really unhealthy… We’ll should see about that when we depart this place and deal with your accidents…”

“Keep nonetheless, this may increasingly sting.”

“Wh…?”

/SHING!/

A golden mild was launched from the pinnacle’s eyes, therapeutic the battered and exhausted physique of Dale.

/Scratch…/

“It is a fairly handy capacity…”

‘However why do I… Have this intense feeling… To scratch each rattling a part of my physique?!’

“Do not get used to it, child.”

“Utilizing my dwindling energy like it is a waste of such magnitude that I guess even my Boss is crying as he watches us…”

“Guess I ought to thanks then…” Dale mentioned as he rolled his eyes

He regarded across the place however discovered nothing of curiosity.

The creature’s physique had been sucked into the opening, and except he have been to open the tombs on the partitions, he would seemingly discover nothing of worth on this place.

So he tried to place Caladgolg in his stock…

[DING]

[Caladgold cannot be stored in the inventory due to its intrinsic properties]

Dale wasn’t happy about that.

“…”

‘Dammit… Oh nicely, there are not any gamers round, and even when there have been, I doubt they’d be capable to steal it as a result of its weight… Nonetheless…’

Dale’s ideas have been interrupted by the Golden head as soon as extra:

“We’ll have to wash this place… However not now, I must get better my energy asap!”

[Your quest has been updated]

[Lost Icon

Description:

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Requirements:

Find the lost Icon 1/1

The lost Icon lies somewhere deep with the old Labyrinth of Resko, recover it 1/1

Help the nameless Golden Head recover its power 0/1

Or find a suitable replacement 0/1

Find a way to contact the Church of Ju-Arkesios 0/1

]

[Your quest has been updated]

[Resko’s past

Requirements:

Find out what happened to the old Village of Resko 1/?

* The Southern Wall Corps used to have a strong influence in these lands, however, they disappeared and nothing remains on the surface to tell they once existed.

Find out what happened to them 0/1

* The Village of Resko is built on top of the ruins of a Labyrinth.

* The Labyrinth is actually the Catacombs for a group known as the Southern Wall Corps.

* Something macabre is happening at the heart of the Labyrinth…

* The village of Resko is built on top of the Catacombs of the group known as the Southern Wall Corps, its leader once slew a powerful creature but was unable to completely stop its resurrection, dying before doing so.

* It still lies within the deepest point of the catacombs…

Find out why 1/1

Find out what is happening 1/1

Stop ‘it’ from manifesting 1/?

? 0/1

#You heard that this village once held an incredibly precious Icon for the Church of Ju-Arkesios, having once a Cardinal, 2 Bishops, and 12 Priests.

#Something happened to the Church, preventing it from sending help.

#During its downfall, the Church did not send help and instead just retreated.

#Someone asked you for help at the center of the labyrinth. In the end, it was a trap, the creature wanted you to break the holy Icon instead and not to purge the miasma.

]

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/Step step step…/

Below the nonstop blabbering of the Golden Head, Dale slowly made his method again to the floor.

Albeit as a substitute of telling the pinnacle to close up, he mentioned with pity:

“It should’ve been boring… You recognize… Being there on their lonesome.”

“…”

The Golden head smiled and mentioned:

“Properly, when you name being positioned in a darkish room for a number of a long time with none stimuli or a technique to contact with my Boss whereas being touched and sucked by some kind of ugly ass Abyssal creature as boring…”

“Then sure, it was very boring.”

“… Wait, you simply talked about your Boss, and serious about it, why did not he intervene?”

“As if that might be straightforward… Do you even know the way huge such an occasion can be?… Do not reply me, I do know you do not…”

“…”

“Apart from, it is not like he wasn’t there…”

“The second you launched me from that ass of a cage, I began to really feel his energy coming again into me. So yeah, he’s watching over me once more.”

“Is he watching me too? Hey?” Dale requested as he regarded across the place waving on the air

‘Do they see me from the Head’s perspective or is it like a free digicam?’

“How impolite?! That isn’t the way you strategy a GOD?!” The top mentioned angrily

“What ought to I do then?”

“Bow.”

Dale bowed slowly.

“I humbly apologize…”

“I WAS KIDDING, MAN! Do not take me severely! Jeez…”

“Say that from the beginning then…”

‘I will not be non secular, however I respect different religions, if folks say its a customized to shake your ft in entrance of the lavatory earlier than getting into, then I will do it.’

‘There is no level in making them indignant as a result of a slight discrepancy in tradition.’

“Child… There are a lot of types of Gods, every has its personal methods and preferences, my Boss is not so strict as to nitpick on a mortal’s phrases, she’s method past that.”

“Simply present her courtesy and she is going to do the identical, I can not inform the identical about others… By no means actually cared about them, that is for the others to consider.”

Dale shrugged.

“What can be fundamental courtesy for a God?”

“…”

The top checked out Dale with shock and mentioned:

“Good query.”

“…”

“Oh yeah, since we’re right here, why do not we greet one another correctly? I can not hold calling you child eternally, a lot much less while you’re barely one by Human’s requirements.”

“Certain… I am Dale Houston…”

“What a coincidence! I’m David! Third Holy relic of the Church of “you already know”…”

“Is not that sacrilege?” Requested Dale

“… “Bro”, have a look at me, I’m the that means of sacred!” David retorted because it tried to mimic Dale’s method of talking

“… Sigh…”

However the head nonetheless did not shut up…

“You recognize Dale, now that we’re nearer and all… Do you thoughts taking me out of your waist?… It smells like ass!”

“…”

For a second, Dale considered placing the pinnacle on his armpit, however he felt it might in the future be used in opposition to him so he simply grabbed the pinnacle together with his hand.

“Ouch… Be delicate, please!… AH! Ahhh! MY EAR! I-I AM SORRY! DALE… D-DALE?! PLEASE, DALE!…”

Dale made his method out of the catacombs, dragging Caladgolg behind him with one hand and David together with his different hand, respiratory within the contemporary air of the floor for what gave the impression to be the primary time in years.

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Notes

This was extra of an interlude chapter with world construct and character growth.

I feel the subsequent few are going to be like that, why?

It’s because I’m making an attempt to arrange the plotline of Resko and its mysteries as we go.

Develop a couple of characters and the Mc and advance the story.

In case you are in for a couple of spoilers simply learn additional down:

Anticipate to see issues like:

New characters and quests.

Mc growth.

Different gamers and the way they are going to work together with him.

And a bit extra!