An adult size dragon, hermit crab silently looking at them. The orange like exoskeleton , a big ten jointed legs, and usually the front two are of different sizes. The large left claw where they use to defense themselves, and the smaller right claw for scooping their food and water. The right claw of the hermit are heading towards their direction.
" Orlo, quickly dodge ! " scream Lucifer alarming.
" What a big hermit crab! Why is there a pyramid behind her body! " Evan shout loudly while look at the big pyramid on the hermit crab back.
" Woah! I never expected to see her. " exclaim Catherine.
*krapkh! *
*shake! shake!*
" Wargh! " they scream out.
" We have stuck! we have been catch by her. " said Luna.
" Orlo can you thick up more towards cocoon surface? " ask Lucifer.
" I can but I need some time " said Orlo.
" Alright, Nyx you will come with me. " said Lucifer.
" Wait ! Are you crazy! You want to get out! " shock Evan.
" Don't worry I have a way to swim in the quicksand. " Lucifer said calmly.
" Cath, persuade him. " Evan ask Catherine for help.
" I will strengthen your defence and give you a buff " said Catherine.
" What! You..." Evan point his finger toward Catherine.
" Alright! Orlo open up a small door to us. " said Lucifer.
* shkh! *
Lucifer look toward the door and slowly walk out from the cocoon and silently cast a barrier clothes at their body.
[ Buff Magic : Barrier Clothes ]
[ Enhancement Magic : Harden ]
[ Buff Magic : Agility Up ]
" Let's go Nyx "
He swim in the quicksand and throw a card towards the cocoon.
*****
" Hey, guys what this card? " ask Zeref after he found out the card.
" That's a voice mail card !" Catherine bewildered.
" Guys, you go first..I will follow-up with you there...don't worry just go..I will be safe. " suddenly they heard Lucifer voice from the card.
* KBAM! *
A loud sound from the outside can be heard and the cocoon drill out from the situation and lost into deep sand.
*****
" CHIPK! CHIPK! CHIPK! " a loud scream can be heard from the hermit crab. She glance towards Lucifer and make an angry expression.
" CHIPK! CHIPK! " she angrily swung her claw towards Lucifer.
[ Shadow Magic : Shadow Bind ]
" Nice one , Nyx....Alright time to slay a crab and make a stew. " slurp Lucifer.
[ Open the Gate of Control, Rabbit ]
[ Open the Gate of Empress, Tigress ]
*ding..dong*
" Make sure the meat do not destroy, guys " said Lucifer towards his summon.
[ Enchantment Magic : Enhance Sense ]
[ Buff Magic : Attack Up ]
[ Buff Magic : Area sense ]
" Let's see which weapon that can be use in this sand...Bow..nope..yes this is.." Lucifer open up his inventory and check the weapon that he have collected.
" Drill Needle..and now some buff and enhancement "
[ Buff Magic : Critical Hit Up ]
[ Enchantment Magic : Harden ]
[ Healing Magic : Acupuncture Vision ]
His eyes turn to light blue and look towards the restrict hermit crab and see acupuncture point. He throw the needle to the acupoint and make the crab halted her movement. Tigress knocked her head hardly and make the exoskeleton crack.
" We will have a nice dinner. " said Lucifer after he see that the crab already dead.
* Swoosh! Swoosh ! *
" Humph, what that sound...it looks like in the Inventory.." He open up the Inventory space and look where the sound coming from.
" Astral Box ?! " he saw the treasure that his father left to him emit a strong vibration and a light, he hurriedly take it out.
*SHING! *
The light from the treasure makes a beam and shoot toward the pyramid at the back of the hermit crab.
" It seems we found a celestial key.....what a luck...let's go guys." he swim towards the pyramid to search the celestial key.
*****
" !.. there are open space in front of us" said Rose.
" Brace yourself ! " said Catherine.
* Shook! *
" We have arrived " said Evan.
[ Psychic Magic : Telekinesis ]
[ Wind Magic : Air Fall ]
Rose and Luna slowly cast the magic towards the cocoon and make them float down safely.
" Look ! " Luna point towards the projectile.
In front of them are a lot of debris. There are pyramid's debris, statues and a lot of sand that pour down from the quicksand like a waterfall.
" Wow ! There's a lot of pyramid " said Evan when they are outside of the cocoon.
" Look at there! There also ship and statue " point Luna.
" Be careful! Lucifer said we might meet with the guardian." said Zeref.
" Are you mean them ! " said Luna, who flight above the ground.
" Meow ! There is something come towards us " said Orlo.
" Quick Hide ! " said Evan.
The group quickly hide behind the debris. They look into the things that come after them.
" What is that things !" shocked Evan.
" Werewolf? " question Catherine.
" No...they are Jackal.. I read about them in The Dark Beast Encyclopedia, they are nocturnal and related to death. With their long legs and curved canine teeth, they are well adapted for hunting....we must escape from here " said Zeref.
*sniff*
" Not good! They have our scent. We must escape right now! " said Luna.
* tok *
" Oh no! They already see us..let's ready to fight them. " said Evan.
" No we can't...if there are only two of them we might win..but they travel by pack..we must escape now. " comment Zeref.
" There! there are the caves there we can hide in there. " point Catherine. The group hurriedly walk into the cave and hide in there.
" Oh no! there is a slope " said Evan and they are fallen down.
*****
" We got a lot of meat!!" said Lucifer after they dissect and cutting the hermit crab cleanly.
" Luc, it seems that this hermit collect a lot of treasure." said Nyx.
" Why?...!! Wow we will rich! " said Lucifer after he look at the mountain of treasure that left in the pyramid.
* SHING! *
The beam guide them toward the deep of the treasure.
" If I did not have Inventory it will really be troublesome things..." he slightly wave his hand and all the treasure are kept in his Inventory.
" What is in that chest?..let's take a look. " Lucifer inquiry after he see what behind the treasure.
[ Curse Magic : Curse Detection ]
" Hum..no..curse were left behind. " He then open the chest and look at what in there.
" !!...there are silver key here! " shocked Lucifer and hurriedly take a look what are they.
Lucifer found there are four Silver Celestial Keys and there are also a dust colour key , a two gem that shape like a key and a deep blue globe.
" What are they..based on the symbol they should be.." Lucifer look at the symbol of the silver key and try to remember the symbol that he learn from his past live.
" This is Canes Ventici, the Hunting Dogs. " There are two black dog symbolise them as Asterion and Chara. The blade of the key ends in a dog head design. He look at the other symbol.
" This should be.. Canis Major, the Greater Dog. " The symbol is a big sitting dog and the blade of the key ends is like a canine shape.
" ..and the other two are..Lupus, the Wolf and Equuleus, the Little Horse." the symbol are a wolves like symbol but in a spiral and a pony. At the end of the blade key are a normal key like shape.
" What a great harvest I have here. " laugh Lucifer.
*****
* SAA ! *
* SPLOOSH ! *
" What is this?! " ask Evan after they fall down from the slope and end up in a muddy substance.
" Arghhh!! It stinkssss!!" cried out loud Luna, Rose and Orlo.
" It's mud mixed with carcasses! urgh! that is why the smell are so rotten! " said Catherine disgustful.
" At least it can hide our scent from the Jackal earlier. " said Zeref.
*GRAAR!*
" Oh..What again. " said Evan frustrated.
*****
* KBAM! *
" Is this the legendary Pyramid's Tomb? " Lucifer look around him, that shows a lot of ship, building and pyramid carcasses.
" .. the others should have been arrived."