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Chapter 13 - the scorpions sting

as i enter the next room of this dungeon the door behind me shuts preventing me from turning back if i had the choice to turn back before its gone now i assess my situation and decide to check my gear to see what i have i see that i dont have anything to handy the only thing that catches my eye is a feather of the pheonix we defeated Jillian gave it to me before i left her at stone hinge she grabed it from the battlefield before we left as a reminder of our victory then gave it to me as a reminder that our friendship is immortal and will never go out.

I grab the feather and decide to put it in my newly snowwhite hair to give some nice color contrast. after ive finished looking for helpfull items i assess the room seeing if i triggered a trap that closed the door or if it was magic that did it to see if im either triggering traps or someone else is casting spells so in response my eyes start glowing as the room starts freezing and as its almost done its as fear itself stops me as a venom shot flys past slightly burning my skin as i look to see where it was shot from i look over as a shot of arrows comes flying at me and with no time to dodge i throw up an ice wall as the arrows hit it continues drilling through the venom melting it as they fall to the ground as i aim at the attacker and launch a series of ice blasts before charging to confront the enemy as i do i see a blade come at me as i grab it cutting my self as i pull it and the attacker out throwing them to the ground before freezing them as i do i go over to unmask him and as i do i relise its one of the bandits who was in the attack that almost killed me i ask why are you here and why did you try to kill me he responds the boss told me to or he would kill me i ask the boss well ill just give him another round of what happened last time as i say that he looks at me in horror and says my boss is not the man you fought he is the boss of this dungeon were trapped in and you have no chance if you have the arrogance that your showing now you could barely hold me and the others off and were the pawns this is a game of chess not rock papper scissors you cant win by luck you have to think out your moves to deafeat the king or else youll get checkmatted and lose you cant just walk in there with where your at you need to think. as he says that i think hard about what he just said and ask him why is he telling me this he looks at me and says because you still have a life to live ive gone through mine throwing it away to a man who only had his greed in mind and becuase of that i came here in hopes for more treasure but instead am forced to work here till the boss has no use for me you still have time dont waste it and use it to auctually beat this scorpion cause ig you dont were all gonna suffer. i let him go and sit down as i do i ask to see his bow and arrows he hands them to me as i inspect them and ask if i may use them he tells me to keep them as i strap them to my back and look at the feather for inspiration before going to the next door before i can finish he says if you go in that door it will lead you to the dungeons final room where he resides trust me dont take him lightly he has glasses on him that seem to grant him power on each side there are five holes he has orbs in some of them whatever they are seem to grant him powers be carefull hes not gonna go easy on you as i hear that i walk in not knowing if ill come out as i make to the doorway with the scorpions symbol on it my pendent and bracelet resonates with me as i activate fox Armour i open the door to see a giant scorpion with glasses glaring at me he says to me i heard there was a thorn in my play things plans but i never imagined it'd be so small and adorable i see you like to dress up like a princess in armor well princess lets see if your as tough as my weaklings say you are as he uses his stinger to lunge at me i throw up a ice wall only for it to inevitably be destroyed by the blow as he continues to barrage me with blows he lands one poisoning me in the leg making it hard to stand as i barely manage to dodge his next blow he backs off alittle bit and says well little princess isnt looking so hot maybe alittle soothing storm will help as one of the orbs in the glasses glow a storm cloud forms above me as lightning starts to rain down as i dodge the strike i get hit with scorpions stinger in my other leg as more lightning comes down i dodge only to get met with another sting everytime i dodge he attacks me no matter what i choose ill take damage either way as i start to fall to the ground i turn to into my fox state to stand more firmly before shifting back because i have no energy or mana left to stand or cast spells i look up with almost no hope of wining and i grab the bow on my back and shoot a venom arrow at him before collapsing as he comes over he says you did good little princess but in the end we both new you were out classed as he stings me in the back i feel him release endless amounts of poison untill all i see is fuzz as i hear him laugh i fell my body shuting down i feel as if this is it im going to die and as the light is almost out i see a light in the distance i get up and walk towards in this dream and as i get closer i see whats csusing the light as i see the pheonix we defeated he tells me there are things in this world that will be there to take you down but you must be ready to fight them cause there ready to fight you little one you will die but i can offer you the chance you need to get back up and fight the only catch you must have the will and the fight in you to take it or else all is lost and youll be truly gone i get up griping my scythe and say i refuse to give up i have friends who are counting on me and i wont give up now as my body starts glowing the pheonix says then you will be reborn like the mightest of pheonixs as i wake up the scorpion is looking at me as i get up he says oh so your up and you still think you can win before he can say anything else my hand lights on fire and i punch him full force into the wall with a mighty flame as the pheonix feather in my hair ignites i get up and my armor reappears but starts shifting its form the symbols change from a fox to a pheonix and the armour gains new plates and the helmet and my scythe evolve into a new version as i grip my scythe the scorpion get back up and looks at me ready to contuine he says this new form of your may look cool but it wont save you as another orb glows and vines start racing towards me before igniting in flames i look up at him and cut his tail off with my scythe before giving him a chance to surrender he says hill never surrender before trying to end me as he lunges at me i swing my scythe and cut him clean in half as i look at him and say your terror is over as i pick up the glasses and put them on they shift into smaller pair and i put them on before deactivating this new form as i do my pheonix feather glows releasing two orbs one looks as if it fits in the bracelet the other fits in the glasses as i put it in i hear the pheonix say you did it and your fire is unburning i then look behind to see since the boss was defeated the doorway out is open i walk out and see the archer and tell him its over before heading outside i then look at the ring my master gave me and say it's time my magic may be good but i still must master it and i use the ring arriving at the training ground i see my teacher as she sees me and she says so i assume your ready to begin i nod and she says this will take you 2 years are you ok with that i nod and say im ready to learn and i know the process will be hard but im prepared for it she says then your ready let us begin.