In the creature's lair, Ryu could make out the layout of the place. The moment they reached the second floor, they faced the old creature. It was standing in the center, planked by four columns. There was a small room on each side of the crumbling walls, and there were piles of things on the very far end of the front wall.
There were also others rummaging some stuff, but Ryu and Seraphina didn't pay them any mind as they went directly to the old creature.
"Welcome to my lair . . . ," it said, voice shaking and guttural. "If you offer me something I deemed valuable, then I'll let you search through the vast treasures that I collected . . ."
Ryu and Seraphina slid their eyes at each other before they took a peek at the piles of treasure the old creature had.
