The first trial.

Lara slowly moved through a long hallway, illuminated by numerous candles and torches. Walls coated with gold and beneath her feet the floor made out of pearly tiles. By now her nipples had started to get erect, but it wasn't from arousal, but rather the cold draft touching her bare skin.

The hallway wasn't that long, soon she had arrived in a room likewise illuminated with countless candles, in the middle of it was an altar which held a chalice on top of it. The walls held a few stones with various scriptures.
The chalice was made out of black onyx, decorated with gold and it had 4 pure diamonds etched into it, each on one of the four sides. Onyx was often used by Egyptians, Greeks and Romans in crafting of jewellery, so it wasn't that much of a surprise to her to see a chalice made out of it.

The beauty of the chalice simply fascinated her, it would be a welcome addition to her ever expanding collection of ancient artefacts. After all, her employer never said anything about her not being allowed to take mementos, but she doubted the villagers would share her sentiments. She walked up to the altar.

The chalice was filled with crystal clear blue liquid and below it an engraving in stone read ’’ If thou carries me without spilling even a drop, a new path will present itself’’. Lara glanced once more at the chalice before she carefully picked it up, the liquid inside it almost spilled.

At that moment she knew she had to be careful, a screeching noise opened the door to her left. Holding the chalice with both hands she proceeded to the door that just opened. A room with huge statues awaited her behind the door.
A few spiders emerged from their base, crawling towards her in a fast pace, needless to say she was starting to get worried. But she moved as quickly as she could without upsetting the balance of the liquid.
By now the spiders had reached her, creeping up her legs as cold drops of sweat ran down her forehead. She was terrified but she moved on regardless. Spiders moved up her body, crawling between her legs even. As one such spider pressed itself against her pussy, it’s body gave off powerful vibrations. Lara struggled to stay calm as the tingling between her legs slowly turned into an orgasm.

The spiders would often use vibrations to signal other spiders that they should back off, telling them it's their prey. There were no sexual intentions involved, it just so happened to be at that particular spot of her body.
Other spiders didn't seem to move away, instead she felt more and more vibrations all over her body, which sent cold shivers up and down her spine. It was a frightening experience that soon turned that slight bit of pleasure into the cold fear once more.

She was soaked in sweat but it would be a shame to quit now, she had no intention of giving up. Her only hope was that the spiders wouldn’t bite or that they weren’t poisonous if they did. Soon she arrived at the hallway at the end of the room.
The spiders turned into blue smoke and evaporated into thin air, a sense of relief immediately came over her as she slowly exhaled the breath she was keeping in the whole time.

There was another set of writings on the stone pillar right before the hallway, that she rather easily translated. They spoke of embracing the touch, which she couldn’t quite figure out. But she thought the answer might present itself once she proceeds.
She moved step by step into the long hallway which had two rows on statues both left and right, she was still shaking from before and her hands getting weaker by the minute, she feared of dropping the chalice.

Her heart skipped a beat when she heard a noise, she continued on looking around her for any movements. The statues before her slowly came to life as their stone bodies turned into flesh. They looked human but their skin was black as coal, on their heads was a golden helmet and their arms had bracelets, likewise made of gold.

The creatures neared her, their arms caressing her body, touching her as she moved on, keeping her eyes on the liquid. Strangely they felt quite gentle and warm to the touch but she still feared what they might do to her, what would happen if she spilled the liquid?

Her eyes fell on their huge cocks that were dangling between their legs, she swallowed and quickly returned her attention to the chalice. A snake like thing moved across her skin, she once more looked down. Only to see their cocks were moving by themselves towards her body as the creatures moved along with her, keeping up the pace.

She felt them everywhere, her waist, her belly, even between her legs as they rubbed between her lips. She couldn’t let herself get aroused, not now at least and the thought of those things doing anything with her, wasn’t all that comforting.

The end of the hallway was nearing, before her was yet another altar and the creatures had slowly started moving away from her. It was as if they were held back by an invisible ****, as if the altar was forbidden grounds for them.

There was a pressure plate on the altar, beside it was a golden statue which by logic would mean it belonged on the switch. Lara put down the chalice and wiped the sweat off her forehead, she felt dirty and wanted to take a shower as fast as possible. Her thoughts dwelled on her lying in a bathtub and enjoying a nice drink, but she quickly returned to reality as she realized this was no time for daydreaming.

Lara picked up the statue and placed it on the pressure plate, it slowly sank into the altar making a click and going past that until it stopped about halfway down. Nothing seemed to happen as she scratched her head in confusion.

Then it dawned to her, ‘’This is a pressure plate that needs the right amount of weight added to it, anything above or below won’t work, even if the difference is slight’’, she thought to herself. Lara understood now why she wasn’t allowed to spill a drop from the chalice, as she slowly placed it onto the switch.

This time it proceeded farther then the statue, making several clicks along the way as it slowly disappeared inside the altar. Until it finally submerged completely, closing off with the two plates that clicked in place.

Lara felt her body get light and found herself levitating as it sent her skyward, gentle breeze caressed her body. She felt at peace for a moment, it was like the wind was carrying her away.

She soon emerged inside a room which was barely lit, there was a beam of light falling at a pool of water in the middle of the room. The light was coming from outside, through the opening in the roof. It wasn’t much but it was enough for her to be able to see at least where she moved.

She wondered to herself what her next trial would be as she carefully approached the pool of water…