Rising From The Deep

The general sentiment seems to be that it's time to leave this floor, but the suggestion that this might be an opportunity to deal with Dreg is tempting. The group first head to Martin who confirms the ring is definitely enchanted, but he doesn't know enough to say what it's enchanted with and then they decide to go talk to the explorers.

"Dreg? Can't say I really know who that is," Andras states and another explorer pipes in.

"I think he's that really ugly, sort of tall dwarf that runs the hotel?" they suggest.

"He's not around very often is he?" another adds.

"I mean it's a hotel in the deep, we don't exactly get many visitors who might need a hotel," some one else responds.

"Honestly not sure what that place is even for," Andras decides finally with a shrug.

Leaving the explorer's guild, it seems unlikely that Dreg has made enough of an impact on the people here that they'd have any reason to want him gone.

the group contemplate heading all the way to Dwarfhold to ask Dahlia about the ring, but they decide it would be too long and Yulia doesn't really want to talk to Dahlia again right this moment anyway. Maybe they can ask Liloth before they pass through the spiders.

With the decision made they head to The Alveare and indeed find Liloth there waiting for them.

"Are you ready?" she asks.

"One thing first, do you know anything about this ring?" Yulia says handing it out to her. Liloth looks at the ring and reaches out to take it, but as she touches it she yelps and pulls her hand back.

"What!? It's... Warded against demons... Angels too I think. Whatever it is, it was intended to be kept out of the hands of anyone from the Tower Above or Below," she says, "which unfortunately means I also can't tell you anything about it beyond that," she adds apologetically.

"Darn..." Yulia says and then sighs, "alright we're ready to pass through the Alveare," she says and Liloth nods.

"Be careful, Monarch is not a weak foe," she warns and then steps forward into the Alveare, walking through the webs, they snap around her as she moves and the spiders are quickly attracted to her. Swarming around her, but stopping just short of reaching her. Surrounding her like they're scared to get too close. Some dart forward and testingly stab a leg towards her, but they never reach her and quickly dart back away, "you should go now, while they're distracted," she says calmly.

Yulia et al agree and hurry through the Alveare, doing their best to avoid the webs, but hitting webs doesn't seem to alert the distracted spiders anyway and they soon make it to the other side where a massive entrance sits, bored out of the cavern stone by something very large. Seeing them on the other side Liloth vanishes and the spiders seem to almost snap out of some sort of trance, beginning to return to their webs or, back to merely patrolling for food.

The group hesitate and then pass out of the Alveare and into Monarch's throne.

Monarch's throne is a massive, crudely carved cavern. A simple metal gate blocks access to a set of stairs ascending into nothingness, passing through the walls of the enclosed space like they don't even exist. In front of the gate lays a massive coiled Millipede with long, serrated pincers attached to its head and a long stinger attached to its tail. It seems to be asleep at current, or at least dormant. There's an old rusted lock on the gate to the stairs.

(Health: 100%

Mana: 50%

Equipment: Ceramic Beaked Mask, Reinforced Monastic Scapular, standard bra, Standard Panties, 3 poison gas grenades, 3 healing kits, 1 syringe of poison, 1 syringe of adrenaline, 1 syringe of poison antidote, 1 sewing kit, 1 vial of strong aerosolizing aphrodisiac, 8 days worth of rations, 3 two liter water jug, 1 health potion, 7 mana potions, A boar mask, 4 vials of sticky white liquid, Ornate Rapier (-3), 4 arrows, Quiver, God's Favour (Halo. Prevent **** one time), 1 sack of cooking ingredients (Apples), Bone Spear (-1), Ash's Quiver, 6 charm arrows, Smithing Ingredients (6 steel ingots), 1 sack of cooking ingredients (Vegetables), Grenade Launcher, Empty Bandolier, Silver Staff (-2 added to the effect of all spells), Spidersilk gown, Smithing Ingredients (1 silver ingot), 13 silver throwing knives, twenty feet of Spidersilk rope, 1 sack of Cooking Ingredients (Fish), an Onahole, a shard of Illustone, A tarnished Silver Ring, A Demonic Spellbook (Puppet?).

Spells known: Great Heal (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 25%)

Great Cure (Lvl 2, Mastered, Cost: 15%)

Energize (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 25%)

Icicle (Lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 15%)

Unlock (Lvl 1, Unmastered, Cost: 15%)

Repair (Lvl 1, Mastered, Cost: 5%-20% depending on factors)

Undermine (Lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 25%).

Life Drain (lvl 1, Mastered, cost: 2% per 1 Hp healed)

Blizzard (Mastered, cost: 5%)

Fetish: Bondage Rank: 2, Masochism Rank: 1, Lesbian rank: 1, Submission Rank: 1, Incubating Rank: 1, Large Insertions Rank: 1

Status Effect: Permanent increase to physical attribute. Combat level raised to medium

Atrophied: Permanent Decrease to Physical Attribute. Combat Level lowered to weak. (Countered previous Permanent Increase)

Psychosexual Break: In order to deal with her trauma, Yulia has begun to subconsciously fetishize her experiences.

Deflowered: Virginity Lost, sexual experience changed to: Inexperienced, non-virgin.

Marked by The Abyss: Found You.

Trauma Rank 1 : Costs of all spells doubled for the remainder of the floor. (Caused by first impregnation)

Mind Shattered: Max Mana halved for the remainder of this floor.

Companion: Cherchiel, Goma, Martin, Isalia.

Cherchiel Equipment: Ultra Durable Spear( -5, -10 with Boar Mask), Ultra Durable Shield (-5, -10 with Boar Mask), Solanium Reinforced Bodysuit (add -1 to all physical actions).

Cherchiel Status Effect: Divine Grace. Combat Level raised to High

Goma Equipment: Runed Dagger (-2, -5 with boar mask), Hunting Horn (-2 for each ally affected), Reinforced and Nethicite Augmented Thick Hide Outfit (Negate most physical damage)

Goma Mana: 50%

Goma spells known: Heal (Mastered, 15%)

Isalia Equipment: Isalia's Sword (-3), Isalia's Shield (-3), Black Leather Armor

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