The Champion's Castle [Deshi]

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Map Key:
★ = Starting Point
★ = Shadows
★ = Sub-Bosses
★ = Velvet Room Access Point
? = Point of Interest

You have found yourself standing at the entrance of a large castle, surrounded by a large pool of magma. The heat is taking it's toll on you. The gate slowly opens as you approach it, almost as if the very castle itself was alive and inviting you inside. Your reason for being here was simple... Someone inside this very castle have been causing massive droughts all over the city, making it difficult just to get by. The entranceway to his realm had been openend thanks to your team members efforts... They were busy keeping the gateway open, so you, the leader of the team, could slip inside and take out the threat yourself. A suicide mission? Most certainly for anyone else, but you, on the other hand are more than capable of dealing with this threat on your own...

As you take your first step inside, the doors close behind you, and through the halls, you hear a voice... "So... You wish to challenge me, Mortal? Very well... I admire your courage. Of course, I won't make things easy for you..."

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Repear hated having to this, leave his teammates behind to hold the gates while he traveled forward alone. He understood that the small group with him had chosen him as leader, but did that really mean he had to leave them when they were clearly in need? Honestly, if it wasn’t for them “forcing” him to go on alone, he’d be still fighting away at their side, but alas….that was not the case. The “leader” of this group was now alone traveling a long path that led up to the doors of the castle. Semi-silence surrounded him the only sounds really breaking it being the flap of his wings and the minor crunch of a lollipop being destroyed between teeth.

The blonde would drift allowing the long bridge, the magma below radiating intense waves of heat towards him. It didn’t help that Reaper had enough stamina issues as it was, having heat drain him of what little he had was even worse, so about time he got into the castle, the young man was drenched with sweat as he lowered himself to the ground, his wings folding behind him as he did this. Wiping away the sweat from his forehead, he had to remove his glasses for a bit to let them defog. The interior wasn’t too much better, but at least it was a bit more barable than the blast furnace outside.
No complaints there.

As soon as Reaper was in, the doors slammed closed behind him and probably locking just like in the Zelda games he loved so. Too bad it wasn’t a game though. At least with a game he didn’t have to sweat so. Ugh…he would need a shower after this. Anyway focus time. The baddie here was causing some issues so...time to find the trash and take it out.

Placing back on his glasses, the young man moved further into the castle looking around the elegant interior of the place. It was pretty nice, but what really owned this place? A king, a dragon, a god? Now that was questionable. Even more questionable when that voice came out of no where. Not really pausing in his walk, Reaper would casually limp onward as a smirk appeared on his lips as if he wasn’t scared at all.

“Oho, so you’re an immortal, huh? Well, well I hope you don’t disappoint. I’d get very bored without a challenge,” Reaper said as if he were talking to an old friend. Whether the male was being cocky and foolish or covering fear was questionable. All it seemed like on the surface was that he was ready for whatever was coming, his attitude as relaxed as ever.

The heat dissapated when the doors closed behind Reaper. If Reaper paid attention, he could feel four pulsating presences inside the castle, beating in a rythmic pattern akin to that of a heart... Other than that, it's quiet around you. Nothing seems to be moving around within your vision... But it never hurts to be safe. "Very well then... Let's see if you can entertain me enough... Oh young Shadow Weapon." The presences you feel seem important somehow... But no matter how much you try, the source of the voice remains hidden from you.


You start at the ★.

Reaper walked further in taking note how the room cooled off once the door was closed and also how the sweat from crossing the lava pit was finally drying up. Heh, what an interesting structure. Even more intriguing with disembodied voices and presences all about pulsing from four different directions like one heart. Huh…was the castle alive then and this voice its voice? Now that was a thought. A living castle with a mind of its own. Perhaps this wouldn’t be a bore after all. And would you listen to that?
The voice was asking him to keep it entertained? Ha! As if he would bore with his “gracefulness and skills”. Yeah. He would fight before dying that was a given, but he wondered as he smirked at the voices words just what he was getting in to. The thing did know what he was for some reason and it had disregarded questions from earlier, meaning whatever the voice belonged to had much to hide. On top of this, the place seemed to get quiet after the words had vanished from the air. Mhmm...definitely suspicious.

Also...

Aww. No hints? Tch! Very well. It wasn’t like he needed anyone to hold his hand and make the game easy. He assumed the voice shutting up meant that he was free to look around the place and so he would. Walking forward, he would listen to the throbs of the the strange presences coming from his left and right; however, the more he limped in the quieter the thumps got meaning maybe he was drifting away from them.

Alright, he would have to find a way to the left and right then, but the only path he had for the time being was a straight one, so he limped on until he came to a spot where the area turned into a fork.
Pausing where he was, he’d lean a hand against the wall as he shoved his weight onto his good leg to give his bad leg a rest. Ignore the usual pinches and stiffness of the bad leg, Reaper would look straight ahead, noticing a door of some sort there. As for what was to his right....

He hopped quietly to the corner and peeked around it as he leaned heavily against the wall for balance. It was another long hall and something that lurked in the darkness. Was it the shadows….? He’d have to find out in a moment. For now, a brief rest period for his leg.

Once he felt he could walk again, he would push off the wall and stretch his wings a bit before pushing off the ground slightly and taking to the air. He decided to move towards the door stopping right outside of the door. From his position, he would lean towards it and listen. While he heard nothing, he could sense something on the other side. A treat from the voice who knew he was a weapon or was the presence something else?

Backing up Reaper would tilt his head at the door having a feeling he’d probably get ambushed or something, but finding that more pleasant than going down another hall. If this was a dead end that was fine. At least he could say, he had covered this section if that was the case. And who knew maybe trouble wasn’t back there at all, but instead treasure.

With anticipation flowing within, Reaper would reach out for the handle and open the door entering the next room.

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As soon as Reaper entered the room, he was attacked by a pair of shadows, one automatically throwing flames in his face as the other used some spell upon its ally. On instinct, Reaper raised his arms and dropped to his knees as the fire licked upon his skin and made him turn red from heat. The flames hurt, but not nearly as much as they did when he was a rookie. A move like that would’ve screwed him over in the past, but not today.

Flapping his wings, he would shake off the effect of the heat as he grinned at the two shadows before him.

“So you wanna play huh?” he asked as ice formed around his arm and flowed to his hand. In a blast of shadow and ice, he would release the deadly ice spell upon his opponent.
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(Sorry this took so long for me to get back to. Thanks for the patience.)

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