We had found our target, Tezcat Threestar. He was cowering in front of the entrance and I was glad he hadn't be blown to bits by the hand-made explosives Xipli Tailbiter had mixed up.
"Not a spirit," I said. "We're heroes!" I gave a thumbs up.
Tezcat looked at us curiously. "Not a spirit? Well, whatever you are, I hope you can help me. Our ancestors have risen from the grave, and they are hungry!"
"Hungry dead again?" muttered Sierra.
"Hey, don't knock their terms," I said. "I saw you playing Five Night's at Froakies and those clockwork animals that kept attacking you and ending your game seemed to be starving!" I chuckled.
"That's my little secret!" shouted Sierra, blushing.
Tezcat got a little perturbed. "I have barely been able to resist them. Do you think you could drive some Thunder Horn Zombies back to give me a respite?"
"Sure thing!" I said. "What could go wrong?"
"Me and my big mouth!" I frowned.
Yep, again the name is a misnomer; these are ICE-school, so good thing we finally got Mass Ice Prism! Actually, I was having Katie farm for animus to make house guests for her Villa, but these guys (who have 3590 HP each) ENJOY spamming Tower Shield so I had to use a weak Mystic Colossus to purge these banes on my life. X(
We finally told Tezcat of our success.
"First off, don't ever talk about my dad again," I snarled. "He may have been a stage magician but his magic was just as wonderful as my real deal!"
"Are you okay?" asked Sierra, confused.
I then realized I had mouthed off my dirty little secret and clammed up.
"Yes," said Sierra, picking up the slack. "The Quetzal reached a Marleybone scientist and word got to us so we protected it from Morganthe's bugs. We got the Spiral Key."
Tezcat let out a sigh of relief. "I did not believe Pacal's desperate plan would work, but my blood stirs with your news. How many of you are there?"
I frowned. He was clearly expecting an army of wizards like the Council of Light. "Well..."
Tezcat got disturbed. "Just... you? I see."
"We're sorry, but we are really powerful," assured Sierra.
Tezcat smiled and shook his head. "Mother Moon knows best, I suppose. Well, we must do what we can. And I cannot do much without my axe. My power is in my Volcanic Axe, but it was broken by Moon Skull Zombies. Please recover the Axe Pieces for me!"
"We'll be back in a flash," I said.
At least I could keep the promise this time. These ugly zombies were cake.
Moon Skull Zombies are Life-school and have 2590 HP each, so they are much easier - Katie can Mass Prism them to boost on them, but again, I was farming animus from them. The drops for the pieces are very low, however, so be wary that you might need to do several battles.
We found shards of pumice which we assumed were the pieces of Tezcat's weapon and brought them back without delay. This allowed him to leave the Cenote, and we quickly fled the stinking place too.
"I definitely agree," I grumbled. "When I die, I want to be cremated!"
"Hopefully that won't be too soon," murmured Sierra, who was spacing out again.
Tezcat growled. "The Shadow Queen sensed our ritual and tried to disrupt it. Her minions chased me into the Maw and sealed me in."
"Shadow Queen?" I said.
"That's a new moniker."
Sorry, had to reference this. I loved Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door and someone had even made a sort of Yu-Gi-Oh Crossover with it on Fanfiction.net. ;)
"Talk to Pacal Redmask," said Tezcat. "We need a new plan!"
"So that's two down," I said. "Any idea where your third member is?"
Pacal sighed. "When the Shadow Queen struck at us, our third companion, Zaylin Reedwalker, was captured by her vile minions."
"Oh no!" cried Sierra. "Any idea where they took your pal?"
"A few people saw her being dragged into the lower chambers of the Pyramid of the Black Sun," said Pacal. "Can you enter the pyramid and rescue her?"
"Do you even need to ASK?" I said. "We're heading out now!"
We found the chambers Zaylin was being held in and busted into the place, fighting our way to her prison. She was a bit terrified of us at first, but I calmed her down.
"Trust me, we have no love of Morganthe," I said.
I missed the pics but you have to fight two battles before you get here - a group of two Thunder Horn Zombies and a group of two Moon Skull Zombies. You should have no problems with these guys since you had to fight a ton of them beforehand.
"I do not sense the black aura of the Shadow Queen's legions about you," said Zaylin. "Nor do I sense her evil magic. Are you... Magicians of Light?"
"Well, we are allies of the Council of Light, if that's what you mean," said Sierra, smiling. I pulled out the Sword of Kings to prove our good hearts. "We got your message and Pacal asked us to save you."
"You are!" gasped Zaylin. "Pacal sent you?" She sighed in relief. "Our summoning worked! By the Black Sun, I was sure I'd become a fossil in here!"
"Relax, you're going to be fine," I said. "Let me just bust the lock and we'll get you out of here!"
"I'm afraid that won't work, Magician," said Zaylin. "The Shadow Queen has enchanted this cage to ward off spells of light. You will need the key to unlock the door."
"And... where, praytell, is the key?" I asked.
"You'll need to duel Metzi Burning Water to get the key to my cage, she plots in the inner sanctum," said Zaylin.
"Okay," I said. "No problem! We'll get you out of there in a flash!"
Me and my big mouth, Part 2. :(
Luckily, Sierra got my fat out of the fire with her amazing new spell which she told me about a while back. Cyrus sent her to Azteca to get the Celestial Calendar, which really kicks A! ^_^
Unfortunately, now that the focus has shifted from Sierra to Katie, I can't detail the quest to get the last spell from your Ravenwood professor for Myth. Shame, it's an epic tale. Celestial Calendar not only does a lot of damage, but it also steals a pip from your enemy, great if you are need of pips. And yes, I am not hiding the fact that Sierra also was using Shadow Strike(which she got from Khrysalis a long time ago when I trying to revive her blog) to boost its damage.
Also, I needed its piercing properties. Shadow Shrike transforms you in a shadow creature that gets a 10% damage boost and a 50% pierce rate, which means that Metzi's Tower Shields are ineffective. Metzi is the first enemy you'll meet that has a secondary school and can use her power pips in it. She is a Storm boss with 14490 HP and has a secondary school of Ice, so she'll spam Ice Wyvern and Blizzard as well as Tower Shield, which makes this fight a piece of dino dung. X( (It didn't help that the servers crashed midway through the battle and I had to spam potions to recover.)
"Here, yeah," I said, fitting the key into the lock. It snapped open and the door flew wide. Zaylin stumbled out like a newborn babe coming from her mother's womb. (Sorry, I didn't mean to be gross.)
"Are you okay?" asked Sierra.
"I am fine, just need to stretch my legs," groaned Zaylin. "I will returrn to the Zocolo and speak to you and Pacal Redmask there." She stretched her body and left.
Pacal was impressed by our rescue effort.
"No problem," I said sheepishly. "But now we need to figure out what the hell Morgie's up to."
"Go speak to Zaylin then," said Pacal. "And see what she saw about the Shadow." He sighed deeply. "When the Shadow Queen arrived in Azteca, none of us were prepared for the depths of her ambitions."
"I understand," said Sierra. "Morganthe is a chaotic creature, you can't prepare for her ambushes."
Zaylin had a lot to say and we couldn't get a word in.
"The Black Sun Necromancers are charged with preparing our dead for burial," said Zaylin. "But now they have fallen to the corruption! Who knows what secrets they gave to the Shadow Queen?"
"They must be responsible for raising these undead en masse," said Sierra. "We need to stop them."
"You'll need to investigate the central chamber of the Pyramid of the Black Sun to learn what she has has up her sleeve," said Zaylin. "Go search the Pyramid. You'll have to get permission from the King's Guard, Acesta Hanging Moss."
"We're on it," said Sierra. She looked up at the sky again and I heard her mutter...
"I'll save you, I swear."
[To be continued...]
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