Karna finally closes her stinging eyes from all of the tears she had shed a few moments ago.
‘I should not distance myself from Rheill… I now know this was a mistake. I need him more than ever, but the group can never know the truth it will cause a volcanic eruption that is unrepairable!’ Were the final thoughts that travelled through Karna’s mind while her eye-lids remaining tightly shut.
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Book 1 – Chapter 26 – The Deceptive Truth!

Karna places her helmet back over her beautiful and silky, jet-black hair; she finds her new Mithril chainmail as light as a feather. The armour fits her chest flawlessly and shows off all the curves of her upper-body beautifully.
The shield-maiden of Rune then collects the flaming-flambeau from the stony-terrain and holds it in her right hand.
Next, Karna starts walking back to the room sealed by the lattice-windowed, wooden door. She exits under the archway of the portcullis and then acts very cautiously as she is alone. Karna then follows the winding part of the long corridor to the south and then she treads silently The towards the west. The torch lights up the door that was tightly shut by Sana, Isai and Rheill. Karna opens the door, which startles Rheill as he immediately jumps up to his feet and raises his axe. He quickly lowers it as he sees his lovely Karna.

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Book 1 – Chapter 25 – The Vorpal Blade!

All four of them awaken after another well-deserved slumber, “Morning, Sweetheart and everyone!” Said Karna, who was the last one to wake up.
“Ah, you are finally awake, Karna… I have already refilled your water-bottle, but please go an freshen yourself up before we head out again!” Replied Sana.
“That was sweet of you, Sana!” Answered Karna as she smiles at Sana while she places the helmet over the top of her jet-black long-locks.
Rheil had already put his headpiece back on as he was ready to press onwards.
After a few minutes, Karna returns after freshening herself up at the lion-headed water fountain upstairs.
“I am ready, and I see everyone else is too!” She said as she walks to the front-lines again and leads them back to the locked the door; which was on the left side of the junction with the three sets of encrypted writing on the walls. Read the rest of this entry

Book 1 – Chapter 24 – The Catacombs of The Dead

“Sana, what’s wrong… I saw you shiver just now?” Asked Isai.
“The cryptic text reads. If you want to stay alive, you better turn and run!” replied Sana to Isai.
“Screw that text… we are not running from nothing!” Said Rheill.
“Yes, Rheill is right, we have a job to do and thats to restore the balance to the firestaff!” Added Karna to the conversation.
The party then sees two more sets of text engraved into the walls; one on the left wall and one on the right. The party explores the left-handed corridor off of the junction. All of the adventurers notice it leads to a locked wooden door with the keyhole carved flawlessly into the wall on the right of it.
“I guess we investigate the other direction. Even though we have the Iron key, we should check what is down the other way. Also, the area looks open without any doors, which could lead to an ambush if we open this up!” Explained Karna, forcing people to pay attention to her surroundings.
“Well, let me read the writing on the wall now. The text on the wall near the locked door reads I hate Cowards!”
“What does the other say?” Asked Isai.
“I don’t like to be ignored! I guess that means ignoring the turn back, but Karna and Rheill are correct. We cannot turn back now!” Said Sana.
“Well, let’s Ignore whoever wrote this as I am going right!” Declared, Karna firmly.

Book 1 – Chapter 23 – The Riddle Room!

“Hmm… The Riddle Room, huh!” Said Sana, getting a little bit cocky.
“Right down your alley, Sana… but, we are here to help you solve these Riddles as well!” Replied Karna.
Karna then smiles at Sana; before leading the way into the Squared-room. It was fairly-large; at least a five by five in both width and length. Directly in front of the party, was a metal-portcullis with no mechanism, or a way of opening it. Situated in all four of the corners appeared four oblong-shaped alcoves; each of them had cryptic text next to them, which only Sana was able to read.
Next, they head over to the north-westernmost corner and Sana begins to read the text out loud, “I am all, I am None!”
Isai adds to the conversation after Sana had finished reading the text, “I think we need to place the items, which we have found on the floor above in each of the alcoves found in this room. It will open the portcullis for us to proceed further, into this level!”
“Isai… I think you are correct here, but what could the item be?” Asked Sana in reply.
“Wait! I know the answer to this… it’s a reflection, and we have the mirror of dawn from the vortex puzzle!” Said, Karna excitedly.
‘Why does Karna seem to be so excited about solving something I did not know straight away. That is so childish!’ Thought, Sana to herself.
Next, Karna places the Mirror of Dawn into the alcove, after taking it out of her backpack.
Suddenly, the same clicking sound echoed within the chamber, which usually opens a secret dungeon wall or triggered a pit-trap to activate; It forces Karna, to draw her weapon.
“That sound… it could just mean that we have placed the correct item in the alcove!” Said, Karna.
“Great job, Baby!” Said Rheill to Karna quietly praising her smart intellect prowess, one of the qualities that made him fall in love with her.
“Shall we just go around the room clockwise… as it looks to contain four riddles for us to solve and is probably needed to open the door, which Isai presented to us earlier!” Asked Karna.
“Yes, Karna that makes total sense, since we started in this corner!” Replied Rheill.

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