Forest Temple (Solo Mission) COMPLETE

[John King Fisher]

Name: Investigate the Temple in the Forest
Rank: C
Objective: An ancient temple has been found deep in the forest near Clover. Requests have been put out to investigate it. Explore it thoroughly and retrieve any treasures possible. If needed, clear out the monsters found to allow later exploration teams to investigate.
Post Limit: 3
Reward: 300 jewels
Exp:40

An ancient temple deep in the forests of Clover was sure to have something valuable in it, and Fisher could really use some kind of monetary support now that he settled down in a guild. Taking his faithful companions, Jasmine and Julia, Fisher made his way to the temple, hopeful that there would be some excitement there as well. The idea of being able to dodge traps and fight off deadly forest beasts excited him almost as much as the feeling of a new gun fitting in his hand. Now that he saw the actual temple, he was amazed by the size of it. It would take forever to completely explore the whole temple, but the mission was to go through it thoroughly.

Taking his first steps into the temple, Fisher tightly gripped his guns and prepared himself to draw on any kind of living being that might show itself. It seemed to be infested with spiders and other small bugs that creep in the darkness. He was surprised not to see bats hanging from the ceiling on top of everything else that lurked in this depression. He began to whistle out of boredom, twirling his girls on his fingers while taking peeks around the darker corners. So far there was nothing very impressive, except a small stone with a stick figure carving that the archaeologists might have interest in. The sound of something growling at the end of the next hall made him take more notice, Jasmine and Julia springing up to take aim as it stepped into the light.

[John King Fisher]

Growling as it approached, drool running out of it's mouth as it's shaggy fur shook with anticipation, a stray wolf stalked it's way towards Fisher. He was obviously starving, the ribs popping out from it's taught furry pelt. It was a disgusting creature really, pathetic enough to starve in a forest where there was food almost everywhere. He had not an ounce of pity for it as a bullet launched from Julia's barrel, burying itself into his chest with a loud yelp with a spurt of blood. He carefully stepped over it's limp body to continue down the hall, wandering for what seemed like hours, he came across nothing interesting except the occasional animal bones.

With his guns hovering over their holsters, arms having gotten tired being up and ready the whole time, Fisher started getting antsy, his searching getting less and less thorough until he saw something shining in the distance. As he inched his way closer, a loud click went off as an arrow flew past his head, clanking against the wall as he ducked from the first click. Seems there were some traps here after all. He began moving more carefully, watching the glow in the distance as a strange moaning came from nearby. It echoes down the hall as he began moving a bit faster, drawn to the noise and glow until he finally emerged in a large stone room, a torch set up behind a large green gem stone. There it was, finally something that he could make some real money on. Once he got past the zombies that stood around it.

[John King Fisher]

The zombies began shambling towards Fisher as he raised his guns, taking careful aim at their heads before firing off a couple shots into each of them. If that was the only guards that this thing had, then there wasn't going to be much point in telling people about this part. As he went for the gem, Fisher heard a familiar moaning from behind him, turning around to face more zombies reaching out for him. Before he could react, one of the zombies fell on top of him, attempting to take a bite of his arm, but it's mouth closed on nothing except Julia's barrel, firing a bullet into his skull. Struggling to his feet, Fisher snatched the gem from it's resting place and looked for a way to escape, seeing only a group of 6 or so zombies.

Seeing no way to escape, Fisher raised his guns and began firing, emptying the rest of his bullets at the zombies before rushing past them. Not all of them had died, but they were at least injured enough to not give chase. With Jasmine and Julia holstered, he ran down the halls, remembering all the twists and turns that were in the halls. Stepping on another loose stone, Fisher began dodging a series of arrows that launched from the walls, diving out of the exit before he could be caught. Holding up the gem to the sun, Fisher let the light shine through it, bringing back the glow he had seen before. Sure to catch a nice bit of money along with the rewards for the mission.

[Durriken Petulengro]