Portazo Island Entry #10

As I stepped into the cave the cold stale air filled my lungs. I grabbed my sword and some torches and began to explore. I decided to head left first. A little ways into the cave it branched out into two paths. I took the left path again, taking metal notes of exposed ores so I could collect them once I felt safe. Once I reached the end of the path, I turned around and checked the other. The right side path of the cave led upwards. As I climbed through leaving torches to light my way, I found some sand stone. The cave felt a little colder in this area and I could hear what sounded like water above me. I decided it's be best to try to maneuver around this area without disturbing the rocks. I didn't want to flood the cave after all.



After I climbed around the sandstone, I found that the path ended only shortly after that. I grabbed my pick and began to mine out whatever minerals I could see as I returned to where I broke through into the cave. When I returned I began to climb up the right path. After a little the path dropped suddenly switched back into a tight deep tunnel. I placed a few torches and then slowly began my decent.





As I climbed down I slipped and nearly fell down a sharp drop. I caught myself and looked down. If I had fell there would have been no way for me to jump back up. I grabbed my pick and dug a small crude stairway so I could come back up later.





After the drop the cave opened up again into what looked like two more paths. I was beginning to wonder if anything lived in this silent cave. I took the right path and found an area with some gravel blocking the path. I could see some running water behind it. I decided that I would check the other path before I dug through this area.





The left path looked a lot larger that the whole rest of the cave system. As I lit the cave up some more I began to notice more and more sparkling from the ores in the cave walls. I even found some gold. Trying to keep my head on straight I searched the cave a little more and found a massive hole in the ground.





I decided before going into the hole I would search the rest of this area, so nothing would follow me down. I followed one of the paths and shortly found a massive underground ravine crawling with monsters. I quickly turned around hoping nothing spotted me.



As I took the other path I notice this one also opened into the same ravine. I looked in terror as the monsters howled at me from the other side of the ravine.



I carefully stepped back through and followed the rest of the path. Once again the cave split in two directions. Wanting to get as far from the ravine as possible, I decided to take the path on the right. As I walked down the path 3 of those horrid green beast came tearing down the cave towards me.



I ran as fast as I could. I tripped on a rock and turned around grabbing my sword I swung at one of them. It began to hiss and expand. I jumped up and ran just as the one I struck exploded. Bit of rock flew throughout the cave many of them hitting me. I turned around and saw that the explosion had killed the other two. I noticed a decent amount of grey powder. I collected it thinking it may have some use later.



I sat for a moment and tried to calm down after this near death experience. I took some bread from my pack and dug in while I caught my breath. As I continued down the path I nearly jumped out of my scales as I caught a glimpse of yet another one of the creepy green things. As I stepped in the room, he turned and stared at me. there was only a small hole in the rocks and the creature couldn't get through, despite his best efforts.

I cautiously stepped towards him drawing my sword. I swung my sword through the hole and the beast. He hissed and tried harder to reached me. After a few more swings the creature bled to death and collapsed lifeless to the ground. I dug through the wall and carried on through this dangerous cave system.