Case 25 (Descend into Darkness)

The day finally arrived. We went into the eastern mines and retrieved the next Holy Eye. But before we got there, the Blacksmith gave us some swords to deal with the phantoms as well as a spear that could also kill them. But he was only able to make one of those. We decided that Neric would get the spear as no one else wanted it. After gearing up, we went towards the mines. But before we could destroy the gate that had obstructed our way last time, we made a discovery that I really don‘t like. The gate was destroyed like if something just broke through it. And judging from the metal bars whatever it was broke into the mines, not out of it. It‘s even more concerning that we didn‘t find anything that could have caused this mess. But more to that later. We went in and found a main room with two elevators and a smelter. Of course the first thing Andre did was to get close to the smelter and nearly burn himself to death. As we had two options to take, we went with the right elevator first. It had two levels to access, but the first one was blocked of by some rocks. This might have been caused by whatever entered the dungeon before us. The lower level contained a drill pointed towards a wall. But we needed power for that drill, so we went back up to find a redstone torch. Taking the left elevator gave us 3 layers to choose from. Each diminishing in light level, forcing us to really concentrate on our surroundings. The first level contained two Phantoms as well as multiple levers. We quickly noticed, that two more levers were missing, before we could solve the puzzle of that level, so we descended further. The second level had no Phantoms, but some minecart tracks. We also found a floor with pressure plates that would teleport us back if we stepped on the wrong one as well as a room filled with eight target blocks, but only giving us 6 arrows. As we couldn‘t find anything to do, we went down one more layer. Now this one was so dark, that we had to keep lanterns with us all the time. There we found one more Phantom as well as two more puzzles. One wanted us to play a melody we didn‘t know, but the other one was doable. We had to push a block towards multiple observers to activate the lamps above them. After activating all four observers, we got a TNT. After we couldn‘t find anything to activate it with on the third floor we went back up, searching on the second floor. And luckily we found a redstone block surrounded by complete darkness. Placing the TNT gave us access to a hidden room filled with amethyst, and a button that played the melody we needed. After replaying the melody on the third floor, we got our first lever. Now going back up into the second lever we also found a minecart that wasn‘t there before. We used that to activate the pressure plate puzzle, as well as the arrow puzzle. After completing both, another chest got revealed containing the second lever. Now next up we used both levers to activate the last puzzle granting us a redstone torch. Interestingly enough Timmy got that redstone torch, but didn‘t instantly realize it, so we were wondering what actually changed for a good few minutes. After realizing what we got, we went back to the drill and activated it. I accidentally nearly killed Auguste in the process, as he went in front of the drill the exact minute I pushed it forward. The drill had opened a hole into a new room that seemed older than anything else. In there was the next guardian we had to face. A giant Golem made out of yellow bricks. During the fight both Iatros and Neric had their souls shattered, as the Golem managed to corner them, with no way to escape. That means that Iatros soul was already shattered two times, which is concerning at best. After defeating the Golem he dropped two items of interest. First of, he dropped the second Holy Eye. Now Andre took that Holy Eye with him, so I couldn‘t take a closer look at it. The other interesting object was a runic tablet that seemed pretty old. But before I could take it, Timmy had already taken it, without even properly looking at it. I definitely need to get my hands on that one as it could explain some of the secrets this world is holding. After regrouping with both Iatros and Neric, we decided to get out of there as quick as possible. But before that Kleckser decided that he wanted to get some entertainment by giving Iatros a knife and telling her to skin Augusto. Now honestly after Augusto had the nerve to say, that stopping the world from ending isn‘t our biggest priority, I decided to just let it happen. Now of course Augusto ran away, and Iatros just followed her. Meanwhile we decided to take a look at Augustos house, as no one had seen it so far. Before I went there though, the child and I had a little detour, as I finally got my hands on the Eye from the Temple of Whispers. After that we went into Augustos hose that was build like a beaver dam, so the entrance was underwater. The child tried to run after Augusto again, until Neric traded a flower for the knife. After the chase was finished I decided that it was time to announce my next game show, to prepare everyone for it. After that, we talked a little more, before calling it a day, and going back home. B1 to D2 /vqNg3dlgY5I