Gedwyn stumbles toward the mossy stone archway, his eyes fixed on the heavy iron ring embedded in the door. He ignores the spectral entity lunging behind him, his singular focus on securing the stolen blade within the tomb's sanctified ward.
Gedwyn
Move aside, warrior. If I can wedge this steel into the threshold, the ritual will collapse upon itself.
Gedwyn
My hands are shaking too violently to find the lock. If he fails to intercept the beast, I am dead before the gate even creaks open.
Xarsthos
Stay back, fool. You focus on the gate, I will handle the anchor.
The knight shrieks, a sound like grinding slate, its translucent claws raking the air inches from Gedwyn’s shoulder. Xarsthos pivots, his boots crushing the necrotic fog as he drives his sword toward the flickering, dark heart of the specter.
+ Scene Quest Added
Defeat the spectral entity
“I drive my sword into the heart of the monster”
SUCCESS (Legendary Melee Combat, rolled +0)
Steel bites deep. A shockwave of freezing static ripples from the impact as the blade pierces the specter's hollow core. The creature lets out a soundless scream, its form fracturing into jagged shards of shadow that dissolve into the air like soot in a storm.
Xarsthos
That force was far stronger than I anticipated. If it had landed a strike, my armor would have shattered.
As the entity vanishes, the swirling necrotic fog begins to thin, revealing the tomb entrance in stark clarity. Gedwyn flinches, his fingers fumbling desperately with the iron ring. The heavy stone door shudders, grinding against the threshold as if resisting the intrusion of the blade.
Gedwyn
It is unlocked! Help me push, Xarsthos. If we do not seal this vault now, the remaining echoes will be drawn to this rupture.
The ground beneath the tomb door cracks, radiating a sickly violet light from the fissure.
Quest Complete
Defeat the spectral entity