Chapter 1350 Chapter 1350 Tresure for Four Part 1
?--- March --- (Just after entering the portal)
March looked around confused at the landscape. It looked like a perfectly normal beach from where she was standing. A few palm trees off in the distance, waves lapping against the sand. March waved a hand through the 'air' and noticed a slight resistance, but for someone of her strength that's all it was. Slight. *Am I really underwater?* March let out a big puff of air all at once sending a swarm of bubbles out of her mouth.
*That confirms that I'm underwater... but why does everything look like we're still on the beach?* March walked over to the beach, a bit surprised that she could walk over. Once she was at the edge of the 'water' March bent down and dipped her hand into whatever it was. She instantly felt the resistance. It was syrupy, and seemed to cling to her hand, though it didn't quite feel sticky. It was more like the liquid was grabbing onto her hand as best it could.
*Hmm. Entering that might be tough even for me but I'd be very surprised if there wasn't a spot of treasure under there. Is it worth going for though?* March didn't bother thinking for long. Perhaps it wasn't worth it... but it seemed like a CHALLENGE, and March?was never one to shy away from those. There was only one concern, and that was if the collar would let her keep breathing through whatever liquid that was.
So March decided to test it, she took a few steps backwards before charging forward with a bit of steam power to help her out as she built up speed. Just before her feet touched the water March kicked off the ground and flipped so that she was diving straight into the liquid. March took a deep breath just before she made contact and soon she was swallowed by the stuff up to her hips... but no further. She was still technically sinking, slowly, but it was a crawl compared to before.
March shrugged to test the extra weight and found that it was a bit of an issue, but not a major one. After that she tried to take in a small breath and found she could do so just fine. Nodding to herself March started to swim downwards, her powerful arms pulling the rest of her body into the muck. Once she was completely 'submerged' March started to expel a slight amount of steam from her feet to help her move around.
*How are the spectators supposed to admire my fabulous body if it's all black down here? Wait... would Thyme bother to brighten up the scene for the watchers? Hmm... I'm not sure. Might as well show off just in case.* Marigold struck a quite pose. Chest out at the front, ass out at the back for maximum effectiveness and then put her hand on the wall and started jogging forward.
The speed she was going meant that her hand regularly suffered from minor cuts and scrapes but they were healed completely before even a second elapsed so it really was no issue for Marigold. She just kept walking forward, hoping to find either some treasure or an exit to the cave. She did bump into corners. Literally on more than one occasion, but for Marigold these were still minor inconveniences. The worst part about it was simply that she had to stop for a bit to reorientate herself, slowing her progress down.
Marigold wasn't really keeping time, so it was hard to say exactly how long it took, but after some unknown amount of time she spotted a light. Not really caring what it was, she hurried towards it, ignoring the cuts she got along the way.
Marigold burst out of the cave and into a large well-lit cavern. What was weird about it, besides from the lights, was that Marigold was now slowly drying. She'd found an air pocket. *Which I suppose makes sense considering the challenge.* Set up inside of the room was a series of platforms leading towards two different treasure chests. One was on the left side of the room and one was on the right. Perhaps this was some way of indicating that you were meant to chose one.
*Well fuck that!* Marigold sprinted forward, leaping through the jumping puzzle with all the skill and grace of a trained acrobat. She went for the left chest first and instead of opening it she swept it up into her arms and then kept going. She didn't stop for a moment as she jumped across the challenge, heading for the other chest. Despite carrying a heavy wooden box, Marigold was barely slowed down and it took her no time at all to reach the second chest.
Marigold put the first one down, and then, with one hand on either chest she threw them both open. Marigold smiled as the lids were thrown back on both chests, glad that her gamble had paid off in full. Looking into the first chest, Marigold saw that it was deeper then it appeared. She was able to pull out a wonderfully crafted spear that looked to be made of moon-
touched silver.
Marigold spun it around in her hands a few time and tested the balance before looking over into the other chest and finding... a miner's hat. Marigold grumbled as she put it on and shoved a bit of mana into it. The light went on as expected and Marigold sighed. "This hat is so uncool. It's bulky, doesn't help me show off my hair and it's heavy... but dammit I do need to see. Fine whatever, it's easy to carry and we are after points I suppose..."