So, the captain dropped me off at the Fields of Valor. Once, a major battle took place here between noble warriors and Necromancers; now, it has all been turned into a complex of catacombs. Nearby, there was a merchant selling his goods at one and a half times the normal price. Of course, I just laughed at the greedy speculator, as I had already stocked up in the previous chapter.
While walking through the cemetery, I was attacked by spiders, bats, and ghosts. Ghosts are not dangerous, but very unpleasant – their attack paralyzes for a few seconds. And they are also difficult to spot. Sometimes they would jump out of open sarcophagi. I tried to charm a group of mice, but they didn't make me happy. They deal very little damage and die after one or two hits. The scroll from my grandfather didn't serve me well, although I don't regret helping him.
There were several secret places here, one of which contained a dangerous trap with shifting blocks
I also encountered skeletons here, which are more difficult to deal with. Pixies don't affect them, as they hide behind their shields; I shot them with arrows, and if there were crystals nearby or I had enough potions, I threw meteors at them. I found the book for this spell here in the catacombs. It's an excellent spell.
I also came across several peculiar braziers, which can be easily used to defeat enemies by luring them into the fire.
There were also grotesque stone fists falling from the ceiling, crushing anyone who steps on the dangerous tile on the floor.
After some time, I stumbled upon Hecuba herself and her anal-serving Necromancer, who were experimenting with raising zombies.
She was holding the very sphere that brought me here, and she hurried away, and I had to deal with this slippery bastard. In the end, I just threw meteors at him, after stunning him.
Then I met the zombies. I'm still a newbie, so I bought fire arrows before leaving, otherwise, it would be more difficult to deal with these undead. If you don't burn a zombie, it will lie down for a while and then get up again. You can throw meteors at them, which I did occasionally, usually at two or three at a time. You can defeat them with conventional methods and then burn the corpse with "Burning." It's a funny spell that serves only to burn zombie corpses. A flame appears in the specified location. Any sane monster will simply go around it or get off it if you cast it directly on the spot where it is standing, but corpses, fortunately, are mostly motionless.
Once, I met a barbarian guard, whom I had to defeat to proceed.
Finally, after wandering around these pleasant catacombs, running away from traps and enemies, and finding a non-rechargeable staff with two dozen fireballs, I approached the final and most difficult battle. It was the so-called Soul Guardian – a mage who uses lightning, invisibility, and teleportation. My first mage!
Fortunately, the nightmare was over. I went out, and the captain immediately yelled at me. While I was relaxing in the catacombs, Hecuba managed to get out of there and sent ogre raiders to the nearby village of Bryn to delay me. Now, it was my duty to help the poor villagers.