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The next room is a slightly more “lived in chamber”, with a few decayed articles of furniture and clothing along the farthest walls. In the center of the room lies a table with two knocked over and broken chairs. The floor is a tomb- two skeletons long since dead splayed out beyond the table, one with a pickaxe embedded in the skull. But on the center of the table something gleams. Bringing the torch closer- you can see what it is.
<span class="mu-i">Gold!</span>
Shimmering nuggets of gold, pulled from the walls and soil of deep in the mountain. These are big nuggets- the smallest is as long and thick as a man's finger. The rest are hefty, with the dirt and crud already mostly picked clean off of them. Gold from the Earth! Of course, an equal collection of gold coins would probably be worth a bit more- higher purity- but this what you were looking for. Treasure!
<span class="mu-b">”Alright, let's quit gawking! Stuff your bags and pockets full!”</span> Jonathon commands, and the other two step to it. Soon, their hands are full of nuggets of gold- finally having found a treasure hoard worthy of adventuring.
That was until a strange, ghastly sound seemed to emit from behind them. The moment they touched the gold, something in the chamber was disturbed...
