>>5192802>>5192881>>5192885>>5192886>>5192783>>5192777>Ask about the monsters ahead of you.>Ask him for any rumors around the CATACOMBS.>Ask him, if he had the skills and training to enter these catacombs, what kind of monstergirl he'd go for.“Tell me.” You stare down the graverobber. “What kind of monsters can I expect ahead?”
“Ah.. this is just the first BLOCK, friend. We call it the MORTSAFE. Nothin’ a blue blood like you can’t handle.” He smirks. “Ghouls, cultists.. a ghost or two. Y’know. Usual stuff. The deeper you get, the more dangerous they get.”
“..Right.” Are ghouls and ghosts and cultists really ‘usual stuff’? You, admittedly, had little experience with monster’s affairs beyond books. “Any curious rumors about, then?”
“Oh, rumors? Ah, lemme think, lemme think.. y’know–.. hmm.. it’s on the tip of my tongue, but..” He opens and closes an extended palm. You roll your eyes as you reach into your coat pocket–how unsavory..
The slug’s eyes bug out of his head as 2 PENT land in his open palm.
“Woah-haha! You really are a noble, huh?” He snickers, pocketing the coins. “I’d be a little less generous with that kind of cash if I were you. Not many people in this dump are as kind as I.”
“The rumor?” You hurry him on impatiently.
“Ah, don’t get your panties in a twist. Right. See, there’s been sightings of a dangerous monster around this BLOCK. Not the kind you’d usually see in such a shallow area.” He wrings his hands. “They say she cuts down every unlucky bastard that gets caught in her path with her rapier. And that she’s just as terrifying as she is beautiful. If only I could get so lucky, huh?”
“Right.” You decide to press the merchant a little further. “And if you had the skills and training to enter these catacombs.. you’d go for her, then.”
“Ah? You’re talkin’ some heretical stuff there, pal.” The merchant sneers. “But if I was 10 years younger, I’d land myself a drider. Big spider ass. You know what I mean?”
>Plunge into the depths and leave this shrine behind.>Question him about this so-called immortality spell.>Look over his goods a bit more closely.>Write-In. 