Dungeon of the Lizard Priest, part 2

"Careful, everyone..." Wizard Ash cautions as he leads the group down an old and rusty ladder in the fantasy world.

"Descending a rusty ladder brings you to the Slime Tunnels, a maze of filthy and unsanitary passageways." Clemont narrates via voiceover. "Garec has posted more of his guards here. Bubbling out of a cracked pipe comes some kind of sentient black ooze!"

Valkyrie Bonnie swallows hard as the black ooze inches from the pipe Clemont mentioned. "I have a bad feeling about this...."

Just then, the black ooze lunges a slimy tendril at Valkyrie Bonnie, making it hard for her to walk, much less run. The splat of the attack also alerts the lizardmen, and they too run to join the fight. But after Valkyrie Bonnie attempts to get up despite the slime, she tries to attack her gooey assailant, only for her sword to barely make a dent.

"Slimes and creatures like them are resistant to weapons!" Knight Misty calls over the noise as she grapples with one of the two lizardmen.

"Come on!" Priest Serena leads Valkyrie Bonnie away from the angry ooze, then cleanses the slime from her. "Heavenly wind, carry Bonnie to the fountain of power! Purge!"

Valkyrie Bonnie grins, pleased she is clean again. "Thanks!" she calls before running to engage the other lizardman.

"WAUGH!" Wizard Ash cries as the ooze lashes out at him. He scrambles away to a rocky ledge, narrowly missing being doused in slime.

Knight Misty tries firing a Fire Blade at the ooze, but it only does a little damage. "It's no use...you'll have to blast it with a full-on spell."

"Behind you!" Wizard Ash calls, pointing out the ooze sneaking up behind Knight Misty. Try as she might to run, Knight Misty ends up with a goo tendril around her leg, being reeled in like a Goldeen to a slimy fate.

Wizard Ash panics, but before he can attempt to save Knight Misty, one of the lizardmen prods him in the shoulder with its spear. As he rubs his shoulder in pain, he sees a flash of blonde running up the hill! "Armor won't help the heart stay sharp!"

He smiles when he sees Valkyrie Bonnie has slain his pursuer. "Thanks."

"Anything for a bro in arms." Valkyrie Bonnie replies.

Knight Misty, meanwhile, tries firing a Lightning Blade at the ooze, making it let go of her as it writhes in pain and allowing her to run away. Wizard Ash makes sure Knight Misty is not in his line of fire, then charges a ball of lightning energy. "Strip away the ground with glistening blades! Thunder!"

As thunderbolts rain on the ooze, Valkyrie Bonnie runs to engage the other lizardman. Priest Serena, meanwhile, runs to assess Knight Misty. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah--although the middle of my left leg is burning like the underworld at the moment." Knight Misty grumbles.

Priest Serena takes the Defender's Salve from her bag, and gently rubs a little of the soothing medicine on Knight Misty's leg, easing her pain. "There."

She hears the splats of the slime approaching, and leads Knight Misty to safety in an alcove moments before the ooze tries to attack them both. "Where's Brock when you need him?" Knight Misty grumbles.

Jao wiisha nes chiel com yutuul... a familiar voice sings, sending a wave of flames at the ooze and the other lizardman...

"After scraping the remains of the black ooze from your weapons, you look around for valuables--a hundred gold pieces per person and some common items--and then continue your search for Garec." Clemont reads the aftermath of the battle."

"Can we please not have any more slime bad guys for a while?" Bonnie requests.

"Yeah--I wanted to help more, but that ooze would have eaten through my armor like lunch." Brock explains. "So I hung back until the opportunity to strike presented itself.

"Well, hopefully you'll find some slime-proof garb before we run into slimes again." Ash notes, making relieved giggles fill the room...