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Chapter 42 The Gaurdian of The Relec

Trilas was moving ever so carefully down through the dark cave in the Mountain of Skulls. As he approached the bottom, the narrow passage opened to a large chamber filled with hundreds of pillers hundreds of feat high. The pillers were massive in width and at the other side of this chamber lied a large alter with a beam of light shining onto it. The light seemed to have iminated from the crystals within the cealing. Trilas only knew this was it. But he was smart and not so quick minded in snaching it. He knew something was up, and he knew there was a catch to whole thing. So he took his staff and threw it into the middle of the chamber as the staff suddenly was vaporized by two powerful lasor blasts comming from both sides. The place was bubby traped for any travelers who ventured into the chamber would die.

As he looked at the walls of the chamber he noticed the two statues of the so called race that build these catacombs. Each statue had a crystal in it's eye and he knew that is why the staff vaporized in front of him. The lasor blast came from the statue. He thought to himself.

"If only I can get through there without being seen by the statues."

"I will have to be careful and stick to the shadows." thought Trilas.

He began to walk forword stareing ever so frighten of the massive statues looking right down at him. It was as if the statues could see him. He crept further and further towards the alter stareing at the statues. The statues stareing rightback looked harmless but he knew their power. As he stopped and looked at the ground he saw a skeleton of an ancient warror with a sheld of the inhabitants of Oddworld imprinted on it. The skeleton was wearing a helmet and holding a sword. He only knew he was one of the victoms of the statues. The statues began to show a glowing light comming from within the eye. Then suddenly each statue blasted it's lasor towards Trilas with him jumping as far as he could from the two powerful lasor blasts. He made it to the alter un touched. as he picked himself up and dusted himself off he walked up to the alter and there lied an inscription and strange rock glowing blue and humming. He read the inscription under the Relec.

"Those who venture into the land of the Lost shall know their cost. The creature shall rise from the darkness and scare. For he is the guardian of the Relec in here."

As Trilas read the messege he slowly grabbed the Relec from the alter as an errie sound came from within the darkness. With the light shining only on him and the alter he couldent see into the darkness of the cave. Then suddenly two red eyes appeared within the darkness as a shape began to form in front of him. He grabed his sword and blaster for he knew he wasent alone. Then the creature of the cave slowly walked out of the darkness moveing towards him. It was huge with two serpant heads with a body that had multipal legs. It started hissing as it breathed fire. Its eyes burning red, stared at Trilas.


Suddenly the two serpant heads started shooting flames at Trilas trying to retrieve the Relec from him. Trilas started dodgeing the fire blasts and trying to kill the beast but missing every chance he got. He only knew that this creature must be the Guardian Of The Relic. The creature kept gaining up on him as the hissing got louder and louder. The beast then opened his red eyes and shot a strange blast towards him. As Trilas dodged the blast, it caused the alter to turn into stone. It fired again hissing louder and caused Trilas's sword to become stone.

Suddenly he jumbed onto the stone alter. With one deep breath, he then jumped onto the creatures back rideing like crazy. He took his spear and stabbed the beast right into the neck then ripping one of it's heads off. The beast threw him off and stumbled about. It moved into the view of the statues and suddenly the creature was vaporized right in front of him. What was left was it's own skeleton. Trilas took a deep breath as he held the relic in his hands and thought to himself.

"I did it, they will never catch me now!" as he laughed in his miniacal way.

"Master, this rock shall give me power and you will bow to my knees!"

As he sat there stareing at the glowing rock and laughing.