Kapitel 172: Wheel skeletons? Vamos!

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Solaire struggles to hold back his chuckles at his friends instant rejection. Reima ignores his friend and retrieves the large flame ember from his Folded Space before holding it up to catch the skeletons attention. This does the trick as the hammering stops as it's eyes are drawn towards it, "What've you got there? A large flame ember from New londo?"

Reima shakes his head, "This is the only one in existence, I found it in the ruins of Izalith."

The skeleton grabs his hand and shakes it vigorously "Names Vamos, nice ta'meetcha... You wouldn't happen to be willing to part with that ember? Not many left that could use it properly."

Reima nods and hands it over, causing the skeletons teeth to chatter, "Actually I also have this" he grabs the Chaos ember and shows it to Vamos who seems very surprised.

Vamos "Such a strong aura! This definitely came from Izalith... You weren't lyin were ya?"

Reima "Of course not. Me and my friend here had to fight through hoards of demons to acquire that, be thankful I'm willing to part with it." he says as he tosses it to Vamos who overreacts and hurriedly tries to catch it out of the air. "Be careful with that! Never know what might damage something as delicate as this!" he says quickly.

He puts the ember next to his anvil and tests it out by enchanting a small knife with Chaos flames, dark red fire bursts from the blade and Vamos seems to have a satisfied expression on his bony face. "Did you need something crafted?" he asks.

Reima looks at Solaire who shakes his head, "No but I'd like to ask your relation with Gravelord Nito?"

Vamos "Lord Nito eh? Well, I was the person who made all of his armies weapons... Every piece of steel that you see being wielded down here is one of my own creations."

Reima "That's interesting but not really what I had in mind... What I meant to ask is whether or not you still serve him?" he asks, wondering if Vamos was gonna stand up and slam his hammer on their heads.

The skeleton quickly shakes his head, "No, not anymore... Ole'Nito seems to have lost it after that pin-person stole the writ of kindling, he was so enraged he expelled me for trying to calm him." he gives a sour look and suddenly shouts, "WE'LL SEE WHO CRAFTS YOUR ARMIES WEAPONS THEN YOU BIG BONY BASTARD!" he directs seemingly at nothing.

Reima "So you wouldn't mind if me and my friend killed Nito?" he asks quickly but casually, not letting his seriousness show on his voice.

Vamos "Wha? Hahahahahahahahahaha! You think you can best Ole'Nito!?!? hahahahahah!" he bursts into laughter much to Reima's displeasure and Solaire's amusement. "Hahahaha! That's the funniest thing I've heard in centuries! I still remember that paladin from the church instantly being crushed, hahahaha!" His laughter gradually dies off and he looks at the duo again... "Wait you're serious?"

Reima "Yeah... We've already killed the Bed of Chaos, Seath and I personally killed Manus, father of the Abyss and owner of the Dark Soul." he states confidently, Solaire looking curiously at Reima, he hadn't known about Manus until now.

Vamos whistles, "That's quite a resume, if you're not pulling my leg then you might be alright... But I warn you, Lord Nito won't be beaten by conventional attacks. I shan't say anymore for fear of his retaliation. " Reima nods, "Thanks for the advice... There was something else as well I'd hoped to let you know about." He tells Vamos of the worlds impending destruction and gives him the option of coming with Reima to his own world in the future to avoid it. He doesn't forget to mention that he'd also hoped to bring three other legendary blacksmiths, as soon as he mentions this Vamos seems to have instantly been for it. Apparently he's pretty competitive.

The duo leave the Skeleton blacksmith to his devices as they exit out of the hole he'd made when they had arrived. The hole leads into a large opening that seems to be the bottom of the cavern they'd been descending. Reima reminisces about his time here in the game, it was treacherous and difficult to get here but he'd managed it... Only to... "Shit" he looks to the side and sees many skeletons with wheels seemingly embedded into their bodies, they take notice of the duo and start rolling towards them.

Reima "Fuck this! I'm not dealing with you cunts again." he says as he overpowers an Igni sign, blasting the skeletons with Dark red flames that seem to burn with anger. After the fire subsides all that's left is brittle bone shards and ashes, even without their divine weapons these skeletons definitely won't reanimate again.

Solaire pats his friend on the shoulder, "It's fine my friend... I fear rats, you fear wheels, we'll deal with them together." he says sarcastically.

Reima "Yeah, yeah very funny. I don't think you noticed but I incinerated those guys, unlike a certain someone who squealed at the sight of a giant rat." he gives Solaire a pointed look. Said person just looks away, remembering his girly terrified shout as that big furry rodent look at them.

Solaire "What's not to be scared of? They eat everything and anyone, their fur is weird and patchy, they spread disease quickly and the way they skitter about freaks me out!" he says defensively.

Reima ignores his companion trying to justify his fear before moving towards a large entrance into what seems like a large stone casket?