[ C-Rank Mission: C is for Catacomb ]

A sudden twist in the tunnels led Argent into a bigger chamber. In this one, various tombs lined the floor, and the walls of skulls had places in between them where wrapped bodies had been laid to rest. It wasn’t long after she entered that a trio of spiders descended from the ceiling. ”Hehehe, more spiders huh? This game sure likes throwing spiders at me!”

One of the spiders was bigger than the other two, so Argent assumed that one was the strongest of the group. She flicked her dagger into one of the smaller ones, landing right between its many eyes, while a blast from her white wand fried the other tiny dude. Shoving her wand into a back-pouch, Argent unslung the Lance from her back. ”Just you and me now. Maybe I’ll get lucky and get another leg, hehehe!” She brought her Lance back, ready to charge at and attack the spider, only to feel it get caught on something.

”What the-?” Turning her head, Argent saw the end of her Lance had been coiled around by a giant snake, who now stared her in the eyes with venom dripping from its fangs. ”Aww, wait, you’re actually kinda cute!” Unphased by her compliment, the snake lunged. Activating her [Hotspur of the Moment] skill, Argent darted out of the way, releasing her Lance to the snake. Shit, she hadn’t been expecting another enemy–now her knife was across the room, and the snake had her Lance!

Looking over to the spider’s position, Argent saw it began to fade from view. Invisibility?! ”Oh no you don’t, only one of us can play at that!” Plucking one of the orange orbs from her belt, Argent tossed it across the room, where it exploded into a ball of glitter. Now turned into a dazzling glitter-ball, the spider’s stealth had been foiled. The snake lunged again for Argent, where she ducked around and grabbed her lance. ”Sorry for this!”

From the handle, Argent pulled away a thin, razor-sharp strand of silk. The snake might’ve thought it scared her off, but once the Lance started to glow, it was already too late. ”Here we go!” The Lance began to shake, and suddenly sprang into action. Using the string to control it, and empowering the attack with her [Sorcerer’s Pendant], Argent caused the Lance to turn into a laser, rapidly spinning in place and finally slicing through the snake. Poor creature… she really did love snakes, but she still had to find the skull!

Yanking the Lance back to her after the attack, Argent turned to the glitter ball. It reared back and spat a ball of poison at her, which she used [Dash] to avoid. With another quick [Dash], she darted behind the spider, and activated her favorite move. ”Crescent Slash!” Empowered by her [Full Moon] Phase, the Lance twisted upward in an arc of teal energy that looked like the moon itself, splitting the spider in two. With this room finally conquered, the woman plucked her dagger out of the fallen spider and once again pressed on.

[ C-Rank Mission: C is for Catacomb ]

As Argent ran back through the Catacombs, she glanced over her shoulder to see if the dullahan was still on her tail. It was. Once she reached the chamber where she had fought the spiders and snake, She slowed down. The tombs in this room had been thrown open, and now two zombies stood blocking her path. Argent shook her head, waving her Lunar Knife at them. ”OUTTA MY WAY!” Of course, they… didn’t listen. With the dullahan hot on her tail, she didn’t have time to fight a bunch more enemies.

Argent ran up to the zombies, slashing one across its chest and kicking it down, only to have the other one… start chanting to cast a spell on her?! ”Wait what? Since when the hell do zombie’s use spells?!” She didn’t know how the hell zombie magic worked, but it seemed to be close to finishing the spell. Instead of attacking it, Argent pulled out her [Boook off Typeos], using it on the spell it was casting. As she did, she found out it was a slowing spell, meant to basically drop an enemy's SPD to 0. Once she saw this, Argent smiled. ”BOOK OF TYPOS, GO! CHANGE THE NEGATIVE SPEED TO POSITIVE!”

As the Zombie inadvertently cast a haste spell on Argent, its jaw dropped to the floor (literally) and it smacked itself in the face. “HAHAHAHAHA STUPID ZOMBIES CAN’T KEEP ME DOWN HERE THAT’S RIGHT BETTER KEEP RUNNING HAHAHAHAHA!” That dumb Haunt Skull shouted out as Argent escaped the chamber, leaving the zombie mage behind. Checking her place with the Dullahan, however, she scowled. ”Damnit! It used the edited spell on that dumb suit too!” The skull had been laughing maniacally, but hearing this news was enough to shut it up.

She couldn’t really just stab it while running away from it, so she used an ability before switching to her wand again. ”Moonlight Crash!” A series of piercing daggers shot out from her knife, all slinking into the dullahan’s chest along with the shatterglass. Her damage was starting to add up, but with the Zombie’s spell on it, the Dullahan was starting to gain ground against her- and fast. Holding the White Hare Wand in one hand, and the Haunted Skull in the other. Using a curve in the tunnels as her opportunity, Argent kicked-off against the wall, slinging a bolt of white energy at the Dullahan behind her as she did so. ”STOP FOLLOWING ME ALREADY RAHHH!”