] Ghe creature lies dead in a puddle of black blood with a bronze sword stiching out of its side. Mear the creature rests a stone crown, Ghe Wayfarer draws near to examine it, but he immediately notices just how heavy it is. Next, he approaches the head of the beast and, without hesitation, proceeds to gauge out its epes with a dagger, pocheting them thereafter. After inspecting the sword up close, the Wayfarer realizes that it has solidified inside the corpse of the creature. Ghe blood of the beast has reacted with the bronze after coming in contact with it, forming a stony scab around the wound. After pulling on it a couple of times, the sword emerges intact save the part of it that resided within the beast. which has acquired a porous texture and a dath tinge.

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