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You draw your dagger and turn to face the Aroaenc. As soon as you hold the dagger in your hand you feel a warmth surge through your body. Everything moves slightly slower, all pain leaves your body. You watch the long jagged claws of the Aroaenc slowly slash down towards you, you side step out of the way and slash the dagger upwards, leaving a deep gash in its arm. It roars at you in rage and lunges towards you, you brace yourself and leap at it, you plunge your dagger deep into it's infected heart, blood spews at you. The mold seems to grow at an exceptionally fast pace around you. the creature collapses on it's back with you on top of it. You can feel it's heart beating even though your dagger is deep inside of it. You pull the dagger out and thrust it back into it's heart. Again, and again, and again. You let out a frustrated scream at it still being alive. You plunge the dagger into it one last time, putting all of your might into it. The dagger goes deep into it's chest cavity. You no longer have the strength to pull the dagger out. You stand up shakily and lean against the wall. slowly you slump down to the floor, never once taking your eyes off of Aroaenc. You've done all you can, you feel the infection taking root deep inside your brain. You're vision blurs and you hear a familiar voice. "....Sleep...."

END

Epilog

The Aroaenc entered a deep coma, it would be almost three decades before it awakens again. While it still retained its power to summon the occasional adventurer to it's cell, none would ever get as far as the Cursed Hero. Giroven's family looked for years to try and find their lost family member, but to know avail. Eventually Red Mountain would erupt, causing his family to flee and assume he was forever lost. One more bottle of Rose Rot is eventually found in the wilds, but the adventurer who found it assumed it to have no value, and tossed it in a river. The full effects of the potion is still not known. The plague eventually became wiped from history, having been an obscure thing few knew existed in the first place. The Cursed Hero, having saved thousands from an awful death, remains unsung and unheard of to this day.

Statistics:

Scrolls found: 3 of 5

Survivors found 2 of 3

Aroaenc vanquished: No

Plague stopped: Yes

Cursed Hero survived: No

Giroven found and saved: No

Dar Zhen found and saved: No

Brylar trusted: No

Strange voice trusted: Yes

Dagger retrieved: Yes

Amulet retrieved: No

Ring retrieved: No