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He was aware of the secretive nature of this task so he made sure to stick to the walls and move swiftly but silently. Reaching the gate he watched her scale it up with such ease that it looked almost natural. Once at the top she tossed him a rope which he grabbed onto and climbed after her. He reached to top and was surprised to see her legs over the ledge and the rope in her hands, she had held his wight on her pure strength. He climbed into the space and had to climb over her before rolling to the side.

"A temple..." He mumbled more to himself than to her as he crawled towards the other side of the wall. He climbed down the same way he came up, Kanai on the other side used the same set of skills to climb back down. The quickly put some distance between them and the gate leaving Xuat behind. As they walked deeper into the underdark he let Kanai take the lead and he just followed.

As far as this basilisk, he knew that it did make its lair in the branches around the temple of Vhaerun and it was possible that they would run into it. Xuat was busier dealing with enemies on the surface than with these “domestic problems”.

Now he could see the weird artifacts she used to scale the gate walls where actually very sharp claws that could easily be used as weapons. Despite their odd nature he was not about to under estimate them.

As they walked further into the underdark he realized that given their direction the only temple they could be headed was that of Vhaerun. It seemed very odd though. What business did she have there? It could be anything. He could speculate all he wanted but it would be better to wait and see for himself.

Distracted with these thought they both turned a bend that lead to another branch of the cavernous system dimly lit by glowing stalactites hanging high above them they where well into the cavern when he finally noticed it, a tad to late to hide.

The basilisk. The long enormous reptile was as big as a house from head to tail and the as thick as a carriage. His head looked like it could fit Huascar whole into his mouth and by the looks of it its hide would not be easily pierced by a blade.

It was too late to run and not even a rock to hide behind. He threw an arm to reach for Kanai, his hand touched her bosom and gave her a light push backwards backpedaling slowly away to safety. The last thing he wanted was an open fight with this beast, they needed surprise on their side.

If fortune would have been with them, but this was not the case. The red eye of the beast zeroed in on them and his whole head turned to face them. It had noticed them. It's first few strides where sluggish but the next was quicker until it leaped towards them closing the distance very fast,

“You did say it was a dangerous assignment.” He said out loud. More as an explanation to himself for why it had not gone smoothly. He drew his curved blade from, letting the sound of metal against metal resound in the cavern and striking a pose ready to entangle himself with this monster.