Since the entire temple lay beneath the lake, the floors were wet everywhere. Dick's footsteps made squelching sounds against them. Lady Velinde, on the other hand, had thick pads on her feet and made no sound even when walking over the wet ground.
"There are zombies up ahead. I can smell the stench! Disgusting!"
Velinde tugged at Dick's arm. The Paladin looked back in surprise at the female Worgen's disgusted face, then glanced back down the passage. It was at least a hundred meters long. Could this cowardly Worgen really smell the stench from that far away?
The astonishing size of this real-world dungeon was making the Paladin dizzy. Without a minimap, he struggled to judge the directions of the passages branching off everywhere. Now Velinde had given him a pleasant surprise, and Dick asked tentatively,
"Starsong, can you smell any beasts here?"
"Beasts? What beasts? There are beasts that can survive in a place like this?"
Velinde gave Dick a startled look, then took a deep sniff. Her two gray wolf ears suddenly pricked up.
"There really are! They smell like snakes... but not quite."
"Exactly! Snakes!"
Dick happily reached out and pinched Velinde's wolf ears. "Wind Serpents! The beasts closest in form to the Soulflayer, and one of Hakkar's animal symbols in this world. Wherever the Soulflayer's presence lingers, there are bound to be Wind Serpents! Starsong, help me find them! We'll strike straight at the heart!"
The female Worgen impatiently slapped Dick's hand away, then closed her eyes. Sniffing hard at the air, she quickly turned into a passage ahead and headed southwest. Demitier and Hrunis followed behind Dick. The two characters could not stand each other, and without Dick keeping them in check, this pair with their love-hate relationship would probably have started fighting already.
Still,