After deciding who would keep the magic sword, the three heros headed for the last room of the cave. There, they found Galeron in the middle of casting a spell. He looked like a red, hooded cobra because of his overuse of magic, and he wore a crown of gold on his head that appeared to drip down his forehead. Galeron had turned two people into frogs, and they were sadly hopping around the room. In addition to the frogs, the heros were horrified to see that the floor of the cave was covered with snakes (the heros were glad that they had researched Galeron and the village and learned that he surrounded himself with snakes, which gave them time to prepare by coating their weapons with snake repellant). Without turning, Galeron said, "You'll never stop me. I'll turn you all into frogs."
Ghost Knight used his ability to detect magic and found that Galeron was the strongest source of power he'd ever felt. He sense that Galeron had a range of 5 spaces and that he had the ability to confuse. Also, he discovered that he takes 4 hits to defeat. In addition, Ghost Knight found that there were no magical properties to the snakes, but they were poisonous.
Willow Elf is immune to poisons, so she bravely stepped into the cave to confront Galeron. She stepped right between two snakes and swung her knife, leaving the snakes angry and injured but still poised to strike.
The snakes attacked Willow Elf. One sunk its teeth into her leg and shot out venom, but Willow Elf was only stunned - the venom had no effect but the bite hurt. Other snakes lashed out at Willow Elf, but she moved just in time.
Ninja Dog shot four plasma arrows at Galeron, but Galeron had a protection spell, which deflected the last arrow, saving him from mortal injury. The three arrows that hit didn't damage vital organs, but Galeron was wounded.
Willow Elf healed herself and then swung her knife again, lopping off the heads of the snakes closest to her. The heads flew to the far side of the cave, where they started to wriggle.
Ghost Knight reached out for magic and found that the four snake parts were growing and would soon be full-grown snakes. The snake cells were mixed with lizard cells that allowed them to regenerate.
Galeron healed himself, so that he was only stunned. Then he put up a stronger protection spell around himself.
Ninja Dog communicated with a snake, and the snake said it was created by Galeron using the strongest poison in nature and that it would bite anything within one space of it.
Ninja Dog moved into the cave. He used his sword to try to hit a snake close to the fires that lit the cave, but the snake slithered aside.
Galeron healed himself completely, and surveying the scene saw that 4 new snakes had grown and were slithering toward the heros. He said, "You fools! You are nothing to me. You are but insects to a god!"
A snake attacked Ghost Knight, but his bite glanced off Ghost Knight's armour.
Ninja Dog shot 3 plasma arrows at Galeron. Two arrows buzzed through his protective spell and connected with his shoulders. Ninja Dog shot again, and hit Galeron once more.
Willow Elf moved up close to Galeron and despite her fear of the fires at either side of where he was standing, she defeated him using her small leaf blade with a cut to his thigh. As soon as she cut him, black goo oozed out and spread across the cave. The goo turned the sad looking frogs into people, and then it continued to spread, pushing all of the snakes to the outer wall of the cave. Finally, the goo spread out of the cave and across the forrest to the village. The heros followed the goo out of the cave and into the village where they found that all of the villagers hand been returned to their human forms.
The villagers declared the 3 heros protectors of the village and named them "The Heros of Springhill."
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