We continue on. There is a large door near the statue and we try to listen at it before it is opened. We hear nothing so open it, but suddenly see several men with armor and weapons before us. Sarthisis slams the door shut. A beat later he opens it again and we run in to attack. There is the slashing of swords and Aliga awakes and decides that he would like to help. The battle is over in a few moments and two of them surrender. Porodo ties them up with rope.

Porodo asks Eilenos to touch the altar to see if it is magical. Eilenos does and he is healed of all his damage. The others try this and their damage does not heal. While searching the defeated thieves the group finds 36 gold. Eilenos and Sarthisis see that the decorations in this room look like a shrine to Berethenu. The fungus that has penetrated the room goes up to the altar but does not reach it.

Sarthisis whispers to Eilenos to take one of the prisoners out of the room and make him yell as if we are torturing him. Eilenos does this and the other man becomes afraid suddenly very cooperative. He tells us of the areas of the temple and that one area leads to the Priest of Krokus. He says that the priest does not use any weapons but uses a staff in his ceremonies.

The prisoner goes with us to the door and knocks. A voice comes from the other side in a language we do not understand. The doors open and two zombies who look like they are made out of plant material open it. Krodmich and Eilenos immediately attack. The zombies take damage. Krokus casts some sort of spell and Eilenos feels that his skin is burning off of his bones. Sarthisis fires off two ice spells and the priest topples over, dead. The rest of his zombies follow a few moments later.

We search the room and the bodies. Krokus has a long knife (magical), a pouch of spell components, a coin purse with 70 gold pieces in it, a staff, a scroll case with several scrolls in it, a necklace, and a ring (magical). Josephus says that the ring gives the wearer protection. Sarthisis takes this. Inside the scroll we find orders from King Randar of Salgrin to release the plague to the eastern portion of the kingdom. We move on.

Through the next doorway to the north, a mixture of bluish and greenish light comes through. Two braziers glow with strange light. Between them is a large dome with pulsating light in it. There is a panel next to the portal. Josephus begins tapping at the controls.