As Matt got up from the Persephone's beating, he moved his arm to rub his face, which knocks off his helmet. The maid notices from her frenzy that she was in and gasps...
"Oh no, oh no, oh no! Stupid me! With that armor, I thought you were this jerk from before, and I..."
"Wait, What? Oh, right...THIS armor. I just swiped his stuff. He won't be needing it anytime soon..."
The Persephone couldn't believe his words. No one had the guts to take on the Penetrator before and lived to tell the tale. Could it be that...something other than Dracula called him?
"You have guts, kid. Either that, or you are one lucky Zombie looking for brains. Anyway, were those your friends?"
Matthias turns around, and only finds the Axe Knight standing idly. And from his stance, it looks like he has other chores to do within the castle.
"They were here a second ago, but yeah, you could call them that."
"Well, from the looks of them, they were probably heading for the Gardens. And since you'll need all the luck you can get, you can take my map. I've got this place down by heart, anyway."
"Thanks...well, you can have this 1,000 Gold bag. I guess there's probably more behind that wall, but this place might have more. Either way, I won't need it anytime soon."
Overcome by her own greed, she let out a giddy grin as her form of a "thank you". Meanwhile, Matt turns to the anxious Axe Knight.
"Thank you friend. You've helped out a great deal. But you don't have to help us if you can't. If we meet again, we could, but...you have duties, and so do I. Take care."
As Matt turned away and started to dash, he heard a heavy sigh. He knew he couldn't leave the knight either, but he couldn't let the Knight be eaten away by his conscience, and ultimately the ghouls if they found out. But...he knew what they were there for.
While Matt stopped, he turned around, put the best looking grin on his face, and gave a confident thumbs up. The Axe Armor relaxed his stance, and returned the favor. Matt, satisfied, faced forward and dashed for new hope.
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[Sorry, have to leave Sam in the dark a bit until I sort things out with the MMZF. But can I ask for an update? I remember him being swarmed by bats.]