After beating the Venom Daoist, he granted you access to Purple Cloud Mountain. You had previously been warned by some snake woman about a “Scorpionlord”. But nonetheless, you continued up, and it seemed like things were going fine… until you found him laying on top of an abandoned home, drinking his heart away.

Scorpionlord: ”…In today’s wine, I steep: Let outside, quarrels keep… oh, woe, woe is me!…sigh… the chance to kill that bane to our kind is there, yet I’m forced to protect it! How humiliating…”

He then took notice of you, with a sneer, and spoke in a much harsher voice, while still taking occasional sips.

Scorpionlord: ”Get lost! Don’t disturb my drink!… ugh… how about a quick death with my stinger, you taut-faced thing!? Now leave, while you can… oh, quit your dawdling, will you? One scratch on those jars, and you’ll be a dead thing walking.”

Scared, you backed away…right into one of the jars, breaking it and spilling the alcohol everywhere.

Scorpionlord: gasped”Oh, the NERVE!!!”he leaped down from his resting place, angered._ ”You stupid little fool! I meant to let you pass, but you chose to rrrrRUIN MY DAY!!”said while smashing a flask on the ground- Now,face your doom!…