Time to get to work

Rervenn goes to glance around the opposite corner. She uses her instincts and moves as inconspicuously as possible.

Zankas's nose twitches slightly at the sound of big something moving around. He keeps his hand hovering over the hilt of his sword, as if the proximity is a comfort to him.

Not sure if Rervenn had been spotted, the harengon follows the ashen-coloured elf girl as quiet as possible. Thinking about the pronunciation of the words, he may have a clue what awaits the groud around the corner. Not to anger their "host" he doesn`t start casting defensive magic right now, but on the back of his mind he goes through some spells just in case.

As he reaches the corner and sees nothing especially dangerous, he waits for his comrades to follow their ranger and keep together. Wanting to stay close to the Dark Knigh when they encounter this "big creature", Melang wants to urge the group to move forward.

TDK start walking his heavy and loud steps toward the corner. He says out loud and drastic
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured
He finish his words just next to the corner, puts helmet on and whispers.
I guess time fo try my strategy as illusionary warrior moves next to him

TDK takes off his helmet and image disappears. He speak to the dragon with respect
I would be grateful retrieve bandit corpses and leave with them for now.

Technically I found both gold he point at gold pile but I see it belongs to you and I respect that.
And I found glory already - I've killed few fiends on my way here. Do you know what the fiends were doing next to your vault? Are there more of them around?

TDK goes slowly toward the bloody remains of an adventure team. He is showing his unarmed right arm to the dragon. And he speak aloud so that the rest of the party hear
He they are far from resistant to my holy magic. All dead now I assure you. I will remove the corpses now as we agreed. And maybe dragon will interrupt ?

Peeking around the corner (stealth 25), Melangs eyes grow large as he becomes aware of the golden dragon. Extremely careful he pulls his head back and returns to the others. Signing immediate danger to them. In hushed tones he conjures up flames that surround him.

If there is still time left (6 more Seconds are enough), he casts another spell on himself as unsuspicously as possible.

Zankas listens in on the exchange, happy to stay concealed behind the walls, waiting to see what comes from this gambit of removing the corpses. When the harengon summons flames around himself, he starts to wrack his brain thinking of things he could cast to protect himself. Damn my penchant for being on the offensive! he thinks to himself as he considers his repertoire. I suppose waiting until the knight fellow is back is the best bet. Not 100% sure how we approach this. I wonder if we can convince him that we should be allowed to claim the gold? How would he know if we were lying? he thinks to himself

Rervenn considers her positioning and sneaks to the northern corner (CL10). She peaks around to see the dragon, who is currently focused on the old man and his illusion.

Excuse me. TDK stop concentrating on illusion and it disappears
this was not a human just an illusion I use it to protect against those who attack anything that moves. Fiends are not as reasonable at all.

He picks up closest one and pulls it to exit, saying: Well it is a mess here, I will have to return to pick rest of them. Will see if could get anyone to assist me if You don't mind

Surprised by the willingness of The Dark Knigh to shoulder some caracoled bodies, the haregon steps up next to the holy warrior and raises an eyebrow questioningly as he stands with his back to Aurinax, helping the man with the dead. Was this a ruse of the TDK to get close to the dragon without being bombarded with dragonfire and spells? Or why is the man delaying? They are here for the gold. Gold a golden dragon will not part easily with.

Unsure what to do, Melang - flanked by his images - decides to give the human a few seconds to convey a plan, or to gather his courage before he himself will initiate the fight if the paladin will not act.

OOC:

Dragging the corpses to the stairs will take you 3-5 minutes each. Let's say that all the corpses are by the stairs 15 minutes later. Unless you chose to do something before that.
Remember that your protective spells will have run out at this point.