In the lost catacombs in the desert, underneath the heart-shaped rock, we continued our exploration.
Next to a pit of unknown depth, we decided to proceed through an east-facing door. It led to a natural cave passage, leading in turn to an enormous cavern full of treasure!
Naturally, the place was trapped. As with the previous corridor, construct guardians suddenly animated and advanced.
We were doing poorly in combat against the stone guardians, and were thinking of retreating, when an ancient brass dragon showed up! The dragon told us in no uncertain terms that we were trespasses and should leave immediately. However, it took no action towards us, neither for help nor harm.
We retreated.
After we left, we started wondering whether the dragon was real or not, but thought it best to investigate the catacomb elsewhere first before returning here.
We found a large chamber with a winged lion (Azmutiya) that asked us riddles. Apparently we succeeded, for the lion gave us advice for if we went back to the treasure chamber. We decided to take a long rest under her guard.