The creature - along with its ball and chain weapon - crumbles into a large pile of red, stony dust as Mist jams her eldritch glaive into its neck, with a blood-curdling scream as if it were facing the fires down below - which may well be the case.
Now no longer being hassled, you can search the cellar at your leisure, and soon find the ring you were coming for. It is indeed as it was described to you, bearing the crest of the von Szepreszyl family. On the inside there is some inscription.
And when the fishermen saw her walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, 'It is a spirit'; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Moredith spake unto them, saying, 'Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.' - It is a quote from a popular saintly tale of St.Moredith saving fishermen caught in a fierce storm by walking over the water and guiding their boat to safety.
Faint auras of evocation and divination
You also find miscellaneous other items of interest:
- Amber Amulet of Vermin (giant wasp)
- 4 Potions of Cure Serious Wounds (3d8+6)
- 5 Giant Wasp Poisons
- 2,000gp