Desert Cultists (Quest)

This is the main quest line of the World 4 - Desert of Madness. As soon as entering the Desert before the quest starts, bunch of Desert Elves start trying to speak to the Knight as if trying to sell something or better yet, convert into their cult. Refusal to listen to them leads the Knight into being attacked by the cultists and imprisoned where the Knight is thrown into the same cell and meets Marvin and the Champion's Sword reacts to him.

## Jail

The quest in 4-1 Desert Entrance starts in the cell with Marvin where the Knight was thrown into for refusal to convert into a cult. Marvin shows no interest in the Knight at first but after scavenging the cell, he asks if the Knight is ready to do anything to get free. He starts beating up the Knight without a warning and catches the attention of a guard as a result. The guard enters the cell to stop the fight but gets knocked out instead, leaving the cell door open. Together with Marvin, the Knight starts the escape from prison.

Taking a break in front of a bonfire inside a prison holding cell, the Knight prompts Marvin to tell them how he ended up in jail. Marvin starts telling the story about the Desert Cultists attacking him for refusal to follow their cult. He defeated all the cultists but was left stranded in the desert before passing out. Next time Marvin woke up, he was on a bed with a little desert elf girl next to him who was tending to his wounds and had saved him. Marvin cuts the story short as he thinks the break was long enough and its time to continue the escape. He pretends to be a prisoner while the Knight dresses up as a guard to escape the prison. Marvin points out that there is a town nearby and continues to travel with the Knight.

## On the way

On the way to the Desert Elf village in Desert of Madness Passage 1 the Knight and Marvin sit around a bonfire as he tells a little more about the story.

After recovering a little, Marvin accompanies the little desert elf girl named Laila as she tries selling Cactus Pickles. even with the aggressive selling method Laila seems to be having difficulties selling her product. One man even pushes Laila when she tries to sell him the pickles and Marvin quickly comes to punch the man, but Laila quickly scolds him that he shouldn't treat customers like that. As if nothing happened Laila keeps on with her aggressive selling method as he goes from person to person and Marvin silently follows behind her.

As he follows her, Marvin witnesses Desert Cultist caravan. Some of the cultists are carrying their Priest on a chair, and there is one female cultist that passes out in front of the chair. The Desert Cultist Priest gets frustrated and orders the his minions to kick her out and find him someone else. As Laila is aggressively trying to sell her Juice to another person, the Priest notices her and commands her to come with him. Marvin tries to stop them from taking Laila as she screams and fight the cultists, but instead Marvin gets taken as well and imprisoned. Marvin stops his story in favor of continuing the way to the village.

## Desert Elf Village

Marvin goes ahead to look for Laila when reaching 4-2 Desert Elf Village and it doesn't take long for the Knight to catch up, but Marvin is standing to the side of the road as some panicked Desert Elves prompt the Knight to do so as well with the threat of dying if they don't comply. As the Knight stands n the side, a cultist comes to announce that the Priest is coming through and he should be greeted with praises. And soon enough the Priest comes, being escorted by Desert Cultists and carried in his chair. Behind him there is Laila along with Leah and 4 other nameless female followers. They are just passing though before one of the Desert elves from the side of the road block the path. A mother begging for food for her child. The Priest hits the mother and she collapses back to the side of the road before the Cultist caravan proceeds forward. Marvin runs after the caravan.

## Oasis

Following Marvin and the caravan leads to the 4-3 Oasis where there seems to be some kind of base for the cultists. A lot of them are just blocking the way as they are fallen on the ground. When entering the warehouse tent inside the camp, Marvin seems to be the reason why as there are cultists scattered around the tent and one of them runs away just as the Knight enters. Marvin is there with two of the cultists tied to chairs and he is punching them demanding to get access to the gate, but the cultist he asked from refuses to give any information. Marvin punches knocks him out and the other cultist gets so scared, he willingly tells Marvin about the location of the key. Marvin commands the Knight to retrieve the key while he tries to punch more information out of the cultist. When talked to, the scattered cultists are begging to be taken to Valhalla.

The key holder is standing right outside of the tent and runs away as soon as he is seen. He runs away until an open area where he prays to the Great One and summons a Sandmonster to help him. After defeating the monster the cultist will keep taunting the Knight from the unreachable platform until he slips on a banana peel. He can then be be picked up and brought to Marvin who will tie him to chair.There are different ways to gain the key he is hiding including taunting him with a banana. Even after giving the key Marvin will ruthlessly torture him for more information. As a result for giving that information to Marvin, he crushes the cultist's head between spiky pillars but the cultist says he's still fine. Marvin tells the Knight to follow him with the key to the northern part of the Oasis where the gate is. After opening the gate Marvin will compliment the Knight on their fighting skills before continuing forward.

## Entering Paradise

After entering through the gate and reaching 4-4 Paradise Entrance, there is a family of four who are talking about going to the most beautiful paradise. One of the kids question how can they go there because only "Chosen Ones" can go, but the father pulls out Desert Passports and tells his family that he used a fortune to buy them. The family leaves for the paradise. As the Knight follows them, they conveniently find passports on the ground. However the family over at the guarded gate of the Paradise is panicking over their lost passports. The knight can choose to return the passports to the family or use them to enter the Paradise.

### Detour

After returning the passports to the family, they show immense gratitude towards the Knight for doing so. A nearby desert elf sees the Knight and tips them about another hidden way in through a jump pad.

Unfortunately for the family, as soon as they enter, the cultists start attacking whoever entered using the passport. The Knight can save the children but it is too late for the parents. The cultist sends them off to "Paradise" to "be with the Great One" in death.

The knight finally meets up with Marvin only to witness him being surrounded by cultists who want him to stop getting in the Great One's way. Marvin quickly takes care of the cultists, capturing one of them and demanding to know where their leader is. As the Knight walks in and Marvin is beating the cultist for information, he asks the Knight if they like surfing. This results to the cultist being tied to the behind of a motorcycle while Marvin drives and the Knight "surfs" on the cultist. After the surf the cultist finally gives directions to the secret passageway that will lead to their leader.

## The Great One

The Priest of the cultists is demanding the Knight's and Marvin's lives as offerings and as an example what will happen to heretics. Some of the cultists cower in fear away from the party in fear of getting associated with them. And some of the cultists are ready to give up their life for the Great One and try and kill the Knight and Marvin. They also start calling on the ending of the world accompanied by the "God of Destruction" some of them sending themselves and their friends off to "Paradise" similarly to the family who wanted to enter the paradise. Some of the cultist will follow the party to be sent off to the paradise by the God of Destruction. They ask the Knight what to do and will follow whatever command is given.

The closer the party gets to the Priest, the more desperate he grow to not let either the Knight or Marvin close to him. He grows more scared and starts begging by the end of it. When the Knight reaches the Priest, Marvin is already there, knocking out cultists left and right. The Priest complains about how useless his underlings are as one of them asks Marvin for help and refers to him as the "God of Destruction", but the Priest threatens Marvin not to come closer or he'll kill Laila who is being held by the priest. The priest brags about having the Great One's power and being unable to lose as long as he has it. His chair rocket jumps onto a tank that drives off with the Priest and Laila. Marvin chases after him on foot and the Knight gets up on a motorcycle to give chase as well.

### The Grand Priest

The Priest is making fun of Marvin who is barely keeping up with the speed of a tank on foot. He's still holding Laila as he starts shooting laser balls at Marvin and the Knight. After crashing into the tank with the motorcycle enough, Marvin jumps on the tank and beats the Priest, saving Laila in the process. Marvin asks if Laila is hurt but Laila just responds with how she thought of a new recipe for Cactus Pickles. She tries selling them right after and it turns out the people actually like them and the first customer is instantly buying 3 boxes of it.

Marvin silently watches as people crowd Laila to buy those Cactus Pickles. The Knight decides to leave them, but is stopped by Marvin who expresses his willingness to join the Knight's party saying that he would just make life hard for Laila if he stayed. He takes one last look at Laila before he leaves with the Knight without saying goodbye. Laila notices him gone too late.