The Crafter's Dominion: A Dungeon Core Novel (Dungeon Crafting Book 5) by Jonathan Brooks (best english books to read TXT) 📗

Orbs I created for the King and Queen of the Elves, and would like to know if you would prefer to have them embedded in your hands rather than worn on a necklace or held in a different method.  I managed to find a way to combine 3 elements into a single Energy Orb, so you wouldn’t have to struggle with palms full of Orbs if you chose that route. *

 

A quick silent communication between her King and Queen ended up with them agreeing with the process of embedding them, which made Echo look at her own palms in remembrance.  “Your Highnesses?  A warning: It hurts more than anything else you’ve felt in your life, but it’s worth it.”

They just nodded and held out their hands for the special multi-element Energy Orbs – which Echo thought looked extremely interesting.  They were a bit bigger than hers, but if they both had 3 elements in each Orb, then that made a bit of sense.

The Ranger had to look away as screams suddenly reverberated through the kitchen, lasting long enough that she had to cover her ears.  When it was all over, she could see tears on her leaders’ faces, but the tracks of their pain was overshadowed by the sight of the Orbs embedded inside of their palms.

* I’m sorry that hurt so much, but hopefully the pain will be worth it.  Now, I’ve finished preparing everything else for you, which is ready for you down below.

 

* A quick rundown of the plan, first.  You’ll be traveling down the underground tunnel connecting my dungeon to the Goblin-Classification dungeon, which – from previous unsuccessful incursions by my constructs – comes out near the Dungeon Core.  While it is closed off from the other side right now with a layer of stone and what appears to be a sheet of solid Iron, I can bust through it if it was needed—but I won’t.

 

* That’s because I’ll be quickly opening up another passage near the end of the tunnel, connecting you to another room a little bit further up the normal dungeon route.  If I were to open up the main tunnel again, I have a feeling you would be completely outmatched and overwhelmed within minutes, as the room it leads into is large and is likely filled with hundreds of Goblins at the moment.  The Core is prepared in case I decide to attack it from that direction, but my hope is that they will not suspect you are coming. *

“Won’t the dungeon see us coming through the tunnel?”  That was Gerold, who asked the same thing Echo was thinking.

* Yes and no.  No, they won’t be able to see you coming through the main tunnel, because it is both sealed up and now belongs solely to my dungeon.  But as soon as I start creating a branching tunnel leading to another room in its dungeon, it will be able to see that the breach is being made.  It’ll have to be done fast before they can utilize its resources in response, so once I start the process, there’ll be no going back. *

Do or die.  All or nothing.  Honestly, it felt scarier going into that Undead dungeon a few weeks ago, but Echo also felt like there was more at stake now.  This would determine whether Sandra had ultimately found a solution that could be used against all of the dungeons in their land—in all their lands.  Time to save the world.

When there were no more questions and everyone who was going seemed ready, she spotted Kelerim across the kitchen, leaning against the far wall.  She had spoken with him at length over the last few hours – after giving her King and Queen a tour of the dungeon – and found that he had been hard at work while she was gone.  He had been producing weapons for the Orcish Warbands to use in exchange for mercenaries, but now all that he was making was going to start being distributed without the need for an exchange.  Things were becoming dire enough that all of his people were going to need as much help as possible.

As the others filed out of the room, heading below to start on their journey to the other dungeon, she weaved around the tables – noticing as she did that her steps felt a little lighter than usual – before she ended up in front of the Half-Dwarf/Half-Orc.  She didn’t even say anything as she stared into Kelerim’s eyes as he stared back, and before she knew what she was doing, she used her newly granted speed and grabbed his head, pulling him towards her lips.

* I don’t want to interrupt, but they’re waiting for you down below. *

Echo reluctantly pulled herself away from Kelerim, only now noticing that his hands weren’t by his sides anymore.  “Sorry,” she whispered breathlessly.  “I have to go.”  She wasn’t sure if Sandra translated that or not, but she could see the dazed look in his eyes as she turned around.

The Ranger tried to put him out of her mind as she activated her speed-boosting spell, racing through the hallways until she reached her destination: Sandra’s Core room.  She briefly looked up at the glowing Dungeon Core floating in the middle of the room, before turning her attention to the rest of the room.  Her party was already near the entrance of the tunnel, waiting for her with amused-looking expressions on their faces.  Did Sandra say something?

She forgot all about that as she saw something else waiting for her—  “Starlight 3!”

The magnificent Pegasus appeared just as she remembered, and she immediately jumped on its back.  Around its neck, she noticed, was something new.

* I have designated Echo as the one to carry the Prismatic Core with her and…Starlight 3.  She’ll be able to fly up next to the Goblin-Classification Core