The Dungeon Fairy: Two Choices: A Dungeon Core Escapade (The Hapless Dungeon Fairy Book 2) by Jonathan Brooks (free e books to read .txt) 📗

Those feelings wouldn’t stop her from wanting Raiders to die in the future, because that was just a normal part of the way the world worked.  She didn’t have to like watching them perish, but she also wasn’t going to save them all—

Huh.

“What now?  Please don’t tell me you’re going to try to heal him…”

 No, not at all.  I just had a thought about the last time a couple of Raiders were dying inside of my dungeon, even if the situation wasn’t exactly like this.  I ended up healing them, granted, but that was only after I had established a Bond with them and could use my Healing Aura. 

“Wait, so you want to…isn’t that, like, cheating or stealing or whatever?”

Probably, but I’m going to try it anyway.  He’s going to die either way.

With only another moment’s hesitation, she activated her Bond Fairy Ability and targeted the rapidly dying Human in the spike-filled pit.  As 50 Fairy Mana left her Core, an invisible tendril snaked out of it and latched onto the Raider, making his body twitch even in his unconsciousness.  A momentary pause in her concentration occurred in Tacca’s mind while the connection established, but it passed much faster than it had when she had done the same thing with the 2 Hill Dwarves.

Bond Results:

Bonded Targets: 1

Abilities(s) Obtained: None

Abilities(s) Granted: Dungeon Sight, Power Boost +50%

Creature Type Unlocked: Human

Hmm…that’s strange.  She shared the results of the Bond she performed on the dying Raider with Shale, even as she felt the tenuous connection between them now.  It wasn’t strong enough for her to want to save the Human, at least, but she was more than aware that it was there.  Less than a minute later, she felt that connection abruptly sever itself as the Raider died, and an additional 5 CIPs was added to her Countdown total.

“I’m assuming that you didn’t receive any other Abilities because these Raiders were all the same Class as that Hill Dwarf you Bonded to before – and therefore had the same Abilities,” Shale mused.  “It looks as though you can probably create a Human as one of your creatures, though.”

Indeed, that was true when she went to look.  The biggest difference between the Human and Hill Dwarf, though, was the fact that she only had access to the “Fighter” Variant for the Human, as opposed to having both that and the “Caster” for the Hill Dwarf.  I assume that I need to acquire all of the different Classes, or Variants, for each race in order to use them.

“Wait…does that mean what I think it means?  You’re going to keep doing this?”

Absolutely – I don’t see any reason not to.  That doesn’t mean that I’m necessarily going to use them as creatures right now, because I’m not sure how the Raiders will react…but who knows what could come up in the future?  It might be something of which I have a need, and I can see it being very beneficial to acquire additional Abilities for my “normal” creatures that can use them.  I just have to make sure that I only Bond those who are going to die here, because I don’t want hundreds or thousands of Bonded Raiders running around.

“…Why not?”

That question surprised her, coming from Shale of all people.  He seemed to be a stickler for rules and regulations, and doing something so out of the ordinary should’ve raised some red flags.  Though, to be fair, the reasoning behind her reluctance to do that wasn’t necessarily anything to do with rules and regulations – but was more selfish on her part.

It’s because of that Dungeon Sight Ability that they would acquire; being able to see the locations of all of the traps, creatures, and environmental objects inside of my dungeon.  The element of surprise is an important factor to successfully defending my separate rooms; take that away, and there is no challenge left.  It’s bad enough that they make maps of the dungeon to sell to those who can afford it, but I can always move things around to change it up a little.  With that Ability, however, any type of surprise change would be basically useless, if they can identify it right away.

“I see.  So, what about those two Hill Dwarves who have it?”

A few with the Ability is fine – I just don’t want to eventually end up with every other Raider walking in here being able to pinpoint all of the dangers ahead of time.  Not to mention, from the description I heard, Dungeon Sight can be used in any dungeon, not just my own; I would be handicapping all of the other Cores out there by doing them such a disservice.

 “I can understand that!  My Mentor for one would be quite angry if something like that were to happen—oh, sorry.”  His tone turned apologetic, after remembering what happened to Tacca’s Mentor.

Nothing to be sorry about.  It happened, and the past is the past.  Now…how long do you think it’ll be until the next group arrives?  And do you want to take bets on how long it’ll take for the news about the new exit tunnel to get around?

“Ha!  No bet here; I have a feeling that Raider that escaped has already been shouting his lungs out at anyone who would listen to him.”

I have no doubt you’re correct.  Now that her dungeon was finally being visited by groups that could really take advantage of her easier difficulty, Tacca was excited to see what was in store for her in the coming days.

Chapter 6

It turned out that Raiders had a very disturbing sense of humor.  The morning that saw the first organized groups heading up to the dungeon, Sterge was already at work completing the finishing touches on the Inn when the sole survivor of the very first group came back to The