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

move any of her Environmental Objects, and she couldn’t place any new traps – the room was essentially cut off from her manipulation so completely that it was as if it didn’t exist to her.

They’re running through the second room right now, and they just triggered the Rage Enchantment trap that was bypassed by those Merchant Raiders—and it did nothing.  Similar to the spells I saw flung out by the Clan rep outside, the monstrous thing’s body in the lead just flared up with a glow, and that was it. 

That wasn’t good; while not powerful in comparison to some of her other traps, the fact that her Enchantment trap seemed to have absolutely no effect on the invaders didn’t bode well for her other defenses.  It was then that her world seemed to stop as she contemplated a decision that could have dire consequences even if it succeeded.  Do I dare?  Is there any other choice?  Yes, there was; there appeared to be two choices for Tacca: die or die spectacularly.  Seeing how powerful these monsters were, there didn’t seem to be any other conclusion.  Therefore, she initiated a plan that she thought would work to destroy them, with a sliver of a chance of her surviving as well – but she wasn’t holding out much hope.

They’re almost to the third room already.  The Merchant Raiders have now heard something behind them, and they’ve turned towards the tunnel.  Let me listen in.

  “What is that?  Is it another group?  They shouldn’t be entering so soon after we start—WHAT IS THAT?!” the Fighter in the group, a steel-plated Human, shouted at the appearance of one of the blue-skinned monsters as it emerged from the tunnel.  He barely got his puny-in-comparison sword up in time to block an overhead swing of an axe, but his strength was obviously much less than the massive arm wielding the double-bladed weapon.  His sword shattered upon impact and the axe continued downwards, slicing through the Human’s armor like it was paper – along with a 3-inch-deep wound that sliced him up from sternum to hip.  The Merchant Fighter didn’t even have a chance to scream as the sword wielded by the same blue monster decapitated him in one smooth motion, before moving past him to attack one of the other Raiders.

They were so shocked at the sudden appearance of the deadly invaders that they barely even raised their weapons before they were cut apart or smashed to a bloody mess by a mace or warhammer.  In less than 10 seconds, all 5 of the Merchant Raiders were dead or dying – all from the singular six-armed monster that emerged into the room first.

Not that she expected them to put up much of a fight; it was more than obvious that not only were the Raiders outmatched, but that Tacca and her dungeon were, too.  By the time they arrived at the fifth room – as the fourth was of no consequence, since the Healing Paralysis trap there didn’t even activate, since none of them were obviously hurt – it was plain to see that her creatures were going to be even less effective than the Raiders.  Her Forest Wolves attacked and were immediately cut down, either in mid-leap or as they approached – and the insanely powerful monsters didn’t even break stride as they progressed.

She had some hope that her Pit trap would work as the one in the lead triggered the collapse of the thin soil above the spikes.  The blue-skinned monstrosity fell down a few feet…and then a glow enveloped its body and it floated back up and to the side of the pit, before being put down gently.  How?  I’ve never heard of something like that except for a few spells that Raiders are capable of casting; Levitation and Featherfall are two that might be able to achieve that, but I can’t think of any enchanting scrolls that would impart that exact effect.

Shale finally arrived at her Core Room after speeding through the rest of her dungeon rooms, out of breath and appearing extremely nervous.  “Tacca…what can we do?  Is anything having an effect on…whatever these things are?”

Unfortunately, no.  Not even the Pit traps were effective, because of that same glowing effect I saw earlier.  Tacca hesitated for a moment before she continued, albeit hesitantly.  I have a plan…of sorts, but it’s going to need some time to pull off. 

“Ok, what do you need me to do?”

That’s the thing; this is going to be extremely dangerous and I don’t even know if either of us will survive.  If you like, I can sever the Bond between us and you can escape after these things pass through one of these larger rooms down here, where you should be able to stay far enough away from them to escape the way they came.

“No, I’m not going to leave you alone here.  Besides, I haven’t been Bonded with you for more than a year, so it won’t kill me…if the worst was to happen,” he said sternly, obviously resolved to stick it out no matter what.  “Now, what’s your plan, and what do you need me to do?”

If you’re determined to stay, then we’ve both got to get to work – no time to explain in detail.  What I need from you is to act as a distraction to delay these things from reaching my Core Room too quickly.  Do you think you can do that?

“Well…sure, but how am I supposed to prevent them from coming straight here—oh.  Alright, I’m on it.”

Luckily, her Dungeon Assistant seemed to understand at least a little of the plan.  Tacca used some of her dwindling supply of Dungeon Force to activate and seal enough of her lower tunnels to create a pathway that wound through nearly every single room before it arrived at her empty Boss Room – and from there to her