Dungeon Bound 4 by Bastian Knight

Author:Bastian Knight [Knight, Bastian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-07T16:00:00+00:00

Gabriel continued to watch Harkon lead his party through more winding tunnels. They encountered goblins frequently but only fought when needed. If they could pass the monsters without killing them, they did. Despite that, they wound up slaughtering three more bands before they reached the staircase Sthuza had marked as newly explored.

“Okay guys, the fourth floor is supposed to have orcs and maybe the occasional kobold. We should be fine, but I want everyone focused. Other than that Silver-ranked and his crew, there haven’t been many parties headed this far down in over a decade.”

“Why’s that?” Darrish asked. The handsome man frowned as Harkon started down the shadowy staircase.

Near the back of the party, Stella huffed. “Because the monsters were growing scarcer. There’s not much point delving deeper if you’re gonna find fewer targets to kill, now is there?”

“And that asshole in the tavern says more orcs are spawning now?” Beatty asked.

“Yes,” Harkon answered from the stairs. “More importantly, Leryane, the baroness, and Guildmaster Olphelia all believe he’s right, so we need to check it out thoroughly.”

The others nodded and followed Harkon down the rough stone staircase. Gabriel shifted his vision back to his body, then ordered his monsters to join him on their route down.

He updated his bonded, and they got their groups moving as well. Given that they were inside Merideva’s Domain, Gabriel had no doubt that everyone would be in position before the adventurers could run into trouble.

Especially since the only trouble they’re likely to find would be undead.

Gabriel followed Harkon’s Heralds’ progress as they explored the fourth floor. Having followed a western route across the third, they made their way east this time.

The section where their staircase let out was similar to the natural caves from above. Worked-stone halls existed, but Gabriel figured it would take them an hour or so to reach those areas.

Harkon killed the first two orcs they encountered, a pair of bare-chested brutes who charged him without hesitation, only to be cut in half by the skilled adventurer. The party paused just long enough to carve out their Magic Stones before moving on.

After three more small bands, the party seemed satisfied with the orc population in the area, and they shifted their focus to traveling across the floor as quickly as they could manage.

“Hey, Harkon,” Beatty called out. “What do you think we’ll find on the fifth floor?”

“More of the same,” the vanguard-armored man replied. “Maybe a few older orcs, or a minotaur if we’re lucky. Enough to make the floor more of a challenge but nothing we’d need to worry about. And Leryane was specific about where we should call it a day.”

Darrish glanced over, looking surprised. “Yeah? How come?”

“According to that Grimm fellow, there’s a cave-in not too far along the main route. He said there seems to be a lot of monster activity past it, so his party hasn’t pushed through the tighter passage. Given he’s got two Silver and two Steel in his party, and our employer doesn’t want us going any farther, that’s where we’ll be calling it a day.

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