A Dungeon's Soul_Book 3 of the Adventures on Brad by Tao Wong

Author:Tao Wong [Wong, Tao]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-29T06:00:00+00:00

As the group entered the sixth floor, they were forcefully reminded of the previous second sector of the Dungeon, where the Draxillan Crawler used to live. Unlike the previous caves, the passages here were all on one level. but they were very much caves with dirt floors, dripping waters, and passages that they had to walk through.

“Crawlers?” Daniel muttered, looking around. This seemed similar, but the fact that it was all on one level seemed to indicate another type of monster was here. Perhaps the Dungeon just decided to repeat the similar layout because it was easier. Or was it the god, Panqua? Was he influenced by what had been present before? Did Dungeons or Panqua care?

“No.” Omrak walked forwards and pointed to the ground. “These tracks are different.”

Asin walked over, squatting down and running clawed fingers along the tracks. She held her palm out to them, measuring size and later, depth with furrowed brows. Humanoid tracks, in a way. “Thin.”

“Yes, definitely,” Omrak said. “Skeletons?”

Asin hissed at the mention before she stood and pulled out her melee knife. Daniel hefted his own mace as he stepped forwards to take the lead on instinct. Omrak growled softly as he stared at the corridors before he sheathed his own sword and pulled out a throwing axe to wield.

“Well, let’s try this out,” Daniel muttered, walking forwards into the dark, lit only by the torch that Omrak helpfully held for them. After all, they had time since they had completed the previous floor so quickly. At the least, they could learn what monsters they were to face.

A part of Daniel sighed, wondering if he would ever get to use his crossbow. It certainly felt like he kept getting relegated to being the melee fighter—even Omrak was better and faster with his throwing axes than he was. Then again, perhaps if he spent more time on the range, it would help as well.

Daniel’s musings about his shortcomings came to an abrupt end as the clinking, grating sound of bone knocking on bone travelled through the air. He frowned as he raised his shield higher before entering the cavern. Inside he quickly spotted a dozen skeletons, held together by eldritch means. Bones floated above one another or scraped together when a movement came too fast like when the creatures turned to the new intruder, mouths opened wide. To Daniel’s surprise, the group let loose an unnerving, otherworldly howl that froze the Adventurers in their tracks while the Skeletons charged.

As the first Skeleton reached him, swinging its boney hands at Daniel’s face, Daniel jerked back, brought to his senses by the attack. His helmet saved his eyes and face, but the monster still left a long, bleeding scratch against his exposed chin. The pain shocked Daniel into action, his mace swinging sideways to beat a hand aside even as he hunkered down beneath his shield.

Behind, Asin was shocked awake by the underworld stench. Dry earth, musty bones, and something else, something unnatural, assaulted her sensitive nostrils.

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