Dungeon Corp- Crypts of Phanos by Jaxon Reed

Author:Jaxon Reed [Reed, Jaxon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-12T22:00:00+00:00

An hour later they at last opened another doorway to a corridor on the desired level. On the staircase they met and subsequently dispatched four skeletons, a wraith, and something Percel identified as a corridor troll.

The corridor troll proved to be the most difficult monster to deal with. He evidently considered the stairwell to be his personal territory, and barreled into the team from an ambush, screaming and slashing with five inch claws while his spittle splattered on everyone.

Nessa and Tawny shot him with arrows and spells while Percel and Erik slashed with their blades. Toby watched with a frown on his face but did not engage.

The troll retreated after several cuts, arrows, and burn marks. Percel cautiously led the team forward in an attempt to root it out and finish it off.

The staircase sloped upward with long, running steps stretching about 100 feet before switching back in the other direction. They were made alternately of stone, wood, and sometimes packed mortar and bricks.

Attacks always seemed to come from above, so when following the corridor troll back up, Percel carefully peeked around the corner of the next flight of stairs. There, in the side of the wall, he found a hole tall enough to stoop through.

Bending down he caught sight of the injured troll’s glowing eyes and heard it snarl.

He looked up at Tawny and said, “Fireball should do it, lass.”

She nodded and cast the spell through the hole. The creature howled in anger and anguish as the flames hit him. He rushed for the opening. Percel and Erik cut him down with their swords as he came out in a cloud of smoke and singed fur.

Inside the lair, they found very little of value. A few copper coins, some scraps of leather armor, and an old knife were all the creature had.

Percel shrugged. He said, “Since not many people know of this dungeon, not many come this way, I suppose. He hasn’t had explorers to attack and plunder.”

They moved on and at last found the door Percel wanted. He opened it carefully and peeked out into the hallway beyond.

“The way looks clear. We’re heading to the right.”

He stepped out into the hallway, Tawny’s Globe of Light leading the way for illumination. They carefully moved down the hall in formation.

“Now, looks can be deceiving,” Percel said, quietly. “Iffen you see a little boy, it’s likely the monster that took the other team out.”

Everyone nodded as they continued going forward.

When they came to an intersection, Percel carefully glanced in all directions.

He said, “We go to the right again.”

Soon they came to their first trapped area. Percel, recognizing the feel of a potential snare, raised his hand for all to stop. He put on his spectacles enchanted with See Magic and gazed down the hall.

He grunted in disappointment.

“If it’s like the domed chamber,” Tawny said over his shoulder, “it’ll be spectral.”

She cast the same spell she used in the chamber of cenotaphs, and suddenly everyone could see ghostly runes floating in the corridor.

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