Dungeon Life 2: An Isekai LitRPG by Khenal

Author:Khenal [Khenal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Podium Publishing
Published: 2024-07-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 41

Tarl

The elven inspector lies in bed, awake far earlier than he’d prefer to be. Thedeim told him today is the day he moves on Hullbreak. Even now, he’s trying to sort out how he truly feels about the water dungeon. He definitely doesn’t like it, that much is simple. It killed his mentor. And yet . . . he feels sorry for it.

He could have just left the whole mess at that, until that letter. And then he told Thedeim about it, and that crazy dungeon actually said he’d do something about it! He’s been doing a lot about it, too, and has been keeping Tarl at least vaguely informed of what’s going on: infiltration, espionage, battle plans, and more.

He should feel relieved that the whole situation will be resolved soon, but he’s just nervous. Dungeon battles are always messy, and even with Thedeim doing what he can to keep it contained, the elf’s teeth are still on edge.

He sighs and gets out of bed, finally accepting that he’s not going to get any further sleep this morning. He decides to put on his full inspecting gear today. If things go well, he might want to go delve Thedeim’s new area. If it doesn’t go well . . .

He shakes his head to banish the thought and focuses on putting his armor and gear on. It’s a comforting ritual, requiring his attention to keep everything placed just right, but not so active as to work him up into more worrying. Once properly dressed, he grabs a fruit and a crusty roll before heading out the door. He’d like to stop by Cobble Bread for breakfast instead, but it probably won’t actually open for close to an hour still.

Maybe he can surprise Telar by having a hot pot of tea waiting for her when she arrives. His mood lightens as he imagines surprising her in her domain, though his mood drops slightly as he’s reminded of her question about Thedeim.

“What would you classify him as?”

He stayed quiet at the time, not wanting to worm his way around the geas, but even without it, he’s not sure he would have replied, just for the implications of what he would classify Thedeim as.

Honestly, cloistered isn’t too far off, if you think about it. It’s just a period of isolation at the start of a dungeon’s life before being exposed to the outside. He thinks Thedeim did have a period of isolation—just that it was more in the middle of the dungeon’s existence.

The guild calls them lost dungeons—ones that have somehow been sealed from the world, often as a result of either a disaster or a fight between dungeons. Tarl can’t think of anything else to explain that strange vision he got when he first saw Thedeim’s core. Some kind of society with incredible magic; some kind of people living mundane lives full of wonder. The people . . . or the holes where people should have been, seemed to have access to incredible arcane devices and incredible architecture.

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