Dungeon Master (Dead Dungeon Book 6) by S Mays

Author:S Mays [Mays, S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Dungeon Core, Dungeon Crawl, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, gamelit
Publisher: S Mays
Published: 2021-04-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Too Familiar

My hand went for Purgatory, but Toxin placed himself between Tollo and me. “Master, hear him out.”

Tollo’s head looked as if it was scrambling to separate from his body. “I-It’s true!”

I relaxed slightly. “You’re saying she’s not dead?”

“I...wouldn’t say that. She’s mostly dead, b-but she isn’t completely dead!”

“Explain yourself.”

“See, the poison she was infected with was diabolical in nature. Both physical and magical. It was designed to bond with her organs on a level that would make it hard to dispel or cure without damaging the organ. I theorized that the poison would remain a threat as long as the organs lived, so by killing her, we could neutralize the poison’s effects!” He seemed rather proud of his theory.

I unsheathed Purgatory and placed its tip against his throat. “I brought you here to cure her, not murder her!”

“B-but you see, it’s working. Her organs have stopped deteriorating. I believe the poison’s magic is wearing off.”

“She’s dead!”

“B-but I believe I can revive her. You see, the insects within her body are performing many of her bodily functions. The maggots are removing necrotic tissue, worms provide air to her organs, the magic ants devour the remnants of the spell, while the leaches and the —”

That’s when I noticed a bandaged stump where the gnome engineer’s infected arm had been. My thoughts drifted back to the experiments and projects we’d worked on together since I’d known her. Images of her tinkering with her inventions, always trying to improve them, smiling. “I did not give you permission to remove her arm!”

Tollo fell to the floor and prostrated himself. “M-Master! The arm was the major source of the poison! I could not have done any of this without removing it. It was entirely infused with it!”

How would she react to the loss of her arm? Would she even survive this minion’s radical procedure? I began to believe I’d made a serious error trusting Carine’s health to Tollo. I knew virtually nothing of him. Perhaps his former mistress knew this would happen and was toying with me.

I jerked him to his feet with my free arm and shook him out of his groveling. “Enough. How long until you attempt to bring her back? I’m so furious right now — the only thing keeping you alive is my concern for her!”

“W-we have to wait until every trace of the poison and magic is removed. I believe another half hour! I swear to you this should work, Master!” Tollo stuttered. “I’m sorry for the loss of her appendage, but I swear it was necessary!”

I sheathed my sword. “Know this — if she dies or suffers mental damage because of you, I will feed you to the worms and psuthals.”

Tollo looked down at Carine, perhaps finally understanding his fate was linked to hers. “I will take great care tending to the little maggot, Master.”

“Don’t call her that.” I took one more glance at Carine. I wondered if perhaps it wasn’t too late to submerge her in the Penance of Fate.

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