Dungeon World 5: A Dungeon Core Experience by Jonathan Brooks

Author:Jonathan Brooks [Brooks, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Plans started to go wrong soon after Fred sent Ravenne up to Agelstein again, who was one of the few people, among the Allroads Government – or anywhere, really – whom he trusted unreservedly. Their harrowing journey back from the Light Core’s territory showed Fred that Agelstein was trustworthy and willing to follow orders, even if they seemed strange at the time. The Necro-Wizard was also committed to doing whatever it took to get those orders done, even going so far as to animate a dead body.

That wasn’t to say that there weren’t other members of the Government whom Fred could trust, though other than Elder Hood, he really didn’t know anyone else all that well. As to her, the Elder liked to keep her secrets – as evidenced by her secret marriage to Mikel, whom they rescued from the clutches of a Light Core – so he didn’t trust the Council member fully. He couldn’t really blame her for keeping a secret like that to keep him safe, but it made her a little less trustworthy in Fred’s mind.

Agelstein was hesitant to attack the monsters lined up along the border prematurely, but after Ravenne explained the reasoning behind it, he started to come around. He – and some Adventurers nearby who were unabashedly listening in – eventually agreed that trying to fight the smaller monsters while they were being attacked by the much, much larger ones wasn’t the best idea. If they could thin them out, at least, it would reduce the job of killing the massive Defenders from impossible to nearly impossible. It wasn’t a big change, but “nearly impossible” at least offered the chance that some of them might actually survive.

They were also happy to know that the walls wouldn’t crumble around them, nor would the city be instantly destroyed when it was attacked. It didn’t protect them from being killed, of course, but they didn’t have to worry about being crushed under collapsing walls or buildings.

Agelstein passed the word to attack down the line, which was helped by the Calming Aura that Ravenne projected; it wasn’t designed to influence their minds or actions or anything sinister like that, but it definitely helped to smooth over orders and put their minds at ease. However, before it could be fully transmitted around the entire defensive wall, the same person about whom Fred was thinking stopped the process.

“That’s insane! You’re putting all of our lives at risk!” Elder Hood shouted at Ravenne as soon as she touched down near her. Fred had discovered the hold-up and had the Air Shard fly over, so that he could communicate with the council member via Ravenne, and she seemed somewhat immune to her Calming Aura. Whether it was because she was such a high Rating or because she didn’t want her husband and the other captives they had rescued – who were in a cluster close by, looking determined yet accepting of the situation – he wasn’t quite sure, nor was he convinced that the reason really mattered.

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