Martian Invasion by Winter Morgan

Author:Winter Morgan
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: eBook ISBN: 9781510721982
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
Published: 2017-07-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9:

SPIRITS IN THE NIGHT

Miles checked his inventory and noticed one of his friends from the village had thrown in some snacks when he wasn’t looking. Happy he had such thoughtful friends, he tossed each of his companions an apple and they munched quietly as they figured out what to do. Miles kept his repeater out as he ate, absently blasting anything that flew into the room so they could concentrate on a plan.

What he hadn’t counted on was the dungeon spirits. As Miles’s defeated enemy count mounted, ghostlike creatures started appearing, floating dangerously close to their heads. As his repeater recharged, he shot his Crystal Storm at a nearby enemy, hoping the confused debuff would send him in the opposite direction and buy him time. The enemy kept at him, though, and hit him with full force. He felt cold and weak as the spirit passed through him. Asher blasted the enemy, saving Miles from another attack. With a grateful nod to Asher, Miles drank his last remaining potion and raised his repeater to avoid any more hits. He collected the coins and ectoplasm dropped by the enemy and handed them to Asher. “What was that thing?”

“If you don’t know, we certainly don’t,” Owen replied, taking out another one as it melted through the wall into the room.

“It’s a ghost of some kind, that’s clear. A dungeon ghost, maybe?” Asher offered, taking out his bow and arrow and loosing a stream of arrows at an approaching skeleton.

“Right! A dungeon spirit. They only come out when we kill difficult enemies,” Miles remembered.

“Boy, all that reading really gave you an education about all these mobs,” Asher observed. “That knowledge would have been wasted if you stayed in town farming and fishing.”

Miles had to agree he was right, but he still just wanted to go home and stand down from high alert. He had to get them out of the dungeon and above ground before they lost everything. “Let’s just get out of here, okay? We’ll finish this conversation later.”

Owen checked his compass and pointed to the far wall. “I think we should go this way.” Miles and Asher looked at him. “No, really, it’s right side up now. It’s this way.”

Miles shrugged. “I trust you. It’s better than staying in this room and being targets for whatever comes our way.” They walked out of the room and down a narrow hallway. Miles noticed Asher was limping slightly, but when he asked him about it, Asher shrugged it off and put his finger to his lips, signaling that they should be quiet. He motioned to take the left path in a fork they came to. Miles and Owen nodded and followed him. They entered a dead end filled with skeletons shooting arrows and fireballs at them. “Retreat!” Miles called, ushering them out behind him as he shot as many as he could with his repeater on his way out.

Owen threw up a brick wall, sealing in the remaining enemies. They took the other path and made their way up to the surface.

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