Pocket Dungeon by Eric Vall

Author:Eric Vall [Vall, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-07-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“Fun?” I tried not to squeak.

Then I tightened my grip on my sword as I took a hesitant step backward from Trog. But there really wasn’t anywhere that I could feasibly go to escape him if he decided to attack.

“YES,” Trog continued and matched my step backward with a forward movement of his own.

Oh, he was definitely going to try and kill me.

The giant demon extended his arm toward me, and just as I braced myself for the fight of my life, I realized what he was doing. He was extending his hand to me so I could shake it.

“THANK YOU, BRAVE WES,” Trog announced. “I DO NOT THINK I COULD HAVE FOUGHT HER WITHOUT YOUR HELP. NOW, WE MAY HAVE THE FUN OF COLLECTING THE TREASURE TOGETHER, MY NEW COMRADE. IT IS MY FAVORITE PART. IT GIVES ME SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN I HAVE SAFELY FINISHED THE DUNGEON.”

My heart rate dropped back down to normal. I had definitely misread the situation, but in my defense, that sort of thing was what would keep me alive in the dungeons. I couldn’t be too trusting.

“I mean, I didn’t really do much,” I pointed out. I still hadn’t dared lower my sword much more, but the demon in front of me didn’t seem to mind my hesitance.

“NAY,” he corrected. “YOU GOT US INTO THE ROOM WITHOUT HER FIRST ATTACKING, AND YOU SAW THROUGH HER RUSE. SHE MAY HAVE TRICKED ME HAD I COME IN HERE ALONE, EVEN IF I WAS ABLE TO DEFEAT HER IN SINGLE COMBAT.”

“Well, I’m glad you were with me, too,” I said. “Having you fight her gave me a chance to actually get a look at the doors she was guarding. The one on the left isn’t even a real door, and I think she would have used any attempts to go through that one as a chance to eat us. I’m not sure if there are traps behind the others, but I wouldn’t be surprised. I think that was part of the reason she said we would perish if we chose to open the doors on our own. For all we know, something else is in there waiting to eat us.”

“I DO NOT THINK I WOULD BE VERY PLEASANT TO CHEW,” Trog mused.

I bit back a laugh, but I didn’t argue with him. He looked like he would in fact be a bitch and a half to chew.

“The other two doors seem to be totally identical, though,” I continued on with my point. “I couldn’t see any differences between them, even with the special seeing blade I have.”

“HMM,” Trog hummed in thought. He tapped one of his large fingers against his face. “WHAT IF WE WERE TO OPEN THE DOORS AT THE SAME TIME?”

“That is what I was thinking,” I agreed. “We can both open one, and hopefully then we’ll be able to see which door is actually correct, and which one is just going to lead to us getting hurt.”

“ONCE AGAIN, YOUR PRESENCE IS COMING IN HANDY, WES,” Trog assured me.

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