Deathless Dungeoneers - Book Three: A LitRPG Dungeon Diver Adventure by J.D. Astra

Author:J.D. Astra [Astra, J.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shadow Alley Press
Published: 2022-12-12T16:00:00+00:00

18

HEXCITY

Mandi pulled Rhen and Jakira up to her belly as she careened headfirst down the tunnel into the abyss. Rhen thought for certain this was just her expedited way of saying “I told you so,” but as they cleared the tunnel, she slowed their descent with a parachute like web between her back legs. They glided through softly shimmering darkness, in which Rhen could make out little of their surroundings until they landed on a black, glossy platform.

Towering structures of the glossy black substance that encased the Hexawraith babies spanned what looked like miles. They weren’t buildings in the traditional sense, but were the Hexmother equivalent. The structures connected to one another by narrow, angled bridges, and the buildings were peppered with holes for fast traversing in and out. Rhen strained his eyes to see better, but those were the most details he could make out in the near darkness, even with Caress of Night’s added darksight bonus.

The next Hexmother landed nearby carrying Zeichen and Joseph. One by one, the stealthy spider-like creatures ghosted in and landed softly on the platform. When everyone arrived, Mandi led the way down the winding narrow path to the bottom of the ravine. The orbeyes—two for such an epic battle—followed alongside them over the air, projecting small spotlights to capture the group and their surroundings. Rhen worried about attracting attention and signaled for Xander to cut the lights.

It took twenty minutes to reach the bottom, even at a good pace. Rhen and the others looked up at the Hex city from the bottom, a sense of wonder and fear swelling inside them. Paul risked a little more light, sending a silvery beam high into the air to brighten their surroundings.

The structures revealed more of their functions with the closer proximity and added light. The one they were passing through was definitely some kind of storage facility. Shelves lined the ground up to the ceiling of the thirty-foot space, all of them empty.

Rhen turned to Zeichen. “Can you ask her what this was for?”

Zeichen whisper-sang the question and Mandi replied just as quiet.

“She said life storage, so their food, I think.”

There was a distant click-clack hmmmm, and Mandi puffed herself up, spreading out all her legs to be as large as she could. She chittered something and Zeichen signed, “Battle.”

“Get ready to fight,” Rhen whispered to the others.

He unhooked his bow and dropped into stealth, crouching around the edges of one of the shelves. Zeichen similarly disappeared into the shadows, going the opposite way. The mages fell to the center and readied themselves as the bruisers took up formation around the entire group. Mandi clicked and hummed her battalion into position. The other Hexmothers climbed the shelves and slipped into the shadows. Not her, though. Mandi stood front and center, as large as she could make herself.

Rhen kept his gaze roving over the other side of the building, where it exited to another series of tunnels that branched off in three directions. Shadows shifted on

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