Dungeon Heart 03 - Hell Gate by David Sanchez-Ponton

Author:David Sanchez-Ponton [Sanchez-Ponton, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Leaving the dungeon, his mind was awhirl with thoughts. The king frowned as he contemplated the situation he suddenly found himself in. For better or for worse, the situation had evolved beyond his control, now that external forces that couldn’t be negotiated with through regular means had appeared. Agents from heaven and hell were rarely willing to negotiate, if history was to be trusted. The gods were a fickle and proud bunch, enforcing their will and bending history to their whims. The devils were even worse; far more willing to directly remove anything and anyone from their path, they were more than happy to bring their victims to the deepest pits of despair for daring to so much as utter a word of opposition.

And these two factions were likely not the only ones that would make a bid for the dungeon. As carefully as he had tried to keep the dungeon’s uniqueness quiet, he had no delusions that eventually the word would spread to others. Other kingdoms might certainly be more than willing to wage war for the dungeon, though perhaps not if they knew the impending danger that would follow their ownership of such a place. He had no doubt cults and perhaps even the Mages guild would have vested interest in the dungeon as well. Then again, if prior to today’s events anyone were to have told him that the very gods were seeking to own the dungeon and were willing to take it by force, he would probably have mocked them for their paranoia. It would not be easy to convince others of the dangers associated with the entity.

In truth, just thinking about all the implications was overwhelming. Enough so that for a moment he entertained the thought of abandoning the town of Nam and letting the dungeon fend for itself, rather than deal with the monumental tasks before him. It was a tempting thought, albeit one so naive that it made him chuckle bitterly. He knew almost as soon as the temptation came to him, that doing so was nothing short of folly and potential suicide for his kingdom.

Of course, this was assuming that everything that Smit had told him was the truth, as there was a chance that he was being lied to, or a chance that Smit was misinformed or perhaps even paranoid. Those possibilities were, however, dubious at best in Vas’s opinion. First off, even when the dungeon had aided him in repelling Klax, there was no need for Smit to show himself. Had that happened, Vas might have just walked away counting his lucky stars and merely sent more people to investigate the dungeon, which might have well been the end of it all. In truth, the chance that Vas would have posed a danger to Smit was nearly zero at that point.

Furthermore, if Smit had wanted to prevent any knowledge about him from spreading, he could have easily waited longer before acting, thus possibly annihilating both the invaders and the king and his men once both parties were exhausted.

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