Dungeon Robotics (Book 7): Collapse by Matthew Peed

Author:Matthew Peed [Peed, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sprocketed Ink
Published: 2020-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Regan

With the constructs dealt with for the moment, I turned my attention back to my main dungeon. I could sense it, but I wasn’t able to reach it. I could tell that it was due to the pathways being formed between the cores. I started to form a portal to move my avatar over to my main core, but something affected the spell, causing it to fail.

I created another portal just to the plateau, and it worked, though I could sense something wearing at its edges. I stepped through and found that the plateau had suffered quite a bit of damage due to our battle. I flew into the air to see if there was anything of interest in the area.

Almost immediately I spotted a village that looked like it’d been sliced in half. There was a smoldering husk of a tree in the village center that was giving me some interesting vibes. I flew toward it and reached it in only a few seconds. Landing in front of the tree, I placed my hand on it. The spot cracked and turned to ash from my touch.

“You possessed some serious magic, didn’t you?” I said, studying the tree with my dungeon sense. Unfortunately, it was very much dead. There didn’t seem to be anything I could do for it. I removed my hand, and the spot crumbled to dust. An acorn fell to the ground in front of me.

“I see. I know a good home for you. I’ll make sure your will is carried on,” I said. There was a soul here at one point. All that remained was more of a memory, but I knew Alara would be able to work with it.

“Monster! What are you doing in our village!”

I turned at the sound and saw a boy who had to have been fifteen or sixteen pointing at me accusingly. If I had to describe him, I would say his appearance was similar to Earth’s Chinese people. He was shaking so much that I knew he was scared, but I had to give him credit for his bravery. Not to brag, but I was quite intimidating in my current form.

Looking around, I did notice signs that this village had been recently lived in. Likely, one of the beams from our ship battle had struck the village when it rebounded off one of our barriers. I dropped into a sitting position on the ground, causing the boy to jump. Even like this, I was still taller than him by a few centimeters.

“This is your village? I can guess what happened. Did anyone perish?” I asked.

“Eh. Ah. No,” said the boy, apparently startled by my laidback questions.

“That’s good. Buildings can be repaired and replaced. That is a lot harder to do for mortals,” I said, leaning back to look at the darkening sky.

“What? Aren’t you taking this a little too lightly?” the boy asked.

“Lightly? No one died, right?” I asked with a raised eyebrow. I lifted my hand and momentarily spread my aura.

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