Growth Hero by Brent Tyman

Author:Brent Tyman [Tyman, Brent]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-19T22:00:00+00:00

15

Luckily for us, we didn’t encounter any more Demons on our way back to the surface. We did come across a number of bodies of what Clarissa called Lizardnoots, and while there were a lot of them, they were so mangled that their features were practically unrecognizable.

Whatever these Demons had done to their foes, it definitely wasn’t pretty…

We each let out a sigh of relief when we got to the entrance for the fifth floor, but ran into trouble not long after.

“What the blazes is going on?”

“I dunno, it’s been nothing but silence from the Clan heads.”

“We need some answers already!”

Several groups of adventurers crowded around the top of the stairs that led down from the fourth floor to the fifth. The chaos here was plain to see, and Clarissa tsked as she pulled on my arm, dragging me along behind her as we worked our way through the crowd.

“Come Alex, we mustn’t linger here like these fools.”

“What are they even doing?” I asked.

“They likely saw the Demons down below and ran to safety. After that… who knows?”

I got a few looks as I carried Juliana past the crowd and overheard some of the complaints of the adventurers as we passed.

It seemed like they planned to head back to the surface together, but the biggest Clan party was still waiting for some of their members to return from the fifth floor. Some adventurers even asked if we wanted to join them as they waited, but Clarissa promptly declined.

The rest of the journey back to the Dungeon’s entrance took quite a while, mostly because we avoided every monster we encountered. I didn’t want to risk Juliana getting attacked, even if she would be back with Clarissa as I fought. Instead, I circled around as many enemies as I could.

We especially wanted to avoid the annoying Foxes and their crazy aggro ranges…

Finally, after much tip toeing and sneaking around, we reached the surface and exited the Dungeon where there was even more commotion.

“Holy crap, the city’s still burning,” an adventurer commented.

“When do y’all think it will be safe to head back.”

“Not now, that’s for sure.”

The tiniest whiff of charcoal tickled my nose as we emerged to find the day had turned to late evening, and the sun was going down. That didn’t garner nearly as much attention, however, as the black puffs of smoke we could clearly see off in the distance.

“Jeez, this day just went from bad to worse,” I grumbled, mostly to myself.

“Indeed, handsome,” Clarissa agreed. “I wonder if it is related at all to the presence of those idiot Demons in the dungeon.”

“What now?”

“Normally, I would check my Clan messages in times like these but that won’t help us.” She sighed, putting her hands on her hips. “We will have to rely on Juliana to tell us what is going on in town, if she wakes up anytime soon.”

Oh yeah, Clarissa wasn’t able to check her old Clan messages, which would no doubt be full of orders from her father and his subordinates.

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