I channeled a single planar orb. I shot the orb at the node, prying it open. "Perfect! Almost there!". I pried open the node, and it started to destabilize. "My turn." Mira put on her mask and stepped into the Node, holding it open for me to pass. "Step in here and hold your breath. " I stepped in the Node and took one gulp of air before Mira picked me up and closed the Node, causing me to lose consciousness...
I woke up at another node with Mira sitting next to me, panting. "Phew. Next time I'll need a harness to carry you." "First of all, stop complaining about my weight, Draen aren't as light as you doppelgangers, second of all, where are we?" "First of all, I am not complaining, it is just easier to carry someone around with a specialized harness, second of all, we are, according to my scanner, in the abyss." "What layer?" "Layer 1" "Where's the next node?" "Layer three." "Dragons within." I sighed. "Well, better get going." "You lead, I follow."
I blasted the outsider guarding the gateway to the third layer. "This is the fifteenth outsider. When do we actually reach the next rift?" "It's actually right here. I can pry it open. Just give me a few moments..." then, a small army of imps appeared. Great. Just great. I took my blade to ward of the imps while preparing a holy lightning evocation. The first three came running at me, and I swiped my blade in a great arc, slicing them cleanly in half. Then, I zapped my spell, taking out a big group. "Gate's open!" I dropped a gate bomb before sprinting to the portal. It closed behind me. "What did you drop?" "A portal to the nine hells to distract them." "Figures." She said.
"Where are we now?" "Well... Judged by the fact that we are in a VERY small cave with earth elementals... I don't know" "Plane of earth?" "Have you ever heard of the concept of sarcasm?" "Nope. Born with poor social skills." "Figures, seeing as you are a prince." "You know, there is a difference between subtle sarcasm and obvious sarcasm. That was obvious sarcasm." "..." "..." "..." "I think we should probably drop this subject before it turns sour." "Notion accepted. By the way, we could really use a third person for conversation." "Agreed. Let's see... Ator! Oh wait, I left him behind in Velicity's mindscape. The whole party can't contact me... Nerra! He is in my shadow!" "You do know how outright strange that sounds?" "That's because you don't know the context. Nerra! Come on out!" "..." ..." "Well that did a lo-" "Hi!"Nerra said, popping out of my shadow, nearly scaring Mira to death. "DON'T. DO. THAT. AGAIN!"
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Dungeon Crawler 2- The Artificer
خيال (فانتازيا)After being caught by a drake scout party, Dragonsbane was brutally murdered. But what the drakes don't know is that Dragonsbane won't let death keep him. Will he be able to return and lead his people to victory? the Dungeon Crawler series are based...
