Dungeon of Chance: Even Odds: A Dungeon Core Novel (Serious Probabilities Book 1) Jonathan Brooks (book recommendations txt) 📖

All eyes then turned to her brother, who stood up promptly as if they had rehearsed this whole thing.  “It’s true, I felt this threat coming to our island; I couldn’t tell when it would arrive, but it will come eventually.  Of that, I have no doubt.”  Arcen crossed his arms, as if daring someone to refute his statement.

Bertun obliged.  “This must be some sort of scheme cooked up by their father to…to…well, I don’t know, but they’re all working together to trick us somehow!” he accused.  His son now looked extremely uncomfortable and scooted a little further away from his father as if afraid to be associated with him.  Jeska couldn’t blame the young man, because such unfounded accusations could cause trouble to those that had wealth and influence backing them up, like her father.

Fortunately for Bertun, Jeska’s father wouldn’t take offense at something so ridiculous.  “I don’t believe that it was just my children that sensed this threat, as much as you’d like to blame me for it, Bertun,” he said calmly in his usual manner.

“What do you mean?” the Mayor chimed in, for once seeming a bit apprehensive.

“If you look towards your own, your question can be answered quickly enough.”

The Mayor whipped around and looked at his daughter with a shocked expression on his face that even Jeska could see from across the room.  Rosara looked back at him with a smile and a shrug.  “Yes, it’s true, Father.  I sensed this World Threat coming for our island, and if we don’t do something to prepare for it, the Heroes on the mainland will be too far away to react in time.  All they’ll find is a destroyed Sunfall Island with the only ones alive the few who managed to escape via the ocean.”

The room was silent, as the picture Rosara painted with her words resonated with everyone.  It certainly resonated with Jeska, as it just made the inevitable arrival of a World Threat even more of a catastrophe unless they did something about it.

“I…can’t believe this.  My own daughter….”  The Mayor shook his head in disbelief, which caused a low murmur to spread through the Hall.  For all that Rosara’s father was politically greedy and a bit overprotective of his daughter most of the time, he also held the lives and livelihoods of those in his city in his hands.  And those hands would do anything to keep them safe, even at the expense of his own life.  That’s why he was a great Mayor, for all of his other faults.

“But…how are we supposed to train these Heroes?” he finally asked, looking around in confusion.  “Now, I’m not saying that you’re wrong, but how is this even supposed to work? There aren’t any dungeons on the island, and I’m not the only one that doesn’t want to send their family off to the mainland. On top of that, if we don’t know when this World Threat will arrive, how would they even come back in time?”

“Don’t worry, Father, I’m pretty sure that is already taken care of,” Rosara said with a smirk.

“What?  What are you—?”

“You’re wrong, Father,” she said innocently.  Oh, she’s enjoying getting one over on him, Jeska couldn’t help but think as she watched the byplay.  “There didn’t use to be any dungeons on the island, but there is one now.”

Rosara winked at her and her brother, and Jeska suddenly realized that she had been set up.  The Mayor’s daughter somehow knew Jeska would stand up and start the discussion, and it was Rosara’s intention to then turn all of the attention on herself.  Heck, I’m not even mad.  If she wants all of the attention – which she loves – she can have it.

As she sat back down in her seat next to Arcen, he just shrugged, likely figuring out the whole thing as well.  And that was when the real panic began, as people discovered that there was a dungeon right outside the city.

This is going to be a long day….

Chapter 13

The results of the next two purchases of Bundle Pack #1 evoked a mixture of disappointment and elation.  Out of the 20 new Common Spawn Eggs that Clay opened by using an additional 90 Crystal Chips, 15 of those were Common-rarity 1-Star monsters.  It was no big surprise to the Dungeon Core, however, since they had the highest probability of occurring.  Those weren’t necessarily a disappointment, since they were basically expected; no, what was a disappointment were the golden-colored Eggs that contained the guaranteed 3-Star selection.

Because…they were all CATS!

Granted, they were all different kinds because of their Elemental affinity, but the fact remained that they were all useless to him.  He got rid of them immediately using the Sacrificial Altar, though by the time he did the fourth 3-Star Cat, he was beginning to re-think his priorities.  What if there is a greater reason for my receiving all these Cats?  He dismissed that almost immediately, not because he didn’t think it was true, but because he didn’t care if there was a greater reasoning behind their appearance.  He wanted absolutely nothing to do with them.  Period.  End of story.  Not happening.

Assuaging most of that disappointment, however, were his other Spawn Egg results.  Three of the Eggs weren’t Cats or Common 1-Star monsters, at least, which made him happy to see.  The first was a darker yellow color that he now intuitively figured was a 2-Star monster, but it wasn’t – it was a 2-Star trap, instead.

Sliding Puzzle Door ★★

Type: Magical

Material: Wood

Location: Room Exit

Damage: Average

It took a little investigation by digging into his new trap on his Available Trap menu, but he quickly discovered that the Sliding Puzzle Door was a wooden door that blocked