The Dungeon Fairy: Three Lives: A Dungeon Core Escapade (The Hapless Dungeon Fairy Book 3) Jonathan Brooks (read me like a book .txt) 📖

exactly!  You don’t have long before they arrive…” the little guy said, his tight-fitting clothes all sorts of shades of yellow, with some black streaks thrown in here and there.

Gwenda was on it before Sterge had even caught on to what was happening.  “What do you need us to do?”

“I don’t know, but you need to be prepared.  There’s…a lot of them.  I can only assume that Tacca is going to release the rest of her creatures from the rooms around here, so be aware that they will be coming.  Try not to attack them first; she can give them an order to attack these invaders, but if you interrupt that, they’ll turn on you.”

That’s just wonderful. 

With the message delivered, the Fairy flew straight up toward the ceiling; Sterge looked to see where he went, only to see what appeared to be another handful of them waiting for him.  Even from so far away, he could see the fear practically radiating from their bodies in the way that they shook while trying to maintain a stable altitude.

“To arms!  Ready for battle!  The invaders to the north have found us!” Sterge immediately shouted, which was luckily taken up without any hesitation by those around him.  Sometimes it pays to have a bit of status, though normally I would rather it didn’t exist.

In less than 30 seconds, the word was out – just as the fight in the arena ended.  The confused look on their faces as hundreds of Raiders streamed out to the arena was soon erased as they understood what was going on, and they joined the waiting crowd of people getting into position.  Sterge, Gwenda, and the rest of their group joined the streaming masses, and within a few minutes half of the Raiders were on the floor while the others were spread out along the stands.

The two Hill Dwarves made sure to spread the word not to attack any of the dungeon monsters that came out to help, which everyone understood immediately; if the dungeon had built a place for them to stay, fed them, and gave them entertainment, then it surely would do whatever it could to save them.  At least, it sounded reasonable.

The next few minutes were tense, as everyone stood in separate groups, all awaiting the arrival of the invaders.  From behind him, he heard a whispered, “Are you sure there is something—” but whoever it was cut off as the sound of multiple pounding feet could be heard in the otherwise silent arena, coming from the tunnel where they traveled from the Hall.  The sounds got louder and louder, until the echoes seemed to wash over the assembled Raiders groups, sending more than a few of them into shivers.

The first one they saw didn’t even bother to use the stairs on the side of the stands, as it jumped up the 50+ feet to the top.  Admittedly, Sterge wet himself just the tiniest bit at the first sight of the invader – and it was so much worse than he imagined.  Standing at least 8 feet tall, it had six arms like he had been told, and the horrendously disturbing eyes in their sunken eye sockets – enhanced by their shiny, blue-skinned bald heads – were enough to give him nightmares.  Though, it was what it did next that would likely prevent him from sleeping at all…if he lived long enough to sleep again, of course.

One of the Raider groups in their lower teens Level-wise engaged the first invader, and the Melee fighters immediately had his head taken off by a swift slice of a sharp-looking sword.  Multiple spells crossed the distance from the Caster of the group, who appeared to be an Elemental Mage, striking the monster perfectly in the chest – only for the spells to be absorbed by a strange bright glow that surrounded the figure.  An arrow from the Ranger in the group met the same fate, though Sterge could tell that the glow was just the tiniest fraction dimmer.  So, only about 50,000 more arrows and that should do it.

In the next few seconds, the blue-skinned monster rushed forward, its teeth-filled mouth wide open in what Sterge could only describe as glee as it proceeded to slaughter the rest of the group, taking another few hits in the process, which did absolutely nothing other than slightly dim the glowing shield around the invader.

As another one, and then another jumped up onto the stands, Sterge heard familiar *thumps* as the areas holding the dungeon monsters were unlocked, and beasts of every kind they had been watching battle the Raiders slid down their tunnels, along with some that they had only seen a few times.  Minotaurs, some walking bears, and a powerful Gnoll mage among others ran out, making a beeline for the incoming forces, going so far as to weave around the various groups of Raiders waiting on the arena floor.  At one point, an entire group of these large Rat-like things passed within inches of Sterge and his own group, and it was all he could do to stand his ground and not instinctively attack.

With things as bad as they were, he didn’t think they could get any worse – until he saw the head of something deep red cresting the side of one of the stands.  The next moment, he heard another *thump* that he thought came from the one tunnel slide they hadn’t seen anything emerge from up to that point.

When he looked to see what it was, his body abruptly decided at that time that it was better to fight with an empty bladder.

Chapter 30

Tacca was understandably nervous, but she was glad that the Raiders had assembled in time; in fact, they were so prepared that some of them appeared to be annoyed that they had to wait so long.  So, she was glad, but she was also envious