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

in the middle of decapitating a Raider, when it was rocked backwards as multiple spell bolts slammed into its chest. It recovered quickly, but that did nothing to disguise the fact that the glowing Personal Force Field that had protected it was…gone.  From what Tacca could tell over the next few seconds, it wasn’t coming back, either.

“Now we know how to take them out, General!  Spread the word!”

Seriously, Brandon?  Not now!

Around the arena, this discovery was made by both Raiders and invaders alike.  Strangely enough, rather than fight more cautiously, the six-armed, blue and purple-skinned monstrous people fought harder; not to be outdone, the Raiders matched their ferocity, throwing themselves into the fight.  Compared to just moments before, the revelation that those attacking them were now vulnerable gave them the morale boost they needed.

It also helped that the invaders’ weapons, previously with a special edge so powerful that it could easily cut through skin, bone, and even metal easily, now appeared to be just “normal” weapons.  Granted, they were still massive, heavy, and sharp weapons, but those fighting against them could actually block one with a shield and not end up being cut in half immediately.  The strength difference between the two types of fighters were still significant, though, so brute force was still enough to do some heavy damage.  Overall, it seemed as if everyone was on a more-level playing field; the invaders had the strength, while Tacca’s allies had numbers on their side.

Even better, she discovered something else after the first frantic seconds after she used her Omen Charge ability.

“Tacca!  I can use my abilities again!  And my Fairy Mana is regenerating—”

Then hurry, use whatever you have that might be beneficial.  To the other Dungeon Assistants, she added, And if you all have something that you’ve unlocked over the years, now would be the time to use it!

“But, shouldn’t we flee now that we can Translocate out?” Tulip asked hesitantly.

Shale shut that down quickly.  “No, our responsibility is to our Cores, and our Cores are fighting for their lives here.  Now, GET MOVING!”

Tacca saw Shale immediately use his Creature Boost ability after activating Invisibility, flying down to start affecting any and all creatures within range.  After a brief moment of obvious internal conflict, the other Assistants disappeared as well, and the Dungeon Core could sense someone activating a Healing Aura, another was using some sort of defensive ability that placed a temporary shield around some of the creatures, a third used his Fairy Mana to magically push one of the invaders off balance, while the others were using a mixture of offensive and defensive abilities.  The sucky part about it was that none of them could help the Raiders, as their abilities were tailored specifically to help the dungeon, of which the Raiders were certainly not a part.

Guess it’s up to me.

Abandoning her thought to hold some Fairy Mana in reserve in order to Translocate out in case of emergency, Tacca added her own Healing Aura, which was much more powerful than the other Fairies for some reason, and it reached every creature in the room.  Better yet, it reached her Bonded Hill Dwarves, who were in the middle of a fight.  All of the creatures in the arena, whether they were from her Core or one of the others, suddenly started to heal from their wounds at a rapid rate, extending the time they could be of use.

Knowing that just about every other ability would be detrimental to the Raiders in addition to the invaders, such as the Electrified Pacification or Blinding Flash, she instead concentrated on creating small Flame Walls that surrounded individual invaders for a few seconds while the Raiders gathered themselves and rallied.  Since it cost 500 FM per minute, and each Wall was up for a few seconds, she was only spending about 30 to 40 Fairy Mana on each Wall.  It got expensive after a while, but it helped her allies enough that it was worth it.

One by one, the invaders started to succumb to the numerical numbers of the Raiders and her own creatures, though the toll they took in order to get to that point was horrific.  Bodies were strewn all around the arena, many in multiple pieces, and yet the fight still went on as a little less than a thousand surviving Raiders in the arena continued to push against the martially superior enemy.

Then, of course, there was the 20-foot-tall red-skinned invader; that was going to be a problem.

Chapter 31

Sterge went flying backwards as he blocked a hit from a mace larger than he was, feeling his arm break from the impact, and possibly something in his back as he hit the hard ground nearly 30 feet away.  The blue-colored invader couldn’t follow up on its attack to finish him off, though, because it was intercepted by a dozen other Raiders, all attempting to block other attacks – some successful, but most not.

The horrid monster was a whirlwind of blows, sending its 5 working arms out in directions that didn’t appear possible.  Still, it was vulnerable – as evidenced by the fact that one of its arms was dragging uselessly at its side – and they had to do everything they could to keep it contained while their long-range fighters, such as Gwenda and Mordecai, could hurt it enough to kill it.  He’d already seen a few of the six-armed attackers go down out of the corner of his eye in other parts of the arena, so he knew it was possible, but it was hard.

Sterge tried to get up, but a pain in his back made him seize up in pain, preventing him from moving.  Thankfully, he felt a soothing warmth flow through him as William was there a moment later, laying a hand on his shoulder, sending a healing spell through his body.

“I think you broke something