The door the group entered led down a hall with a red carpet covering the floor. Suits of armor lined the walls, but they were covered in dust. At the end of the hall, there was another door. Tafel walked up to a suit of armor and kicked it over, making sure nothing was inside before walking past it.
Huh? Alice looked down and frowned at her hands. Did we lose Diamants defense boost?
Tafel, Alice, and Mr. Skelly turned their heads towards Vur. Three different-colored orbs of light, blue, green, and red, were floating in the air beside him. Vur stared at the group and smiled, his movents stiff. Diamant was tired. There is no issue.
Tafel narrowed her eyes at Vur. Are you okay?
Yes. Perfect, Vur said, nodding his head up and down like a machine. Never been better. Why do you ask, dear wife?
Oh my god, Zilphy mumbled but not loudly enough for the group to hear.
Tafel scratched the back of her head. I must be stressed and tired, she said as she sighed and turned back around. She kicked over another set of armor, pointing her staff at the heap and confird it wasnt moving before passing it by.
No, Vurs acting pretty abnormal, Alice said and shook her head as she walked alongside the demon. A set of armor up ahead lunged at the two won before Tafel could kick it over, and Alice let out a short shriek before smashing it to bits with her shield. God. I hate living armor.
Tafel turned her head towards the armor walking behind them that happened to have a skeleton inside. Thats ironic.
Alright, Vur, Mr. Skelly said as he fell back from the group to match Vurs pace. He slapped his armored hand against Vurs back. Tell your troubles and Ill give you answers.
I have no troubles, skeleton man, Vur said. None at all.
Mr. Skelly stared at Vur. Vur wasnt even looking at him, keeping his eyes locked on the back of Tafel and Alice as he marched after them with uniform steps.
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Vur, Tafels going to be so mad when she finds out, Stella said, poking her head out of Vurs chest. He was alone, humming to himself as he walked while swinging his arms, the crossbow in his hand swishing back and forth like a pendulum. And of all the people to not leave behind, why did rvin have to co with us? Couldnt you have polymorphed rvin instead of Deedee?
rvin doesnt know well enough like Deedee does, Vur said. He wouldnt be able to fool them. And rvin cant go inside of Deedee, so it only makes sense for him to co with us.
The genie king sitting on Vurs shoulder bead at Stella, who gave him a dirty look before retreating back into Vurs chest. The poor genie was temporarily banned from entering Stellas room, which she declared to be all of Vur. rvin looked around once Stella disappeared. Your wife said that splitting up in a white-ranked dungeon was like the start of a horror story, what did she an by that?
Vur ignored the skulls hanging from the ceiling that projected lights out of their eyes and mouth like creepy chandeliers. The ground let out a little wail every ti he stepped on it, and ghostly hands would wrap around his ankles, coming out of the carpet that seed to be made of furless skin. Of course, the ghostly hands snapped when Vur kept walking, acting as if he hadnt noticed them at all. He frowned and rubbed his chin. Im not sure. Horror stories make no sense to , he said and shook his head after thinking for a while. In most of the stories, a group goes into an isolated environnt, a little like this dungeon, and the beginning starts all happy. Then one of them hears a noise when its dark, and the group splits up. The person who goes to check on the noise never cos back, and the remaining group splits up again to find them. Then when everyones alone, it turns out so monster was attacking those people.
Mm, that does sound a little scary, rvin said. Why doesnt it make sense to you?
Because they dont beat up the monster, Vur said and snorted. There was an earth-shaking roar as the wall next to Vur cracked open, revealing a massive bloody paw with sharp claws the size of Vurs face. Vur held his hand out and grabbed one of the digits on the paw before tugging on it with a slight bend of his elbow. A confused cry rang out as a bloody bear was dragged through the wall and into the hallway that Vur was walking along. With one punch, the bloody bears head exploded, and the creature collapsed into a heap. Vur furrowed his brow. What was I saying? Right, no one in the stories ever beats up the monster. They only run. It doesnt make any sense.
rvin stared at the fallen bear and swallowed. Another bear poked its head out of the hole the first one had left behind. It took one look at Vur, whose face was splattered with blood, and let out a human-like scream before running away. Vur, rvin said. Tafel was right. This is like a horror story.
Vur tilted his head. How?
Youre the monster, rvin said and nodded. This dungeon is these bloody things ho, right? They heard a noise, you, and ca to check it out. And the first person who ca alone died! The second person to check it out saw you and ran instead of attacking. Quick, you have to catch that bear before it alerts the rest of the group so they keep splitting up.
Vurs eyes lit up. So the monster attacking the people in horror stories were dragons in disguise. I think I understand now. A second later, his eyes dimd as he knit his brow. But dragons dont bother with humans. They taste bad and their at-to-effort ratio is too low. Vur walked past the hole that the bear had left behind but stopped and poked his head inside. It wasnt very deep, and he could see the end. It was like a cave, and a bear was busy digging a hole in the ground to bury itself. Bears on the other hand. But I cant eat these. His gaze landed on the fallen bears corpse. Or can I?
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