Chapter 3 Escape the Dungeon

Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang The wall of the cave is now showing large cracks. It will fall soon. (30 seconds until the wall breaks. I recommend summoning your monsters now.) “Sure.” I hold Uraby in my left hand and call out. “I summon Uraby.” A card appears on the ground, and from it 3-meter-tall dinosaur rises. Luckily, it fits in this room. The summoning took about 3 seconds. I hold Sparks and Frenzied Panda in my right hand, but decide not to summon the panda yet. But sparks will fly as soon as that wall comes down. (Master, are you not going to summon ‘Frenzied Panda’?) “Not yet. I need it as a surprise. I also don’t want it to get caught in Urabys' attack. The summoning is fast enough that I can do it in an emergency.” (Understood. The wall is coming down in 9, 8, 7.) “Okay. Let’s do this.” Bang, Bang, Bang, CRASH The wall falls, and a tunnel 3 meters wide and tall is behind it. The tunnel is filled with little green jerks. So those are goblins. I don’t see any kobolds, though. Maybe they are hiding behind the goblins. Well, that doesn’t matter now. “Go, Sparks!” I yell while holding the sparks card in my hand. From the card in my hand, flames burst forth. As the flames reach the goblings, I already begin to see the first ones falling. That was super effective. Itly kinda weird. The flames don’t feel hot. Is it because I am the caster or… (Master's cards are not fire magic. They are instant damage that looks like fire. That is why it does not feel hot.) “Yeah. The goblins are not charred at all.” (Correct.) As system support answers me, the Sparks card in my hand vanishes, just like Pot of Greed earlier. Spells must be used. I should ask the system about it later. After flying down the corridor, the flames die down, leaving a carpet of corpses in their wake. That’s going to be a lot of cleanup. I hope I don’t have to pull ears off of those goblins. “How many died to sparks?” (76 Master. I underestimated the power of ‘Sparks’.) “Nice. How many are left in this tunnel before we reach the next room?) (38 Master.) “Good. Let’s see what this dino can do. Uraby moves towards the tunnel!” (Maste, the tunnel is quite tight for ‘Uraby’. It might not be able to fight at full strength there.) “It’s still a dinosaur against some goblins. It will do fine.” “ROAR” Uraby lets out a mighty roar before charging in. Uraby begins its charge over the corpses. Likthe e system support said, its head almost reaches the roof. But, almost doesn’t count. Like they say in Yu-Gi-Oh, only the last lifepoint matters. Unless your opponent runs Exodia. I follow behind Uraby and see it running past the goblins and kobolds, tearing them to pieces with its claws, stomping on the unlucky ones, and crushing the survivors against the walls with its tail. I think it's even eating some of them. It’s a lot more effective than I thought. “Sorry, panda, but I don’t think you are gonna get a turn.” I trade the Frenzied Panda card in my right hand with Kagemusha of the Blue Flame that I placed in my right pocket earlier. If I have to summon another monster, I think a smaller one will combo better with the dinosaur, as it will be able to protect me better. (Master, survivors ahead. 2 kobolds and 1 goblin. Goblin is heavily wounded but can still move. Kobolds have minor wounds.) “I see. Come forth, Kagemusha of the Blue Flame!” Again appears on the group, nd and from it, a tall, muscular male holding a sword rises. He kneels before me and asks. “What is my mission, my Master?” “You can talk?” “Yes, Master. What is my mission?” His talking catches me off guard completely. I mean, he is human, but still. I regain my composure quickly and answer. “I’m getting out of this dungeon. I sent Uraby ahead, and he is cleaning up most of the monsters, but there are some survivors. I want you to kill the survivors and keep me safe.” “Yes, Master.” Kage raises to a standing position. I kinda feel intimidated by him. Like I’m not small at 175 cm tall, but this guy is more like 195 cm and full of muscle. How does he only have 800 attack? This makes no sense. Kage makes quick work of the surviving kobolds and goblins that the system warned me about earlier, and the two of us move through the corridor. Along the way to catch up with Urab, we find another four survivors. All of them are kobolds. Are kobolds just better at dodging than goblins? Well, at least Kage is doing a great job. As I think that I take a look at Urabys card that is in my left hand. It has developed large scratches on its surface. The card that used to look min, now looks like it's been played with for years. “System, why does Urabys's card look this damaged?” (It is reflecting how much damage ‘Uraby’ has taken.) “Really? So I guess all these goblins and kobolds are getting some hits in.” (Most of the damage is likely self-caused by ‘Uraby’. It is hitting its tail and claws on the walls and the ground. That is my estimation given the state of the survivors. I do not think that these monsters have the time to worry about how to attack, when all their focus should be on survival.) “But you said all the monsters were super aggressive cause I broke the dungeon core.” (Yes, but they will still want to survive. They only get mad because the dungeon is their home, and it also feeds them.) “Let’s hope Uraby doesn’t die of self-inflicted damage before we get out of here.” (I do not think that will be a problem.) Making our way out of the dungeon, I realize how small this dungeon is. It’s only two floors. It has 7 larger rooms that were used by the monsters as some kinda base. The total survivors of Sparks and Uraby was 14. 10 kobolds and 4 goblins. Not that they survived Kagemusha's sword. I can see Uraby ahead, standing by the exit. “Finally, some sunlight.”