Dungeon Maker - Chapter 42
Chapter 42: Dungeon Fight (3)
Yong-Ho quickly jumped up from his seat. Catalina and Eligor stopped breathing for a moment with widened eyes.
The enemy broke the wall and created a new path.
It wasn’t impossible. But it was something he hadn’t thought about.
An ‘Egg of Columbus’. The idea was obvious after the fact, but it was hard to initially think of.
In fact, ‘Wall Break’ was quite a common type of magic spell used during dungeon battles. Therefore, most owners would either strengthen the walls or set up the dungeon so that a destruction of a wall wouldn’t greatly benefit the enemy.
However, Yong-Ho had no such experience. Both Eligor and Catalina also had no knowledge of it since the two previous owners had shut themselves inside.
By breaking a wall, Foras had rendered a dozen of the rooms useless. And equally useless were traps that were installed inside them.
Foras started to move. And unluckily for Yong-Ho, the room beyond the broken wall just happened to be one of the rooms with no traps.
Yong-Ho was able to predict Foras’s next move. Catalina and Eligor also knew, which is why they looked back at Yong-Ho with anxious expressions.
Foras suddenly destroyed a second wall. Once again, several rooms and their traps had instantly become useless allowing Foras to get even closer to the throne room.
Unlike the time when the Crimson Ogre invaded, it was impossible for Yong-Ho to instantly activate and deactivate the rooms to lead them down a different path.
At that time the new Spirit of the Dungeon had just been born. The dungeon was now in a more fixed and stable position due the increase in power of the Spirit of the Dungeon. Although the rooms in the dungeon were still easy to activate and deactivate, it was impossible for Yong-Ho to change several rooms at the same time.
Yong-Ho had purposely extended the passageway to the throne room by creating a twisted rectangular design, however that now actually made things worse.
He had to come up with a different plan. He had to come up with some sort of secret plan.
[Foras has destroyed another wall!]
The Spirit of the Dungeon yelled. The Mammon spirits also saw the marked wall on the dungeon map crumbling down. The Goblins started to scream with terror and Skull, who was rolling on the floor, suddenly stood up and grabbed his hammer.
They didn’t have enough time.
Catalina clenched her fist. She suppressed her desire to call out to Yong-Ho.
She had to believe in him. She didn’t want to disturb him with her impatience.
Even Skull simply waited for Yong-Ho’s order instead of making any unnecessary noise.
A few seconds later.
Yong-Ho finally spoke.
“Let’s move to the resource warehouse.”
He spoke in a quiet voice. Even Yong-Ho was not entirely sure of what had come to his mind.
Yong-Ho stared at the dungeon map again. Catalina, who was focusing all of her senses on Yong-Ho, looked at the current dungeon map as well.
The location of the resource warehouse.
The room was located on the bottom of the intersection on the right side. Based on the dungeon map, the resource warehouse was located at the bottom of the central passageway.
Catalina remembered when she fought against the giant with the green cape. That was why she understood what Yong-Ho’s plan was.
Though it was only for a moment, Catalina’s face glowed bright.
“Go to the resource warehouse!”
Yong-Ho ordered. The Goblins hurriedly grabbed their weapons and rushed forwards. Treant and the salamander also hurried alongside them. The Kobold, who had been cowering in fear, followed behind.
Skull took the lead. Eligor ordered the standing Clay Golem and Rock Golem to head to the warehouse.
Beyond the second wall that Foras had destroyed, there was another trap. Foras thought they got Yong-Ho back through this magic, which excited him. Because of that, Foras made a mistake by walking into the room without any caution. Thanks to that, a few of the Orcs were shot to death because of the arrow trap.
But Foras still had a large group of spirits.
Going head on like this was the same thing as committing suicide.
Yong-Ho waved his finger in the air while running towards the warehouse. The Spirit of the Dungeon answered right away.
[Here are the number of enemies that are in the dungeon right now.]
[Foras. 28 Orcs. 4 Imps.]
That was a lot.
The fire trap was their strongest trap and they only had two left. He originally purchased more completed traps, but they were useless because most of them were installed on the later part of the road. The moment Foras created the shortcut, half of the expensive traps that he purchased from the shop were neutralized.
But they still had two fire traps left. And since those two were located in the center passageway, the shortcut was useless because they had to walk through the center passageway.
Another variable popped into Yong-Ho’s head.
Even though a room was inactivated, it was still a room. Just because it was out of the dungeon’s control, it wasn’t impossible to walk through it.
In that case, would they be able to forcefully create a passageway that connected to an inactivated room with the Wall Break magic? And was it possible for them to move by walking through the inactivated room?
The large space and the many inactivated rooms were the House of Mammon’s strength.
But not anymore. It was a double-edged sword that was placed on Yong-Ho’s neck.
He didn’t even have the time to find the answers for the questions he had. A question without an answer was like a maze. It made his head spin.
Because of that, Yong-Ho erased the questions he had in his head. Instead of asking Eligor or the Spirit of the Dungeon, he ran. A small window of light was activated near his head and it showed Foras’s movement on the map.
Foras didn’t use the Wall Break magic again. It was as if they realized that there wasn’t a shortcut anymore and started walking on an outward path that connected to the center.
It was a room with no traps. But Foras was cautious about walking into the room. Since the arrow trap from before caught him off-guard, it was obvious that he would become more cautious.
Foras became cautious about his surroundings again and like before, they had to take their time when walking into one room.
And during that time, Yong-Ho and the spirits didn’t stop. When Foras confirmed that there weren’t any traps and moved forward with the spirits, Yong-Ho reached the warehouse.
The Goblins were catching their breaths because they raced to the warehouse with their short legs. The Treant and the Golems moved slowly, so they haven’t arrived at the warehouse yet.
Yong-Ho breathed heavily. He paid attention to Foras’s movements through the dungeon map. Since he was at a disadvantage when it came to numbers, he had no choice but to use the layout of the dungeon to defeat Foras.
Catalina and skull read Yong-Ho’s mind.
According to the dungeon map, between the warehouse and the curvy road, there was only one room that was inactive.
Meaning, they could activate the room and create a detour so that they could attack them from behind.
Not all dungeons were able to quickly activate like the House of Mammon’s dungeon.
And by quickly activating the rooms, there were definitely issues that Yong-Ho didn’t know about.
But now wasn’t the time to think about those things.
The best time would be when Foras and his spirits rush into the remaining fire trap room that was located in the center.
While they’re occupied with the traps, that’s when Yong-Ho and the others will attack them.
Foras cautiously inspected the next room. Out of the spirits that they had, if Foras had a skilled magician, then they would be able to completely get rid of the fire trap.
Foras was a close-range attacker and since their spirits were the same, Yong-Ho was lucky.
Some of Foras’s spirits entered the fire trap room.
Eligor, the Golems and Treant arrived at the warehouse.
Yong-Ho waved his finger.
The Spirit of the Dungeon activated the room. Catalina and Eligor opened the door and Yong-Ho and the salamander ran. The remaining spirits followed behind Yong-Ho.
Right when an inactivated room activated, Foras quickly raised his head. He noticed a change in the mana. No, it was more like he instinctively felt danger. He quickly stopped the spirits and naturally looked behind him.
Foras heard footsteps behind the closed door. They knew what that sound meant. Foras opened his mouth to yell.
And in that moment!
Catalina and Skull opened the door at the same time.
Foras and Yong-Ho saw each other. With just one look, they were able to recognize each other.
Foras yelled. Yong-Ho roared.
Their cries were mixed together, which caused the meaning behind it to be crushed. The salamander released a flame by pouring all of their energy. Yong-Ho was standing next to them and while wielding Aamon with both of his hands, he raised it into the air. He poured all the mana that he had and created a large wave of fire.
A fire pillar and wave.
And another was added.
“I’ll activate the trap!”
The Spirit of the Dungeon yelled. Fire was released from the ceiling and the ground and it enveloped Foras’s spirits, who had advanced into the front room. The fire that Yong-Ho and the salamander released filled the room that Foras was standing in.
A predicament. There was fire everywhere!
“Catalina!”
Yong-Ho yelled. Yong-Ho didn’t know what was happened beyond the fire that filled the room.
All he could do was prepare for the worst.
He tightened his grip on Aamon. He poured out all of his energy and even though it was only for a moment, he couldn’t feel any energy in both of his arms.
Catalina immediately understood what Yong-Ho meant and Yong-Ho’s hand was heading towards his belt. He ripped the seal on the last mana potion and poured the blue liquid into his mouth.
He only needed a couple of seconds to do that.
Since he used all of his mana at once, Aamon’s fire didn’t last a long time. The same thing happened to the salamander’s fire.
But it was for a few seconds.
It was short, but the timing was long.
Foras and his spirits were harmed badly. The ambush was successful.
Eligor and the Golems reached the room that Yong-Ho was in even though they were a bit late.
Yong-Ho gulped the mana potion and felt his mana being recovered.
The salamander started breathing heavily since it used up its energy and stopped spitting out the fire.
With a blank expression, Skull looked at the fire that filled the room.
And Catalina hugged Yong-Ho’s waist. It looked as if she was going to throw him, but instead pushed him.
It was unexpected. But it was a necessary action.
Yong-Ho saw it while being pushed.
Within that short moment, he witnessed a sight that made him doubt what he just saw.
The fire split.
A hole formed between Yong-Ho’s wave of fire and the salamander’s fire pillar. Something was consuming the fire. And something large cut through the hole.
He felt a coldness within the fire.
The air was being frozen right before his eyes.
The figure ripped through the curtain of fire and charged.
Yong-Ho saw a cold, blue mana.
That blue thing cut through the fire and after it passed through the fire barrier, he saw them soar into the air.
It was the demon of dower.
It was another name the dungeon owner had. It was a distinct skill that demons receive depending on their awakening.
Foras, the Demon of Ice.
Foras punched. They punched the area where Yong-Ho’s head was just in.
