Chapter 68: Madness

Chapter 68: Madness

The tiny self built sculpture of a dwarf was unmoving, but it started emitting sound, a recording of a time long past.

2587 Thats six hundred years ago!

If you found this message, that means youre certainly a fellow Dwarf! How did you like my space magic? So THIS is why my map made no sense! I hope it didnt age too badly, dont shame me if it did, brother, different times. I built this room as a safe space in this kingdom of fools, so that no brother would die from my creation. Honestly, this isnt my proudest work, the two beastman heroes Im working with are a reprehensible bunch, but I couldnt deny their offer.

There was a moment of silence, then the dwarf spoke in a much more lively tone.

Theyre paying me with parts of Gadurs armor! Can you believe that! Absolute bog Goblins! Imagine having Gadurs masterpiece for yourself and trading the parts for a shoddy pile of Black Primus resin bricks! This is the biggest scam of my career! Ahahahahah!

Guess we know what were looking for now. Never heard of Gadur. Some ancient Dwarven smith I guess.

Oh, dear brother, back to the topic, if you find yourself in here, well, it means the so called heroes failed, which they will, so you cant leave until you finish them off. I made extra sure the ritual chamber would fuck up their ugly faces. Thats right, I know what theyre trying to do, not on my watch! The Demon King can go fuck himself for all I care! For disrespecting Gadurs work like this, theyll never become Apostles, not with me alive!

Demons coming up again I had a strong itch from the whole Domination thing, its confirmed now. So its two beastman heroes who failed at becoming Sons of Domination? Perhaps the pyramid and the black lances were parts of the ritual What happens when you fail? And who the fuck is the Demon King?

It pains me to leave the rest of Gadurs masterpiece here but this is all I can manage, Im barely able to go against them now, there is nothing I can do after they mutate. And theres no way Im tipping anyone off about this, lest they try taking possession of the parts I have Im never coming back to this awful desert, Ive failed at the sixth, so I will never defeat these myself, especially with Dominations mind goblineries. Truly leaves a taste of dirt in my mouth. But Im leaving these relics for you to find, whose greed cannot reach me. Best of luck, brother.The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.

Sixth 100,200,250

The dwarf statuette crumbled at the end of the message, leaving behind a small shiny key in a pile of stone dust.

Wait, this dwarf was level 349 and he left a priceless relic here because the mutated heroes would be too strong?!

Gives certain death a lot more credibility

Alith grabbed the key and Pareth, putting the latter on her shoulder, and joined Sofia down the spiral staircase. She held up the small key, What now?

We leave, Sofia said decisively.

Im with you on this one, but how?

The sort of mind control effect that led us in here, dont you think its weird how it stopped right after we entered? Im thinking that maybe its pretty limited, might not be able to keep us from leaving if you carve out an exit through the walls, Sofia theorized.

Where do we dig then? Finding the place where we entered could take a while with the space magic shenanigans going on

Wait, what?

Seeing Sofia still normal, Alith stepped down too, and was assaulted by the same message. It repeated constantly.

They looked at each other, You negated the domination too? Sofia asked first.

Yeah Since when do you have a skill for that? You combined something new when I was digging?

Even if I did, my skills dont extend to you except for [Blessing of the Deep].

Sofia had to check.

[Blessing of the Deep] : The Saintomancer was granted a name.

They may see the inhabitants of the Deep.

Lv.1 : The Saintomancer and their summons are immune to the [Mind control], [Hypnosis], [Confusion], [Insanity], [Domination], [Soul Parasite] and [Instant Death] status effects.

(Next function unlocks at Skill Level 200)

She showed Alith the description window.

So, you remember that hallucination I was talking about I think I feel very differently about it now

So the Deep man had you faint, came in your dreams and upgraded your blessing? Alith tried her best to understand. All the while the messages about resisting [Domination] kept ringing in their minds.

I wish that was just that

Yeah honestly that wouldnt sound too bad. You know what does, though? [Soul Parasite].

One more thing to ask Kuli when we see her I wont complain about resisting it.

What worries me is that it looks like you got the immunity to [Domination] because that was used against you If you see what I mean.

Sofia shuddered, Lets get out of here. Fast. If she couldn't know then it was better to forget about it for the time being. She really wished she could forget about it.

The messages kept ringing all the way until the giant black pyramid was no more than a black dot on the horizon. Well be back.