Chapter 482 Dungeon

Chapter 482 Dungeon

The rest of his team followed close behind Karl and the two Orcs that he had dragged with them, leaving the last three chasing them to catch up.

Inside, the area looked much like the underground dungeon that Karl had seen in the mountains near the frost giant border. It was full of ruined black towers and strange fungi the size of trees, but there were no signs of Dark Elves, and instead some sort of shadow slime monsters had taken over.

To Karl's senses, they appeared to be at high Ascended and low Commander, similar to the dungeon in the Golden Dragon Nation, but this one required ten people to enter.

As the Orcs considered their options, Karl took out the device and activated it, hopefully stabilizing the dungeon so that whoever showed up next would see it as a done deal. The device vanished as it was activated, so he could only hope that it worked properly, but that was not his responsibility. He had done what he agreed, and activated the device in the proper location.

With his entire team inside the anomaly with the Orcs, there might be questions about what had happened to stabilize the dungeon. But that was a minor inconvenience, and the Chieftain already thought that it was a sign from the Gods, and not mortal tampering. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Do you know these creatures?" The defeated suitor asked, looking to Karl for answers.

"No, but I know a few things about them. They're stronger than you are, some of them by quite a bit. They are also going to be aggressive, but won't be likely to swarm us unless we get too close to them. They will stay near their spots unless we antagonize them, other than the roaming patrols.

Other than that, I know nothing about their skills, so be sure to remember how they fight so that you can tell the Chieftain. If he has to hear it from me, he will have your hide for a trophy."

The Orcs laughed as they realized that Karl was exactly right. The boss would not be happy if the human was the one with answers for him.

"Alright, we should find out what they can do. What sort of fighters are your people?" The Orcish woman who had just beaten her potential suitor asked.

Her voice was smooth, and her tone more eloquent than expected, closer to what Karl had heard from the older Orcs, and far from the tone and language she had used during the challenge.

It seemed that she had been hiding her intelligence from her dimwitted friends, perhaps to avoid being called the Orcish equivalent of a nerd.

"We can call some Golems, and we've got a mage and a berserker in addition to the clerics.

Don't worry, if you get injured, we will heal you. This place is meant for ten people to work together, not for two groups of five to fight with each other and the mobs." Karl explained.

It wasn't regenerating, and it fought like it was dying of slime loss. That was a good start, but the amount of damage that it took from attacks was ridiculously low.

Not like him or Cara, who ignored a base amount, but as if they were three times as durable as they should be, at the same power level.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have found the perfect training ground for Orcs. They're not too powerful, but they can really take a beating. Do you want me to start going all out, or should I hold back and let you fight?" Karl asked.

"Let us fight. The wimps need the help." The Orcish woman laughed.

"Alright. We weren't in a hurry anyhow."

It was easier not to argue with the Orcs on that one, even if it was going to start getting dark soon.

The rest of the Orcs chuckled, and Dana moved forward so that she could attack more effectively, while Karl threw attacks at the slimes that might have gotten around the Orcs defences and put them in a bad position.

That way, Lotus and Tessa could mostly relax, though Tessa had cast a weapon blessing on everyone to increase their damage.

By the time that the first group fell, they were beginning to all work well together in a group, and Karl was ready to start joining them in the fight. While he wasn't in a particular hurry, they didn't want to be here all night, and these slimes could take a beating, even if they didn't do much to [Eternal Lightning].

With that in mind, Karl led the way to the second group and began the attack as soon as the slimes started to change.

They took on the appearances of the attackers, but they didn't take on the skills. At least not as far as Karl could tell. At the very least, they didn't take on the ones he got from his beasts, or he would have made the second encounter a very dangerous one for everyone involved.

The second group did have a mage of sorts, though. It was a blue slime monster, and it cast water bolts at them that had Hawk nearly in a frenzy, wanting to come out and punish the creature for existing.

[Relax, we will let you all out to fight the bosses if the Orcs aren't doing a good job.] Karl consoled him.

[Like that will happen. Once you and the Dana Mage start going all out, the boss won't stand a chance.]

Karl smiled inwardly at the petulant bird. Hawk wasn't wrong, though. If he really went all out against a target two full Ranks below himself, even the boss monsters would only last a few seconds.

As fun as it might be to get loot, the Orcs were here for a different reason.