Lord Of Puppets-Chapter 150 – Dungeon Raid – Results.

[Current location: Camp outside the dungeon]

"..."

"..."

"Sir....I may." – said an adventurer that approached elderly elf guild master.

"Hm? What is it?" – asked elderly guild master who was sitting on a box.

"It has been already sometime since they had entered the dungeon and so far, we haven’t heard anything from them." – said worried adventurer.

"True, we did checked the first floor and found the traces of battle. But no traces of any of our people dying."

"Shouldn’t we try and check the next floor?"

"Well.... No." – replied elderly guild master.

"They would sent messenger by now if there was some sort of situation or if the dungeon turned out to be much larger than we had expected... But we may think about sending a second team soon."

"?"

"Wait, why don’t we just sent your familiar inside?" – asked a rude elf adventurer who joined the conversation.

"Wouldn’t that be easy?"

"Sorry, but no can do." - replied elven guild master.

"I’m making sure that the forest is truly safe AND I’m checking if there are any runaway golems we had missed."

(Although I say that. This is a complete lie.) – thought the elderly elf.

(The situation between Mowiorano kingdom and Garmfon kingdom is straight up crumbling.)

(With the stunt that idiot of a king had pulled, it wouldn’t be surprised if that new traitor king would pull some sort of stunt of destroy this dungeon.)

(So I kind of need to have all of my familiars on the lookout in case some bastards make an appearance.)

"..."

(Still, it has been SOME time since they went in.... By now we should had heard something from a messenger....)

(We maybe should consider going to the next floor.) – thought the elven as he started realizing something was off about the dungeon.

[Meanwhile: Dungeon core room]

"..." 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

(There......) – thought Thauma as it attached its new body, finishing up assembling its brand-new body, which was a humanoid in appearance, but noticeable not as tall as before and with only four arms.

(This body can be quickly ’equipped’, but obviously its combat ability isn’t as high as my previous body...)

(However, I can worry about this later.)

(Or more specifically, I don’t have time to rest for even a moment.) – thought Thauma as it used the dungeon core to begin scanning the dungeon, noticing and finding out about both the adventurers wondering around on the first floor as well as the camp located right outside the dungeon.

(Fuck me!)

(I’ve barely managed to survive the encounter just now and even lost my main body, but it is far from over!?)

(And what are these numbers?!)

(I will have dungeon eat anything in the dungeon. I really don’t have to look and loot anything valuable.... I will also add order to create monsters as soon as possible.)

"..."

(But the entire process.... It will take far too long to finish.)

(Should I try to make.... No. I won’t be able enough golems to face off against these adventurers.)

(The only logical path would be to try and change up the body to one of the proper spare bodies... But what then?)

(Do I have to take on these adventurers outside!?)

(All by myself!?)

(Impossible!)

(Humans maybe idiots, but they are also not idiots at the same time.)

(They will realized that something is off.... My ambush tactic may fail.... No.)

(Even if I were to try and repeat the same thing, it wouldn’t work in the first place.)

"..."

(Weapons.... I have some on me.... Some that good for my golem body.)

(I also have a ballista on me and few bombs....)

(No.)

(I will use up all of the ammunition I have left and die.)

(The body mana reserves are replenishing, but my own personal mana is still not full.)

(This is beyond problematic.)

(I’ve used up everything I had in the fight just now and all I have left are scraps.)

(Most of the dungeon traps had been either used up or broken by the adventurers.... There is no way they will be able to slow them down.)

"..."

(No.)

(Think it true.)

(If they had such great number of adventurers, then why haven’t they went all in?)

(Think.... There must be a reason......)

(3 most dangerous target I had spotted before they entered the dungeon.... They all went in.)

(I didn’t noticed anybody else.... Although.)

(That elderly looking elf.)

(Considering how the people are moving around him would suggest that he is important person....Is he a B-rank? Or maybe he is the leader behind everything.... Or maybe even both.)

(....)

(All of them were strong.)

(The people that went in.)

(Most of them were C-ranks....)

(But from what I could tell when they were fighting outside.... Wait.)

(They sent all of their elites inside of the dungeon!)

"..."

(So all the remaining people there should be mostly D-ranks....)

(Then again, they are making up for it with their sheer numbers.)

(No.)

(There is no way I will be able to deal with them all.)

(Even if I were to unleashed multiple barrages of large scale spells, I would sooner run out of mana than have them run out of the numbers.)

"..."

(No wait.)

(WAIT! THEY WON’T DO IT!)

(THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR LIVES!)

[Sometime later: Outside the dungeon.]

"Sir, the scout team made a report." – said elven adventurer.

"The second floor of the dungeon has also been cleared.... But again, we didn’t found any traces of the group."

"We did confirmed that there was another set of stairs.... And another one of the boss rooms."

"The boss was gone and the passage is open."

"Should we try and reach third floor?"

"..."

"No. Stop for moment." – said the elderly elf with worried expression.

(What is going on?) – thought the guild master.

(Second floor is cleared and there is a path leading possible to the third floor?)

"..."

(And yet we still weren’t contacted?)

(Something isn’t right.)

(They were given clear orders.)

(If they were to discover more than third floor, they were ordered to send a messenger immediately.)

(....They were ordered to try and beat the dungeon on the first try, only IF they haven’t suffered heavy casualties or suffered massive amount of wounds.)

(And yet.... No news.)

"..."

"This isn’t normal." – said the elderly elf as he bit on his nail.

"...."

"Don’t go to the third floor.... No!"

"If anything, order all men that are inside to get out of there!"

"?"

"Sir?" – said confused adventurer.

"Something is right." – said the guild master with worried expression.

"There is really and I mean REALLY something weird going on inside of that place."

"..."

(They found the second set of stairs.) – thought Thauma as it observed the adventurers.

(Dammit. Was my speculation wrong?)

(Did they really had a second as powerful invasion force as the first one?!)

(Welp, I’m screwed, logically speaking if that is the....?)

(What is this?)

"!"

(They are retreating!?) – thought Thauma as it observed the adventurers starting to leave the second floor, before then going all the way to the first floor and retreating all together with remaining adventurers.

(So, I wasn’t wrong!)

(THEY GIVEN UP!)

The adventurers have fully retreated out of the dungeon and were gathered right outside of the dungeon.

"..."

"Okay... Listen up, all of you." – said the guild master with worried expression.

"There is no use hiding or deceiving you, since many of you may had already put two and two together."

"The group that went inside of the dungeon that consist of the elite adventurers have went silence."

"No messenger has been sent nor anything remained."

"The adventurers were given clear orders."

"Retreat if they had lost between 1/3 or 1/4 of their group."

"Or if they had encountered more than 3 floors."

"However, they have not contacted us."

"That means one thing only."

"They had been completely wiped out." – said the guild master, as the adventurers instantly started talking, some scared while some questioned guild master theory.

"..."

"EXCUSE ME!" – shouted a tall adventurer.

"They had three B-rank adventurers!"

"True we had bit problem with golems at first, but only because they ambushed us!"

"In the head on fight we had won!"

"There is no way they would had lost in the dungeon!"

"Yea! We checked the first and second floor! And they were wiped clean! There were no monsters no matter where we looked!" – said annoyed adventurer who did not believed the news one bit.

"Then if they had defeated the dungeon master, why haven’t they returned!?" – shouted the guild master on top of his lungs, instantly silencing everybody.

"..."

"The logical conclusion would be either two of the theories."

"They explored the third floor while still being able to push forward in their current state."

"That means they were either completely exterminated on the third floor.... Or they were exterminated by the dungeon master."

"Either way, no survivor had showed up."

"Considering the current circumstances.... And the lose of our main attack force, I will have to make this announcement."

"The dungeon taming attempt has been deemed as a failure and the main attack unit that had went into the golem has been deemed dead."

"Until the further notice, the dungeon entrance shall be sealed and nobody is allowed to enter under any circumstances."

"ARE WE CLEAR ABOUT THIS?!"

"..."

(And now.... I will have to go and report this to that rotten and spoiled princess.... Just fucking great.) – thought annoyed guild master as he realized that he will be probably facing extremely annoying situation very soon.