15 Constructing Holy Constrictor Part 3 (1/2)
While a miniature version of Obsidian was watching from the corner of Rest Area, Briggs and Krotos were currently dueling with each other. Obsidian, after being deployed, decided to switch to his energy-saving form. This meant that Obsidian transformed into a Dire Wolf Puppy, significantly smaller than his 10-foot form. This was possible thanks to the domestication feature of the dungeon, which was designed to give us more room for mobs. Luckily, Obsidian would still be powerful in his 10-foot form but significantly shorter.
Despite it being 2 hours since they agreed to their duel, Briggs and Krotos were still fighting. For the first 30 minutes, they fought each other with training swords that Briggs made. Since this was the first time I saw Briggs fight, I was impressed by his sword skills. However, Krotos and Briggs were evenly matched for the entire time they fought, which led Briggs to challenge him to a different competition. Briggs, Krotos, and Bose went to the forest and got the materials they needed to make an Archery Target stand. After it was built, they tried competing in an archery contest for an hour. Since Briggs was mostly an Archer, he consistently performed at a high level. However, since Krotos was a Griffin, his eagle-like sight allowed him to also perform well. Since that competition eventually became indeterminate, they agreed to a fistfight. That's what they've been doing for the past 30 minutes.
”Well, shit! I have to say Briggs, you are more impressive than you look! I thought most Dwarves were nothing but drunken Architects! It seems you are a unique case, my friend”, Krotos said.
”You aren't too bad yourself! I've forgotten the last time I've had an equal in combat!”, Briggs said grinning.
Judging from the tone of their voices, it seemed that they finally earned the respect of one another. Around an hour ago, Krotos' wife and kid popped into the dungeon to see how he was doing. They were in a similar form to Krotos, with their Griffin wings on the back of their human form. For the last hour, they've been sitting in the air watching them fight. Krotos' wife looked to be around 25 while his son looked to be 5. Krotos told us during the Dungeon tour that his wife's name was Elizabeth and his son's name was Bruce. They seemed to be nice Griffins on the outside but they asked if they could eat any intruders we didn't need if they appeared in the Dungeon. Unsurprisingly, I agreed with their request.
While they were all focused on the duel, Orai and I walked around the Rest Area. As you probably know, 10,000 square feet is a ton of space to work with. We also had a 100-foot ceiling that cemented the room's status as a 'Giant Room'. However, Dungeon Rooms are made to be customizable so we decided to edit the room. Included in the purchase of every room was the ability to add stairs, ceilings, walls, doors, and more that was free of charge. Since this was a Rest Area, we decided to divide the room into sections. First, Orai and I divided the room horizontally so it could have a top floor and a bottom floor. This allowed the room to be a two-story structure that featured 2 [100 x 100 x 50] foot rooms. We also added a staircase along both sides of the wall so we had multiple ways of reaching the second floor. After that was done, we divided the rooms in half so we could have four rooms that were 50 feet wide and 100 feet long. With that finished, we were done preparing Constrictor for any intruders. All we had to do was wait for anyone dumb enough to enter. Since I wasn't human anymore, I didn't care what happened to intruders. Even if they turned out to be human, I wouldn't be afraid to kill them. ”Dungeon Masters who hold back are Dungeon Masters who will perish”. That was one of my favorite quotes from Hidarus' book. I still didn't know if I was going to be an evil dungeon or not but any intruders who move past the Rest Area will die for Trespassing. That was unavoidable for any true Dungeon.
I also checked the list of all the deployed mobs in the Dungeon, which looked like this:
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Young Cerberus [C]
Lich [C]
Giant Serpent [C]
Elementals x 2 [C+]
Golems x 5 [C+]
Orcs x 5 [C]
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”Yikes! We'll need to buy more mobs in the morning tomorrow! Luckily, the adventurers are only C+ so we shouldn't be overwhelmed”, I said.