Dungeon

Jason, Perseus, and Rocky walked cautiously into the dungeon. Perseus and Jason both thought that there was going to be something in the abandoned mine. They didn't think that it would be a dungeon.

Dungeons were almost synonymous with dangers, adventures, and loot. But sadly, the information about dungeons in WOW was at a perfect zero. Everyone expected there to be a dungeon since WOW was set in a fantasy world with hints of dragons and dwarves. But on the guild book to WOW released by the MH company themselves, the page that was seemly dedicated to dungeons read

[on dungeons]

[Please find the information yourself!]

And after that, the rest of the paper was just blank. A small code was placed on the very corner of the page which was disguised as a small line of ink., that a few dedicated players found using a professional microscope.

It took them a few days but they managed to decode it, it turns out that a specific code was represented one dot on a graph and when they took all of the codes on that page which were hidden in what seemed to be hidden dashes of tiny numbers

The thing that was revealed to them was a crudely drawn smiley face with a tongue sticking out of it.

Suffice to say, the players who saw the smiley face after working extremely hard to decode the mysterious pattern. After expecting to get some hint to an important quest or maybe a dungeon since it was on the dungeon page.

But since they got trolled by the MH company they the only thing they could. Go online and start ranting about it.

Suffice to say many people got a good laugh at it, others sympathized with the players saying that the MH company was rude for tricking players like that. But in the end, the situation didn't grow into anything big and many people thought that perhaps information about dungeons was stored elsewhere.

And now Jason was standing in one of these dungeons that nobody knew for sure had even existed.

Perseus and Boops were mentally storing as much of the information about the dungeon as they could. Suffice to say it was a very valuable piece of information, players would pay a lot of money to find a dungeon as it meant lots of money for them. Of course, Perseus and Jason were going to make sure they got as many benefits out of this dungeon before other players found it.

As the region-wide notification resounded throughout the land, the player's head started to perk up as they repeated the words in their heads slowly coming to the realization of what it meant.

A hoard of players started to run towards the city of Herdita in whatever ways of transportation possible. Some decided to start sprinting towards the city even though they were a few days away, others threw coins at NPCs to quickly get them to Herdita.

Some went online and started to write numerous blogs

"a dungeon has been found in the vicinity of Herdita!"

: I'm a player based in the city of Herdita, I was just minding my own business when I saw a notification pop up in front of me it read

[an unknown party of players have found a dungeon in the forest outside of Herdita!]

The post also included photo evidence and also a short video of it popping up in front of the player's vision. If one looked at the corners you could see the rest of the players also focusing on something invisible in front of them a telltale sign of looking at a notification.

The post ended there but the comments underneath resembled a chaotic battlefield

imacheezebuger: no wayyyy a dungeon exists! I'm heading over there right now!

cheezebugersucks: to the above poster you're stupid this is probably just a ruse, people might have edited this or something, besides if dungeons existed we would have found them already right?

imacheezebuger: haaaa? watchu talking about? there is evidence right in front of us what are you blind?

cheezebugersucks: the only blind person is you, I can't believe people like you still exist especially with your user name

imacheezebuger: DID YOU JUST INSULT MY USERNAME??? OH YOUR ON MISTER IM SO SMART

cheezebugersucks: heh you think you can beat me in a fight? I'm 7 foot 8, I have a six.. no 12 pack I earn 20 figures a year, what do you have?

justaregularguy: mom! get the popcorn

Boops when he read through that thread, quickly closed it at that point not wanting to gain any more brain damage.

But it is said that to this day, those two are still arguing.

Boops checked back with Jason and Perseus, they both were walking through the mine constantly referencing the map that Perseus had put into the database.

The lights in the area got dimmer instead of the bright lanterns glowing fluorescent green moss replaced it. The original dry shafts of the mine got damper and every step that the 3 made felt like they were stepping in a damp puddle.

Jason took the lead holding up a lantern that he had taken early on. Boops was staring at the map, he currently didn't see a single red dot and the only dots that he currently saw were the three of theirs.

Jason suddenly stopped and sniffed the air, a foul smelled the room and made all their noses wrinkle. It smelt as if something was rotting.

Jason looked back at the other two. Rocky simple let out a small grimace and motioned that they should continue on.

Perseus already was trying a bandana around his face to block the smell he looked at Jason who was staring at him blankly and continued to walk with Rocky following him.

Jason shook his head took a deep breath and followed them. He took one step and heard the squeal of a gear turning and felt the ground underneath his outstretched foot slightly move downwards.

Jason let out a string of expletives that couldn't be repeated and leaped forward his entire body lowered as he dived towards were Perseus and Rocky had already reached.

Rocky was running towards him reaching out his hand while he held his shield out on his other hand ready to protect Jason from whatever trap he triggered.

Perseus waited in the back knowing that there was no way Jason was going to get done in by a stupid little trap.

Jason dove and landed on the floor as the twang of a crossbow and the loud thunk of a arrow embedding itself into a wooden support responded in Jason's ears.

Jason made a quick check to make sure he wasn't impaled, bleeding, or dying and then stood up dusting himself off.

Rocky was still only halfway to him, leaving him in an awkward position of him attempting to help, but utterly failing at it.

Jason looked around and saw Perseus pulling out his sword to check on its state, with a worried expression on his face. Rocky standing straight up with a bright red expression.

Jason took a deep breath and looked around. He spotted the arrows embedded in the wooden support and ran over to it.

"We can make money off this" he muttered to himself as he took out a pocket knife he got from a convenience store in reality and proceeded to dig out the arrows that were logged into the wooden frame.

A few minutes later with Rocky trying to understand what was going on and Perseus still worrying about the state of his sword passed and Jason walked over with 4 arrows in his hands each of them was coated in a dark green liquid that smelled putridly bad.

[poisoned arrow]

[description: an arrow that has been coated by poison]

[effects: when struck the (poison) status is inflicted]

Jason grinned at his new arrows and placed them into his inventory for a later use. Perhaps he would give them to Arjuna or to a promising guild member but it wasn't too important.

Jason Perseus and Rocky regrouped Perseus unfurled the parchment for Rocky to see and pointed out a big room in the very back. The entire mine was shaped in a dagger/cross shape with two sides and one large line going in the middle. Jason could count around 20 rooms big and small.

They were currently at the foot of the dungeon literally as far away as they possibly could from what Jason assumed to be the big goody room with lots of loot.

Jason took a deep breath, thought about pushing Rocky to the front since he was the tank but pushed the thought to the back of his mind.

He looked at Rocky who now had a determined expression on his face as he thought about proving himself once and for all in the guild. Perseus who still holding his sword up like a baby trying to wipe the cracks out of it.

Jason nodded to himself

"yup we are definitely ready for this"