Chapter 9

Fezan: W-what the hell is going on!

Core (outside voice): ALLOW ME TO JOIN THE BRAWL!

*Magma starts sprouting from everywhere, flooding the entire place*

Core: IF YOU DON'T WANNA DIE BEFORE WE FIGHT, I SUGGEST YOU LEAVE NOW!

Hero 1: Let's go! Everyone out! We'll finish this outside!

Tsuyoi: Dammit! Wasp! Come at me! We'll finish this!

Mag: Wolf! Come face me again if you dare!

Flamey & Magni: *Raaawrrrrr*, *Skree-e-e-e-e* (Count on it!)

*The humans, except Niima and Fezan, rush out*

*They run out to the barren wasteland that covers the land, due to the volcano's re-awakening*

Adventurer 1: What's gonna happen?

Core (inside voice): I'm ejecting you two, you'll land where they are ok?

*Before they can respond, he moves the magma, and grabs both of them*

Core (inside voice): Oh, tell them we're coming out

*Placing them in the middle, launches them out, like a cannon, with flames following them*

Hero 3: Look, at the sky!

Wizard 1: Are they flaming birds!?

Wizard 3: They're flaming rocks!

Hero 4: No, they're humans

*Falling down, Niima lands on her feet, while Fezan lands...on his face*

Niima: YOU DAMN CORE! I'LL KILL YOU! YOU BURNED MY CLOTHES!

*Her clothes...are literally just darker than when they entered*

Tsuyoi: Niima? Fezan? You're alive! What happened!

Niima: We we're taken hostage. Now, I'll explain later, for now we have to run!

Hero 1: Why? The Core is gonna meet us

Niima: WITH FLAMING HOT DEATH! IT GROWS WITH EVERY DEATH! IF WE DON'T LEAVE NOW, IT'LL KILL US ALL!

*The volcano rumbles, and lava floods out the top creating a pillar of light before falling like rain; glorious flaming death rains from the sky, turning the black sky red*

Niima: RUN!!!

*Everyone turns around and starts sprinting for their lives, as giant chunks of rock also start falling down*

Core (outside voice): WHY ARE YOU RUNNING!? FIGHT ME YOU COWARDS! GIVE ME A GLOURIOUS BATTLE!

*The lava starts pouring buckets, as even the clouds start forming into that of ash and flame, the scorched land expanding as they retreat*

Core: (Outside voice): LET US DUKE IT OUT IN GLOURIOUS FASHION! FACE ME LIKE THE HEROES YOU SHOULD BE!

*The humans have escaped*

Core *faintly* (outside voice): DAMN YOU! YOU'RE REALLY GONNA LEAVE ME LIKE THIS?! WHAT THE HELL! COME BACK!

Hero 2 (exhausted) : Would you mind *heavy breathing*, you know *heavy breathing*, EXPLAINING WHAT THE FUCK THAT WAS!?

Hero 3: THAT WASN'T NO DUNGEON! THAT WAS LIKE A GOD!

*Loud thunder booms from the sky*

Hero 1: Don't speak of them so casually. Remember, they're always watching. We must go back and gather our strength. When we get back, remove that bounty notice. While we walk, indulge us in what almost turned us into compost

Niima: O-ok

*Meanwhile*

Core: DAMN THEM! They ran away! Lavan!

Lavan: Yes sir!

Lavan had gained a new found respect for this still young dungeon core, as even he was trembling with fear. He didn't even know he could tremble!

Core: Recall all the troops, bring back that body for food, and explain to me what other upgrade I can have

Lavan: Yes sir!