>>6287798We had trekked for about an hour towards the site of the ambush. It was an area deeper into the dungeon, close to the core.
On the way to this place, Ham had made sure to point out a couple safe spots where we could meet up again should things go awry. Not that they would, right?
My mind wandered back to the present once Remu spoke up.
“It looks empty, Dough. No sign of any monsters either,” she said.
Remu had climbed on a rock wall and hid among the shadows inside an alcove. From her vantage point high above the ground she could see the whole area.
From up there, her voice was barely loud enough for us to hear. Still, it made sense to avoid yelling, it’d suck if we drew any unwanted attention towards our little group.
According to her description, the place was enormous. I had no way to see it myself but figured from her words that it was about the size of a football field.
Surprisingly, the place was extremely well lit, with rocky pillars shining gloomily all over the place, giving the whole area purplish tinge.
However, the area was also filled with boulders that looked eerily like cars, trucks, trees and buildings. Like a small town turned to stone.
Other than that, there were plenty of stalagmites all over the place. Combined with everything else they significantly reduced visibility from the ground level.
“Stalactite? Stalagmite?” I pondered out loud.
“It’s easy to see in here,” said Jerb, completely ignoring my vocabulary conundrum.
“Sure is.” I turned to ham. “I suppose it makes sense. You said he uses this area a lot, yeah?”
“Indeed. I have observed his mistress releasing critters in this maze for him to hunt.”
“Oh. It does look sort of like a maze. Ambush shouldn’t be hard in place like this”
I gestured at our surroundings with my gun and axe.
“Plenty of places to hide and it looks familiar enough. To me at least. Plus, since we’re close to the entrance it’d be easy enough to retreat, just in case. Ham, you said you were going to lure him here. How exactly?”
“Thorn should be closer to the core of the ruins.”
He pointed down. “I’m going there to confront him, then I’ll retreat here. He won’t shy away from chasing me.”
Ham didn’t give me time to respond. Without hesitation he set off, heading deeper into the maze.
I shrugged.
“Right, off he goes. Remu, stay up there. Jerb, find a spot somewhere opposite from me — no, dude that means over there, like, away from me…”
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