Chapter 18: Chapter 17: An Unlikely Coincidence

From just the first monster, Tess could tell that this dungeon was a few cuts above what she had been going through. It was a sort of…bipedal animal that vaguely resembled a fox, were the fur to be replaced with a thick, glossy green carapace and the muzzle with something more akin to a lamprey’s maw.

Alice wrinkled her nose. “I hate it when mini-dungeons get creative. It’s almost never fun to look at.” She hefted her shield, planting herself firmly between Tess and the monster. Unlike the other times she had been dungeon diving with Tess, Alice had kitted herself out in a full suit of armor, and Tess was beginning to wonder why she hadn’t been wearing it before; she moved like she wasn’t even wearing the armor, and it somehow wasn’t making any sound. “Alright, give the thing a hit and I’ll take it from there.”

Tess activated Pressure Puncher and lashed out with her claws. There was a strange sense of resistance as she tore through the empty air, and a small gash appeared on the creature’s carapace, a wriggling parasite barely visible over the oozing brown blood.

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