Chapter 87: Chapter 86 – Golem

Roland looked back to the door that shut behind him. His eyes glowed in a purple light as he scanned the surroundings. There didn’t seem to be any runes on this side of the passage, it looked like there was no way of going back.

He grimaced under his helmet before turning around and moving forward. The shield that Roland made had a boss in the center that was protruding slightly. A boss or a umbo was a round, convex or conical piece of material at the center of a shield. This shield had all of the mana stones on the inside as to not let them be crushed during combat.

The shield was held out toward the empty corridor while he looked around. Thanks to his skills he was able to detect magical traps but that didn’t help against the normal ones. Roland moved forward slowly, he had no idea of knowing if he would even come out in the boss's chamber or if it was the way to an entirely new location. It could be a hidden treasure trove or another secret passage to a lower or an upper level.

There was also the possibility of this passageway being swarmed with monsters. He was slightly regretting his decision but there was also the adventurer part in him that told him to move forward. This was a new part of him that had been slowly awakening through the constant monster battles, now he was even starting to enjoy this adrenaline rush.

This wasn’t the first time that he ventured into a secret chamber either, so this wasn’t all that new. Most of the time there wasn’t really anything dangerous in these rooms. The most important point was to go in slowly and assess the situation with a clear mind.

After treading forward some more he came up to a wall. This one was also locked behind a runic lock. At first, he was surprised that other adventurers weren’t able to discover these hidden chambers. But the only reason he was able to do this is due to his debugging skill and rune affinity. A regular mage wouldn’t be able to do anything and other Runesmiths didn’t really venture down into dungeons.

‘That should do it…’

With some fiddling, the passage was opened and the wall started to shift. A big slab of rock started sliding up to reveal some light, when he looked inside he discovered a larger chamber.

The first thing that he could feel was the increase in temperature. The boss chamber was surrounded by lava from all sides. This was something that he already knew as he had bought up all the information from the guild that he could.

When someone entered this room they would be greeted by a narrow bridge going toward a large platform in the middle. The adventurers needed to move to this platform and then the bridge behind them would shift back into the lava. Only then would the boss of this place appear. After the monster was dead another bridge going forward would show itself. The path to go back would also open up and now other people could travel through this room.

Where Roland came out, he found himself above this chamber. He was walking forward but with the lack of light, it was a bit confusing. He didn’t notice that he was going upwards slightly and now the boss room was almost right below him.

‘Damn… are they all dead?’

He could see some dead bodies, crushed into paste and some caved in heads. There was quite the large monster moving slowly in the middle of it. He recognized the type that it was instantly and this would be quite the troublesome foe. After glancing at it with his analyze skill he had some more information.

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