Narrator: On the third, basement floor of the dungeon, through the underground graveyard and past the forest of the spire, you reach the Golden Castle. The once splendid castle is now covered in mold and dust and is a shadow of what it used to be. The footsteps that come as if from nowhere, could they belong to an adventurer? Or could they belong to a former resident who has passed away but is still wandering around?
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Stewed Cabbage
Laios's party walks down the halls with Takeru leading the way. Takeru listens to what monster is ahead of them.
Takeru: Skeleton.
They hide in the dark as a skeleton walks by.
Takeru listens to what's ahead.
Takeru: Humans.
Then a party of adventurers walk past them.
The party continues on with Takeru leading.
Takeru: Ghoul.
Marcille: How can you tell? You're creeping me out!
Takeru: The footsteps of a living creature, bones, and something rotten are totally different. My father taught me all of this before I became a ranger.
When they came across a T-section, Takeru listened to the right side and then the left.
Takeru: We go left. Sounds like Golems are on the right.
Narrator: A Golem is a human-shaped magical creature made of mud, dirt, and stone. It is used as a puppet that faithfully follows its master's commands.
Senshi: Stop.
The party then stops and turns to Senshi.
Marcille: For your information, Golems are 99% dirt! They aren't edible! They are genuinely magical creatures! I even know how to make them!
Laios: Teach me!
Marcille: No!
Chilchuck: What do you want to use them for after you learn how to make them?
Takeru: I think he just wants his own monster.
Senshi: What I'm interested in is their bodies. Follow me.
The party then went down the hall to a room with some sort of campsite.
Senshi: This is the campsite I usually use as my base.
Laios: You live here?
Senshi: I hardly sleep here. I usually hunt on the second or fourth floor, and once a month, I shop for seasoning and other things I lack in town. It was on my way back from a shopping trip that I met you folks. There are only a few monsters you can eat on the third floor. They are mostly decayed or just bones. But... Golems! These wonderful creatures are different! Their bodies are high in nutrition and always maintain the appropriate temperature and humidity.
Senshi gives everyone a gardening tool.
Chilchuck: In other words, are you using Golems as a garden? The people in his castle will weep!
Marcille: And so will scholars of magic!
Senshi: Why? I don't like magic, but those creatures deserve praise. All gardens should be like that! After all, they're resistant to harmful insects. And they drive away vegetable thieves.
Chilchuck: I don't think they're after the vegetables.
Senshi: What's more, they even control moisture levels. If you plant seeds and seedlings in them, they'll take care of the rest of the cultivation.
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Delicious in Dungeon (Ranger OC)
FanfictionAfter a failed dungeon raid that resulted in his younger sister being eaten by a dragon, Laios and the remaining members of his party, Marcille, Chilchuck, and Takeru, set out to rescue her from being digested by the dragon. Having lost most of thei...
