Dungeons could take on many looks on the inside. From destroyed cityscapes to intertwined caves. This dungeon was like a vast never ending field. The real world of the sky visible from inside but the dungeon invisible from outside. Plains dungeons were notorious party killers. This is because while there is a lot of room to run there is really no where to go. No cover, no where to hide, nothing but you and your team.
As the team walked in their guards are immediately up. Their formation at the moment is this:
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The two up front are the Tanks. With the other four Fighters right behind them. To either side of the Fighters are the Rangers. Directly behind the Fighters are the two Battle Mages with the Support Mage behind them and the Porter in the back.
"GGRRRAAAAHHHHH!!" A bellowing war cry shattered the silence of the plain.
"Holy Shit! Brett that's a Minotaur! This isn't good." Eddy one of the two Battle Mages called out.
"John you and me will stop the charge. Jin and Sai you guys pin cushion it's knees. Everyone else hold positions." Brett called out.
Zorus watched this fight unfold. Brett, John, and the twins rushed forward Brett and John coming closer together. The stood side by side as the Minotaurs charge brought it closer. When it was within ten feet the two Tanks slammed their shields into the ground and braced themselves against the shields with spears over the top of them. The Minotaurs force explodes across the shields as the two opposing forces meet. Both spears sink deep into the tough hide of the Minotaur but John gets sent flying back as the twins rush past him and start unleashing arrows peppering the front, sides, and backs of the beasts knees. This impressive display of accuracy and teamwork paid off with it cutting off the Minotaurs way of movement. As it fell back the beasts legs now destroyed it tried crawling towards the rising Brett. With a series of quick jabs the Minotaurs grunting is silenced as its life blood flows out.
"Damn. That bastard fucking hurts boss." John says as he gets up and retrieves his spear.
"Yeah. Your stance was a little two close together. Spread your legs a bit more and you should be able to with stand the force." Brett replies.
[Dungeon Wide Condition Met. Blood Has Been Spilt On The Plains Of Serenity. The Fallen Shall Rise Up And Exact Vengeance.]
A voice boomed through the dungeon. The group was unsure if it was male or female.
"Uhh... boss. That can't be good." John said.
"Yeah. I know." Brett said as the rest of team came running up.
"Hey what do we do? That really doesn't make me feel all that great." Eddy said.
"We need to make it back to the gate an..."
[Arise My Minions.]
The Voice returns echoing across the dungeon cutting off Brett mid-sentence. A shrill shriek emits from the head off an undead that breaks through the ground. In a matter of seconds the group is surrounded.
"Circle up! Fight towards the gate. If we can hold out for the gates to open we can escape. We can't handle this on our own." Brett shouts as he plunges his spear through the skull of an undead.
As the group circles up and starts fighting they make slow progress the Fighters and tanks hack away at the various undead while Zorus, Sai and Jin fire arrow after arrow into skulls and spinal columns. The mages begin chanting their spells.
Once the mages finish their spells they all feel an invigorating feeling wash over them curtesy of Harald, their Support Mage. Twin blasts of lightning come from Eddy and Samantha with the ending of their chants. The lightning strikes and one after another undead heads pop. With the addition of magic in this fight the group makes more progress eventually coming to the doors where they adopt a more crescent moon formation as they beat back the undead hordes. But the have three minute of fighting left and they've already run out of arrows. The twins draw the katanas at their sides and dash into battle. One of the Fighters gets pulled into the horde by and undead wolf. His screams echo through the dungeon as he is torn apart. With a hole in the defense now the undead surge forward. One of the twins is swallowed up by the horde with the other quickly following as they watched their sibling die.
Two more minutes.
Zorus pulls a spear out of the bag and joins the fight stabbing at anything he can swinging the spear like a bat when he starts feeling over whelmed. The Fighter beside Zorus gets swallowed by the pushing horde. The team backing up and fighting the formation in order to close the gaps that have formed keep fighting.
One more minute.
One by one the group starts falling again. The remaining two fighters get pulled into the horde as well as Eddy and Harald. All that remains is John, Brett, Samantha and Zorus. The group is fighting on fumes. The undead don't stop coming.
"Guys." Brett says as he stabs an undead in the face. "I just want...*stab*...you to know...*stab*...that it was an honor to fight with you."
"Boss no!" John shouts as Brett rushes forward and activates one of his skills called Shockwave.
The three remaining members are sent flying back along with a large amount of undead. As they stand the doors open behind them and the next team pauses in fear.
"Guys let's go. His sacrifice can't be in vain." John turns and runs out.
Zorus starts to leave when he hears Samantha scream. Turning to look he sees that she is being pulled back towards the horde. "NO! PLEASE DONT LET ME DIE ZORUS!"
He turns and rushes back taking out the undead. He picks her up and runs to the now closing exit. He knows he will never make it so he does the only thing he can. He throws her through the doors just before they close as he turns to face the incoming horde.