Watching the battle I can see several new creatures enter the dungeon but I'm completely focused on the goblin and its mount as it snatches another castyr that was away from the group and quickly dispatches it. Quickly I order one of the three bats I've created to attack it with its blinding magic and cheer as the mount takes damage and begins panicking. Before I can even celebrate for a few seconds the goblin rider beats the spider as he pulls on the ragged reins and begins controlling its movements nullifying the blindness.
"That was a good plan but the spider is a tough opponent. It's like fighting a ghost your going to have to figure out how to attack it non physically." Tilly murmurs as I continue to watch as the now three bats pelts the spider before running out of mana. As they become exhausted and start to hover the goblin takes it's spear and hurls it towards the smallest of the three, laughing as its spear pierces the bats stomach causing the creature to squeal as it falls to the ground with a crunch of broken wings.
'The bats won't work they're to fragile hmm. Wait there's an idea! Slax put that spider into a nightmare!!!' I yell as Slax nods his head and casts the spell on the mount while its moving, the sudden collapsing of the spider throwing the goblin off its back to crash on the ground. As the goblin rolls a few time it still manages to roll to its feet while holding a wicked curved dagger in its hand as it takes on a defensive stance.
'Now blighted castyr's charge!!!!' I yell as the remaining four blighted castyr's charge towards the goblin, it's face paling as it looks around and sprints towards the black hallway as I laugh manically.
[Spooky Respawn Timer-1 minute 12 seconds]
'That poor bastard won't know what hit him' I say as Tilly nods her head and giggles as well as we watch the goblin enter the empty boss room and begin wrapping his minor wounds in a cloth smeared with a green substance. As he sighs in relief and begins checking his equipment a low growl can be heard from the exit to the room as Spooky appears out of the shadows and stalks around the fear stricken goblin. As I watch Spooky pounce onto the goblin and begin batting the small creature around like a toy I change my focus towards the main battle and start reading the notifications I've been ignoring.
[loot Received-Grave Crawler Carapacex1, Grave crawler Eyex8, Grave Crawler Stingerx1]
[Blueprint for Grave Crawler Received]
[Loot Received-Lesser Flesh Mite legsx4]
[Blueprint for Lesser Flesh Mite Received]
[Loot Received-Abyss Snake Skin, Abyss Snake Venom]
[Blueprint for Abyss snake Received]
Smiling at the successful gaining of several new creatures to work with I watch the castyr's finish off the remaining creatures as Slax slowly approaches the now awake and rider less spider. As the ghostly arachnid shrieks at Slax he slowly pulls out a small pouch of what looks like meat and tosses it towards the spider, the arachnid curiously sniffing at the pouch before diving towards it and devouring it whole.
"That be a good girl, why don't you let me be your new master. I be much better than that nasty gobbo right?' coo's Slax softly as the spider turns its head like a puppy then slowly approaches the shaman before lowering itself to the ground and allowing him to mount her. As Slax climbs onto the ragged saddle on its back a new message appears and I can't help but smile as I whisper a thanks and congratulation to Slax.
[Ghostly Widow has freely offered itself to your minion Slax ,Level 5 Shaman. Due to Slax being pacted to your dungeon this creature will also be pacted to you and treated as a summon of Slax]
"That's pretty rare but he is a shaman which means he's more in touch with nature and animals. Might mean if we have intelligent beasts enter we can throw Slax at them and maybe get a new monster with no effort." Tilly says as I laugh at her optimism before pointing out what happened.
'The meat thing that he threw at it were the treats the one bandit had to tame creatures. Plus this thing's description says it follows more powerful creatures since it's not very offensive so seeing Slax as a kinder creature that still helped kill all these creatures might have given it the bravery to follow him. I doubt we'll get this lucky again but with this addition if we can teach it some kind of actual abilities we could turn Slax into a boss or even just the spider.' I explain as Tilly's eyes brighten before she slaps my core while giggling at my teasing of her.
As the main group start to disperse while the bodies of the enemies start to get absorbed I focus back to Spooky and watch as he bullies the goblin. Every time the poor bugger tries to dart for the exit to the room he's either intercepted by poisoned needles or a body check flinging his small body across the room. After a few more minutes I decide some justice is in order as I order the spider to Spooky's room and watch as the arachnid enters and freezes while staring at the goblin.
'This creature probably caused you a lot of pain just so you could feel safe. But your part of our family now and that means you get a name and our support. So from now on we'll call you Banshee. Now as your first order from your dungeon core Banshee, have fun!' I whisper into the spiders ear as its body quivers before it turns around and shoots a translucent silk from its thorax and begins wrapping the goblin before swinging him around the room like a mace before I finally get a message.
[Shadow Goblin Blueprint Received]
[Congratulations! You've obtained your first humanoid monster blueprint! Humanoid creatures can be equipped with any loot you have obtained or created and make fantastic challenges for adventurers.]
'We did it that was the last of them Tilly! And Slax was so good, he even leveled up! Twice! And once Banshee finishes playing with the goblin corpse we can get his loot!' I say excitedly as Tilly nods her head in agreement, but then she floats off my core and faces me while we're level.
"This is truly fantastic but we must now prepare in case the corrupted dungeon shows up Kyle. Bring Slax, Spooky, and Banshee to the core room and I'll explain." She says solemnly as I summon the three most intelligent members of the dungeon to hear what she has to say.