The guard with a green Dragon scaled armor checks the IDs of these five adventurers, whom barely looked like serious adventurers except the mage and the swordsman.
"Herman Gotye, A-Rank, Swordsman
Ebony Marshan, A-Rank, Rune Mage
Persephone"Peppy" Hides, C-Rank, Nurse/Marksman, also known as a...Penny Petal Wannabe...
Jacko Slime, B-Rank, Mage/Slime Summoner? Well that's new...
Reeves Wanker, Swordsman, B-Rank.
Be ready to risk your lives for treasure. Good luck." He then returns their ID cards, while making way for all the adventurers. The staircase lead to a large dark empty room.
The room then slowly illuminated itself by orbs of light suddenly appearing in the ceiling. They were told that the 6th to 9th floor are going to be completely random, while the 10th floor is where a Dragon will be fought, not like the Mid ones.
Herman groaned as he noticed the walls around them with certain patterns. "It's a damn maze!" He yelled out first. "Mazes, so it's a walking puzzle?" Jacko asked. "I was expecting something a bit more entertaining." He groaned. "Can't we just smash through the walls?" Rift suggested. "Ohoh, Try it." Herman chuckled. Rift then pulls out both his blades and slashed them towards the wall. "Hyaaaa!" The wall crackled with the electricity and the brute force of the Spine. It dealt no damage to brown dull wall. "Damn." He groaned. "Don't worry Reeves, I solved mazes in books in my spare time!" Persephone said. Ebony walked through the first entrances in the path. "We should split." She told. Everyone looked at her. "No! Baaaaaaad idea!" Peppy complained, she's the weakest out of all of them after all, and the most valuable."No, I meant that we should split the two A-Rankers and the weaker ranks should be together." Ebony told. "Herman, we can handle a few weaker dragons by ourselves, no?" She asked. Herman nodded. "I see, Well then, I'm going to propse that we both should go together so we can mark our path." Herman told. "Perfect." She then looked at the remaining three. "You should all be alright together for now, you will all know when we will signal that you should follow." She draws a Rune on the ground with her water. "This should glow when we reach it, see you later Jacko." She then turns to lead, while Herman scoffs and follows as well.
"Ughhh, Why can't I get some action!?" Peppy lied on the floor. "Wanna play skull bones?" Rift said, prompting up Peppy. "Sure, but we should bet!" She said. "Jacko, wanna join?" Rift then sees Jacko deep in thought...
"Thanks again, Miss Endaya." Jacko said to the enchantress. "One more thing, be wary of Ebony, she has only returned yesterday from somewhere I don't know, she even bribed to join the Dungeon Raid. My instinct tells me that she's after something." She warned. "Oh, I'll think about it, you might be suspicious for no reason after all." Jacko told. "Maybe." The Enchantress nodded.
"Ok, you're actually wayyy too lucky right now. I'm out of gold!" Rift groaned. "Haha! You have to have something left!" Peppy crossed her arms smugly. Rift smiled as he pulled something from his pocket. "This is an all for nothing. You're gonna give back everything you've taken from me if you lose, but if you win..." Rift then showed the sacred nudes of Petal. The girl rubbed her eyes and squeals. "BET BET BET BET." She immediately yelled, drooling and shaking the dices in her fist.
Jacko then stood up as he sees the runes drawn by Ebony glow blue into the maze. "Guys, I think it's time to go." Jacko told, looking back at the two throwing dices, Rift sweating and the girl's expression being very, very lewd.
"NO!" Peppy punches the ground, sobbing. "I NEED IT!" She screeches. "Whoa, whoa! I'll tell you what, I'll give it to you after the quest, guaranteed." Rift said, waving the picture in the air. Peppy tried jumping to grab it from his hand. "Whoa, you don't want her to get ripped do you?" Rift teased. Peppy pouted. "That better be a promise!" She said, picking up her crossbow.
The group followed the runes, they saw corpses of dragons on their way, seemingly cut down by water. "Did we really even need to do anything?" Rift said to himself. "To be fair, we barely just started, I could have done some of these...with some help of course." Peppy said. Jacko looked at the bodies, and said nothing. Suddenly, a loud screech was heard from around the corner, a green dragon emerged and smashed its own head into a wall, after that it then faced the trio, while it's head suddenly bursted into water hands, tearing the dragon's head into half from the inside, the water jumps out of the Dragon's head and returns to the form of Ebony. "Oh, you've all arrived sooner than expected." She told, while washing the blood away from her body with water. "Oh my god...that's hot." Peppy grinned, while Rift looked at Peppy with concern. Jacko stepped up. "Where's Herman?" He asked. "Oh, about him..." Ebony sighed. "Unfortunately he died fighting off that dragon I just killed, we got attacked through the wall you see." She groaned. Jacko is suddenly shook. "He died? Just like that?" He thought they were too strong to even be defeated, based on what they were saying and their ranks. "It happens. I'm glad you're all safe." Ebony smiled. "Come, I'll show you the next staircase." She then turned to the corner, winking at Jacko.
"What the fuck? Dude, is she into you?" Rift asked. "I don't know, but I'm more concerned about Herman." Jacko said. "Damn shame, won't miss that asshole tho." Rift said. "Yeah, but will the four of us even be enough for the last dragon?" Jacko asked. "Hehe, I made something for everyone that's gonna give us an edge there, we should be fine." Peppy told. "What's with you and the damn syringes!?" Rift asked...
Once the four of them entered the next floor, it was brighter than last time, and there was a large open space all around them. "What does this mean this time?" Jacko asked, concerned about the mini dens scattered around the area. "I'll look for the exit." Ebony said, before turning herself into a body of water and slithers away as a pond. "The fuck?" Rift said, confused about her ability. "Rift, we have to go back." Jacko said. "We haven't even seen Herman's body." He said. "Are you saying that gal's lying?" Rift asked. Jacko but his lip. "Yeah, it's like..." Jacko sighed, his thoughts suddenly scrambled. "Hey guys! Incoming!" Peppy yelled, readying her crossbow.
Quick small black dragons suddenly came out of their den, shooting bolts if electricity at them. "Peppy! Aim for their necks! Finn! Help her out!" Jacko called upon Finn, wntering her crossbow and forms a shape of a scope for Peppy. Rift blocked the electric bolts by raising his sword and absorbing the bolts to it's orb. Jacko then pulled out his wand. "Blitz!" The tiny electric slime happily enters the orb spot in his wand, then being shot out at the dragons, piercing through each of the dragon's necks. Suddenly, more green dragons began to run through them while the two were fighting the dragons on air. Rift then started using his Sandworm Spine to target their legs and wings, slicing them up before aiming his sword at them, releasing bolts of lightning at them.
Ebony walked through the the dragons emerging from her side, easily slaying them left and right with her water blades, she then pulls out a bloodied Flame Orb, then shoving it down a running Dragon, she then rubs the dragon's head, nearing her mouth on the dragon's ear. "Kill the black man." She then let's it go, turning into a puddle.
"Cover me for goodness sakes! I'm saving up my bolts!" She yelled out to Jacko, assneh dodges a Dragon swooping down, then using a butcher's knife to stab down it's back. A dragon was about to bite through Peppy, until it couldn't suddenly reach her, slowly bring pulled into the mouth of Grom. Peppy then turned to see a Jacko raising his arms and sweating as he commands all five of his slimes, while occasionally using basic slimes to finish off the dragons. Rift walked by Peppy's side in awe. "Dude..." Rift laughed. "He's fucking insane!"
Jacko then finally absorbed his slimes back, after seeing most of the dragons defeated, tired and his slime arm and chest throbbing in slime mass. "Sorry guys..." Jacko coughed. Peppy knelt down and removed his robe, checking for other injuries, she then opens up a bottle of water and hands it to him. "Drink up, it'll help you feel better." Peppy said, her eyes brightening up. "Thanks." Jacko then drank, then sighs.
Rift then heard a raging roar in the distance, readying his swords and turning to the roars. He immediately crossed his blades to barely block the speeding flaming dragon with red eyes. "Holy shit!" He then tightens his blade to fully commit to the x slash on its mouth. It did not flinch one bit. Peppy yanked the water bottle from Jacko's hand and then attaches a bolt at the end of it, shooting it towards the dragon and made it screech in pain.
Rift recovered his composure and stance. The dragon then flies up in the air with it's flaming wings, shooting powerful fireballs, even blowing holes in the ground as Rift kept barely dodging and his Sandworm Spine suddenly being blown to bits, dropping it on the ground. "Damn it, Jacko!?" Rift yelled. Jacko then stood up, he suddenly felt strange, as the water dragon egg summons itself from his own body. "Nows not the time to lay eggs, Slimey!" Peppy then starts shooting bolts with water bottles, stinging the dragon.
The dragon flew down, drenched and steam escaping from it, while then being slashed by Rift's blade, causing the dragon to explode. He tumbled back down to the ground,dropping his blade and felt a sharp pain at his back. "Fuck..." He laughed, as he then felt a vial of liquid flow over his body. "Just rest for a bit, Reeves." She sighed. Jacko then manages to return the egg into his chest, gasping. "ITS NOT DEAD!" Jacko yelled as the explosion disappears, the flames from the flame orb reforming into a dragon made out of fire, zooming right towards Rift.
"NO!" Jacko screamed, reaching out to try to stop the dragon...
While his chest shot out a large claw made out of water, bringing down the dragon to the ground and crushing it immediately along with it's orb, then it returns to Jacko's chest, causing him to faint. "Hey! You cannot just do shit like that and pass out!" Peppy groaned. Rift himself was relieved, though his heart was about to jump out of his chest, lying down on the ground himself.