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Myriad Reality

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Or they are stuck on a thing that is particularly troublesome for them too! Lets find out!
*picks up my pace again*

@Path

No preparation at all...
*Withdraws four black ball bearings from the void that I hold between my fingers, and I jog beside you*

Myriad Reality

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Nothing else but to meet our new friend. Everything else has been looted or killed.

@Path

They're not going to the lower layer. They're waiting for us.

Myriad Reality

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You make a point, though this is a dungeon that only foreigners of this world can enter. It would be wise to prevent or even tire out the other parties as you would venture. In case they may be hostile

@Path

I wouldn't put it past them. We should keep our guard up.
*Reaches into a dark void*

Myriad Reality

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*the room is devoid of any magical energy or lifeforce*
Ah, well. Yes, I concur. But it’s not an uncommon tactic for dungeon crawlers.

@Path

To preempt another party? I'd buy that if this was a popular dungeon.

Myriad Reality

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*the massive blade appear to be practically a giant slab of metal on a handle, possibly the beast’s own weapon*
Smells like what?

@Path

*Grimaces and takes a step back, looking for traces of magical energy*
It means it's suspicious.
*Leaves the combat room*

Myriad Reality

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*As you enter there are four more smaller yet still fearsome looking beasts that are laid out on the ground with various fatal wounds*
Yup, and they seem to be currently in combat or moving towards the next room.

@Path

*Holds my hand out, and red squares flitter down onto the blade, inspecting its attributes*
You mean to tell me this dungeon has laid dormant all this time, and someone conquers the floor exactly when we arrive? That smells.

Myriad Reality

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It’s a trap, or at least it’s a stall tactic, and we took the bait. They used the room that was overflowing with magical energy to mask themselves and what was further down. Suppressing themselves while getting the rest of the dungeon for themselves. They are more than experienced.
*nothing appears to be different about my eyes as I watch down the dungeon halls and we pass a room that has massive beast with a blade impaling its skull and planted in the ground*

@Path

You're thinking they looted this thing under our noses?
*Takes a detour and inspects the creature*

Myriad Reality

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*as you increase the magnification of your vision you notice the glimmer to be lightly brighter, but is moving around more*
I still want to know what you think if the magical energy being wiped out. Completely dead. Past the creature we fought.

@Path

It's hard to say. Could be the dungeon itself up to some tricks. Could be our friend over there. Who knows?

Myriad Reality

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Or its movement. It seems to have tiny flares of brightness, no?

@Path

Maybe. It's hard to make out.
*Squints and taps my temple*
Lily, zoom and enhance.

Myriad Reality

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*the glimmer appears to twitch*

@Path

...It's unstable. Fluctuating.