Leading her little army of zombies through the Dungeon, Bug focuses on her enhanced hearing and listens to the sounds of humans exploring and fighting the mobs. Surprisingly, there seems to be quite a lot of them here today.
Bug isn’t used to there being so many of them this early in the morning. Checking the time and going by how the last two days were, it is a bit early for there to be this many humans in the first floor.
And typically speaking, it is just humans passing through to head to the lower levels.
“Weird… I wonder what caused them to get drawn in like this? Do they need more furs or something? The small mana shards? Damn, this is going to make it harder to find more treasures if the humans are taking them all…”
Leading her zombies through side hallways and around the edge of the Dungeon, Bug slowly makes her way towards the stairs. Eventually, it becomes impossible to get to the stairs without running into at least one fight so, as they draw closer to one of the groups, Bug peeks around the corner and checks them over. A group of four humans is busy killing some mobs. She doesn’t even bother counting the mobs, because they are obviously losing very badly.
‘lvl 3 Human.’
‘lvl 2 Human.’
‘lvl 4 Human.’
‘lvl 3 Human’
They don’t look all that strong. If anything, they look the same as those three guys that came from a village. They don’t even have proper weapons, I think…
Pointing to the fighting figures, Bug silently orders her zombies to attack.
Following her command, they come around the corner and take off in a dead-sprint that leaves Bug surprised. She had thought that they would shamble towards their targets, but now that she thinks about it, there isn’t really any reason why they can’t run, let alone sprint…
Before they manage to reach the fight, the archer zombie stops right next to Bug and draws back his bow. With an arrow dripping in poison drawn back, he lets it loose as Bug watches.
The arrow whistles through the air and passes the charging horde. It stops as it buries itself into the shoulder of one of the adventures. He screams as the pain hits him and a moment later, the poison takes effect. He falls to ground, shaking and convulsing as the poison tears through him.
His screams draw everyone’s attention as they all stop fighting. Even the mobs that were busy getting slaughtered stop in shock as they watch him.
“Holy shit, what happened!? An, an arrow? Did somebody shoot Billy!? Hey…!”
The yelling guy turns to where the arrow came from just in time to witness the charging zombies slam into them. Everyone had been too distracted by the screaming adventurer to even notice the zombies.
Walking forward to catch up, Bug watches as her zombies plow into them. Four of her mob zombies jump at and bring down one guy as he was just turning towards them as well. He gets his throat ripped out by the rabid things. Another guy gets an axe to the shoulder that almost removes the limb. The last human, who had the luck of being a bit further back curses and sputters.
“What the hell?!?! Why are there Undead here!? There aren’t supposed to be any here!” He turns and runs away, but only manages a few steps before getting an arrow in the back. The archer zombie walking next to Bug lowers his bow as the guy drops like a puppet with its strings cut. He tries to crawl forward as he screams, but the poison is apparently too much for him to handle.
The remaining living mobs don’t last much longer either, quickly getting beaten to death by the much larger and stronger human zombies. The last one to finally die is the guy that tried to run, the poison ruining his body from the inside-out, finishing him off before any of the zombies even had a chance to reach him.
As soon as the fight is done, the little mob zombie that was waiting next to the archer takes off running and retrieves the two arrows, ripping them out of the bodies violently, before running back to return them to the archer.
Bug smiles as she watches them, happy that they are following her orders so perfectly.
“Alright, I am going to name you guys Bob the Archer and Billy the Retriever. Good job!”
They both let out a gurgling noise, which Bug just takes as an ‘OK.’ Not that they can actually respond or even think for that matter. But Bug doesn’t care. They are her zombies, and she can name them whatever she wants.
//Killed lvl 3 Human – 15 exp gained!
//Killed lvl 2 Human – 10 exp gained!
//Killed lvl 4 Human – 20 exp gained!
//Killed lvl 1 Gremlin – 5 exp gained!
//Killed lvl 1 Gremlin – 5 exp gained!
//Killed lvl 3 Human – 15 exp gained!
//Killed lvl 1 Gremlin – 5 exp gained!
//Killed lvl 1 Gremlin – 5 exp gained!
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//Killed lvl 2 Gremlin – 6 exp gained!
//Killed lvl 1 Gremlin – 5 exp gained!
…
Hmm, a good amount of experience. That puts me at 112/150 towards my next level-up… Huh? Should I just stay up here for a little bit longer and keep killing? This just got so much easier… Hmmm… No, I want to get to the second floor. But if I manage to run into anyone else, then I will kill them too.
Pointing to all of the new corpses, Bug casts Raise Undead on them all. Slowly, four new human zombies are raised, none with classes, and a total of nine new mob zombies join them. The humans had managed to kill three of them before she got here, so sadly, that is fifteen experience that she won’t be getting her hands on.
Oh well, my army has grown, that is all that matters.
“Ok new zombies! If you have any items in your pockets bring them forward and show me. Take off your packs and place them in front of me. I can sort through them later. Also, you can keep your weapons. I don’t think I need a… a sickle? Oh, you use it for cutting crops. Ya, I don’t need farming tools, you can keep that.”
Storing everything that they drop in front of her, she smiles and points forward. “Alright my Undead minions! We shall conquer this Dungeon! Forward!”
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Standing before the stairs to the second floor, Bug takes but a moment to consider before taking the plunge. Not that she has much time to waste anyways. There is far too much activity on the first floor right now, and if she doesn’t go quickly, then more humans are bound to find her. Especially with how much foot traffic the stairs get.
Approaching the steps, Bug is forced to stop as a message pops up in front of her.
‘Warning!
Dungeon Spawned Sapient Entity, Bug 1413.
You are about to leave your designated floor. This action is in violation of your purpose as a Dungeon spawned entity. If you proceed in leaving the confines of your designated floor, you will be considered as a Rogue Entity, and be designated as a Kill on Sight Target. If you would like to apply for permissions to visit, or to be promoted to the lower levels of the Dungeon, please fill out form IPT.231/B found in the Points Store and attach it as a gift in a message directed to the Dungeon’s Manager. You can expect a response within five to ten business days.
Advisory: Return to your designated floor.’
“Five to ten business days? What the hell is a business day? No thanks Dungeon, I’m not filling out any forms and I don’t care if I become a rogue. I’m going to fuck up your shit and make you regret ever making me!”
With an angry wave of her hand, Bug dismisses the warning and then points to the stairs. “Forward! Kill anything that tries to stop us!”
The zombies move, descending the steps with weapons and bloodied hands held forward. Taking that next step, Bug’s feet lands on the first step as she carries herself deeper into the Dungeon. A notice in her messages catches her eye, but she doesn’t stop as she continues to descend the stairs.
//Warning has been ignored.
//Caution, User has three seconds to return to designated floor.
//3
//2
//1
…
//Notice, User [Bug 1413] has now been designated as a Rogue Entity. KOS order has been issued.
//Advisory, Kill yourself.
//Advisory, kill yourself.
//Advisory, kill yourself.
//Advisory, kill yourse-
//Admin Override Detected
//System Messages from Dungeon set to Priority Notices only.
//Dungeon Personal Messages set as spam.
//Admin Override Retracted
//You have now left the First Floor.
…
Huuh… Weird. So, I’m guessing that the Dungeon is really not happy with me… Still, thanks Admin! I’m guessing that the Dungeon would have just kept telling me to kill myself if they didn’t block it. That would have gotten annoying very quickly…
“Hmm, but now I have a KOS order on me. I’m guessing that if I had gone to the lower floors with permission, the other Dungeon creatures would have treated me like they do any other Dungeon creature, but now they will treat me like I am one of the humans and attack me on sight… Oh well, I was going to kill basically everything anyways, so it doesn’t really matter much I guess.”
Looking away from her messages, Bug hears some screaming from up ahead.
//Killed lvl 6 Human – 30 exp gained!
The hell?
Halfway down the stairs is a large room where her zombies are pouring into like a tide. From inside, people are screaming and fighting for their lives.
“Why are there Undead attacking in here!? This is supposed to be a Safe Room!”
“What the hell is happening!?”
“Shut up and fight damnit!”
“Ahhhh! My arm, get it off of my arm!”
Bug peeks into the room and is startled as she finds her zombies in the middle of a melee with a bunch of adventurers. From the looks of it, they got caught completely off guard as they were in the middle of making themselves some food. One guy off to the side is currently getting mauled by a bunch of the mob zombies and has one gnawing on his arm. The others are fighting tooth and nail against the rest. Near the entrance is a corpse that looks like it took an axe to the back of the head.
Bug points at the corpse and casts Raise Undead on it.
‘lvl 6 Human Zombie. Control = Complete.’
Hmm… No class. So just being level 5 or higher isn’t enough. Maybe the human has to actually be specialized in using a certain weapon? Huh. I guess that the axe guy must have had a lot of experience with using one then. It’s good that I killed him with a sneak attack when I did then. That might have turned into an ugly fight otherwise…
While Bug is thinking some things over, the fight continues to rage on.
//Killed lvl 4 Human – 20 exp gained!
Oh, the guy that was getting mauled just died… Raise Undead.
The two newest zombies are quick to include themselves into the fight, and quickly things start to look even worse for the remaining humans as they are pushed further and further back into the room.
As the fight goes on, a few of mob zombies get killed, but Bug doesn’t particularly care about them. They are incredibly fragile and honestly, it takes several of them just to bring down one human. At best, they are good for distractions and for swarming. But are otherwise disposable.
No, the ones that Bug wants to keep up and working are the human zombies. Each one she has right now is precious and is a valuable part of her little army. Right now, she can’t risk losing any of them.
Which is why when she sees one of the humans kick away the zombie of that rude girl that tried to choke her, she points at him and casts Inflict Pain before he has a chance to bring his maul down on her head.
He instantly locks up and screams as the pain assaults his body. The girl zombie gets back up and throws herself at him like a wild animal, ripping his throat out with her teeth as she drags him to the ground, a gurgling scream escaping his limp as she continues to tear into him with her teeth.
Elsewhere in the fight, one guy gets grabbed and pulled away from his friends. As he is dragged away kicking and screaming into the hoard of zombies, he continuously stabs them wherever he can. The stomach, the chest, neck, arms and legs, none of it slows them down as they dogpile him and tear into him.
Don’t break the body. It is useless if I can’t raise it. Bug silently orders.
His screams eventually go quiet as he dies in some way that Bug can’t see. There are just too many bodies in the way. But as soon as she gets the notification, she orders them off of the corpse.
//Killed lvl 5 Human – 25 exp gained!
Ehhh…. They really messed him up. His whole face is gone. Yuk. Raise Undead. Hmm… No class on this one either. That’s disappointing.