Golden and his group of four heroes now adventuring would find many more damsel beaks along the caves but wanting to make good time as part of the underground quest they were on to explore was a bit further in, so they decided to avoid fighting them as much as they could. Though that wasn't easy, as they were heroes outside of the game, and as such it was hardwired into them to run towards the sound of women in distress, not away.

Though after the first few times a damsel beak had nearly run them through when they had allowed their habit to run to lady in distress get the better of them. They eventually found the ability in themselves to resist the urge to save a damsel in distress. This allowed them to take a safe route as they avoided the chambers where the damsel beaks were waiting in ambush as they made their way ever forward.

"Keep your eyes sharp; we're not out of their territory yet." Golden said to his team, feeling like avoiding the damsels beal might have some of them from several ambushes. But considering the rather cunning nature of the creatures, he expected them to use another trick to make up for Golden and his team not taking the bait of their earlier ambushes.

So as they neared the area where the true exploration of the Dragfly Mountains would begin. Which was probably where the territory of the damsel beaks ended and the territory of another creature began. So following that line of logic, Golden figured there was no way such eager ambushers wouldn't try one last ploy to get them before they were out of reach.

So Golden had given the warning to be extra cautious as he himself began to scan the long cavern path they had been walking. As the team of heroes turned adventurers made their way further down, they began to see some kind of change in the rock formation off in the distance. As they began to make for the entrance to the new area with speed, one of the team members pointed out something that caused the rest of the team to become very suspicious and wary about what exactly the damsel beaks were up to.

"The damsels beaks have stopped their damsel cries." Puff stated simply, causing the others who had been ignoring the cries for help the damsel beaks were making to lure them to notice they had stopped. Puff noticed because he was able to listen to the sounds without being moved to run to help some woman. This was because Puff was the hero, the Puffier, who was in charge of using his abilities to deal with deadly chemicals that got into the air.

This task of puff's being complex and dangerous, he has to devour a lot of focus but also, at the same time, be able to react to what was going on around him. This had allowed him to gain the skill to separate himself from what he was doing and what was going on around him. Though this skill had caused some to view him as heartless as he displayed no emotion to the trauma happening to others on the battlefields he was on, he had to be to maintain perfect control over the deadly gasses he was tasked with dealing with.

The team, now aware of the change in behavior by the damsel beaks, formed a tight circle formation. They didn't speak to each other; they just kept their eyes razor-focused in the direction they were looking, hoping to spot the damsel beaks before they made their move. For a long moment there was silence in the cavern's tunnel as the four heroes continued to watch for an attack they weren't sure when would happen but were sure was coming.

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That's when all of a sudden a dozen women surrounded them, all of them sobbing wrecks. Golden and his team looked shocked at the sudden appearance of damsel beaks lures. As the heroes were trying to figure out why exactly the sobbing women had been sent out by the damsel beaks, the illusionary sobbing damsels opened their mouths and let loose a sobbing wail that tore through the ears of Golden and his team.

The heroes were forced to their knees from the sobbing shriek, and while they were down on their knees, the damsel beaks made their move. They jumped out from where they had been waiting further down the tunnel, quickly closing the distance on Golden's downed hero team and then lunging at them, their beaks aimed to pierce straight through them.

This would surprise Amush, as they would have worked on any other team and showed the damsel's beak skill at laying and executing ambushes. Sadly for them, they were dealing with heroes who had been active for years and had been forced after an ambush had knocked them on their ass on more than one occasion.

So instead of a quick and easy kill as the damsel bugs had been expecting, they instead found themselves slamming into a shield wall. As the heroes had turned together to face the charging damsel, they stayed on their knees as they didn't have time to get up. The undead insect nature of the damsel beaks triggered the ability of the heroes to shield burning their beaks as if they had dipped them into acid.

The damsel beaks let out a screech of pain as the agony of their burning beaks hit them. They quickly broke off from the fight as their beaks were their main weapon. So they fled from the battle, seeing how it would go without their main weapon. They did it by leaping over the still-kneeling heroes and going deeper into their own territory, figuring the invaders wouldn't follow.

Which they were right about, as Golden and his team had better things to do than going after crippled damsel beaks in their caves. So they made their way towards where they had seen the cave change into something else entirely. They made their way quickly, prioritizing speed instead of caution due to their ambushers having been driven off for the moment. Which is why they found themselves entering an underground stone complex rather quickly, which caused a green screen to appear.

You have entered the dungeon of the blister lord Listex

Your quest is now starting prepare to be transported into the dungeon

Golden shook his head after reading the green screen. "Everything it took to get here and we're only now starting our quest. Well, I guess they can't say the game's lacking in content." Golden said with a hint of bitterness in his voice as he and the others disappeared in a green light signifying their entry into the dungeon.

Simon had just seen the notice of one of the first player groups to enter the only dungeons in Allyssa, which were all located below the Dragfly Mountains. "Hey Robert, players just got into a dungeon!" Simon said, his voice filled with excitement.

"Wait, really?" Robert, shocked, looked to the TV screens that made up his workshop's walls and saw that some player group had indeed made it into one of the dungeons under Dragfly Mountain. "Well, I mostly lost track of time." Robert said, guessing he lost himself in his work, as last time he looked, no player or citizen of Allyssa was close to a dungeon.

"Yes, you have, so why not take a break and enjoy the show with me? It seems like you could use it." Simon said, hoping to get Robert to take a break as he had noticed he was self-raising frustration as he had hit some kind of roadblock with his work on a scorekeeper for all of Allyssa.

"Yea, you're probably right." Robert says, figuring that once again Simon was probably right. So he pulled himself from his work, and both he and Simon focused on the world of Allyssa's first dungeon run to see how it would unfold and learn of consequences to come of it later.