Lord Of Puppets-Chapter 141 – Dungeon Raid – Part 12.

A giant explosion occurred right in the middle of the ’dungeon master room’, shaking up the entire space and destroying everything around it, be it floor, celling, golem remains... Or adventurers.

"THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?!" – shouted Markus as a huge chunk of the room was instantly covered in a cloud of dust.

(Explosion!? But that wasn’t anything like these ’balls’ things doing!?) – thought the shocked man as the adventurers stared at the site of explosion, not knowing how to react.

"..."

"?!"

"MAWA!" – shouted Elizabeth as she instantly rushed towards the explosion site.

"!"

"IDIOT! DON’T!" – shouted Mawa,

"We don’t know-"

However, right as the man was about to warn the worried woman about a possibility of another trap being present, the dungeon master instantly went on the offensive and ran straight towards injured C-rank adventurers.

"!"

"WATCH OUT!" – shouted Markus, trying to warn the adventurers about the danger heading their way, while the magic swordman tried giving chase after the puppet.

"?" – the adventurers still shocked by the explosion ended up being caught completely off guard by golem that just ran behind and as they turned around, their heads were straight up flying off their bodies.

"!?"

The fire mage who was being protected by the two warriors that were just killed tried firing his spell.

But the golem was much faster as it fired off [Earth Magic: Earthly Forged Blade], sprouting the blade from the ground that pierced right through the man chest, impaling him.

Before in the very next moment the puppet claws dug right into the man’s face, killing him on the spot, right as the magic swordman was about to attack the puppet from behind.

But unfortunately, the puppet saw the attack as it fired off another [Earthly Forged Blade] right behind it, almost stabbing the young man who this time barely managed to attack, before then quickly backing away as the puppet tried doing a fallow up attack.

(Dammit! Fuck! Shit!) – thought panicking Markus.

(Trap?! That fucker was a trap?!)

"..."

[Earth Magic: Stone Bullet Barrage]

The puppet unleashed a hail of projectiles at the man at close range, forcing the man to use his [Wind Magic: Wind Scarf] to protecting himself against the projectiles, making them go completely off course, while the man himself quickly ran towards the golem, slashing it, before then quickly avoiding the golem counter with claws.

(So, it also works against spells and he can use it at close range?) – thought Thauma.

(The spell dispersed right after I ended my barrage... It is either a spell that has a set amount of time or uses up mana over time.)

(Either way, I think stronger attacks should go right past it.) – thought Thauma as it resumed fighting against Markus.

"MAWA! MAWA! WHERE ARE YOU?!" – shouted panicking Elizabeth as she was running through the cloud of smoke and dust.

"Fucking dust! Piss off!" – shouted Elizabeth as she in panic tried swinging her spears around, trying to remove the dust, while searing in panic for her partner.

"!"

The girl stepped on something and when she looked down, she saw a corpse of one of the heavily armored adventurers, laying right next to the girl as his blood created a puddle.

This instantly terrified the girl.

"MAWA! MAWA! ANSWER ME! PLEASE!" – shouted the girl in panic as she started running once again through the cloud of dust, encountering more and more adventurer corpses that were caught in the explosion.

"..."

"Mawa?"

And finally, the girl encountered the Mawa’s body.

The man was the closes to the explosion and received the blast at full power at the point-blank range.

The man’s body was completely twisted from explosions and his entire face was just straight up gone, alongside good chunk of his front part of a body, leaving parts of his body wide open.

The man’s body was destroyed.

"..."

"Mawa?" – the shaken-up woman got on her knee and put her hand on the man’s chest.... And finding out that he was neither breathing or having any form of pulse.

The man was dead.

...

B-ranks.

C-ranks.

D-ranks.

E-ranks.

F-ranks.

G-ranks

All of these ranks represent power, survivability, potential and so on.

The higher-ranking adventurers obviously are much stronger than lower ranking adventurers.... But they are still living creatures.

They are not a gods or immortal beings.

What happens if you decapitate a G-rank adventurer that is just a nobody farmer and B-rank veteran adventurer? What happens?

Simple.

They just die.

Both of them.

Be it G-rank or B-rank. They both die of decapitation.

Slitting the throat.

Ripping out the heart.

Blowing up the head.

It will kill them.

No matter if they are G-rank or B-ranks.

It was just like with the adventurer that just died off in the dungeon before they came to this room.

He was able to take on the golems and destroy them.

But he just died because of a single trap.

Of a single crossbow bolt.

All because it struck him right in the face, piercing his skull and brain.

Even the man who got hit right in his throat was saved thanks to the healing magic.

But he? He just died on spot.

All because he was unlucky.

And that is how adventurer lives works.

Sometimes it doesn’t need to be just some powerful monster killing you.

It could be a very simple trap.

Or even a child with a knife.

Life can end at any moment.

And this what just happened to the B-rank adventurer named Mawa.

Death by explosion.

"A....A...."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAA!" – Elizabeth cried in despair upon finding out her comrade has died, alarming Markus who must had realized what just happened.

"Shit!" – said the young man as he heard the woman crying alongside the puppet.

(Mawa is dead?!) - thought panicking young man.

The reason why the young man panicking wasn’t just because of the fact that the B-rank adventurer just died.... But because he had realized that the other adventurers that were with Mawa has also probably died.

When the trap bombs activated, several adventurers were injured, with some very unlucky ones just getting killed on the spot.

The supporters and some of the backliners were trapped in the corridor, which ended up being their tomb once Thauma got to them.

Not only that, but the support unit that was supposed to had helped out in case of emergency was wiped out beforehand.

With Thauma unleashing the explosive golem that killed not only B-rank adventurer Mawa, but also few C-rank adventurers that weren’t caught in explosion.... Things started looking dicey for the adventurers.

There were only 2 B-rank adventurers left.

And 11 C-rank adventurers, with more than half of them being injured after getting hit with explosions.

But there was also a solid problem.

These people were all frontliners.

Tanks and close-range warriors.

The ones that entered the room first were the frontliners, fallowed up by the backliners.

When the explosions dropped, the one getting hit were both frontliners and backliners, before then the two squads were separated from each other.

The only mage they had, the fire mage was killed by Thauma.

"..."

(All enemies have close range weapons.... No.) – thought Thauma as it was analyzing the situation.

(The man with spiked ball can fight long and mid-range.)

(And there are also two men back there who have crossbows on them.)

(There is also that man. B-rank adventurer with a sword and wind magic.) – thought Thauma before moments later a spiked ball flew directly at him, forcing the golem to use its arm to defend against the attack as the spiked ball bounced off.

Thauma tried firing off a magic towards Adam, but before he could, Markus quickly rushed in and slashed the golem from behind, catching the golem completely off guard as it then swung around its claws, trying to hit the man, only for the heavily armored adventurer with a shield to step in and take on the attack, blocking the claws and giving Markus a chance to quickly rush at the golem and slash it, before then quickly getting away.

"ATTACK HIM! DON’T GIVE HIM MOMENT TO BREATH!" – shouted Adam as he once again threw its spike ball at the golem, who this time dodged the attack, before then trying to go for the tank that was right next to the golem.

"[Shield Art: Block]!" – the man quickly activated his weapon art and raised his shield, blocking two of the punches from above.... But not noticing a set of claws coming from below the shield, aiming for the man’s belly.

"Fuck off!" – shouted a warrior that rushed in and struck the golem hand with his sword, stopping the claw just in time for the tank to quickly back away.

The golem obviously tried not letting him or the warrior go away, but before the golem could, the spiked ball once again flew at the golem, forcing it to grab the ball once again with 3 of its arms.

However, besides the spiked ball, a pair of crossbow bolts flew and struck the golem body.... Only to bounce off upon impact.

"Shit! That ain’t working!" – said a beast-human with a crossbow.

"Just keep firing! It will distract it at least!" – said the beastman with a crossbow as he and his comrade started reloading their weapons.

"..." 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Thauma tried grabbing the chain attached to the spiked ball and pulling it in order to disarm or attack Adam.... But once again, the magic swordman rushed in and swung his blade covered with wind at the creature, forcing Thauma to use [Enchantment: Defense] on its two arms as it used them to block the man attack, which visible damaged the golem upon impact.

The golem swung around its arms, forcing the magic swordman back.

"SEE! HE IS TAKING FUCKING DAMAGE!" – shouted Markus, potting at the golem damaged arms.

"This guy ain’t invincible! He is taking damage!"

"Just keep pilling it up nonstop until the fucker stops moving!"

"Got it!?"