He swiped the window aside and brought up the 3D dungeon map. The interface now showed a glowing, semi-transparent model of his domain, displaying the twisting abyssal tunnels, the magma pools, and the newly carved maze of molten burrows below. Tiny red dots marked his creatures' current positions.
Melty and her kin swam lazily through their domain. Their glowing trails lit up the map, looking a whole lot like fireflies drifting through hell. It looked incredible, perhaps even artistic in a way. But even as Kaiden admired it, a more practical problem clawed at his thoughts.
He now needed to make the second path that led out of the safe zone. However, there was a giant problem.
This place was supposed to be home. His fortress, his sanctuary, the vault that would protect his family and everything precious to him. It was more defensible than any "safe zone" the government could ever provide, especially because they were prone to corruption and also spied on him freely.
