"We will try and pin down the dungeon master! Can you guys deal with the rest?" – asked Mar.
"Meh. Sure." – said the D rank party leader.
"We will- "
Without hesitation, the dungeon master rushed in, swinging the long sword and trying to cut down Mar, only for the party leader to raise his shield and block the attack.
"!?"
(Blocked?! But I went full power!) – thought alarmed and scared dungeon master, before moments later the monsters in the room started rushing in, starting the fight with adventurers.
"We aim to hold him in place!" – shouted Mar while he was focused on blocking
"But since this thing ain't flesh and blood, we can go bit wild! Aim for the legs!"
"Got it!" – said the cat eared girl as she rushed past Mar, catching off guard the puppet, before moments later the cat girl quickly shot herself, flying right past puppet legs while also managing to land an solid hit on the puppet knee.
"!"
"Damn! This one is noticeable tougher!" – said cat girl as she realized that the puppet did not sustained as much damage as it hoped.
The dungeon master was distracted instantly by the cat girl speed and that in turn gave opening for the spear man to rush in and thrusted his weapon, landing an hit on the puppet.
"But we can damage it!" – said the spearman before then backing away, dodging the long sword.
The dungeon master however did not wanted to give up and chased after the man, swinging again its long sword, but once again being blocked by the Mar that stepped in and blocked the attack.
"!?"
(This man! He is annoying!) – thought the dungeon master before then trying to attack the Mar again and again, only for its of it attacks to be blocked by the man.
Dungeon master swung down the sword, but again, it was blocked by the man shield.
However, as soon as the man blocked the sword, the dungeon master let go off it with one of its hands and thrusted it towards the man.
"!?"
However, the man used his axe, blocking the attack, before then backing away.
"!?"
(How?!) – thought nervous dungeon master.
"!?"
Dungeon master was suddenly attacked in both of its knees from behind by the cat girl and the spearman.
And right after, an blast of wind hit the dungeon master, causing it balance to start shaking up.
"[Blessing: Strengthen]!" – the priest adventurer enchanted the party leader, giving him an boost of strength, before then the man started rushing towards the dungeon master.
"[Shield Art: Charge]!" – the man rushed at the dungeon master like a bull, hitting the dungeon master and finally causing him to completely lose his balance, resulting in the dungeon master getting knocked down.
Dungeon master tried to instantly getting right back up while also swinging around its claws and sword…. But it couldn't.
The D rank party was able to hold down the dungeon master by attacking its limbs whenever it tried to get up.
And whenever it would try to attack, they would just back away, or either party leader would step in OR the mage would blast the dungeon master with wind magic.
The adventurers were straight up bulling the dungeon master, not letting it do anything.
(What is happening?!) – dungeon master was panicking…. But it also didn't understood the situation at all.
It was getting knocked over and over.
It realized that the enemy goal was its limbs, they were trying to pin it down to the ground.
However, even thought it knew that and tried to fight back…. It couldn't.
Dungeon master couldn't use magic with its current body, but instead it had defense, reach and offence…. But it didn't mattered to the enemy.
It tried stabbing, slashing and smashing, but none of its attacks were working at all.
(THIS IS STUPID!)
(I'M STRONGER! I'M FASTER! I HAD LEARNED!)
(SO WHY I'M GETTING…..)
"…"
(Murdered?)
(This wasn't supposed to happened!)
(My dungeon defenses!)
(They were perfect!)
(I became stronger! I changed my body! I made new golems!)
Fear started consuming the dungeon master…. And to add even more salt to the injury, the dungeon master looked around and saw its monsters getting slaughtered as if they were nothing.
And then came the breaking point.
In the corner of its eye, it saw some adventures heading towards the core room.
And that snapped the dungeon master.
"!?"
It managed to back hand Mar in the face, knocking him away, before then it started just running towards the adventurers.
"!?"
"WHAT THE FUCK!?" – shouted panicking adventurer as he saw the dungeon master rushing straight at him.
Dungeon master lifted it sword and instantly swung it down, trying to cut down the invader….. But in the very next moment, the dungeon master was thrown against the wall.
"FOR FUCK SAKE! YOU SAID YOU WOULD PIN IT DOWN!" – shouted D rank Tomasz as he and his entire party rushed in, stopping the dungeon master in tracks.
"Sorry! Bastard caught me off guard!" – said Mar as he and his party rushed towards the dungeon master once again.
…
Now there was truly no hope left for the dungeon master.
Dungeon master tried to still fight back….. But it was just getting beaten up nonstop.
Both D rank parties worked together…. Knocking around the dungeon master….. Making it have its face buried in the ground alongside its entire body…. Before then getting pinned down.
It tried to trash around…. But it arm was smashed and the sword was taken away, before moments later they just smashed the dungeon master legs as it tried to fight back…. Only to fail miserably as it realized that its legs were no longer there.
This was no longer an fight… It was just plain beatdown.
"God dammit. I think we can hold him down like that." – said Mar as the dungeon master continues trashing around…. But without any results as the adventures were able to keep it completely in place.
"So…. We are not killing it, yes?" – asked Tomasz as he held the blade right next to the dungeon master neck.
"No. We can't kill it, unless you want to get arrested by the soldiers." – said Mar.
"Tch. Fine." – said Tomasz.
"HEY! DID YOU FOUND ANYBODY IN THERE?!" – shouted Tomasz as he walked in the direction of the dungeon core room.
"Nope! There was nobody there!" – said the adventurer who was inspecting the dungeon core room.
"The core is here…. But I don't think anybody was here…. However, there is something weird." – said adventurer as Tomasz entered the room.
"?"
"What is this?" – asked Tomasz as he picked up the puppet body part.
(It is weirdly shaped…. And there are quiet few different kind of arms and legs in here…. Was the dungeon master experimenting? Or….)
"…"
"Huh…. This is interesting." – said the short girl with a hood who was also carrying an backpack on her back.
"Those are weapons." – said the girl as she stood right next to the pile of weapons.
"?"
"Yes, those ARE weapons." – said confused Tomasz.
"No. I mean, look at those weapons." – said the girl with a hood.
"Those are "used" weapons."
"That guy from before also said something about his friend sword…. I think that guy was hoarding any weapons he could find."
"…"
"Huh…."
(So it was hoarding weapons and making some puppets?) – thought Tomasz.
"…"
(But…. Was it really dungeon master doing?)
(Guild master said that somebody may had caused dungeon to get stronger…. But…. There is also what this guy had said about "Dungeon being weak back then" …. Just what the hell is going on?)
"…"
"…"
*Sigh*
"Well…. We can report the whole situation to the lord and the guild master in charge of this area." – said Tomasz as he then saw the girl with the hood walking past him while carrying few different puppet parts.
"!"
"HEY!"
"Don't take those! They will be needed for the investigation!"
"Relax…. I just want to see something." – said the girl.
"…"
"Ah…. Okay." – said the man, before moments later the girl walked away.
"???"
"Em… Weren't you suppose to stop her dude?" – asked Tomasz party member.
"…."
"Hey. Could you move away?" – asked the girl with a hood as she approached Mar's group who were holding down the dungeon master as it continues trashing around.
"?"
"Em…. No?" – replied Mar.
"We are currently holding this thing down and we can't have- "
"Common. Just for moment… I need to test something out."
"…"
"Okay." – said Mar.
"?"
"Dude? What are you- "
"Let her through." – said Mar, confusing the spearman who wanted to ask a question.
"…"
People that were holding down the dungeon master looked bit confused, but they in the end fallowed Mar command and allowed the short girl to approach the dungeon master.
"Hey there buddy!" – said the girl as she stared right at the dungeon master face.
"Did you made it?"
"…"
The girl pointed at one of the doll parts that the dungeon master made, causing it to look at the object.
"…"
"Huh…. So, you are not stupid…. Interesting…. Interesting…."
"…"
The girl stared in silence at the dungeon master while also observing the different doll parts, even observing the dungeon master body itself as well as it destroyed legs that were ripped off.
"Hey. You there." – said the girl as she turned towards Mar.
"When was this dungeon first discovered?"
"Around half a year ago." – replied Mar.
"And how long does guild think this dungeon was active for?" – asked the girl.
"For around a half year." – replied Mar.
"…"
"Huh…"
"Hmmm….."
"Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm…"
"…"
"Interesting."
"…"
"Are you done already?" – asked annoyed mage from Mar party.
"Look, this is dangerous and stuff, even though we have this guy pinned down, we- "
"Welp! I decided!" – said the girl cheerfully.
"…"
*Sigh*
"Decided what exactly?" – asked the mage with annoyed expression.
"Oh…. Nothing much really." – said the short girl.
"…"
"Expect for the fact that I've decided to slaughter every single adventurer in this dungeon."