I wake up with the feeling of power running through my veins. I stride downstairs, full of confidence. At the bottom is a spellbook of teleport away. I add it to my growing list of magic. It doesn’t seem very useful, I already have the ability to teleport, but this works on monster too. I won’t complain about more knowledge.
I notice a group of numbers nearby, and I’m worried that it might be a room full of them again, so I cast detect monsters. It looks like I was right. The only monsters on the entire floor, and they’re all grouped together. Crap. I take the ring of stealth from my bag, and put it on, then cautiously approach. None of them look dangerous, but I’m not taking chances.
I consider using my ring of conflict, but keep it as a backup plan. I get to the room, and there’s a hidden door. I open it, and decide to cast death and destruction at the convenient line of enemies. It works like a charm, and half a dozen various creatures fall dead. I step in, and it’s another throne room, identical to the last one I saw. The rest of the monsters are still sleeping, and I creep around the room, carefully sending out a ray of death where it will do the most damage. In minutes the room is nothing more than dead bodies, a few miscellaneous items, chest and of course, the throne.
I go through the room, picking up gold, nothing else interests me. There’s a score of pointless scrolls but I don’t want to be weighed down by them all. The chest has a tripe ration inside, and I slam the lid with a snort of disgust. Finally, I move to the throne. I sit down, and a voice comes out of the air, granting me a wish.
What do I want? I could use gloves that make me stronger. I’m tired of being burdened. I could also get some dragon armour, especially if it’s silver, to reflect spells, beams, and Medusa’s gaze when I meet her. I decide on the armour. I’ll feel a lot better about heading back up to Fort Ludios with that armour.
I wish for blessed +3 silver dragon scale mail, and it appears in my knapsack. I take off my robe, and sweaty leather armour, and step into the cold new armour. It’s breathtakingly beautiful, made of overlapping scales from a silver dragon. It’s like a hundred tiny mirrors. I’m almost ashamed to cover it with a cloak, but I do. I feel twice as protected now as with my old armour.
I sit in the throne again, hoping my good luck holds, but I just feel out of place, and it vanishes. I fly through the rest of the area, and pop down to stairs for reference.
I invoke my amulet, and get transported back to Fort Ludios. Again the alarm sounds, and I can sense a lot of enemies around. I’m terrified, but I can do this. I have reflection, a spell of death, and I can always teleport away if I need to.
I decide to try something different. I remember that I have a spell of ice, and even though I have to cast it directly on a monster, I wonder if I have to see the monster directly or if telepathy works too. The room I’m in is safe. There’s not even a door yet. I settle down and try to blast a creature I can see on the other side of the wall.
It works. I hear a series of explosions, and by the time they’re finished a number of monsters have died. I continue my spellcasting until the room looks empty. Rather than leave, I start aiming at the fifty soldiers waiting for me in another area. True, they would easily fall to a spell of death, but this is so much safer.
Once my energy is drained I hop through the portal, to get it back. Thanks to my amazing amulet, it doesn’t take any time at all before I’m restored, and back to blasting these fuckers from inside my safe room.
When I’ve got all of the soldiers I can sense, I cast detect monster. They remain in my mind, so I try to aim for them, but the distance is too great, and the spell dissipates before it reaches them. Oh well. I’m still more than happy with what I’ve accomplished. I take a look at what’s left. Four dragons, a few soldiers, and a room full of nasties in the middle. I spot a troll, a giant, and a human. The rest of them shouldn’t be a problem. I decide I’m ready to test my luck, and after resting for a bit to get my energy back, I look for the secret door and move on.
The first room I enter is David’s treasure zoo. I find a lot of nice treasure. Some gems, a lot of gold, a few good enchantment scrolls, and best of all, a wand of death. Not that I need it, but it will be handy in emergencies.
I move on, and face the dragons. A grey dragon begins the onslaught, and he seems to be immune to my death ray. I switch to magic missiles, and finally finish the job with Magicbane. A giant mummy proves to be more difficult than I thought, but I win out in the end. A red and green dragon fall to my finger of death spell, and I’m left alone again. For the moment.
While looting the corpses, I come across a bag. I pick it up, and open it up to look inside and a horse jumps out. What the fuck was that? I kill the horse, and identify the bag. A bag of tricks. Yeah, I guess you could say that.
I also find wands of fire, lightning, and polymorph. My face breaks out in a massive grin. There’s a shit ton of armour here, I have to create something good out of all the crap, right? I try to gather it up into a nice little line, but give up. There’s enough here for now. I take a breath, and zap away.
Some leather objects meld, and a leather golem arises from the pile. I feel shuddering vibrations. I blast the golem with missiles, and go over to see what my spoils are. The only thing of interest is a Hawaiian shirt. I strip down, and take off my sweatshirt. For some reason, the clothing I brought in can’t be enchanted, but this shirt should work. I slip it on over my bra, then replace my armour and cloak. I step back, and try zapping again.
This time I find a T-shirt that says “FREE HUGS” on the front of it. I keep it for a laugh, and try again. After a few more tries, I have an oilskin cloak, a cloak of invisibility, and another T-shirt, this one reads “Madame Elvira’s House O’ Succubi Employee of the Month” I also find an uncursed pair of levitation boots. I take off my cloak of magic resistance, and put on invisibility. I toss the other cloaks and boots into my bag of holding, and move on to the large building in the middle. It’s surrounded by a moat, but thanks to my new boots, I’m not worried.
I get close enough to sense the monsters inside, and start blasting away with my cone of cold again. Once everything except the troll has died, I move on and discover a barracks at the far end. It’s full of chests and boxes, which I dutifully empty. I move on to the main fortress, using my wand of dig to open a hole in the wall, and glide over the water.
The first room has a throne in it. I’ll sit in it later. For now, I examine the walls, and find two rooms full of valuable gems. Another wall has a door leading to a massive treasure room. There’s traps almost everywhere I step, but it’s worth it. I come out with over 45,000 gold pieces. There’s also two more small rooms full of gems. I try the throne, and it vanishes in a puff of logic. Confident that I’ve stolen everything possible, and killed as much as I can, I teleport to the portal, and head back to the main dungeon.
I decide to go through the portal first, and have a nap on the other side.
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