Blood splattered the side of cavern wall, slowly running down to meet the pool surrounding the creature from which the blood came. The dungeon guide was correct when he said the first floors of the dungeon were made up of creatures in the area surrounding the entrance. They had quickly reached the fifth floor and ran into simple goblins and wolves. If Rena were present, it would almost be a blast from the past.
That sudden thought brought a gentle smile to Lucius's face. He had once promised to adventure into the Demon's Stomach alongside his now wife. Yet, here he was doing it without her. Part of it felt like a betrayal of their childhood goals, but their young daughter was more important than such things now. It also didn't help that their reason for descending into the dungeon was to try and avoid conscription into the military.
