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461: Multi-layered Trap

Author: Random_writer Word Count: 7215 Updated: 2025-06-09 15:35:55

Multi-layered Trap

A pillar of stone rose from the bottom of the lake, lifting Ver Dilen above the water's surface. The limbs pounded and hit and kicked, but they never got within an inch of his flesh. He uprooted his enemy in front of him to discover it was Sindre.0

"Well played," Ver Dilen said, coughing up the last of the poison. The world slowly shifted back into place. The light fell on his smiling expression as his lips and the rest of his flesh grew back. He tightened his meaty fingers around Sindre's brittle neck.

Sindre hissed and thrashed about like a cornered animal, yet not a ripple of emotion surfaced on her freckled face. She coiled her limbs around Ver Dilen's arm, tightening her grip until a soft, metallic screech echoed through the ruin.

Ver Dilen shook his head in disgust. "Did you lose your mind just because your acid didn't kill me?" he asked. "That's just sad, even if this is an act. Have some dignity!"

Sindre stuck out her tongue and wrapped tighter around Ver Dilen's arm, until her limbs bent at unnatural angles. The feral glint in her eyes warned of a mental breaking point.

Ver Dilen almost pitied her. Almost. 'I established fear. Now's time for fairness,' he thought, looking at her unsightly state. He used his free hand and lightly struck his chest, resulting in a metallic clank. "Acid was brilliant. Unfortunately, I should have told you that the win-condition was cracking an invisible suit of armor I'd put on before we started. Acid was just a bad match-"

Ver Dilen paused, watching in shock as Sindre bit into his gantlet.

"Enough!" Ver Dilen roared, throwing her into the ground, however forgetting to hold back his strength. He couldn't help it.

Wilhelm's arrogance was evident in his decision to leave Sindre to fight a Cardinal alone, as if she were a mere deadweight. By placing the responsibility and blame on her shoulders, he seemed to be setting her up as a scapegoat for his own impending failure.

Ver Dilen clenched his teeth. 'That's no way for a hero to act,' he thought. When he was done with Sindre, he planned on beating Wilhelm into a bloody pulp.

A bone chilling crunch snapped Ver Dilen out of his rage as he felt Sindre's neck snap. Her emotionless eyes stared up at the light, already glazed over.

Ver Dilen looked at her sorry state and kneeled down. 'Today just keeps on getting better,' he thought mournfully. He swallowed his saliva, called upon his mana, and a radiant light stretched out over Sindre. 

Sindre's face remained pale and emotionless.

Ver Dilen's face twisted in dismay. He let out a long sigh and muttered to himself, "Ver Dilen, you fool, you've actually killed a girl. Not even the merciful goddess is going to forgive you for this."

A sudden crack made him leap to his feet. Sindre's body peeled open, revealing an entanglement of snakes and a strange, cracked orb.

Feeling both relieved and a bit humiliated, Ver Dilen instinctively condensed life essence around his legs to find the real Sindre, yet hesitated. 'I need to be fair. Someone their strength couldn't have reacted in time,' he reminded himself, not budging from the spot.

The snakes eagerly pounced upon their prey, hissing and biting and constricting. Meanwhile, bright blue lights burst from the broken orb, reflected off the surface of the water, and flooded Ver Dilen's vision.

Ver Dilen opened his eyes within a pitch blackness, quickly discovering that not even magic could illuminate it. 'Teleported again?' His intuition discarded the thought, feeling the same stone underfoot and breathing in the same, mildewed air. More likely it was a magical darkness.

Just as Ver Dilen grasped the nature of the spell, a sudden blow slammed into his breastplate, the force sliding his feet to the platform's edge. He cursed, feeling a thin, feathered stick poking out of his breastplate - an arrow.

The arrowhead struck Ver Dilen's breastplate at a good angle; it hadn't pierced the armor. He was either lucky or the shooter couldn't see through the darkness. A bead of sweat rolled down his cheek.

The platform he'd made was like a stone pillar to get out of the water, but it put him in the center of a vast, open chamber. Fighting the instinct to rip the snakes off his body, Ver Dilen instead condensed life essence around his ears and waited.

The next arrow came within a second of the initial impact, whistling and, most troubling, echoing. Countless caverns worked together to distort the whistling's distance.

Ver Dilen took a chance, reached out, and felt the shaft pass through his fingers. His breastplate gave a low cry as the impact warped its shape. Ver Dilen snarled and literally tore the snakes away, drenching his robe with blood and carnage.

Yet another arrow whistled through the darkness and, although free from the snakes, Ver Dilen didn't step aside, confidently snatching the arrow up with a smirk. "Found you," he said as he leapt towards the source.

Emerging from the ruin's black depths, Sindre could have hidden herself within any of countless cavern openings, seemingly like an endless hallway under the faint sunlight. Ver Dilen caught the edge of the nearest cave entrance, clutching the arrow tight. With life essence condensed around his ears, his bloodshot eyes narrowed at two particular cave entrances. 'Shoot me one more time. I dare you,' he thought. 'I haven't heard you move. I know you're still here.'

Blood dripped off Ver Dilen's feet and into the clear water below, each drop dissolving as their ripples faded into still silence. Five minutes passed. Ver Dilen remained coiled like a snake, ready to strike at the slightest twitch.

A distant, wooden snap called for Ver Dilen's attention, except it came far, far above his head. He frowned and leapt to the next cavern entrance upwards. 'What's Wilhelm been doing this whole time?' he thought.

The cavern's nature made narrowing down noises to their source difficult, yet Ver Dilen was confident that the noises came from atop the tree judging by the rustling of twigs and leaves. He waited for a moment, wondering if he'd imagined it, but another rustling sound confirmed that something or someone was at the top of the tree.

Ver Dilen frowned. If Sindre wasn't a deadweight and if Wilhelm wasn't an incompetent hero, what was he doing out there? Ver Dilen never prided himself on his intellect, especially with his looks, but experience warned him of an oversight, a dangerous one at that.

A fourth arrow whistled out of the cavern to Ver Dilen's immediate left, which he caught. Life essence condensing around his legs, he charged towards its source. 'Why does this feel like another trap,' he thought.

"Wilhelm is coming any minute to help me kick your ass!" Sindre's jeering voice echoed from far down the cavern, past Ver Dilen, up the ruin, emerging through the ruin's opening, and echoing throughout the forest.

Wilhelm kneeled atop the tallest tree in the forest canopy, the same tree which housed the ruin, with a white, flaming aura. He took a deep breath and steeled himself. 'I need to borrow your strength,' he thought.

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1: Prologue 2: Pawn 3: Abuse 4: Rose Thorn 5: A Mother Worries 6: War Monk 7: Virility Mansion 8: Coming war 9: Cleaning books 10: Frey 11: Strength vs. Skill 12: A day in Jameson's Shoes 13: Investigation 14: Lava Boar (Part 1) 15: Lava Boar (part 2) 16: Lava Boar (part 3) 17: Analysis 18: The Past 19: Frey's Challenge 20: Life Essence Training 21: Unhappy Birthday 22: The Truth 23: Leaving 24: Numbskull and Goon 25: Emma 26: Double Date 27: Blacksmith 28: Double Date (Part 2) 29: Mummified Arm 30: Prophecy 31: A Single Cut 32: Inheritance 33: Blasphemy 34: The Rat 35: Twisted Bone 36: Old Addiction 37: Caught 38: Interrogation 39: Welcome to Squad Six 40: Friendly Spar With Squad Six 41: Throwing Knives 42: Calm Before the Storm 43: Manticore 44: Aftermath of The First Battle 45: Promotion 46: New Rivalry 47: Light and Healing Magic 48: Second Mission 49: Wade's Bad Call 50: Outnumbered and Isolated 151: Divine Intervention 152: Final Push 153: Reaper 154: Report 155: Light at the End of the Tunnel 156: Rest 157: Letter 158: Shopping (Part 1/2) 159: Shopping (Part 2/2) 160: Initiation 161: Group of Four 162: Amphiboards 163: The Paddle 164: Start! 165: Bullfrog 166: Noble 167: Underwater 168: Tongue 169: Distant Gaze 170: Trak 171: Doubt 172: Liar 173: Fang 174: Cerberus 175: Teamwork 176: Tired 177: Spear Throwing 178: Breakdown 179: Team 180: Payback 181: Civil Discussion 182: Chains and Anger 183: Mistakes 184: Slight tug 185: Growing pain 186: The Winning Plan 187: Corpse 188: Miss Vessa 189: Old Ways 190: Infectious Determination 191: Numbed Pain 192: Hues 193: Inexperienced (Part 1/2) 194: Inexperienced (Part 2/2) 195: Maddening Rage (Part 1) 196: Maddening Rage (Part 2) 197: The Other Half 198: Lich Talk 199: Demonic Weapon 200: Worst of the Worst 251: Piece of an Origin Story 252: Regret 253: Decisions Decisions 254: Sparring Session 255: Overwhelming Defeat 256: Discovery 257: Suspicion 258: The Broken Statue 259: Gossip 260: The Reach 261: Elero's Return 262: Mr. Lich's true identity 263: Breaking a Habit 264: The Notemaker 265: Beatings, Deadlines, and a Voice in Her Head 266: Unfinished Product 267: The "Jet" Property 268: Inspiration 269: Rough First Day 270: Frustrating Stagnation 271: Visitor 272: Price of Resurrection 273: Becoming Doevm 274: Room of Jars 275: Familiar Smile 276: Dark Magic and Shadows 277: Red and Blue 278: Punishment 279: Sneaking Out 280: The Old Puppet 281: Shattered 282: Assembling the Pieces 283: Timeline 284: Sticks and Stones 285: Initiative, Insults, and Interrogation 286: Thomas and Elero discover the power and the secret then they go and discover the ruins. Man how long can these titles be? I 287: Regret 288: Revamped Story and a Crowded Room 289: Attack 290: Changing Nightmare 291: Another Crack in the Seal 292: Physical descriptions are important 293: Backyard 294: Pale complexion 295: Costly Resurrection 296: Rabbid Rabbit Thomas 297: Cramped Coffin 298: Advanced Spellcraft 299: Gradual Return 300: Larque's Warning 51: Elven Techniques 52: Hopi's Rage 53: Bottled Slimes 54: Three Men of the Von Trike Household 55: Hooks and Vines 56: The Nest 57: Ancient Ruins 58: Legacy (Part 1) 59: Legacy (Part 2) 60: Easter Egg Hunt: Ghoul Edition 61: Regrouping 62: Carnage 63: Reckless and Stupid 64: Self Doubt 65: DID YOU WANT ME TO BE QUIET!? 66: Meeting With Marcus 67: New Men 68: Internal Battle 69: The Plan 70: "Honorable" Duel (Part 1) 71: "Honorable" Duel (Part 2) 72: You're Invited 73: Praise the Goddess 74: A Lich That Hates Magic 75: Ten Months Later 76: Doevm vs. Oliver 77: A Weird Lich 78: Final Battle (Part 1) 79: Final Battle (Part 2) 80: Final Battle (Part 3) 81: General 82: Aftermath 83: No Longer Human. No Longer Lich. 84: Blinded By Greed 85: The Spider 86: Back On Track! 87: Dark World 88: Return to the Virility Household 89: Old Man's Story 90: Meeting The Family 91: Dummy Brigade 92: Weak 93: New Weapons 94: First Mission 95: Sheltered Boy 96: No Graves 97: Severed Head 98: Specimen No. 12 99: Storm Brewing 100: Departure 201: Distrust 202: Spear and Shield 203: Winner 204: Karma 205: Training Complete 206: Ruined Church 207: The Scene of Slaughter 208: Giant's Rage 209: Bottled Emotions 210: Gregen's Blade 211: Inhumane 212: Just My Luck 213: The Demon's Prey 214: Fallen (Part 1/2) 215: Fallen (Part 2/2) 216: Losing Control 217: Nightmare 218: Lich 219: Final Secrets Revealed 220: Twisted Mind 221: Glossary, NOT A CHAPTER 222: Coming to A Close 223: Jackal's Deal 224: Swaying the Crowd 225: Away With You 226: New Recruit 227: Jar of Memories 228: Two Blue Flames 229: Cerlius 230: The Knight's Academy 231: Meeting (1/3) 232: Meeting (2/3) 233: Meeting (3/3) 234: Entering the Academy (1/4) 235: Entering the Academy (2/4) 236: Entering the Academy (3/4) 237: Entering the Academy (4/4) 238: Cerlius's First Day of School 239: Three Concepts of Magic 240: Picking up the Pieces 241: Third Concept 242: Fish Slap 243: My name is Cerlius! 244: Thomas's Natural Charisma 245: New Disciples 246: Consequences of Strength 247: Old Wheelchair 248: Judgement 249: Natural Evil Cannot Be Forgotten 250: Deal with a Demon 101: Scrap City (Part 1) 102: Scrap City (Part 2) 103: Curiosity Killed the Cat 104: Draken Capital 105: Flash of Light 106: Separation 107: Slow Recovery 108: Jackal Von Trike 109: Alexander Finlish 110: Place Your Bets 111: Catch 112: Kill Him 113: Fear 114: Depths of the Capital 115: Missing 116: Meeting of the Nobles 117: Creature (Part 1) 118: Creature (Part 2) 119: Creature (Part 3) 120: Later 121: Braces 122: Abandoned Food 123: Elero Mech 124: Masochist 125: Poisonous 126: Halfbreed 127: Jackal vs. Daniel (Part 1) 128: Jackal vs Daniel (Part 2) 129: March 130: Lord Brandon Von Trike 131: Raid (Part 1) 132: Raid (Part 2) 133: Raid (Part 3) 134: Raid (Part 4) 135: Raid (Part 5) 136: Raid (Part 6) 137: Sore Loser 138: Human Suffering 139: Broken (Part 1) 140: Broken (Part 2) 141: Dark Magician 142: The Plan 143: Unmoving 144: Action Reaction 145: Going Deeper 146: Unknown Voice 147: Gunshots 148: Illusion Spell 149: A Girl 150: Anger Management Issues 301: Alliance 302: Shattered Jar 303: Tricks up the Tyrant's Sleeve 304: Battlefield 305: Deep Scars 306: Pull 307: Tormentor 308: Heretic 309: Incoming Storm Cloud 310: Ominous Birth 311: To Take on an Army 312: Green Gemstone 313: Place of Origin 314: Birth of the Lich 315: You Either Die a Hero or... 316: Tired of Hiding 317: Demon King's Power 318: Different Magics 319: Guidance 320: Birth of a Berserker 321: Targets 322: The Survivors 323: Long Awaited Contact 324: The Final Cliffhanger (part 1/2) 325: The Final Cliffhanger (part 1.5/2) Yes, I know I f***ed up 326: Final Final Cliffhanger, an apology 327: Quiet Arrival 328: Wizard Kick 329: Dead Silence 330: Dwindling Defenses 331: Positions Everyone, for the Show Begins 332: Imminent demise 333: Dud Part 1/2 (but let's be real here it'll probably be out of 3 because I underestimate stuff) 334: Dud Part 2 (Thanks to Logician for the suggestion) 335: Dud Part 3 336: Refusal to Submit 337: Hungry for a Fight 338: Lich Unleashed Part 1 339: Lich Unleashed Part 2 340: Lich Unleashed Part 3 341: The Western Hallway: Part 1 342: The Western Hallway: Part 2 343: The Mess Hall: Part 1 344: The Forbidden One's Arrival 345: Two Kings, a Rook, a Queen, a Priest, and a Whole lot of Pawns 346: Exception to the Rule 347: Fellow Pawn 348: Divine Savior 349: The Aftermath 350: The Shadox's Lament 351: Elero's Operation 352: Fall Down Seven Times. Get Up Eight Times. 353: PMI: Passive Magical Income 354: Hurried Goodbye 355: Graduation 356: Undead Shambling Through the Streets 357: Can I come with you? 358: Graduation 359: Sparring Session 360: Liar Liar 361: Washed Up Demi 362: Just a corpse 363: Into the Ruin 364: A Hero's Hesitation 365: Losing Control 366: Paying the Price 367: To Rely on Oneself 368: Kin 369: Deal 370: Come With Me 371: When It's Painful, Cry, Then Get Back Up. 372: Thomas's Choice 373: Bloodtrail 374: Plan B 375: Fighting to Die 376: Past the Breaking Point 377: Captain Fisher 378: Prologue 379: Prologue (Part 2) 380: Prologue (Part 3) 381: Prologue (Part 4) 382: Prologue (Part 5) 383: Last Day in a Long Journey 384: Frowning Frey 385: Mercenaries 386: Distracted 387: Lord Jameson 388: Disarming Sincerity 389: Search For Arte 390: Friendly Fire 391: Anger and Gentleness of a Giant 392: Safe Haven 393: The legend of Arthur Botoman 394: Old Foe 395: Wear and Tear 396: Compliments to the Chef (Part 1) 397: Compliments to the Chef (Part 2) 398: My Only Family (Part 1) 399: My Only Family (Part 2) 400: Wake up! 401: Whispers Underground 402: Why a chef? 403: Hostage Situation 404: Radiant Burst 405: Left Alive? 406: The Slap 407: The Right Choice (Part 1/2) 408: The Right Choice (Part 2/2) 409: Report from the Capital 410: Owen's Warning 411: Patron 412: Goodbye Petal Town 413: Old Friend in the Bloodwood 414: Boiling Toad 415: Full Alert 416: Relying on Magic 417: Gutless Cur 418: Doevm's paranoia 419: A Letter From Elero 420: Takeoff 421: Destination: Polyglint Mines 422: Good Old Reverse Psychology 423: Got any better ideas? 424: Blending in 425: Sir Wilhelm 426: Passing on a Message 427: Let's Play a Game 428: Kilot's Infectious Laughter 429: Descent into the Darkest Darkness...which is Dark (Part 1/2) 430: Descent into the Darkest Darkness...which is Dark (Part 2/2) 431: EEEWWWWWWWWWWWW 432: Firing up the Forge 433: The Second Legacy 434: Hit the Books 435: Welcome to the Game, Doevm 436: The Players 437: The Hollow Stone 438: The Lich's Blessing 439: Stupid Frey 440: Dragon Hoard 441: The Source of the Mana and the Unconscious Ally 442: The Classic Old Dwarvish Bait 443: Chronomancy, an Assassin, and a Theory 444: The Assassin's Execution 445: Jumping at Shadows 446: Whole again 447: An Old Dwarf has his Tricks 448: Food, Shelter, and Privacy 449: Maker's Punishment 450: New Image 451: The Troop's Morale 452: Divide and Conquer 453: Custom Order Tool 454: The Beginning of the Last Crucade 455: Recurring Dream or Nightmare? 456: Instigating a Fight 457: The Arrogance of the Strong 458: The Hunt Begins 459: Edgy Tendencies and a Pure-Hearted Smile 460: Reward: Ascention 461: Multi-layered Trap 462: Percieved Threat 463: Rise of the False Hope 464: Questionable Alliance 465: A Reason to Fight 466: When an Unstoppable Force Meets an Unmovable Object 467: Lesson One Complete
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