My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem

“What are we looking at?” I asked.

The plains we were fighting in were far greater than the scope of my eyesight, especially with structures and soldiers blocking the way. That’s why I was depending on Terra and Shao to give me a visual. The map showed me the red, but that only told me there were enemies and roughly how many. More red was appearing every second, but I wasn’t going to focus on how much red there was.

“They sent the wolfkin in first.” Shao declared.

I couldn’t help but grind my teeth. Of course, that would be his decision. The wolfkin leader and I were on good terms. We might have even been called allies in another situation. Lord Duran had made himself a traitor and condemned his tribe to send me a warning. That warning had turned out to not be needed, but the act still showed where he stood. Since the wolfkin couldn’t be trusted, they were being used as fodder to test out our defenses.

Even though I knew what was happening, I couldn’t hold back though. The wolfkin was capable and loyal. Since they had chosen to march on us, I had no fancies that they would suddenly turn sides or step aside. They would fight viscously to regain their honor. Whether it was Lord Duran who was leading them or someone else, I didn’t know.

“Activate Defense Alpha.” I declared.

I went up a tower Terra had built for me and pulled out a telescope to get a proper view of the field. They still looked tiny in the distance, but I could make out what was happening.

The ground rumbled, and suddenly arrows began to fly out, striking the wolfkin where they ran. They were seemingly being struck from any direction. The arrows were coming from the front, nor were they coming from overhead as one might expect. This quickly broke their charge and threw the wolfkin into confusion. As more and more of them struck the ground, they didn’t seem to be able to see where the attacks were coming from.

Several attack towers were overlooking the field, but they had shields and were specifically looking out for those. More and more wolfkin fell, but they didn’t dare turn back. They continued to push forward more until a lucky wolf that fell to the ground saw it.

“They’re underground! There are bunkers in the grass!” A man who had been struck in the knee managed to shout.

The wolfkin had good eyes, and once they knew what they were looking for, they managed to spot several of them. This had been one of my first ideas. Terra dug out underground bunkers that allowed a few people with bows and arrows to remain on the earth. Due to their small size and their predisposition to the earth, this suited the Deep Dwarves perfectly. Deep Dwarves that weren’t good fighters, like miners, depended on bows to pick off enemies from a distance. That meant quite a few of them were suitable for this task.

One of the wolfkins managed to reach one of the bunkers. He tried to shove his way in, but the art of the trick of these bunkers was that the window size was extremely narrow. The slim child-like bodies of the younger dwarves were able to slide in, but the wolf couldn’t.

He started digging at the ground aggressively until he had been pinned with arrows. The wolfkin pack would be completely neutralized in ten minutes, but I knew that wasn’t all they had, nor would they wait for us to finish them off one at a time.

“The next wave is coming!” Shao alerted me.