DUNGEON CHORALE
ALM No.76, May 2025
SHORT STORIES


Through the midst of the day in the mid evening, Nox was on his way home to see his friends after he had graduated from College and gotten his degree in Ecological Herbalism.
He asked his friend to start the party that they had planned for his celebration at his Apartment.
Early that day he would attend there after he finished the applications for his newfound job that he landed right after he had graduated from Isenberry College.
Nox could only be excited about his newfound job and his graduation achievement.
His friends were all really glad to see him when he arrived home.
All of his friends had a special gift that they had waiting outside for him as Nox had arrived.
Nox looks to see outside to find out that all of his friends had saved up and pitched in and have gotten him a new vehicle.
When Nox and his friends were celebrating at his party inside his apartment, Nox suddenly vanished outta thin air and was transported to a brand new world.
A world of monsters and very vile creatures.
There was also the ability to use magic in this world as everything in this world is fueled by an energy source called Achille Achille is filled with everything it’s nature's natural energy in this new world called Seo.
Nox looks around and sees that he's being held captive in a chamber underground, and the knights in the hallway are doing their normal routines.
They assemble and make their fighting regimes daily in the underground chambers of Defornde.
Nox has no idea where hes at all.
He was coming to in his mind and was seeing a whole new reality, a reality that wasn'tnormal to him.
A man with a long blue robe goes over to Nox to help him regain his consciousness
“Hey, you alright give me a few seconds.” “My name is Ullodge.” “And what's your name, kiddo?” Explained Ullodge.
Nox rocks back and forth being dizzy and barely able to move or stay conscious.
“Its Nox I believe.” Retorted Nox.
“Oh, Ok Nox, was it alrighty then?”
“Oh no, hold on, just hang in there a sec, buddy.”
“This is gonna cost us lot if you aren't there alive with us!” Exclaimed Ullodge
Ullodge opens his green pouch that he was carrying on his left hand side of his blue robe.
He pulls out the special smelling salts specially made to be nonharmful to humans and to keep pests aways like rodents and certain types of bugs.
Ullodge then pours the smelling salts onto Nox's panting's from the aroma that reach him at a bit of a distance from his face.
Nox wakes up and then shouts.
“What the hell is happening to me!”
“Who the in the damn are you!”
What is going on in here, and where are my friends!” Yelled Nox.
Nox begins to tussle a bit with Ullodge but Ullodge is able to hold him down and restrain Nox with ease.
Ullodge is keeping Nox from freaking all the way out with a special soothing potion that he rubbed together on his hands along with the special smelling salts.
Nox is furious about what is happening as Nox has no idea that he's been transported to another world.
“You gotta simmer down there some.”
“I’ll explain everything in great detail to you right this moment.”
“I need you to get you to take a few more deep breaths.”
“Trust me man it will all be clear to you right away I dont want to lose anymore of you to at this point.”
“I understand where you're coming from.” Admitted Ullodge
“Wait, what in the hell do you even mean!”
“I don't even know who you are and you're telling me to simmer down!” Argued Nox.
Nox gets up all of balance and tries to take a right swing at Ullodge.
Nox’s right hand swing misses Ullodge entirely.
Nox begins to fall forwards and then backwards on his rear end.
“See there look at what I told you, I said I would come clean with everything right off the bat didn’t I.” Asserted Ullodge
Nox looks at Ullodge and Ullodge helps Nox come to his senses.
Ullodge then helps Nox walk over to the gray long 10 foot round couch that’s in front of a large blue and white table thats in the lounge of Ulloge's store office.
The entire build belongs to Ullodge.
Ullodge is the owner and store clerk manager of The Adventurers' Court Lounge.
His store is stationed at the dead end road of an old town far west from the North Eastern Sarin's Castle.
The Sarin Knights had their chambers built underground and uses Ullodges Adventurers Inn and Store Forge to house secret meetings and training sessions for their long battles.
The Sarin Knights and many other armies have been fighting Eimos's demonic legion for 300 years.
Constant struggles of wars and supplies and survival have cost many regions an extensive amount of grief.
Ullodge then begins to tell Nox the whole true story of why he been brought to this new world and why Nox is truly so valuable to this new world.
“You see I really need you we all need you and the 5 others to be able to be alive and well.” Examined Ullodge.
Agathen entered the room.
“The problem is that we pulled you all to this world in order for you 6 to help us put a stop to the Demonlord named Eimos.” Stated Agathen.
“Agathen is the last remaining Angel was our only hope for survival in this world.” Retorted Ullodge.
“He found out a way to use his magic to call upon help from other worlds to bring in warriors of each specific talents to our world to take down the tyranny of Eimos.” Explained Ullodge
“Eimos has been destroying our world for more than 300 years, and we really have to stop him now that he's finally gotten his hands on a very powerful object.” Cautioned Agathen
“The object that he found and stole from the Angels and he took their lives one by one year after year after year.” Asserted Ullodge.
“Decades went by and he still managed to get his slimey hands on the Rous Orb.” Proclaimed Agathen.
“Its the same magic and device that brought you 6 here to our world and its the same orb that Eimos is using to boost his powers.”
“Thankfully Agathen used almost the last of his magic to create an imitation orb in order to bring you 6 here to our world.” Explained Ullodge
“Though it did not last long at all and now we have Agathen here safe with us to keep him protected.” Declared Ullodge.
“When the time comes to defeat Eimos we can use the real Orb and Agathens magic to help send you all back home from which you had came from.” Stated Ullodge
Ullodge tells this to Nox and brings Nox to the private room for heroes and there he see's 5 others with different suits of armor and mage robes.
“I welcome you our last and 6th hero Nox our founding hope for our world.” Cheered Ullodge
“Welcome to your team called The Dungeon Core.” Cheered Agathen
“You have comrades that you will be teaming up with to partake in the Special Magical Dungeons.”
“These dungeons were created to help the special 6 heroes from other world to gain the power and dark key artifact to be able to defeat the demonlord Eimos..“
“There are 3 Dungeons total that must be completed.” Proclaimed Agathen
“You must gain the dark key and to ring the dark bell to fight the demon lord Eimos who is located on the 3rd dungeon where Eimos is located.“ Reassured Agathen.
“Agathen will be able to Assist you during the fight with Eimos only.” Explained Ullodge
“We are here as well to buy you all some time and to buy equipment and forge new weapons to fight the threats in the dungeons.” Examined The Sarin Knights Captain.
“Each dungeon has monsters and specialized demons that you must defeat, and the ultimate goal is to find and ring the bells of each dungeon as ringing these bells will upgrade your abilities and levels.” Retorted Ullodge
“These bells will be updated in the dungeon quest logs and will help all 6 heros be able to fight and withstand Eimos's demonic aura and his high levels of magical outputs and abilities.“ Cautioned Agathen.
One of the 6 Warriors gets up from the table of food that they were eating when Nox entered the room in with Ullodge.
He's got white hair light grey eyes and he's 6ft and he's got a long warriors knight robe armor on. Crede His class is Paladin class.
The others are Pettelli who's a girl has on a witch like outfit but its white with the healing symbol on it, Her class is Spectral Healer.
Guro his class is Assassin as his robe is black and cobalt blue.
Ika his class is Ranger and he has a bow and arrows with a blue cloaked robe on.
Yuki his class is called Iron Knight as he wields 2 long swords and a magic buckler shield on his back.
Then Theres Nox who's class is called Mystic Knight as Nox is wearing a black white and blue robe and has a long sword and a shield and he has a talisman arround his neck.
Nox’s Talisman is used to cast magical spells with that can both heal the team and damage enemies using elemental magic skills at low Achille magic cost.
“The names Crede and by the looks of it you're gonna be our current leader since we already had decided that the Leader has to be the last one that shows up due to how the system here goes on their legend calendar.” Asserted Crede
“Even Old man Agathen over there agreed to this clause.” Explained Guro
“Remember Crede you and everyone else have also been chosen to be heros of the great 6” Proclaimed Pettelli
“There have been many other warriors of the great 6 to arrive here in the past as well.” Expressed Agathen.
Ullodge explains in details that they have 5 days until they set off into the dungeons as a team.
“They must be prepared to finish the dungeons and fight Eimos.” Cautioned Agathen.
“The Sarin knights will be fighting the demon legions outside of the dungeons to keep them from having to fight them an Eimos altogether at once.” Explained Ullodge
After Ullodge and Agathen tell the brave 6 warrrior about their duties.
Its been 5 days and they are in the dungeons to fight Demonlord Eimos.
Nox and Yuki must continue to fight the hordes of Orcs demons.
These demons are know to use lots of brutal gorilla tactics and to even sacrifice their own for food and power.
These Orcs demons were 8 feet tall and had massive arms and legs.
They were decked out in muscles and they were gruesome and menacing looking with their red fangs and teeth.
Yuki was mostly more worn out than Nox from fighting so long even though Nox had been fighting for longer than Yuki.
Yuki couldn't believe how Nox could fight for so long without fatigue.
Yuki was falling behind Nox in fighting and he wasn't able to keep up like how he wanted to.
Nox was pulling his own weight in this battle and he was pulling Yuki's weight as well .
He knew he didn't stand a chance in the matter if they were to continue fighting as the way they were right now.
The other team of Guro, Ika, Pettelli, and Crede had no other choice but to back them up from the rear and rendezvous back on their way towards the frontal assault of the dungeon.
Yuki could barely keep his breath going at the pace they were attacking.
Yuki's sword was beginning to get dulled as he struggled to cut through the meaty flesh of the demonic Orcs skin and bones.
Nox was cutting through the demonic Orcs like butter and wasn't letting up for a single moment.
Nox had trained for 5 days straight before they entered dungeons.
Nox knew what was at stake.
Nox knew that completing dungeons meant that he could finally get to fight Eimos and put a stop to his tyranny once and for all.
Then finally he could make it back home to his friends and celebrate at his College party.
Yuki on the other hand was not doing so well.
Yuki wasn't doing so well at all.
Yuki was panting and scuffling and not able to get a firm grasp on his sword like how he once though that he was at the beginning of the battle.
Yuki couldn't believe how much Nox had trainned.
He knew Nox trained but he didn't know that he had trained this much.
So much so that Nox was not the same Nox that he was 5 days ago.
Yuki was curious.
“How did Nox manage to not only out do him but the entire Dungeon Core team as a whole.” Yuki thought to himself.
Nox was always one of the strong members but now which is unknown to the other 3 teammates he became way out of everyone else's league. Yuki thought to himself.
“Nox you must have been secretly training on those days where everyone was resting.” Exclaimed Yuki
“Oh my he was really saving all of our rear ends the entire time.” Assured Guro.
“He also brought in extra supplies and helped us get through to the end of the other 2 dungeons as well.” Retorted Pettelli
Nox is slashing away nonstop, killing multiples of Orcs demons piling up their lifeless bodies.
Yuki suddenly falls over seeing Nox still fighting the Orcs demons on his behalf.
Yuki was fading slowly as he was laying on the ground of the final dungeon before they fight Eimos.
“Nox slow down, I cant, I cant really breathe.” Gasped Yuki.
Nox rings the dark dungeon bell and gets the dark dungeon key as the quest reward.
“Look right here Everyone we can finally fight Eimos and go back home.” Examined Nox.
“Really are you sure you are one hell of a fighter Nox” Cheered Yuki.
“That fight you had our backs and our necks.” Rejoiced Crede
“Through thick and thin you really are the best we have Nox!” Shouted Ika
“Especially since Agathen chose you as our leader in the beginning.” Agreed Petelli.
“Yeah I believe he was right for doing so.” Explained Guro
“While everyone was resting I trainned all 5 days before we had to enter the dungeons.” Explained Nox
“I also read up on some of the other adventure logs of the previous 6 heros that did these dungeons as well.” Asserted Crede.
“We aren't the first ones to make it to fight Eimos.” Ika Examined.
“In one of the logs one of the heroes the Spectral Healer pointed out that Eimos has a healing regenerating factor that uses both plants and bugs to keep himself from sustaining wounds and injuries.” Retorted Nox.
Nox had asked Ullodge to help teach him plant magic.
Out of learning plant magic Nox was able to produce his own magic and to use something called Anti-Plant magic.
And even though Nox despises bugs entirely this form of Anti-Plant magic will infect Eimos’s entire body with pathogens.
These pathogens will lead to his downfall due to they will destory not only his ability to recover Achille and magic power, it willl also keep him from regenerating.
The Anti-Plant Magic will attack his cells and his heart and he will die from being drained of all his body fluids.
“I dont believe even Agathen knows about that type of Magic Nox.” Formulated Crede.
“Truth be told it doesn't really matter this new form of magic is extremely dangerous and highly volatile.” Cautioned Agathen
“Now its our turn to finally put the true end to this demonlord Eimos.” Examined Yuki.
Nox uses the dark key and everyone is teleported to the room where Eimos is located.
Nox and Crede could no longer keep protecting Agathen from Eimos.
Nox had been waiting for his moment to confront Eimos.
“No more taking over the human world as your own playground to torture more innocent lives.” Yelled Nox.
Hearing this from Nox Eimos was hellbent on bloodlust and was driven to complete utter madness.
His demonic aura rose through the roof and his red armor and demonic claws were enriched in lighting magic earth magic and plant magic.
Eimos used highly powered lightning earth and plant magic to attack back at Nox. As he used this attack as a diversion to Attack Agathen.
Nox knew that he wasn't going to be able to save Agathen in time before Eimos got a hold of him.
Nox formulated a counter to Eimos plant magic with ani-plant magic.
Eimos was known for his ability to use plant magic to regenerate his body parts and to create himself a tree of life that would grant him post immortality.
He fuses Earth Lightning and plant magic together to create Seethe magic in which he can modify his body to be faster and to regenerate limbs at a faster rate.
However, this was not enough to stop Nox's Anti-Plant Magic from deconstructing Eimos's entire body.
Nox had Ika to shoot him with the Anti-Plant magic coated arrow and Nox made and Anti-Plant Magic binding spell that Kept Eimos from being able use any more magic power.
“I'll make sure none of you ever make it back to your homeworlds ever again!” Roared Eimos.
Eimos uses both Dark and Light magic to create a spell that Kills Agathen on contact.
Eimos dies also from using the spell and not being able to regenerate any longer.
“No we were suppose to beat Eimos and make it back home how are we ever suppose to make it back now!” Screamed Nox.
“I can't believe this is happening!” Shouted Crede
“No I can't be stuck here like this.” Murmured Yuki.
“Agathen why'd you have to die along with him.” Screamed Ika
“This is insane!” Cried Guro
“My whole life is ruined!” Pettelli
Nox and the rest of their team are all crying and in pure shock and distraught from the events that have taken place.
With no way back home they were forced to live in a world that's full of magic and demonic monsters for the rest of their lives.
With Agathen gone they have no way to return home as his magical powers were the only thing to help them defeat Eimos and to have a way back from this decrepit world.
Lorenzo Wilson is from Panama City Florida. He loves to write fanfiction and Sci-fi stories. He's a huge anime fan that plans to make his own anime series. His favorite hobbies are playing video games and composing music. Follow him on Instagram @reinahollowcandle.