Dungeon of Chance: Even Odds: A Dungeon Core Novel (Serious Probabilities Book 1) by Jonathan Brooks (interesting books to read TXT) 📕

It certainly was distracting, Jeska had to admit.  Looking at the two destroyed monster Ferns they had killed nearby, and she assumed the three Rat corpses, a sparkling light floated above them for a few seconds before seeming to infuse the remains of their group’s victims.  That only lasted for a moment before the Ferns disappeared, and a sudden *pop* startled her, followed by 4 more around the room.

In the place of each monster was now a simple floating brown box, lit on all sides by some sort of glowing aura.

They all stood there, panting either in pain or from the adrenaline still coursing through their bodies, as they each stared at a different box in wonder and curiosity.

“Wha—ugh,” Arcen started to say, before he coughed and winced at the pain in his chest.  “What are these?  Are these the ‘drops’ Father was talking about?”

“I’m assuming so,” Jeska replied.  “Well, I guess we all get one, yes?  And then we need to leave, because you’re extremely wounded, oh brother of mine.”

“Ha!” he laughed, before wincing again.  “You’re one to talk; I can see the holes and blood on your own clothes.”

“’Tis but a scratch…well, scratches, truthfully.  I’ll be fine.”

Rosara hadn’t said anything since the corpses disappeared and these boxes appeared, but she was the first one to move.  She walked up to the box nearest to her and reached out to touch it; remembering the last time she had done that, Jeska was tempted to shout for her to stop, but she stopped herself. There didn’t seem to be anything to worry about here, and it felt like it was the right thing to do.

As soon as her fingers brushed the edge of the box, its lid popped open and a shining light emerged – as well as something else floating above it.

Drop Chest

Contents:

1X Health Band Tier 0 [All Classes] (BoundOnAquisition)

1X Iron Sword Tier 1 [Fighter Classes] (Unbound)

“Health Band?  I don’t know what that is exactly, but I think you should have it, Arcy,” Rosara immediately mentioned, gesturing to the big man.

“Thanks,” Arcen said, walking forward and touching the floating information where it said 1X Health Band.  Immediately, she could see a strip of white light appear on his left wrist, before seeming to sink into his skin and disappearing.  “I think…no, I know that this thing is already starting to heal me!” he said, staring down at his wrist in wonder.  The next moment, one of the stone shards was miraculously pushed out of his chest, where it fell to the ground with a small *thud*.

“Looking at its description in my Inventory, it seems as though it will only work…‘outside of combat’, so I’m assuming that means it won’t work if there is a Rat hanging off of me and trying to light me on fire.  In addition, it seems like I’m stuck with it, as it is ‘bound’ to me and can’t be given away; I guess that’s what Bound On Acquisition means.”

“That’s good information, but I believe there is something more pressing that should concern you…where are your pants?” Jeska asked with a chuckle, noticing for the first time that he wasn’t wearing anything below his tunic.  She felt enormous relief that her brother was going to be fine, so she couldn’t help but mess with him a little.

“Uh, I had to rip them off because that flippin’ Rat set them on fire.  Luckily, I saw something in my Inventory—” he replied, looking off in the distance for a moment, before his pants reappeared as if by magic.  Which I suppose it is.

I wonder…  Jeska opened up her own inventory and looked to see that her own Tunic was greyed out, which she assumed meant she was wearing it.  Mentally selecting it…was a mistake, because she was suddenly topless.  Scrambling to select it again even as she covered her chest with her arms, now that it appeared to be available, she felt herself fully clothed – with a wholly repaired Tunic!

Pascale was just staring at her in shock, before Kelty walked over and smacked him on the back of the head.  “Hey, don’t stare at ladies while they’re changing.”  The former pickpocket just rubbed his head and looked away, chagrined.

“Anyway,” Arcen said suddenly, breaking the odd mood in the room and deflecting attention away from his sister (for which she was thankful). “Can I have this sword, too?  You can have something from my box, Rosara,” he promised.  Jeska looked above his head, and was pleased to see that his Health was already at 7/10.

“Sure!  I can’t see myself swinging a heavy sword around, anyway.”  Arcen touched the “Drop Chest” information again, this time on the 1X Iron Sword Tier 1, and a little light like a shooting star slammed into his stomach.  The next moment, the brown box disappeared into nothingness, leaving nothing indicating that it had ever been there before.

“Argh!  It says I can’t equip this because I don’t have the proper Class and Tier.  Sorry, Rosara; you can have it back if you want,” he offered.

“No, keep it; you might need it in the future.  I’ll just compensate myself by opening up your box, if that’s alright,” she said quickly, smiling at Jeska’s brother with a grin.  She walked over with a limp to the one nearest Arcen, and touched it.  Not wanting to be left out, Pascale did the same with the one nearest him, followed quickly by Kelty; Jeska just shrugged and did the same.

Drop Chest

Contents:

1X Health Band Tier 0 [All Classes] (BOA)

1X Support Class Orb Tier 1 (Unbound)

“I got another Health Band if anyone wants it,” she heard Pascale mention from behind her, which was repeated almost word-for-word by both Rosara and Kelty.

“It looks like