Again, the group of young womeured further into the dungeon, killing whatever creature that wasn't a hassle.

  Lilith's voice seemed to echo in Veronica's mind. As if she were telling Veronica exactly which way to go.

  "You seem pretty fident in your pathing, Veronica." Eleanora spoke up.

  "I uh... I just figure that we should pick up the pace a little. The dungeon is easy to get out of, so there isn't much harm in tinuing ht?" Veroniervously stated, ommiting that she was leading them straight to a boss.

  'What am I doing? I could get them killed!' Veronica thought.

  "Everything will be alright, Veronica. That creature isn't particurly strong anyways." Lilith said once again, eg in her mind.

  'I thought Lilith said she couldn't hear me?'

  "I 't hear what you . I hear your thoughts just fihat Cassidy girl sure is special. You should just-"

  'Shut it!'

  Veronica's inner arguments with Lilith left her red.

  "Ver? Are you alright? You're not sick are you?" Cassidy asked, worried for the ptinum haired ss.

  "Y-Yeah! Totally fine! Just uh... having thoughts in my head that I don't want right now."

  "Oh my, how lewd~" Cassidy teased, giving a vilinous giggle iurn.

  'Amaranth, when did I start having these thoughts of her...?'

  "Okay, oop using that bitch's name. Please. I'll tell you about one day. But for now, ugh... And two, it seems pretty ret. If I were to guess... probably a month ago, give or take a few weeks."

  'I... Alright...'

  "Good. Now the's go find that boss. Should be just around the er..."

  And Lilith was right. The group turhe er, which led them down a long and narrow hall. At the end, was a rge room with no visible exits aside from this one singur entrance.

  "This is... a boss room!? Veronica, you led us to this!?" Aviris yelled out in a way that could've beeher excitement er.

  "I-I didn't meant to! We always turn back."

  "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to raide my voice like that. I'm gd, to be ho. Bosses usually give the most experien dungeons, and sihey give it to the whole party, otentially get a lot of experience, or even level up."

  "Then... what should we do?" Veronica asked the others.

  "Well, I, for one, am not sure if we're ready. But if we do mao defeat it..." Eleanora tried to reason with herself, biting down slightly ohumb.

  "I go wherever Ver goes." Cassidy nontly said.

  "I'm here to make sure you girls don't die et seriously hurt. So I'm sure this boss would be fine for training. Plus, you get bragging rights for defeating a floor boss on your first visit." Tisha spoke, iing her sword.

  "Is that... a good thing?" Veronica asked.

  "Depends on who you're bragging to. But, think of it this way. Most dungeon delivers and adveake weeks at a minimum to even discover a boss room over multiple delves. And we just so happeo find one on our first delve. Plus, bosses usually drop some det loot on how easy or tough it was. So a boss that's really easy to defeat might give something good for low level groups, like yourselves. ive you some extra spending money if it's useless to you." The older woman tinued.

  "So... Well, I doubt we'll die. It's a floor one boss in a dungeon for low level adventurers. Plus, we have Tisha. So, if things e to worst, she'll kill the boss aill get experiend gear. Of course, we should actually try to kill the boss ourselves." Eleanora thought out loud.

  "Then I guess we all agree on going in?" Veronica asked the group once more.

  "Yes!" The others said in unison.

  And so, with their fearless leader taking the lead, they ehe boss room. Once everyone was ihe entrance sealed itself. There was no going back.

  "Less boss, more tomb. Gotcha..." Cassidy tried to joke.

  From a quick fsh of light, in the middle of the room, stood a creature, perhaps the size of Veronid a half. It wasn't bulky, it looked somewhat normal in human terms, but with dark green skim and beady bck eyes. In it's dominant hand was a crude hand axe, and on it's body, a loin cloth c it. The height of this creature, as well as it's general body shape made it obvious to what it was.

  "Hobgoblin!" Veronica yelled out.

  The goblin roared loudly, spit flying from it's mouth and charge at Cassidy, who wasly ready, but felt nothing as Veroncia stepped between them, blog the Hobgoblin's attack.

  "You alright, Cass?"

  "Yeah, thank you, Ver. Let's get this bastard!"

  The firls yelled out as the charged at the Hobgoblin themselves. Their first boss.

  Their first step into the unknown.