Lady Boss Of The Unpopular Dungeon

As Alexa stood nervously staring in the direction of the needle attack and the angry shrill hissing, Alexa quickly glimpsed a dark colored streak leap out in front of her and it soon began hissing. As soon as Alexa got a closer look at the small hissing mass of dark colored fur, she realized that Rune had noticed the attempted attack on Alexa and immediately he went on the defensive. Within a few seconds, Una was also at Alexa's side with her normally sweet blue eyes narrowed into angry slits. From within the bushes that Alexa had been picking leaves from, the shrill hissing became even more agitated now that whatever had tried to attack Alexa became aware that it sensed the presence of Rune and Una. As both monsters prepared to attack, Alexa took a deep breath and shouted "STOP!"

The two monsters immediately flinched at the fierce tone of Alexa's command and it wasn't long before Rune and Una were looking at Alexa in utter confusion on why she had stopped them. Alexa gave sigh, and began explaining her actions to Rune and Una. "I appreciate your urge to defend me, but I think that there is an easier solution than a fight." Alexa gestured for both monsters to slowly back away from the cl.u.s.ter of silver spear bushes and soon she slowly came closer and then she calmly sat down and began to try to gently coax her mysterious attacker into coming out of it's hiding place. Alexa spoke in a calm soothing voice like how a mother would reassure a child and said "Hey, I'm sorry if I startled you. How about you stop hiding so we can figure out what to do from here?" The shrill hissing eventually became quieter and quieter at the sound of Alexa's calming voice and soon Una, Rune and Alexa could hear a what sounded like a series of chirps and clicks coming from the silvery bushes.

Rune's ears began to twitch in response to the chirps and clicks coming from the bushes and he began to chirped back which surprised Alexa a little bit. Una smiled and began to explain to Alexa what Rune was doing. "Mistress, Rune is following your lead and is communicating with the monster in order to convince it to join us." Alexa blinked in confusion and lifted her hand to lightly touch the delicate golden circlet that was part of the dungeon founder's legacy. Then Alexa said "Isn't the circlet supposed to translate all languages so that I can understand them?" Una paused for a moment and and soon she softly smiled and began to explain. "The reason that the circlet isn't translating for you right now because Rune and the monster aren't using a language, they're using sounds. Lower monsters are only able to communicate with sounds such as growls, clicks, and chirps." Alexa nodded in response to Una's explanation and was happy that her circlet wasn't a defective good. It was only a few minutes later that Rune ended his conversation with the mystery monster and he let the girls know the results of his negotiations. "Hey ladies, I have some good news about our guest, he doesn't have any ill intentions towards us and he only attacked the boss because she spooked him." Una and Alexa nodded as they listened to Rune's report and then Alexa asked "Hey Rune, can you ask him if he could come out and say hello?"

Rune nodded and then he turned to the cl.u.s.ter of bushes and uttered a series of chirps and soon he got a response from the mystery monster. After few seconds of Rune negotiating with the creature, Rune turned away from the bushes and began speaking to the girls who had been waiting as patiently as they could. "Okay, let's take this nice and easy. Please do not make any sudden movements." Rune soon finished giving his so called advice to the girls and soon he hopped away from the bushes and began standing next to Alexa's legs. The cl.u.s.ter of bushes began moving slightly and soon a figure that was smaller than Rune's slowly crawled out.

The creature's appearance was Alexa felt was similar to a scorpion from Earth except that it was covered in currently damp medium length pale gray fur that was appeared to be incredibly soft. The creature was moving slowly and cautiously while observing the trio with it's four very dark blue eyes. Alexa glanced at her two companions and then she asked them if they knew what kind of monster the scorpion- like creature was. When they shook their heads no, Alexa reached into her pocket and quickly used the analyze function of the Dungeon System to scan the creature in order to find out more about it. After scanning for a full minute, the Dungeon System began informing the trio about the creature. "This is a hard to find Arachne, a monster of the insect variety and is usually found in the jungles of Solone . They are herbivorous and are quite shy. They are often captured in for the use of their high-quality thread that they secret from their tails and the pelts that they shed every month. These creatures are smart and can be trained to repair and create garments as long as they are cared for properly."

Alexa quickly looked at Rune and asked him if the arachne could understand what she said. When Rune nodded yes to her, Alexa instructed him to act as a translator for her and then she returned her attention back to the attention. Alexa took a deep breath and asked the arachne to explain why it had entered Astral Descent when it wasn't from the the Lunas Kingdom. It turned out that it had been aggressively captured by some uncouth adventurers who intended to sell it to some nobles in the Lunas Kingdom for a large amount of money. The creature had barely been able to escape when it had been caught in the nearby storm and it had entered the dungeon in search of food and shelter. Alexa gave the pititful arachne a sympathetic look and then gave Una the order to bring them all back to the bedroom. When they asked her why, Alexa only smiled and replied "It's going to a surprise."